The morning call., 1893-07-08
READY FOR WORK
Election of Midwinter
Exposition Officers.
ARCHITECTS IN A WRANGLE.
The Outlook for the Success of the
Fair xceIIent-lmportant Meet
ings To-day and To-florrow.

The executive committee of the Caiifor.
MIA Midwinter Intern ational Exposition
met and organized yesterday afterp DON by
electing N. II. de Young president and
general manager; l. c. Stump. vice-presi-
dent; Alexander Badlam, secretary; P
NJ. Lillenthal. manager of the California
Bank, treasurer.
The session lasted from 3 o'clock in the
afternoon until $50 o'clock in the evening
aud was executive in character. A full
report OF the meeting is given below.
Previous to the meeting of the executive
committee some of the members of San
francisco Chapter of the American Insti-
tute of Architects met at 40 California
street to consider the case Of NJ. Leopold
BOnet, who came TO this city from Chicago
with Herr Cornely to aid in building the
Midwinter Exposition. that Is, building up
the sentiment and aiding as experts the
efforts of the people of California to make
the enterprise success. Both MessrS
Cornely and Bonet labor under the disad-
vantage of speaking the English language
with difficulty, having been in this coun-
try only a few months, and more than
once they have found themselves quoted
in San Francisco papers as authors of
statements which they never intended To
make.
Neither Cornely nor B0net found any
fault with the articles, but ok the trouble
to see the reporters and explain that they
had been misunderstood on account of
their inability to command sufficient Eng
liSh al the moment to clearly express them
selves For instance. Herr Cornely was
stated to Be an En- bassaQor from Germany
10y some OF the papers, and he said so. but
didn't mean that he was an ambassador
from the German Government to the
Worlds Fair. He wanted to Say he was
the representative and manager-in-chief OF
the German exhibitors at the " orld's Fair.
and. at loss to express himself. used the
word ambassador.
During one of the interviews Leopold
B0net. the inventor of the decorating ma
terial known as staff" in speaking OF his
work at the Worlds Fair, said he had
designed" certain buildings He intended
to convey the idea that he had designed
the exterior and interior decorations in
staff" because BOnet is no fool and was
well aware that the whole world knew
who were the architects that planned and
constructed the buildings at the Worlds
Fair.
This explanation is made because it is
due the two men who have been quoted. or
misQuoted unintentionally, and because of
the actions Of certain architects in this
city. A night or two ago an architect of
this city called on Mr.. BOnet and repre-
scented himself as newspaper reporter
and had with Bonet an alleged interview.
He furnished the gst of that interview TO
certain papers, and the architects of San
Francisco became justly indignant at the
claims which the so-eailed newspaper man
said Bouet had made and denounced the
German accordingly. BGnet denies the
Truth of the interview and sticks TO his Or
iginal story, but now expresses himself
clearly.
The Chapter of Architects was angry,
al least some OF It's members were, and
called a meeting to denounce Bonet as an
impostOr. A little investigation showed
that mum Der of the members of the chap
ter bad had fHsaznnf,l talks with Rouet IS
architects, and not in the guise of newspa-
per men, ard had found his statements
satisfactory and the same investigation
proved that at least half dozen prominent
architects in this city are not members OF the
the Chapter Of Architects and these men
had talked with BQnet and were satisfied
with his statements so when the meeting
of the chapter opened yesterday there
was a feeling among the older members
that perhaps the young men had been car
Tied away by their zeal to have everything
connected with the Midwinter EXPOSE
ton Californian, especially as the archi-
tect who persuaded a reporter and VINO
reported the Bonet interview is one Of the
youngest mem bers of the association.
When the meeting opened there was
much talk about the willful misrepresenta-
tlOn on the part OF newspapers and by re-
porters, and it was openly asserted in the
meeting that even If the newspapers knew
Bonet was an impostOr the newspapers
would not expose him, because they would
hesitate to acknowledge that they had pub
lished an untrue statement. All This was
for the purpose of having a resolution
adopted denouncing Bonet, aud several
such resolutions were offered, but were
promptly quashed. Then the younger
architects tried to rush through a scheme
by which the newspapers should be led
into calling BOnet an impostor without the
Chapter of Architects fathering the state
ment ID any way.
They wrangied and wrangled, ana it
finally dawned upon those present that the
meeting was not a meeting of the whole
Chapter of Architects, but only an in
formal meeting Of few OF the members,
and that as such 1t had no right to bind
the full chapter to any action. The meet
ing ended by adopting the following Teso-
luton:
Whereas, The executive committee of the
California Midwinter Exposition Is about to
arrange for suitable buildings for the purpose
the San Francisco Chapter of the Am rican In
stitute OF Architects IN special meeting take
tuio Vi lhCii lbbCiVob ih nv
proposed work therefore,. be 1t resolved.
that the San Francisco Chapter of the Amer-
can Institute of Archie cts recommend that the
executive committee OF the California MID
winter Exposition adopt plan for securing
designs 1oT the proposed buildings similar 10
the one adopted at Chicago. viz: that said
executive committee appoint supervising
alchiteci for the entire WORK anc an individual
architect for each building
GEORGE II. SANDERS, President
OLIVER EVERETT. Sec etary.
San Francisco Chapter, A. l. A.
WILLIS POLK, Chalrman,)
q. ". PERCY. Committee.
ALBERT PISSIS.
The committee appointed to draft the
resolution, as the names are append ed,
was also made a committee to present it 10
the executive committee of the Worlds
Fair. which was TO meet at 3 O'Clock.
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