El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-14
GENERAL MEETING
OF COMMITTEES
Held At the Court House Yes
terday Afternoon.
NO Definite ACTION

Was Taken, But A Number sOf ImpOr-
tant Matters We're Left To the De-
cision Of the Executive Committee,
Which Meets Today.
The general meeting of the commit
tee men appointed to arrange for the
corner stone celebration was not called
to order yesterday afternoon until
three O'Clock. Mayor Mag0tfin pre-
sided and the three mem bers of the
press committee acted as secretaries.
Those present we're Messrs. John
Julian, D.. W. Reckhart, A. J. Schultz,
J. w. Magofin. Joseph Magotfin, 81. E.
W. 81. Burgess, @. r. MOrehead, Floyd
Payne, T. c. Lyons, J.. D. Ponder, J.
H. McCutcheOn, and John Sneed.
The chairman explained that the OBJ.
ject of the meeting was to make final
arrangements so that the committee
might intelligently perform their du-
ties without q hitch or q clash. He
lei called for the mort of the va
riOus chairmen.
James Msgoffin, chairman of the ball
committee, stated that the ball COM
mittee had organized and selected sub
committees. Also that his committee
had voted unanimously that 1t would
be q better policy to have an unmasked
rather than a mask ball, the commit
tee believing that a good many young
men who desired to attend would pre-
fer not to incur the expense of the
maskerade costumes. He stated that
as soon as the ball committee could de-
termine the price of supper from the
n m Iff0n If UQG roQdu fn m
ahead and AVE tickets, badges, and
programs printed.
John Julian, secretary of the execu-
tive committee, reported q meeting
held on the tenth, but that nothing de-
finite had been mapped out. He said
however that it vas b universal opin-
ion, so far as he could determine hat
it should be a mask ball.
81 do not dance" said be-. "but l
would like to look on at a mask ball.
There are many more like me and
hundreds of visitors would attend to
see the masks and costumes. No Strang-
ers would care to attend q plain
ball.
"This entertainment can be made
of great benefit to the city. We want
to get every citizen interested.
"By all means let US hav q mask
ball so as to bring people to town."
IL wohuCu w hdo" L
the ball committee had authority to
change the TASK ball proposition.
He was Informed by James Magoffin
that the committee had simply sug-
gested the change to the general COM
mittee.
w. H. Burgess of the ball committee
and chairman of the committee on in
v~itations, said he and his associates had
thoroughly ~convassed the situation and
mad roanhaH tho nnnol1SiOn Z h Z q rloin
ball was more desirable for the reason
that a fancy costume would u~udoubted-
ly cost considersb BILE money and that it
would be a very difficult matter to keep
out improper characters if they mask
ed.
Captain Charles Davis %conteuded
that the entertainment was for the
whole people and he wanted every
body to come and have a good time and
preferable for the reason that it would
afford boundless amusement to young
and old and all classes.
DO away with the supper" and the
speaker, 'throw the doors wide open
and let all the people of Ell Paso at
tend.
D. W. Observation-Disclosures the mat
ter with supper? Do you want to
throw me out of a JOB?
Davis-It will take $40, 600 to fed all
the people whom L propose shall attend
the ball.
Burges-If zyour ideas, Capt. Davis,
are to have the thing wide open, we
were laboring under the wrong impress
sion. We thought it was proposed to
exclude Objectionable characters.
1.-THE higher the cost for admission
the more likely are Objectionable char
acters to attend" said Captain Davis.
tSV mont tho 6nnrc nnon RI rinh and nonr
alike and no distinction shown. Of
course. Objectionable characters would
be shut OUT"
J. D. Ponder said that a wide open,
unrestricted affair would have the eff
feet OF breaking up the entertainment,
for the reason that respectable men
and women would stay away.
Some one suggested that the city
council defray all the expenses of the
entertainment and no admission be
charged, but the proposition was OBJ
jected to on the grounds that it was
not legal.
After further discussion it was a.
greed that the invitation committee
should not limit the Invitations issued,
but should be careful not to invite any
disreputable persons and hat every re-
spectacle citizen was entitled to .admis-
sion.
On motion of j. W. Magoffiu, second
ed by d. W. Reckhart the whole mat
ter was referred to the executive COM
mittee which will likely .decidein favor
of a mask ball.
John Julian suggested that the COM
mitteemen allow no grass TO e ow I'M
der their feet and that the executive
committee meet this morning. So or
dered,
D. w Reckhart reported that the
supper committee of which ne is chair
man, met Sunday afternoon but had
taken no definite action and couI1 not
do so until it vas known how many
persons were to be fed.