St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-13
CASH FOR A CARNIVAL
The Managing Board Has an
Interesting Session on
That Subject.
Confidence Expressed by the
Water Board in the Rec
ORD Matter.
Closing Session Of the Black
Chapter Of the Knights
of Israel.
General Summary Of the
News Of the Day in
Minneapolis.

mony, she never did the act more COM
pleteiy than she did at the meeting of
the Carnival association at the New
York Life insurance building yesterday
afternoon, for the heat of the atmos-
phere at carnival headquarters, and the
heat OF the arguments Ventured by car
niVal members. had a mutual place on
the thermometer. Both were tremend-
ously high. The fact is that the Carni-
val association is in hole, which seems
bottomless at present. aud the members
are going to try in the next few days to
fill portion of it up. 1t is no ones
fault, but is simply the result of the
terrific stringency in financial matters
generally, crisis not expected when ait
was first organized. The meeting yes
terday, however, is expected to be pro-
ductiVe OF good results, and such re-
suits as will prevent the bringing of
Minneapolis into disrepute, on account
OF the failure OF the original carnival
idea. The attendance was small. The
only gentlemen present were Geo. A.
Bracket, John GOodnow, F. B. Janney,
+. NJ. WaShburn, e. l.. Bracket, Col.
johnson, |. c. Seeley, a.. B. Choat and
W. X. Morrison. The association has
made binding contracts with n wv York,
Pennsylvania and Cornell crews and
other traternitieS which can not be
violated, while the Minneapolis
Cycle association under the prom
ise OF backing from the CARNIVAL
association, has gone ahead and
secured a place OH the international
cyclerS circuit, which will furnish races
"a nf
tons. A committee consisting of
Messrs. Choat and Washburn waited
upon the carnival association yeSter-
day afternoon and desired to know Just
what backing that they could look for
from the carnival association, and in
timating that they had been given to
understand that The carnival aSsocia-
tion would assume the matter Of prizes.
This precipitaled a hot discussion.
Mr.. Brackett. who has held down the
unenviable position of director general
of tie enterprise, in very satisfactory
manner, made a speech, in which he
said:
Il deplore as genuinely and sincerely
as any one the failure of the scheme as
originally proposed; but, gentlemen,
am of the opinion that it is the very best
policy to drop the matter as soon and as
gracefully as possible, yet performing
faithfully all of the contracts made, and.
as far as can be done. to fulfill all the
moral obligations made. Yet, am frank
to admit that we will have hard time
to do even this, as things now look.
When the most enterprising men in the
city. those who have thrown their hats
the highest in this matter, drop out, it is
easily seen that the thing is dead. Yet.
IT Is no ones fault" said Mr.. Bracket.
I'm all of my thirty-Seven years resi-
dence in Minneapolis | never
saw such a feeling OF uncertainty
in financial matters as is now
felt here. A man with S75,000 of the
best securities cannot get $1,000 at any
bank. This failure of the carnival is
not due to lack of enterprise, but to
the unexpected financial events OF the
past two weeks"
Mr.. Bracket thought that the asso-
ciatIon had money enough to carry out
the contract, already signed, and might
spare little to help along the bicycle
touroey, but that was all.
Mr.. Choate did not think that the
value OF having the bicycle events held
in Minneapolis was thoroughly appre
ciated. 1t will bring the best men from
seven nations, and he was sure the gate
penSeS.
Mr. Johnson said that there were al
ready $500 due creditors, and he was
not III favor under the existing clrcum-
stances of voting any stated sum to the
bicycle association.
Mr.. GoodnOw thought the same. and
announced that his efforts to secure
subscriptions in the past few days had
dlsheartened him. The answer uni
Versally was refusal.
Mr.. Washburn would not recognize
such word as fail, aud announced that
the cycle part of the summers events
should not fail, even though he had to
pay it himself.
Two hours of weary debate failed to
develop how much money the bicycle
association could look for. Mr..
johnson made a motion that as
the sum of $4,000 had been
subscribed, that bills be paid in the fol-
lowing order: Bills already due, bills
and contracts maturing, and the residue
up to $4,000, and not exceeding $4,000,
to go to the Cycle association. AS there
was not majority of the executive
committee present. the motion could
not be put and will be presented as a
recommendation at meeting of the
executive board. In the meantime
committee will make another effort
among the wealthy citizens, and will
try and secure checks instead of
pledges. The former are badly needed,
as COrnell's crew and the others are
even now waiting for cash to bring
them here next week.