The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-07
WILL OUTRIvAL VENICE.
Every Feature of the Canal
City'S Carnival to Be
ExCelled.
COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED
A Separate Director to Look After
Each Detail of the Coming
Celebration.

! SANTA CRUZ, Cal, May 6.-The Vene-
tian water carnival to be given In this city
| from June II to Is promises to be one OF
the grandest floral fetes that has yet been
| held in California The headquarters on
| Pacific avenue were decorated to-day IN
very artistic manner in the carnival color,
eschscholtzia yellow and white. The win
dows and the interior of the rooms are
decorated with the most beautiful OF how-
erS.
This evening at eight O'Clock a brass
| band played a number of selections IN
| front of the headquarters and then
marched down the street to the fair pavll-
ion, where grand mass-meeting was held,
which was attended by the leading people
of the city. The meeting throughout was
of the most enthusiastic kind. and all the
speakers were applauded. 1t is surprising
that such an amount OF enthusiasm
could be created in such short time, 1t
being only three days since the first meet
ing. James P. Smith presided at the mass
meeting and made the opening speech.
Hon. w. T. Jeter then announced the fol-
lowing officers:
President, Hon. J. P. Smith; first vice.
president, Judge J. H. Logan; second
vice-president, Senator Bart Burke; secre-
tary, o. ]. Lincoln assistant secretary,
Fred Pray; treasurer, Will E. Peck; gen.
eral manager, Charles B. Tidball; execu-
tive committee, Hon. J. 2. Smith, chair
man; parade, G. Bowman; finance, Frank
Madison; auditing, w. d. Haslam; press
and advertising, DR.. c. W. Doyle; hotel
and accommodations f. II. Roberts +;
transportation, John R. Chase; artistic
Judge, J. II. Logan; ladies' auxiliary
Mrs. L. U. Mccain; decoration, F. A.
Him; programme, W. T. Jeter; ball,
Richard Thompson; entertainment and
reception, Mayor Robert Effey; schools,
J. w. Linscott; foral Mrs Frank G..
Menefee; invitation, Senator Bart Burke
promotion, John T. Sullivan; music, W.
T. Kearney; fire. f. W. Ely; grounds, f.
W. Barson; county organization, ]. A.
Linscott.
The committee is composed of Santa
Cruz's best citizens. who will work to-
gether and make things move.
The first speaker of the evening was Sen
ator Bart Burke, who in very enthu-
siastic address declared that if this grand
carnival was not success, Santa Cruz
would not be worthy of the position which
she holds and earnestly urged the union
and hearty cooperation of every man,
| woman and child in the county. He urged
all to stand by the committee, and it would
be the most successful pageant held in the
State of California.
Mr.. Smith said that the four days enter.
tainment would Guido anything on the
canals of Venice.
The other speakers were Judge Mccain,
DR.. T. W. Drullard, ]. w. Linscott, Carl E.
Lindsay and W. P. Netherton. Charles
Tidball who has only been in this city a
few days, said he had never seen anything
organized so quickly and thoroughly, and
in his remarks complimented the morning
CALL very highly for its excellent reports
of the committees work. The meeting
then adjourned until next Saturday night
President Smith is doing everything in
his power to make the carnival a success,
and is backed by every citizen of Santa
| CruZ