The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-19
WE ARE REPAID.
The State Journal Amply Re-
paid For the $4,000
Worth of Free Advertising and
Help Tt Gave
TO THEFALL FESTIVAL
1t Suggested the Festival and
the People NObly Responded.
The Grand Old Committee of
Fifteen
TO ASSEMBLE TONIGHT
With So, 200 In the Treasury
For Next Year.
Our People Can Never Forget
Their Services.

Treasurer ID. j. GreenwaId of the
Committee Of Fifteen has $4,000. the
residue of the proceeds from the FAN
Festival. Besides there are no debts
hanging over the committee. The bills
have been paid and there is no liability
attached TO any one.
It had been feared by some that the
committee would have a deficit when
the FAN Festival was over and that
fear frightened several good men off
the committee. The people saw prepar-
ations for the most stupendous enter
tainment ever given in the city and
they could not see where the money
was to come from. But when Secretary
Doran made his final balances and the
last creditor was paid he presented d
statement showing s.. 200 in the treas
ury and Treasurer Greenwald cast his
eyes over his books and found that the
secretary was correct in his calcula-
tions.
The State Journal doomed the Fall
Festival for six months before it had
the assistance of a single other news
paper in this city. After it got fairly
under headway and everybody saw
that it was going to be an enormous
success, the other papers came to the
front, but in a reluctant mealy mouthed
way. But better late than never. The
Fan Festival that The State Journal
according to estimates of certain friends.
gave 100000 worth Of free advertising
to (Which IL doesn't regret a bft)
brought $4,000 people to this town and
left at least 100000 here. and the Fes-
tival actually paid expenses.
Secretary Doran who has Iabored
with unremlttng energy ever since
the Committee Of Fifteen was organ
izsd has made a complete statement
which viii be presented at the meeting
tonight 1t shows the source of every
cent of money received and lust how
every cent paid out was expended
Nothing has been omitted and Mr.
DOran is ready to show the sta atenent
to anyone The secretary intends to
urge that an auditing committee of
citizens be appointed to go over the
accounts and check them up.
The question of what viii be done
with the funds now on hand viii come
before the meeting tonight 1t seems
to be almost a universal opinion that
the money should remain in the treas
ury to form the nucleus for the Festi-
val fund next year While there are
some members Of the Committee Of
Fifteen who object to serving on the
committee next year there is not one
who does not desire tOsee a Festival next
fail eXcelling that given a month and
half ago.
The people Of Topeka want to see the
Festivals permanent Institution and
they VIII approve or the plan to make
the residue of the last years Festival
fund the nucleus for the next
At the committee meeting tonight
the business of the committee will be
wound up and an adjournment taken
There viii probably be no more meet
ings until next spring when the work
Of organizing for the Festival of 1897
Will be commenced
The committee will not consider plans
for the Festival of next year now. They
viii leave that entirely with the com
mittee which will meet next spring
They viii turn the work over to their
successors with fun treasury and con
hdence they inspired in the citizens of
Topeka that they can do as well as
any city in the west at entertaining a
host of visitors.
Erea surer GreenWald said to a Jour
nal reporter when asked what he be-
ieved the committee will do. II think
that our committee should be made
permanent but that it should be filled
with new members. Tt is not fair to
ask the members of this committee to
serve another year. An outsider has
an affair of this kind. 1t means a
great sacrifice to q business man and
we ought to be relieved
Secretary DOran who worked so hard
for months without compensation would
like to see the committee perpetuated
but he does not wish to serve another
year as secretary. Tt is probable that
some active man viii be employed as
secretary next year at a salary for
the office to expect any one to do it for
glory.
The State Journal is. however. viii
ling to donate all its services and twice
asmuch as il did this year all for glory
the glory of Topeka and Kansas.