Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-31
TEXAS WORLDS FAIR.
ONE HUNDRED ANDFORTY-FOUR
COUNTIES ORGANIZED.
Interview With President Hurley-.He
Urges the People to Go to Work at
Once in This Important Enterprise

President Thomas J. Hurley of the Texas
Worlds fair exhibit association has Just re-
turned from Chicago, and reports that af-
fairs are progressing very favorably there
in the way of preparation for the great fair
''The Worlds fair directors, - said Mr.
Hurley, ''are still looking toward Texas for
great achievements, and the recent visit to
that city of the Texas exhibit cars and the
presence and eloquence of Texas own and
only Dick Hubbard has but increased the
tension of public expectation, ami if Texas
fails of q very excellent display in 1898
there will be n very general disappointment
on the part of those who are locking to this
maiden exposition effort on the part of
sTeXaS with great anticipation.
The people of Chicago have heard of
Texas as a great big, wild, unruly state,
full of jack-rabbits and renegades, but at
the same time full of push and energy when
her progressive people combine for the ac-
complishment of some common purpose
They regard Texas as being big enough
and prolific enough in her resources
to succeed in most anything that
she attempts, and as this will be the first
attempt that Texas has made TO advertise
herself to the world through the medium OF
"a Worlds exposition, the eyes of more than
one state are turned in this direction, and
the work that Texas is doing is being held
up oil tAdIlplc "OIiuS VI
The very excellent plan of organization
evolved by Secretary Dickinson and ampli-
fled by the progressive and broad minded
directors of the Texas organization has
caught the popular idea, and several other
states are organizing upon the same basis
Tor Worlds fair work, and are meeting
with more or less success.
'tor instance Kansas, which is working
upon the county organization plan, has al
ready organized eighty-fve out of its 106
counties, and twenty-five of these organized
counties have already contributed their full
quota of the 500 900 that Kansas has started
ont to. raise by popular subscription
for WoNd's fair purposes. OF the 205 or
eg4hized Sounties in TeXss' Worlds fair
Organizations have been perfected in III,
and of theAe not single county has yet
CONFERENCE.-The quota towards raising the
$500 900, thai this statshas started out to
raise IN ordeS to be represented at the
Worlds fair, bat Kansas more than doubled
her population 81 thefexhibit she made in
Philadelphia in ls76, and has full appre-
ssiation of the in&oHance of being repre-
sented at Chicago.f kansas is rot making
half the x fuss Svsr Worlds dar effort
ing wood and fro4 pm gent indications will
be about the first fo han her state building
Then, again, california which has prof
tied more from $xpositionN than
any other statdin the Un&n, is industri-
sously at work &ld has alread4 decided upon
plan for building at Chicago that will
cost $500, 00G, Which alone is MOO, 900 more
than Texas hSs started out y raise for
the entire Expenditure of VequippiDg
her building DID stocking it witfEexhibits
81 tell you, lcontinued Col. Hurley in his
characteristic enthusiastic style, N.if the
people of Texa& don't move in this matter
we are going II be very sadly leftS The
general excuse is there is plenty of time
between now and 1891 This idea as to
time is very misleadng-TeXas with every
other state viii have to have its building
completed and ready for dedication at the
grand inaugural exercises on October II,
1892. Our idea now is to erect a building
that will cost not less than 100000. A
500, building cannot be constructed in a
day, week or month. We have got to
commence work on this building not later
than next spring, and before breaking
ground we have got to show the directors
at Chicago a certificate of deposit
showing that we have in our
depository sufficient sum of
money to complete the building before we
will be permitted to commence it. Thus
you see there is no time to be lost in send
ing in subscriptions. and the county COM
mittees throughout the state should work
accordingly IL rests euIlreIy WIFI lne peO-
pie as to whether or not this state will be
represented. 1t is needless here to discuss
the advantage of an exhibit such as Texas
is capable of making. They are patent 20
every thinking mind.
81 have sufficient confidence in the integ-
rfty and the patriotism of the people of
Texas to believe that when their state pride
is once aroused they will meet any emer-
gency that demands an emphatic assertion
az fn no M rhAIr St u+n -ha
grandest in the Union.
''Several counties in the state are work
ing with commendable zeal, and since the
last published report the following addi-
tionaI counties have been organized by the
creation of county committees for Worlds
fair work:
Walker county-Capt. C. W. Ferris. W.
S. Gibbs, E. L. Parish, Huntsville; T. B.
Robinson, editor Huntsville Item; l.. T
Sloan, Phelps; Mrs. Mary D. Ferris and
Mrs. Juliette f. Bush, Huntsville.
'McLennan county-COl. S. II. Pope,
Waco; Hon. H. C. Mills. McGregor; F. E.
McClain, Moody: W. j. Dufie, Ross; T. J,
Primm, Bosqueville.
Wilson county,. B. Policy, W. o. Muir
ray, B. f. Ballard, Floresville; T. =. Nor
ris, Stockdale; II. S. Hastings, Nockenut;
Mrs H. c. King and Mrs. E. w. Herring
ton. Floresville
Polk county-T. F. Muse, J. E. Hill, Liv-
ingston; J. C. Stockton, editor East Texas
Pinery, Livingston; y, w. Morris, Bowers;
d. c. Mckinon, Moscow; J. A. Hardley
Hartend; Miss Ida Hill, Livingston; Miss
Alice Winston, Moscow.
''San Saba county-A. D. Lidston, DR. A.
Gregg, G.. H. Hagan, San Saba: w. r. JEFF
ferson, Cherokee; H. c. Hooton, Richland
Springs; Mrs. Lee Burleson and Mrs. A.
Duggan, San Saba.
Montague county,. P. Sampson. editor
Democrat, Montague; DR.. B. c. Mitchell,
Bowie; j. w. Harvey, Sunset; A. S.
Belcherville; Dr. A j. WolvertOn,
Mrs. c. H. Adams and Miss Lola E. Rip
pay, Montague.
1.-The following very excellent committee
has been created to represent the city of
Galveston: Col. Walter Gresham, chair
man; Mr.. Irwin Mahon, secretary; Judge
George E. Mann, Charles Fowler, r. B.
Hawley, E. II. Porter, Il. J. Runge, Frank
5. Moody, Sam Crawford. NJ. S. Ujffy, NJ.
McLemore, a. Bornefeld, Louis Schless-
enger, Aaron Blum, Worthy Boyd, D. j.
Buckley, John Z. Boddeker, Frank
Becker"