Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-01-15
WORLDS FAIR COMMISSIONERS.
What They Did at Their Tuesday Meeting
in Socorro--A Business Like
Session.

At the meeting of the territorial board
OF Worlds Columbian exposition man
ayers, held at Socorro on Tuesday, there
were present the various members of the
board, Mrs. E. L. Bartlett, lady manager,
Commissioner R. M.White, Miss Perea,
alternate, Mrs. Thornton, Mrs Chavez,
Prof. ]. G. Carrera and II. B. Holt, as
sistant secretary.
, President Thornton reported that upon
, his visit to Chicago he had an interview
with the director general of the EXPOSE
ton, who stated with reference to New
Mexico's Indian exhibit that the terri
tory would be permitted to make its
, exhibit collectively, but that it must be
, incorporated in and form part of the
general Indian exhibit to be made under
the auspices of the government.
The secretary was authorized toforward
to the headquarters at Chicago a request
: for the required amount of space In
5 the various buildings and departments.
Upon motion it was ordered thai the
i press of the territory be requested to make
. an exhibit of the press on behalf OF the
territory.
} The following resolution was introduced
: by Major Llewellyn:
8 Whereas, 1t is deemed expedient and
8 for the best interests OF the Territorial
! Board of Worlds exposition managers OF
8 New Mexico,
r Be it resolved, That the Office of col
ector and superintendent OF minerals Tor
r this board, be, and the same hereby Is,
s abolished.
: After extended discussion the matter
was voted upon with the following
result Messrs. Llewelyn and Chavez in
the affirmative and Messrs Thornton and
o Salszar in the negative. The point Of
It order was raised that the chairman had
d no right to vote, which point of order was
= overruled by the chair, whereupon an APP
l. peal was taken from said ruling and
s. Messrs. Llewellyn and Chavez voted in
favor Of the appeal and Messrs. Thornton
and Saazar againsta said appeal, and to
e sustain the ruling of the chair.
g Upon motion of Mr.. Llewellyn it was
ie ordered that a requisltlon b. made upon
the territorial treasurer for the funds now
in his hands available for the use OF this
board and that the treasurer proceed to
Santa Fe and obtain said funds, 81 GOV
IL of the amount so obtained to be used Tor
re the purpose of taking up the note given
ad to First National bank Of Santa Fe IN
August, 1891, by this board, and to place
the balance upon deposit subject to dral
by the board, as prescribed by rules anc
Ut regulations heretofore adopted
nd Governor Prince having been asked tt
address the board, responded as follows
81 remember of nothing which | wlsf
to suggest, and even if l did | should no
want to inhict any suggestion on thos'
that are present, as you have so yer.
he faithfully served all day.
-. "There is one thing which is very salts
ny factory and gratifying to me, and thlnl
n, it must be to all OF you, and that is tina
ok the persons in this territory who hav
been charged with this particular worl
have shown 80 much enthusiasm and s.
DIS much faithfulness, and there can not pos
zee sibly be better example l think thai
ut, this meeting to-day. If you observe
M every one of the commissioners, those az
% pointed by the president, the lady man
ayers and the territorial commissioners
ed every one of them is here.
do "Now that is very extraordinary thin
%. in meeting at any time, and when yo
~ take into consideration the size of thi
on territory and the great distance that man
have to come it seems to me that 1t Is q
he exceedingly gratifying fact and one whlc
a., ~ '~-y e-o"o hVPoS foi III
future.
tx, For one, feel gratiied that those VIII
nd have been charged with the work hav
be shown such enthusiasm and am sure
,rv is going to produce the very best results
-. The only suggestion which has occurre
al to me has been outlined in the very fe'
in words | said this morning, and that is
,rn That this is great practical opportunt
.on for the territory and it seems TO me tha
o' those who are engaged in making collet
ms tons and afterwards in exhibiting thef
out at Chicago should bear this especially i
he mind.
n,o "Of course am only giving my individ
'ne ual opinions, but it seems to me that tn
practical point is the one toward whic
ing our efforts should be especially directed
,de 81 don't know that this territory is eve
.u going to have, l am very sure that in il
y" present condition it never,again will have
the an opportunity of laying before the Poop
OF of the United States in the way it Ca
ore come before them at Chicago, and ii "
49, can show there that the ideas Of Ne
llh' Mexico which prevail in the east al
bic entirely erroneous, that here there are
to-. vast number of products of a practlc
nature, vast number of avenues of bus
:. ness in which people can engage, we vi
III attract the population and the wealth ar
ter the resources with which to develop Il
,ses territory"