Arizona republican., 1900-12-11
A Parade of Picturesque Features Military Drills and Awards Tempe GraspS the Loving Cup-The Mid- way and the Street Fair-1he Regal SpIsndOr Attend ing the Coronation Of Queen May Last Night -The History Of Phoenix CarnVaIS in General and This One in PartGuar--The Programme For Today

The ceremony of bidding aurevoir but not farewell to flesh, was opened in Phoenix yesterday morning on a more magnificent scale than the promoters of the second annual Cowboy and In dian Carnival had dreamed Of It was as a matter of fact, not a farewell to flesh" but a carnival which, however, means the same thing. It was the be- ginning of a week which promises to be so full of joy that the succeeding weeks will seem for sombreness, like Lent, by comparison. So, after all, 1t is a carnival, which like a geomeJrical proposition twas to be proved
 The air was filled with grandeur, not the less brilliant because it was mimic. There was red, white and green every where, mingled now and then with the royal purple of the Elks who are ma terial contributors to the weeks en- joyment. The city of booths had been finished and civic pride had decorated more or less lavishly every business and residence within the central dis trict.
 The ceremonies began with as little friction as a well-arranget machine is set In motion. It ran So all day with a smoothness which came of a month of orderly preparation. The parade diff fered materially from that of a year ago. There was an absence Of com mercial display, but for the floats there had been substituted the booths which were more beautiful and less permanent. The cowboy, Indian and Chinese features were much more .x- tensive than they were last year. They are the more picturesque, so that, the parade has been pronounced better than its predecessor, for in the nature of things, the carnival must be pictu- resque.
 It has been complained that the crowd is not as large as it was a year ago. But that Is matter of opinion. Nobody counted the crowd then and nobody did yesterday. Before the end of the week, though. there will b, ncDre people in Ph0snIx than ever congre- gated here before. Many who are coming frcn Tucson and Prescott are waiting for their spec:al days.
 The crowning glory of the first day was the night. afie thousands of carni- val colored lights and the ceremonies ot the coronation of Queen May, else where described.
 PHOENIX CRIMINALS.
 This is called the second Phoenix h. dian and Cowboy Cairnval. It Is really the third. The first five years ago, was a gorgeous but cruGe affair and many who had favored it, objected to a successor to 1t. A year ago another was gdtten up. It encountered strong opposition until it was fairly under way. It turned out to be so much bet ter than anybody had figured upon that by general consent it was decided to call it the first of a series of carnivals which would be as long as the years of Phoenix. Some ertterprising citizens, indeed, tried to organize another un- der another name to be held three months later. The effect of the carni- val has been a subject of debate. Some sordld souls say they do not pay in dividual dividends except to hotel keepers and saloon keepers. Many merchants say that they positively in terfere with their business, though they serve as valuable advertisements. So they favor them. Hotel keepers and restaurant keepers claim that they are only apparently benefited. for the eX- pcnse of preparation for a crowd of indefinite numbers is heavy and apt to cover the profits.
 THE SECOND CARNIVAL.
 Everybody in Phoenix had decided by a silent, but unanimous vote. that there should be a carnival this year. No time had been fixed, or rather a dozen times had been fixed. but none agreed upon. Abouu a month ago Mir. Louis W. Buckley, who has spent fif- teen years in the organization of car nivals, street fairs and similar events. arrived in Phoenix and told why he was here. The next day there was a meeting at the board of trade rooms and the carnival date was agreed upon along with all the details of Hu. Many feared that the time was too short, but it was explained that much could be done in short time by scientific peo- pie. Scientific people are those who have learned how by reading or ex- perience.
 THE ORGANIZATION.
 At the next meeting there was ar