The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-26
WANT TO COME AGAIN.
Committee of Fifteen Holds a
Meeting Last Night.
Firemen Make Enquiries About
the Next Fall Festival.
Other Cities Will Probably Concede
Us the State Reunion-We Will
Hold One Anyway.

The Committee of Fifteen held a
meeting last night and agreed upon
the following subcommittee to be ap-
pointed at the meeting next week:
Committee on finance, to be COM
posed of five members.
advertisement and printing.
Rates and transportation.
programme.
ADJUSTMENTS and displays.
Reunion.
Privileges
Public comfort.
Reception and speakers.
After the committees have been APP
pointed and the work divided the actual
work of preparation for the big festival
OF 1897 will commence.
Upon suggestion of D. J. Greenwald,
1t was agreed that a general invitation
should be extended to everyone who
has plans for floats or any other pro-
posed feature of the next festival to be
present at the meeting week after next.
One firm has already presented plans
for series of floats, but that was late
last year and the committee then re-
fused to take any action, pending the
reorganization of the committee All
that has now been attended to, and the
organization has been chartered and is
ready to begin active work.
One of the first things that will re-
ceive the consideration of the commit
tee will be Offering prizes to counties
for the best floats or displays at the
festival. What the prizes will be is a
matter for future consideration. On
motion of Major Anderson, c. A. Eel
lows and S. S. McFadden were named
as committee to arrange a plan for
the prizes. They will decide whether
it is advisable to offer prizes for floats
or displays, and how many prizes will
be offered.
President Fellows, who was appoint
ed a special committee to consider
making necessary repairs at the fair
dc t06 10 &c 7n
weather permits the buildings will be
overhauled and repaired under direc-
ton of the Committee of Fifteen. This
course was adopted because the board
of county commissioners complained
that the buildings and fences had been
damaged by the festival and reunion
last fall.
Major T. J. Anderson and S. S. Nc
Fadden, who were appointed to confer
with the department officers of the c..
A. r. in reference to the receipts from
the sham battle during festival week
last fall reported. recommending that
the committee pay the department Of
ficerS $3.50. SO to satisfy all claims. An
allowance of 500 had been made be-
fore.
Major Anderson thinks that at the
annual encampment of the G. a. r. at
Chanute next April the annual reunion
will be conceded to Topeka because the
old soldiers will appreciate that they
can be better entertained here than
~
cities in the race so far" said Major
Anderson, e and they all realize that
we set the pace last fall and they do
not care to try to reach it. 1 under
ing for the reunion" Major Anderson
favors having a reunion in Topeka dur
ing Festival week even though the
state reunion should be taken else
where. He says that there will be no
doubt about the presence of President
Mckinley and the regular troops
whether the state reunion is held here
or not.
The State Firemen's tournament this
year will come to Topeka if the Com
mittee of Fifteen wants it. Secretary
Doran read the following letter last
night from the president of the state
association:
while it is quite early to take up
such matter I find a strong desire
among the firemen to know where the
next tournament will be held. We now
have an offer of 5000 in prizes from
Winfield. 1 thought I would like to
ask you to canvas the question little
and find out whether Topeka will care
TO have it again in connection with
the fall festivities. / am about to issue
a book containing rules for tourna-
ments proceedings of the last meeting,
etc, and it would be quite advantage
Gus to get the programme and location
in this book This is why I am TAX
ing it up so early.
7 find a strong desire to go to To
peka, and I am sure If the same oner
was made as last year it would secure
the meeting, and 1 will also add that
our association is nearly double the
size that it was last year
"A p. ELDER, President"
Fire Marshal Wilmarth said that he
had received many letters from the vari- !
ous fire companies over the state eX- |
pressing a desire that the next state |
tournament shall be held in Topeka, |
and he favored early action to give the |
companies time for training and prep /
aratiOn.
The whole matter was referred to the |
on amusements and displays |
and it will be considered as soon as the |
committee has been named
The bylaws, which refer principally |
TO the duties of the officers and direct |
ors of the Committee of Fifteen, were |
.Io-+n.l nnd thu committee adjourned |