Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-08
ASSURED
Texas State Fair Bound
to be a Success.
LOSES NOTHING ny a SIDE SHOW
THE LESS.
RETTER THAN EVER
BETTER THAN EVER.
THE GLOVE CONTEST EPISODE
MERELY AIDED IN ADvERTIs-
ING THE GREAT FAIR.
but the Loss of II Has Not Tended
to Injure the Exposition
in the Least.

Dallas Tex. Oct. 7.-(Special.)-T
Texas State fair will open its gates
this year on Saturday, October 49,
1t will be larger. grander and more
merltorious this year than ever be-
fore. Its success is assured in adj
vance. The state fair has permanent
abiding place in the hearts of the
people of Texas. and does not de-
pend upon any other attraction or
side issue for its support. To say that
glove contest would aid 1t or the abb
sence OF n glove contest injure 1t is
the verlest rot. The state fair was
founded many years ago. All Texas
has an interest in 1t. All Texas has
supported he great enterprise in the
part and will continue to bestow a
liberal patronage in the future. 1t is
an enterprise that appeals with tell
Ing force to the manufacturers, the
merchants, the horticulturists and the
artisans and the laborers of the state.
II is an enterprise to which all cit-
zens, from the most exalted to the
most humble, point with feelings of
unmistakable pride. II stands for art,
science, commerce and agriculture, for
all the noble callings, professions and
aVocations of progressive humanity
and an enlightened and Christian civ
lli2ation A million dollars has been
invested in buildings, grounds. halls,
race tracks, etc. This year exposition,
art and music halls will be crowded
with costly exhibits and novelties. ma
chinery and power hall will be filed
with all the improved farm and mill
ing machinery OF the age: the geolog-
ical department will be in charge of
an experienced and wide awake gem
tleman, familiar with the subject, and
|. who has gathered thousands of speci-
mems of the mineral kingdom, and
other rare geological specimens of in
terest to students; the live stock. cat
tie, horses, swine and sheep win be
crowded with the choice exhibits of
Texas farms and pens: the poultry
department will be an eye opener TO
the people OF Texas, and already there
are 5000 entries. In the agricultural
and horticultural departments the dis
play OF farm, orchard and garden ex-
hiblts were equal to any ever made
at st. Louis or Des Moines, the two
great fairs of the North. There is no
buncombe in this assertion. The indl-
vidual exhibits of farm products this
year will be credit to Texas. and
have never been surpassed at any fair,
state or county, in the United States
The music han attractions include
Sousa's band, the Royal Hawaiian
Band and Glee Club and lesser fca-
lures. Payne's Last Days of Pompeip
will be another great attraction, and
the pyrotechnic displays and other
features have never before been pro-
duced In the South. The Vienna Gar
den, the Streets of Cairo and one hun
dred other novelties and attractions
will furnish amusements and recrea-
ton to the thousands who will come
to the fair to be amused. entertained
and instructed.
ha nf fr
have already been announced. Novem-
Der 1 will be free silver day. A letter
was received from Hon. A. NJ. Kenne-
dy of MeNia, secretary of the state
Democratic bl-metalllc league, today.
MIR. Kennedy states that Hon. William
j. Bryan of Nebraska senator John
w. Daniel of Virginia and Hon. Rich
ard Park Bland of Missouri VIII be
the orators on free silver day, that the
railroads will be requested to make
reduced rates and that an enormous
crowd is anticipated on that day. Bry-
an and Daniel are two OF the most
eloquent orators and distinguished
Democrats of the age. and Richard p.
Bland has an international reputation
as an orator. statesman and financier.
and is a presidential possibility.
The State Democratic Honest Money
Executive committee, presided over by
Judge Rufus Hardy OF Corsicana, will
announce the speakers for Honest
Money Day later. Foremost advocates
Of that school of finance Will be selec-
ted to do the talking on that day, The
programs of the other special days will
be made public as soon as arranged
by the different committees.
The womans' council embracing In Its
membership many of the brightest as
well as the most advanced women in
Texas will meet during the closing
days of the state fair A large tent
has been purchased and three hundred
chairs secured for the accommodation
of delegates and visitors. Elaborate
programs have been arranged and the
debate will cover all subjects from
equal suffrage to the complete subjuga-
tion of that poor and downtrodden
wom-man, Mrs, Mary Ellen Lease, the
brightest female orator and all-around
pplltlco-cyclonlc debater OF the Union,
is booked for speech during the fair
but not under the auspices Of the Wo-
mans council
There will be many beautiful paint
ings, the masterpieces of famous ar
lists, exhibited during the fair and ex-
position In addition TO the display in
the regular art department The la
dies department, presided over by Mrs.
Sydney Smith will contain many new
and elaborate features this year OF spe-
cial interest to the women of Texas.
There have been hundreds OF entrees
already and the prospects are that
there will be u regular crush In the
department.
The races this year will be on larger |
scale than ever before. Colonel John |
N. Simpson. managing director, is con- |
fident OF this. There will be thou |
sand horses entered; the purses and |
stakes are large. and many OF the best |
known turfmen OF the country are |
coming with their stables. The trackl 1
are in splendid condition and great 1
improvements have been made in the
approaches TO the grand stand. etc. |
Forty boxes with a seating capacity /
Of six chairs each. have been added TO |
the grand stand. These box seats viii 4
be reserved for those who are willing |
TO pay the small advance asked over |
the customary price OF The regular
seats. President J. T. Irrelevant and |
his associates have expended $40. 600 on |
new hulldlnEs renaIrinR old nnea on