The morning times., 1896-12-06
FAIR ACCOUNTS IN 4 MESS
Morton Cadets Lady Friends
Will Be Appealed to.
WANT TO KNOW RECEIPTS
Company AIeets ard Tries to Audit
the AccOunts-Prett Mess Said
to Have Reen Disclosed When the
Reports We're Made-AdJOurned
Without Strengthening Them Up.

The Morton Cadets met tine ''bolters' and
all met the auditing committee, appointed
to straighten the recent fair accounts. last
night, at the l. street armory, but when
the session had lasted for two hours and
over everybody began to think ii would
be rs easy to straighten the Potomac.
Only cadets were admitted to the as
sernbly room. Alter the meeting every
one was perfectly willing to talk but no
body was able to come any nearer a de-
scription oil tile true state OF AFFAIRS than
To say II was chaotic. The meeting finally
adjourned until next Saturday night.
In the meantime, the cadets Will have
an opportunity TO oil up some of the
choicest society skeletons. The majority
is TO consider itself a committee to visit
every young lady who mad charge OF
booth or stand at the fair. i; was said, and
receive a sworn statement from her as to
the receipts of each night.
PRETTY MESS DISCLOSED.
All this was brought about because the
report made by the executive, or fair
committee 10 the auditing committee was
not Just what it should have been. it was
said. 1t was impossible TO find actual
figures after the meeting was over, but
general outlines of results We're obtain
able.
For example, the executive committee is
said to have reported the indoor re-
ceipts for the first night at about SIG.
The second it was SIS; the third, $50.
For the first week the average nightly
indoor receipts were said to be about $25.
During the second week they rose to an
average OF about SIS nightly.
When the Mortons heard all this last
night they held UP their hands in amaze
ment. 1t was said they had rather ex-
pected to play losers on the fair, but they
did not expect such stakes as those. What
created more CONSERVATION was the fact
that some OF them remembered, they said,
that the young ladies in charge of the
stands appeared to be doing particularly
well.
NOT AT ALL SATISFACTORY.
The executive committee met the audit
ing committee the other eycnir Z and was
told to itemiZe its expenditures. II did,
and when this part Of the program was
reached last night the hands went up
again and came near not coming down.
In the neighborhood OF SO was spent
in Il manner that The auditing comnIittee
did not feel justified in q. King. After
the whole body discussed some of these
items they decided To let them go over until
' next Saturday for final disposition.
one or the items was an expenditure of
SIS to A. II. Crandall for cigars. The
money bought 800 OF the fragrant affairs.
The other Mortons said il was so funny
because Mr.. CrandaM did not deal in cigars
but in bicycles. The fair committee said
they Thought the smokers would bc needed.
The Mortons proper replied that enough
cigars had been donated for the fair to
supply the whole National Guard for the
winter.
Another item was $3.50 for meals"
The boilers gave an oral preface TO this
account by sa!inS tina. tney lad 10 work
hard III preparing for the fair and, OF
course, they got hungry. They thought 1t
no III ore than right hat their lunches should
be paid for by the Cadets.
THESE WERE OBJECTED TO.
Such a storm OF objections met the item
that it was decided to permit its further
consideration To go over till the next
meeting The fair managers had also
charged the whole ioGy with the expense
of painting signs TO hang on the trap
that was to be given away at the fair.
TINS iicm was promptly otcu down as soun
as 1t was submitted.
1t was said that more ticket money is
to be collected. Harry X. Sisson reported
that Si39.1o had been received at the
door. The following cadets were ap-
pointed a committee to collect the re-
naming ticket oney: Messrs. A. h. ClaX-
ton, 7. j. Powell, and E, NJ. Taylor.
With the close OF last night meeting
| there were again general expressions
| OF displeasure with the boilers and thcrank
and file OF the company clanored for
| their dishonorablc discharge. No fur
ther action Will take place until the next
meeting.