San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-14
THE LADIES MAKE THEIR LAST
APPEAL FOR THE RE-
QUIRED AID.
If This Is Not Forthcoming They
Will DiStani-BuSineSS Men
AllFavOratle to II and the
Money Will Evident
ly Be Raised,

The ladies of the Flower Battle as
ISOLATION have appointed committee
consisting of Mr.. c. c. Janin. l.. c.
Irvine and G. Peterson to raise the
necessary funds for holding the Bat
tie of Flowers on San JacintO day
this year. The ladies have been some
what at loss during the past two
weeks to know through what instru
mentality they would be able to pro-
cure the necessary funds. 1t will re-
Quire about $500 to pay all the bills.
1t has been a serious question in their
minds whether it would not be better
for them to let the matter drop for one
season, as it seemed hard to find any
one who was willing to do the work
incident to raising the money. More
patriotic councils, however, prevailed,
and ne final conclusion was that the
citizens of San Antonio, irrespective
of the business advantage to be OBJ
tanned from it, would heartily support
the celebration. 1t has become such
III pa III NDeih
history that to omit it for one year
would seem great dereliction. The
committee appointed by the ladies
will call upon all the business inter
eSts and individuals who are interest
ed in the patriotic event, with a view
Of making q test as to whether the
Flower Battle is really appreciated
or not The ladies are giving their
time and energy to the work, and de-
serve most hearty commentator for
the success which they have made of
this event in the past. These patriotic
ladies' have no personal benefit in the
Battle of Flowers but from sentiment
and because of their noble spirit they
want to see the celebration of San
Iacinto day maintained, and assist
in cultivating n spirit of reverence
for the heroism which is represented
in the event.
All the railroads realize that the
Battle of Flowers is a drawing card
for San Antonio, and several of the
passenger agents of the different
roads who were in the city last week,
anXiOuSly inquired for the details of
this years battle and said that they
would be glad to give the most thor
Ough publicity to the event all along
their lines. Mr.. L. J. Parks, acting
general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific, with headquarters
at Houston, said, regarding the Flow
err Battle: 1T would seem to us in
Houston n suicidal policy to allow an
event of this sort to go by in default.
While the Battle of San Jacinto is
more or less the occasion of celebra-
lions throughout the state, yet the
center of interest in these memorials
II has always been in San Antonio. be-
Il cause of the intimate association of
the Fall of the Alamo and the Battle
4 Of San JacintO. We have hundreds of
| injuries along the line as to the de-
| tails of that celebration, and the
| sooner you can get matter in our
II hands upon which we can base our
| advertisements, the better it will be.
| The Battle of Flowers has come to be
considered n permanent institution OF
San Antonio, and the people in the
surrounding country would certainly
think very strangely of the lack of en-
tprprSe which would permit the event
70 he passed over. We stand ready to
do everything in our power to make
the country patronage satisfactory i'll
every respect.
This opinion comedies with that of
Mr.. d. J. Price, A. G. 2. A. of the In
ternational and Great Northern, who
mon hearing the suggestion that the
Battle of Flowers might not take
Mace this year, seemed too much dis
rusted to discuss the question. Said
he: II am perfectly well satisfied that
the people of San Antonio are not go
ing to stulify themselves so unmis-
takably as they would in case they
allowed the Flower Battle to go over.
We are always glad to do everything
we can TO bring people into San An
tonic as Il matter of business, and 1t
ought not to require any words or ar
cument to prove by this time that the
reOple like to come to San Antonio
whenever there is any excuse to do so
and any reasonable inducement in the
way of cheap rates"
Several of the leading merchants of
the city were consulted on the matter
in the hope of ascertaining whether
the sentiment was strong enough to
Justify the holding of the battle this
wear. Among others Haas & Open
beimer, JOSke Bros, L. WOlfsOn and
Wolff & Marx; each expressed the
Nsgeatest surprise that there was any
pat about holding the battle. The
SrllOn sentiment was expressed by
nf them as follows: 'sThe Battle
lowers is part of San AntoniO.and
ladies need to do 10 secure their
is to call unOu us We all ex-