The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-06
FAILURE OF STATE FAIR
PRESIDENT HAMlLTON'S SUCCESS
TION TO BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
The Contest for Standardization
Jones Indorsed for n Cabinet Posi-
tion-The Wool w

Board of Agriculture was the most i'm
portant part of the annual meeting of the
delegate board yesterday. The delegate
board is composed of one representative
from each recognized fair and agricultural
association i'm the State Its principal duty
is the election each year of eight members
of the State Board of Agriculture. About
seventy delegates were present at the meet
ing. In some districts a lively contest de-
veloped in the election. as many as seven
or eight ballots being required to make
a selection from the numerous candidates.
The nominations for the eight vacancies
were as follows:
Fifth district. TO succeed V. X. Officer
III. l.. Nowlin. Dearborn county; Robert II.
Wood. Jefferson county.
Sixth district. TO succeed w. w. Ham
S: Robbins. Decatur; o. NJ. Smith, Rush;
Wayne; n. F. McMahan, Randolph.
Eighth district, TO succeed Charles Down
ing-Charles Downing, Hancock county;
John II. Kercheval, Hamilton county.
Ninth district. to succeed James NJ. San
key-James NJ. Sankey, Vigo county. Gov
ernor Claude Matthews was placed in NOM
nation. but a friend announced that he
could not serve.
Tenth district, to succeed John L. Davis
John l.. Davis. Montgomery county; John
w. Morgan, Hendricks; John w. Robe,
Putnam; a. l.. Howard, Boone.
Eleventh district. to succeed NJ. 5. Clay
pool-M. 5. Claypool, Delaware county.
Twelfth district. to succeed William NJ.
Blackstock-William NJ. Blackstock. Tippe-
canoe county; Morton Levering, Tfppeca-
noe: W. II. GoOdwine, Warren.
Thirteenth district. to succeed John l..
Thompson John l. Thompson, Grant
county.
The election resulted as follows: Fifth
district. II. l.. Nowlin. Dearborn county;
sixth, Knode Porter, Wayne; eighth,
Charles Downing, Hancock Ore-elected)
ninth, James NJ. Sankey, Vigo Qe-elected);
tenth, John l.. Davis, Montgomery (re-
elected: eleventh. NJ. S. Claypool, Delaware
(re-elected); twelfth. Mortimer lowering,
Tippecanoe: thirteenth, John L. Thompson,
Grant.
When the delegates assembled Mayor
Taggart was there. with his smiling face,
ready to be taken for a farmer at a mo-
ment's notice. He was on the programme
for an address of welcome. His words
were few, but they were given in his char
acteriStic manner.
Governor Matthews was then expected to
welcome the delegates to the Statehouse,
but he was not present. and a committee
was sent TO find him. They discovered him
just as he was entering the Statehouse,
and straightway marched him TO the agri-
cultural hall. He excused his delay, and
then spoke for a few minutes, impressing
particularly upon his hearers the belief
that the State board should be composed
or farmers and that farmers should man.
age the fair.
The address of retiring President Hamil.
ton was of considerable interest. He took
a radical stand on the question of main
tanning the fair. He thought the State
should pay its expenses so the admission
fee could be abolished or made merely
educational exhibit. He spoke of the tax
that would be required to do this and then
he received the cold glances of many who
had previously seemed to favor the idea.
| He thought the county fairs ShOlll1 arrange
their dates so as TO not conflict with the
State fair. Last year there were nine coun-
~ fairs held during the week of the State
fair. He suggested that the office OF secre-
tary and treasurer of the board be COM
bined and that all money be paid out cn
warrants signed by the secretary and presi-
dent. He spoke i'm warm terms of Purdue
University. which, he said. is an institu-
ton that does not spoil a young man for
farming. lhni
THE SECRETARY REPORT.
Secretary Charles r. Kennedy. in his an
nual report, departed somewhat from the
usual custom and made a number of sug-
g~estions with especial reference TO their APP
plication to county fairs. He thought
special attention should be given in the
premium list to anything that is new and
promises to be of benefit TO the farmers
He scored the art department.. II assert
that one-third, if not a greater portion OF
the articles exhibited" he said, ARE not
i'm common use and this because they ante
date the times. | would offer no induce
ments for the exhibition of an article tina
an up-to-date housewife would not give
place i'm her tidy rooms The financial
statement showed the following: Re-
ceipts-Balance from last report. 81. d. so
rents, $520.40 privileges. 81. 1855: stall fees
Sl.02S; entry fees, 2.6i5; exhibitors tickets
$3.50; admissions. Sl3.021.S5; miscellaneous
$50. -; total. $50. 135. As.
Disbursements-Per diem and mileage
s.. III. 20; salaries. $685. postage. tele.
grams, etc. SAL. 81; printing and stationery
500. 10; advertising. 81. 021.9i: construction
and repairs. 81. 2s6.s9: interest and rentals
81. 1880 insurance. Sl35; old claims. S3IS.29
81. 7O4. "a; premiums, $lf,S17.l7; total. 1872. 500. 25
deficit. $373.7S.
There are now warrants outstanding tc
the amount of s379.5+. of which S5.25 repre-
sents warrants issued prior to 1896. Other
claims due for which no warrants have
been issued amount TO 1924. while 81 800 Is
due the board on four unsettled claims
The inventory shows that the board hold.
property valued at Sl56.650. This is divided
as follows: eighty acres of land and i'm
provements. Slf5.0e0; Improvements OF
leased land. $4,000; personal property. 81. $50
"A resolution was passed. on the motion
of G. b. Harris, that Aaron Jones. of South
Bend. be suggested TO President-elect Nc
Kinley for secretary of agriculture.
After the election of new members tn,
old board met and allowed a few small
bills and then adjourned sine die. The new
board will meet this. morning at s O'Clock