Omaha daily bee., 1898-05-07
FOR A DIRECTOR GENERAL
Matter Brought Before the Exposition Board
for Consideration.
DEFINITE ACTION COMES NEXT MONDAY
Imperative Necessity of One Head to
Supervise and Direct the Az
fairs of the Great Trans
mississippi show.


At the call Of seventeen directors a
special meeting of the board Of directors
of the exposition was held yesterday after
noon for the purpose of considering the
matter Of the appointment OF director gen.
eral for the enterprise. Although the call
for the meeting was not fled with Secretary
Wakefield until 1890 p. IN. yesterday,
and telephone notice of the meeting did not
reach some of the directors until after )
o'clock, such was the general interest in
the vital question to be presented for con.
sideration that twentyseven directors were
present when the roll was called.
Before the call for the meeting was read
the president directed the secretary to read
a communication which was handed him.
This proved to be a letter from General
Henderson, Withdrawing the resignation as
a director rendered by him at the last meet
ing of the board. This action of General
Manderson was taken at the urgent solicit
taton Of number of the most influential
directors and the reading Of the communica
tion was greeted with hearty applause and
expressions of approval
The call for the special meeting was then
read and the president asked for the fur
ther pleasure of the meeting.
Mr.. Montgomery was the first one on his
feet and he said he was opposed to any un>
due haste on the part of the board saying
that 1t would be unwise to take hasty action
on a matter of such great Importance. He
urged the shortness Of the notice as q rea-
son why the meeting should adjourn to
some future time, in order that full at
tendance of the board might be obtained
and the matter given careful consideration.
He closed by moving an adjournment until
Monday next at o'clock.
M toI tJ,at
committee should present a plan for the
Capitalization of power in one man or say
that they do not want such plan, and be
amended the motion to provide that when
the board meets Monday the committee
shall present report on these lines.
Discuss the Subject.
Mr.. Rosewater said the board had al
ready to unload too much Of it's own respon-
siblity on the executive committee and he
urged that the matter be discussed infor-
mally, in order that it may be better un-
derstood when the board meets on Monday.
This idea prevailed and the members Of
the executive committee who were present
were called on to express their views, Man
ayers Lindsey, Bruce and Rosewater being
the only ones present
Mr.. Lindsey said the executive committee
had been told continually that it was doing
well; II it should be proposed to now place
all the power in one mans hands he would
oppose it. t,ro1.
Mr.. Bruce said -he--ha been serving
twenty-one months to the best of his abil-
ity and if he had failed the board was re-
sponsible for electing him the executive
committee. He said he did not want any
assistance except that of his co-workers Of
the last twenty-one months.
General Henderson said the matter under
consideration was one of grave import and
should be decided only after due considera-
lion and full attendance of members of