The San Francisco call., 1897-04-10
EXIT THE
CARNIVAL
The Projectors Agree That
the Money Cannot
Be Raised.
AFFAIR TO BE FORMALLY
WOUND UP.
Helping the Unemployed Was a
Serious Drawback to Its
Success.
a STATEMENT PREPARED FOR
THE PRESS.
Grand Ball Proposed at the Pavilion
10 Discharge the Liabilities of
the Committee.
a STATEMENT PREPARED FOR
THE PRESS.
Grand Ball Proposed at the Pavilion
10 Discharge the Liabilities of
the Committee.

The carnival has died. At the meeting
last night of the executive committee at
the Columbia building it was decided
after an exchange of views anent the hard
times to discontinue all further efforts to
carry the enterprise through, and, if not
to formally disband, at least to call the
effort off till another year.
Henry S. Martin, chairman of the inan-
cial committee, stated to the meeting
that he had made vigorous efforts in the
downtown sections and throughout the
City generally to raise money for the
carnival, but was met on every hand with
the inquiry why a carnival should be
given now. The people he met said they
didn't think it was a good time. because
they had to put up so much money for
the unemployed. TO them it looked like
an incongruous proposition to be trying
to raise money for a carnival. He was
tired OF ii and didn't believe the carnival
could be carried through.
Director-General Bergerot, who lately
succeeded S. Il. Friedlander because the
latter gentleman had TO go East ON i'm
portant business. said he also had been
making a careful diagnosis of the situa-
tion. Things looked unflattering to him.
He had estimated that the carnival could
not be carried through to anything that
looked at all like a success for less than
1000. AS it was the committee didn't
have at present much more than a third of
that. The clouds didn't have a silver lin
Ing.
Professor Emery E. Smith, director of
the floral part of the carnival, stated that
ha |,
hao decided they could not keep up their
end respectfully with the money that was
allotted them. AS it appeared no more
could be granted he felt that in Justice to
the Floral Society he ought to resign from
the executive committee.
These speeches with some others scat
tered along at random brought things to
climax. A number OF the committee
had evidently previously foreseen that
the carnival could not be carried out.
The enterprise had been. floated for
months but the business men of the CITY,
let alone the people at large, did not take
hold OF it with the ardor that was desired.
They could not for some reason be in
spired with the importance of it.
The committee discussed the different
phases of failure for some time ana then
united in preparing a statement for the
press. 1t set forth the efforts that had
been made, the large sum of money con-
tributed by merchants and others in aid
OF the unemployed, and the fact that il
would be best to forego the carnival now
and postpone it to another year.
General Warhe!d, the chairman of the
carnival, was not present. He was at San
Rafael The following was the staten ent
given out for the press. 1t was unsigned: ::
1.-The present executive committee of
the Golden Gate carnival, at its regular
iact lerhf lnl
the series Of proposed festivities hereto.
fore announced until further orders,
This action was brought about by a re-
port by the director general and the
grand marshal, elected a week ago, show
ing the impossibility of carrying out the
proposition on the lines originally con-
teInplated within the short time to elapse
between now and the Sd of May.
'These gentlemen ascertained, after care
fully canvassing the situation, that, al
though the old executive committee had
been at work for nearly year, they had
practically accomplished nothing and
had signally failed in securing sufficient
subscriptions to insure the success of the
festival.
The new committee found consider
able enthusiasm prevailing among the
people in favor of the carnival and a dis
position to literally contribute to its
success. The money could have been
bSCuIOQ; Out do IL Nd dUSOlul6lV necessary
to let all contracts at once, and as the
committee had not sufficient time within
which to collect tho necessary funds, it
had no other alternative but 10 follow the
course tnat was adopted.
Believing that a carnival would be a
source of great benefit to the community.
the committee has decided to maintain
its organization, and in order to discharge
tie Liabilities incurred by the previous
committee ii has resolved to give grand
ball on the 9Th of May at the Mechanics
Pavilion, The balance left from the ball
is to be don ated TO the unemployed.
"The prizes for the school children in
the word contest, which will close at MID
night to- night saturday.. will be paid by
the committee as soon as the 5000 or more
lists can be gone over and the winners de-
termined.
1.-The present headquarters will be main
tanned until the affairs OF the committee
are wound up"