Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-16

have responded and the vice presidents
named are as follows:
Iowa. Hon. George F. Wright, Council
Bluffs; South Dakota Hon. Thomas II. Wells
Hot Springs; Nebraska Hon. William
Neville, North Platte; Missouri, Hon. Johr
Donlphan, st. Joseph; Kansas, Hon. c. A
Fellows, Topeka; Arizona, Hon. Charles
Drake, Tucson California, Hon. George w
Parsons, Los angeles; Texas, Hon. Gus Rey
mershoffer, Galveston: Oklahoma, Hon
Eugene Wallace, Oklahoma City; Idaho, Hon
B. p. Shawhan. Payette; Nevada, Hon. Will
! liam ]. WesterAed Reno; Utah, Hon. Lewis
W. Shurtllf:, Ogden City; Colorado Hon
Henry p steele, Denver; New Mexico, Hon
L. Bradford Prince, Santa Fe; Oregon, Hon
B. s Cook. Salem; Alaska, Governor Jamee
Sheakley, sitka.
| The subscription list having passed the
| $4OO 600 mark, the officers of the assocla-
tion were instructed to notify the Treasury
department that the conditions in the act of
congress making provision for a government
exhibit had been complied with certificate
was accordingly prepared setting forth that
bona fde subscriptions to stock had been
made by solvent persons, firms and corpora
tions to the amount of s42OOOO. The docu-
treasury and the secretary of state promptly
took steps to invite foreign nations to
participate with the government in the inter-
national exposition.
CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE AID.
About tbs time a bill was introduced
in congress Sy Congressman Mercer which
amended the former act and provided for an
appropriation of 5000 900 for building for
ha
appropriation of $500 900 for the transporta-
tion and pIorer arrangement of the exhibit
This measure is now before congress and
many of the senators and congressman rep
rcsenting the transmississippl states have
pledged their support to the bill so that its
ultimate passage at this session of congress
may be considered as assured.
In the meantime the promoters OF the ex-
position have established new mark and
have determined to increase the stock sub
scription list to $1,00O,0O0, the limit
authorized by the articles of incorporation.
There are enough subscriptions now in sight
to increase the list to nearly 5000 OOO and
great efforts are to be put forth at once to
increase the amount to the limit In view
of the comparative ease with which the first
half-million was raised no great difficulty is
"H'iNipeNSu III uOuullNB tue amount.
The Legislatures of many Of the trans
mississippi states are now in session and
several OF the governors, in their messages,
have recommended liberal appropriations for
the purpose of enabling their states to make
creditable exhibits.
The legislatures OF but two states met in
lS95-Iowa and Louisiana. The Iowa
legislature made an appropriation of $40 900
for preliminary work and promises were
made of liberal additional apprlprlatlon 10
be made at the special session OF the
legislature now in progress
The Louisiana legislature was not ap-
preached until the time for introducing bills
had passed but the proper authorities were
instructed by resolution to prepare a credlta-
BILE exhibit and liberal appropriation for
that purpose was pledged.
Bills are being prepared by friends and
supporters OF the exposition in all of the
transmsslsappl states providing for state
exhibits, and these will be introduced in
due time. On January 13 bill was in
troiuced by Hon. Dudley Smith In the house
OF representatives of the Nebraska legls-
lature, appropriatIng $35OOOO for the ex-
position, On January IA bill was introduced
in the Illinois legislature for an approprla-
tlon Of 100000 for an exhibit by that state,