The age-herald., 1900-11-24
WILL ASK FOR AN
 APPROPRIATION
Movement to Have Alabama Re-
 presented at Buffalo
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Meeting at Commercial Club Rooms Last Night Was Enthusastic-Rep- resentatives of Pan-American
 Exposition Were Present.

A meeting was held at the Commercial Club last night for the purpose of taking steps towards placing an Alabama exhibit at the PanAmerican Exposition to be held in Buffalo. There were present Samuel Blackwell of Decatur and R. H. Cobb of Anniston, Alabama commissioners to the exposition; Fred Pfeifer, commissioner for the south, and several members of the club.
 general discussion of the merits of the exposition and the necessity for an Ala bama exhibit was participated in by near ly all present, and two committees were appointedo one to frame a bill to be pre- sented to the Legislature asking an appro- priation of $25,OOO from the State and $10O for each county in the State, and one to furnish the necessary information for the framing of such bill
 These committees will meet Monday to attend to the work imposed upon them.
 While the number of men at the meeting was small, the enthusiasm was great, and all expressed confidence in the Legislature making the necessary appropriation. In that enthusiastic manner peculiar to him. self, Capt. Frank S. White said:
 Alabama must have building, and if the State will not give the money for it then Jefferson County must, and if we can't get it from the treasury of Jefferson County, the people of Jefferson County must give it themselves. We must have building; 1t vii do us more good than anything else that could be done. It would advertise to the world our matchless re- sources; 1t would show a steel wire, steel all, a steel rail, and rod of steel all pro- uced within sight of the mountain from which is taken the ore of which they are made. An Alabama building would be an invitation to the world to come there and see what we have" and Major Anderson added ''and rest'
 After the discussion had proceeded for some time Secretary Gibson of the Com mercial Club, in order to get some business before the meeting, made motion provid- ing for the appointment of a committee of three to cooperate with the two commits sioners from the State present in the pre- paration of the bill 10 be presented to the Legislature.
 Captain James E. Webb moved the ap- pointment of d committee of ten to CO., operate with the Alabama commissioners.
 General Shelley moved as a substitute for both of the motions, the appointment of two committees, one consisting of Capt Frank s. White, Capt. James E. Webb and Samuel Blackwell, to prepare bill to be presented to the Legislature and another committee of seven to furnish all the nec- essary information in the preparation of the bill. This motion was adopted.
 The chair appointed on the last commit tee Maj. F. Y. Anderson, R. H. Cobb of An niston, Gen. Charles M. Shelley, MT. Wood ruff of Ensley, State Commissioner of Ag- riculture Robert R. Poole, Col J. M. Falk- ner and J. B. Gibson, secretary of the Com mereial Club. This committee will meet Monday to prepare the information for the other committee.
 The bill will probably be prepared in time to give to some one of the representatives in the General Assembly by Tuesday of next week.
 Mir. Pfeifer, commissioner for the South for the Pan-American Exposition, made a short address in which he urged that Ala