The herald., 1896-05-09
RECEIPTS-CASH.
Against which there are liabilities of less
than $3.50. showing final surplus of $1,000

There was gain of about $4,000 over
the subscriptions of last year. and there
was also an increase in expenditures, as
| professional canvassers We're employed
for some time in soliciting and collecting
the funds
| When Mr. Willard had finished the re-
| cital OF this remarkably good showing
| he was with one accord greeted with a
| burst of applause from the committees
/ men surrounding the table. Remarks
! being in order Mr.. NeWmark arose and
! presented a resolution as follows, which
| was seconded and adopted unanimously:
Resolved that the thanks of the COM
! mittee of thirty are due 10 Mr.. A. Petsch.
chairman OF the committee on floats, and
Mr.. e. F. c. Klokke, cha irman of the ball
committee, for their untiring and intel
| ligent labors in making success of the
features of La Fiesta of which they had
special charge.
Then the executive committee, which
body has had the immediate supervision
of all details OF the work. was commend
ed In the following. which also received
the unanimous endorsement of all pre.A
ent:
Whereas, La Fiesta de Los Angeles of
1896 has been an unqualified success in
its management and various features.
Resolved, that the full credit of the
satisfactory termination of the celebra-
ton is due to the untiring efforts. wise
stewardship, business system and labor
ious duties of the executive committee.
Resolved, that the thanks of this COM
mittee are hereby rendered to the execu-
tive committee for their splendid and un-
selfish work it has so successfully ana
thoroughly accomplished.
Secretary Willard al this juncture in
formed the committee that he thought
he would have all accounts in hand so
that in two weeks at the latest he could
strike a trial balance, which would en-
brace every transaction of the fiesta and
close all accounts, except upon the sale
! of some 5000 programs, which We're still
being disposed of at a rapid rate and
would probably continue selling for
some time. 1t was expressed as the sense
of the meeting, that with the closing of
the accounts the committee desired to re-
sign and that the presidents of the three
ruling bodies, the chamber of commerce,
merchants association and board of
| trade, each appoint member of an au-
diting committee to go over the books
verify them and take charge of matters
until a new body is appointed. The sec
retary was instructed to ask these bod
les to take immediate action upon the
following set of resolutions:
Whereas, Experience has shown that
La Fiesta de Los Angeles is a most val
liable means of attracting widespread at
tention to Los Angeles and Southe~
California and thereby has become a
public enterprise of vital importance to
this section
Resolved, That it is the sense Of the
committee of thirty that the annual cell
ebration known as La Fiesta de Los An
seleS pe perpetuated, and that its man
agement should be continued bv thn
chamber OF commerce, merchants asso-
I cation and board of trade upOn the Same
ilhes ana principles as that Just closed
SUBJECT TO such minor changes as NAV
| be decided upon.
MY. Wiltshire moved it as the sense of
the meeting that the thanks of the BODY
| pe rendered to the beautiful queen who
| ulu so nuch TO make the occasion a sl1c-
| cess, which expression was received
| with great applause and a chorus of
| hearty yeas ~
President John F.. Francis then arose
| ana IN neat little speech stated that
! ne tHoueht that one of the principal
I FACTORS to which the success of tbe
! Fiesta might be attributed was tha mn
| tlrlng energy, zeal and devotion dis
! played by Mr.. Willard as one of the
| foremost OF the managers of the enter
| prise, ana who he thought was respon-
| sible for the remarkable showing made
| as TO finances. The president expressed
! nrnl pehet IN the future Of the Fiesta,
1 and felt assured that it would he \
continuing affair, growing in i'm
| portance each year until it rivaled the
| carnivals of Nice or the New Orleans
| Mardi Gras.
While he would be unable to again
| take any prominent part in the conduct
| Of the festival. he felt that the manage
| ment had been In the right sort of
| hands, that is the committee of thirty.
| men who had the time and energy to
| give to the enterprise. and had be-
| slowed both with the utmost liberalitv.
| He was sure that in such hands "a
l Fiesta would continue to be an annual