The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-21
Proposed to Give Surplus to Army
Charity.
SOCIETY HAS WORK STILL
DONORS DESIRES ARE VARIOUS
LY ESTIMATED.
State Committee Considers PROPOSE
tons Again-Financial Report On
Volunteer Day Celebration-Ap-
preparations to Newsboys, Grip
pied Heroes and Red Cross Soc.e. y.

How to dispose of the $4,000 remain
ing in the treasury of the state COM
mittee who made such elaborate prep
arations two months ago for the home
coming of the Utah batteries is not
bothering the members of the commit
tee, although whenever the committee
gets together something happens to
divert attention and to cause a post
ponement of consideration of the sub
ject- Yesterday afternoon the commit
tee held a meeting in the governors
Office, but the best plan of Wiping out
the uneXpended balance was not deter
mined, and another meeting will have
to be called to further consider the vari-
Gus propositions.
Heretofore it has been proposed to
either refund the unexpended balance
pro rata TO the contributors. TO distrib-
ute the money to all the Utah heroes
now in the field or who have returned
home since Aug. 10, or to apply the sur
plus to d fund TO be raised for the cree
ton of memorial to commemorate
the services of the states gallant sol
dierS, but for one reason or another a
majority of the committee has not
pressed either plan. Those who favor
the memorial arch project are probably
lmpracticability of the other PROPOSE
lions and the knowledge that the mass
of the subscribers to the fund are not
averse TO turning the surplus to patri-
otto purposes, instead of refunding
what little of the money remains.
Favor Helping the Red Cross.
But new plan was advanced yes
terday afternoon, to give the surplus
or 1xrOr-
at once with several members of the
committee, and it would occasion no
surprise if the $4,000 went finally to re-
plenish the treasury of the society that
has done so much and has plenty yet
to do in attending to the emergency
needs of hungry and sick soldiers and
keeping their wives and babes from
suffering. The noble deeds of the Utah
Red Cross society have not been con-
fined to this state, but the ladies have
bent every energy to help heroic sons of
Utah and their comrades. whether they
have been in Cuba or in the Philippines,
in hospital or garrison, camp or travel
ing. 1t was urged by Mrs Ritter yester-
day, and concurred in by many of her
colleagues on the committee, that no
worthier charity could use the surplus
fund for better purposes or in a manner
that would so we'll please the donors.
While discussing this proposition,
George T. Odell and d. c. Adams, who
solicited many of the subscriptions.
were invited to give their opinions. The
former stood for the Red Cross prop
osition, while the latter was inclined
to believe that the surplus should be
refunded. W. p. O'Meara. another who
secured many contributions, wrote that
as he understood the desires of the con-
tributors, the balance should be re
turned pro rata.
Financial Report Considered
The detailed report of Treasurer r. P.
Morris, a summary of which was pub
lished in yesterdays Herald, was care
fully examined and approved, and the !
treasurer was authorized to ar
range for its official publication |
The fetal collections were $13,-
1886, and S10.623.57 had been |
expended for the transportation, recep- |
ton and entertainment of the volun- /
teers, leaving a balance of $3,144.9S, but |
out of this $122 was appropriated yes
terday.
Fifty dollars went to reimburse the |
Red Cross society and an equal amount |
was donated to the newsboys to aid |
them in procuring a medal and arrang-
ing a reception for "Bish" Cooper, a
Salt Lake lad who was on Dewey's
flagship when the Spanish fleet was
destroyed in Manila bay. Treasurer
Morris will disburse the $50 that is to
20 to the newsboys' "hot time
Paid So to Ride to Liberty Park
When the volunteer batterymen ar
lived home carriages should have been
1t the Short Line depot for the sick
md wounded. but somebody blundered
md Happy Jack Braman and Parker
T. Hall were forced to hobble on their
.rutches to a hack driven by a man
FAMED Hicks. These two crippled SOL
liers had to pay Sc for a ride to Liberty
,ark and back to the White House.
This fact was established by affidavit,
md the hackman's fare was refunded
o the disabled heroes by the commit
ee Yesterday.
The matter of releasing the man who
greed to pay $40 for taking away the
dain street arch and lost money by
he transaction was referred TO Mr..
Barnes. with power to act.
Besides those mentioned, there were
resent at yesterdays meeting of the
ommittee, Governor Wells, c. r. Saw
ge, ]. r. Letcher and General Pen
ose.
Another meeting, to decide the ques-
ion of disposing of the surplus fund,
rill be called by the governor soon.
Real Estate Transfers.