The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-14
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Efforts This Fall
In the Proposed Festivities Late
in'September.
NO CROAKERS HEARD,
And Greatest of Enthusiasm at
the Meeting
Of the Committee of Fifteen,
Held Last Night.
ALL MEMBERS THERE
Except TwO-Lots of Energy to
Push Matters.
A Fund of $4,000 to Be Raised
to Start On.
And Greatest of Enthusiasm at
the Meeting
Of the Committee of Fifteen,
Held Last Night.
ALL MEMBERS THERE
Except TwO-Lots of Energy to
Push Matters.
A Fund of $4,000 to Be Raised
to Start On.

There will be a fund to make the re-
union and Fall Festival a success. The
committee of fifteen decided last mig
to raise $4,000 to defray its expenses
The members of the finance committee
who will see that the fund is secured
are: D. ]. Greenwald, W. c. Edwards,
secretary of state. Col. I. w. Harrison,
c. S. Downing, and Aaron Sheetz.
The following resolutions. introduced
by T. F. Doran, were passed without a
dissenting vote:
Resolved, That the com mmittee of fifteen
hereby instruc's the finance committee to
raise $4,000 to defray the expenses of the
reunion of 1896
Resolved, That the finance committee
is requested and said committee is in
strucTed to proceed at the earliest pOssi-
BILE date to raise money and devise ways
and means to pay the expenses of the
reunion of 1896 and said committee is
hereby Instructed to report progress and
plans to the committee at its regular
meetings.
There were thirteen members of the
committee of fifteen present and it was
by far the most enthusiastic meeting yet
held. Every member is determined
that there shall be entertainment next
AdA& hulCn SuS4l CACS4 t4luk SNOT 666u
in the state and that the soldiers reunion
shall be secured. if possible
Charles S. Elliott said in speaking of
the sentiment among the people of To-
peka in favor of the Fall Festival:
II have interviewed nearly all the
leading business men of the city on the
question of Fall Festival. and
they hoped the Fall Festival would be
success aud they would da all they could
10 help it. They said that if the Com
mercial club accomplished nothing more
than the success of the festival the or
ganization would not be made in vain +"
c. P Adams said: THE Commercial
club is in earnest in this matter and will
do all it can to insure the success of the
festival"
II. Nj. Phillips said: ~ think that we
should take some steps Immediately
about the programme though l know
that some of the older mem bers think
we should wait and see what will be
done about the reuaion. 1t is my opinion
that We can not make TOO much show
and the sooner the better. We should
let the people know what we intend to
do and they will know what is expected
of them."
Capt. c. H. Titus said: 81 think that
one OF the first things to do is to get the
finance committee into working order.
and the committee should go to work at
once to see what can be done in a finap-
cial way. Upon the result of the work
of this committee will depend
the success of the festival
want the tyoung men of the
city to help us and l am satisfied that thew
will if they are given an opportunity.
They will be glad to help the festival
along. This is my plan to get them in
terested:
The committee should have coupon
books printed representing five dol
lars with i've coupons. These should
be sold to the individuals and
they should be allowed to pay 81 month
and take up the separate coupons as
they pay. When they have the So paid
they should be entitled to a handsome
souvenir badge which would entitle
them to all the privileges of the enter
tainment directly under the control of
the committee. These badges should
be something of which anyone would be
proud and they should be so rare that
they would be sought after anxiously be-
fore the festival week is over but it
should De understood that they could be
the coupons.
- want to see a broad guaged enter
balnGsn| ms must be no two penny
anAlr, and want to see something SO
pale before it" - "---
u. J. Greenwald said: "I am cIosino
up my business and reorganizing. go thai
will not be able to do mucb for ton
days, but after that l will be ready to DO
some work. 1 intend to hunt nm eT1srv
business man in the city, and he mpst beiyy
make the festival a success l will IoaP
up the files of the STATE JouRNA1
ind all these people who are 40 ~
lous for fall festival and give tbsn,
an opportunity to show whether then
meant what they said. When we col.
lected the fund for the big reunion thers
was only one firm in the whole citv that
would not contribute and both members
OF that firm are dead now. 1 will do ali
can in this matter" --
Secretary of State W. c. Edwards said
81 have had some experience in getting
up entertainments aud l know that if
takes money The success will depend
to large extent upon the bank account
When we had our Kansas meeting in
Chicago I started out to raise some money
and / stopped in Larned two hours and
got $238, and I want to say that this ia
act . bad place to raise money either, for