The herald., 1895-09-14
Preparing FOR THE FIESTA
First Meeting of the General
Committee of Thirty
! GENERAL PLAN OUTLINED
Election of Permanent Officers Of the
Organization
The Celebration to Last Four Days and to
Follow the Santa Barbara Flower
Festival
GENERAL PLAN OUTLINED

chants association, to make arrange
msnts for and have in charge the next
fiesta, was held in the directors room of
the chamber of commerce last evening.
There was a COED attendance, over twenty
of the full mem bsrship being present.
The meeting was called to order by A.
Jacoby, president of the board of trade,
who nominated W. G. Patterson of the
chamber of commerce for chairman. Mr..
Patterson was unanimously elected chair
man, while Gregor. Perkins, Jr., of the
| board of trade was unanimously chosen
secretary.
The names of the committee as pub.
lishsd in The Herald yesterday morning
were then read. after which the follow
| ing call, signed by A. Jacoby, president
Of board OF trade; l. 9: kioephi, pTesi- M =
! Patterson, president of chamber OF COM
| merce, was read:
.'At a meeting of the Merchants asso-
citation of Los Angeles held Wednesday,
| September Atm, 1t was decided to ask the
| board of trade and the cham ber OF conf
merce to participate in the management
| of the annual Fiesta do Los Angeles II
order that the enterprise might be held
under the joint auspices OF the three Or
| ganizations.
"Ar a meeting of the directors OF the
three organizations held Friday, Septem-
| ner 9th. this action was ratified and the
| three organizations agreed to unde' take
| She work At this meeting the presidents
| of the Merchants association, board of
| trade and chamber OF commerce were au-
| thorized to appoint each ten members OF
q general committee of thirty, TO ne
| known as the advisory board of La
| Fiesta. 1t Is understood that the entire
management of the Fiesta shall be in the
| hands of this comm ittee, but 1t is ex-
pected that they will delegate their au
| thoritv in the matter of the details of Ghe
work to some smaller committee of three
| or five members. one of whom should
| be the secretary and business manager of
| the enterpris Sc. 1t is also understood
| that this committee has the power to Or
ganize elect Its own officers and subcom-
m ttees, select new members to fill any
vacancies that may occur through the
! resignation of dereliction of the original
appointees and to lay down such rules as
may be found advisable for the conduct
of the affsairs of the Fiesta.
| It is understood that the period of the
existence of this committee shall con-
| tinue through the next Fiesta and the
winding up of all its affairs.
The chairman announced as the next
| order of business the consideration of
plans for the Fiesta, or rather the plan
| for the organization having 1T in charge.
| calling attention to the recommendation
| that a small committee be appointed to
| have direct charge of the arrangements
under the direction of the genearl COM
m mittee of thirty.
Fred ". Wood of the Electric Railway
company favored this plan, and moved
that the plan as to organization be
adopted.
| There was some debate, as result OF
| which 1t was decided to appoint COM
! mittee of three to nominate permanent
officers of the organization, these officers
to consist of a president, Two vice -presi-
| dents, treasurer and a secretary. These
officers are to constitute the executive
committee of the organization, to have
| direct cnarge of the arrangements for the
Fiesta under the general direction OF the
| committee of thirty.
Messrs. r. r.. Rule, 4. W. Wood and j.
| V. Wachtel were appointed to present
nominations to the general committee,
an d retircd for deliberation.
| During the absence OF the committee
an informal discussion took place as to
the length OF time the Fiesta should con
tinue, and it developed that the general
should not exceed four days, as it was
the belief that better display could be
made for four days than by stringing it
out for longer time. The suggestion
was also made that day should be set
apart for Pasadena and other adjoining
|
! AT this point the nominating commit
| tee returned and presented the following
| names for permanent officers OF the or
| ganzation and they were unanimously
elected: President, Dan Freeman; first
vice pi esident, John W. Francis; second
vice president, R.W. Pridham treasurer,
II. Jevne; secretary, c. D. Willard.
Secretary Willard then read "a state
ment to the public" outlining the plans
! for the coming Fiesta in general way,
which, after a genehrl debate, was finally
adopted unanimously in the following
| form
To the Public:-
| The committee of thirty, in whose
hands the general management of the
| Fiesta de Los Angeles for 1856 has been
board of trade and Merchants assocIa.
| ton. hereby formally accepts the trust
| and agrees severally and collectively to
put forth its best endeayors for the sue
! cess of that enterprise.
While the members OF this committee
appreciate that an honor has been done
them in their selection for so important
an undertaking, they also understand
| that it calls for hard work and the most
thoughtful, disinterested counsel.
Such rules will be adopted for the gov
erning of the COMMITTEES as will insure
the regular attendance of its mem bers, or
| in case OF failure to attend, the subtsi-
tuition of others who are prepared to stay
| with the work.
| The celebration of the annual Fiesta has
now reached a position of such import
ance in the affairs of Los Angles that
the credit of the city and OF all Southern
| California is involved in it's success or
failure. At the outset of the undertaking
| it is we'll to consider what constitutes a
| true success, or, in other words, what is
| the goal that the commute hopes to
ultimately attain. The points of success,
| as we understand the case, are as follows:
| First-A sum of money must be OBJ.
| tanned by subscriptions impartally levied
on all classes benefited by the Fiesta large
| enough to carry out the undertaking in
| credi ia BILE style. The sum obtained this
| year must be larger than that secured in
previous years. because these celebra-
| tions, to be truly successful should be
| cumulative, each one exceling in size
and elegance those that preceded it, 1t
will therefore be necessary that all those
who subscribed last year shall increase
their riptions-many of them have
voluntarily offered to do so--and many
new subscribers must be obtained
Second-The widest possible publicity
must be given to this fact that another
Fiesta is to be held in Los Angeles, and
the attention of the travelling classes in
the eastern states must be drawn toward
this section. In this way the Fiesta is
made OF permanent advantage in auver-
tising the attractions of Los Angeles and
Southern California.
ThiId-The greater the crowd of people