Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-04-10
THE FIRST STEP!
Big Fair Meeting Last
Night.
Everybody Present Called Up
on for Their Views.
O. N. Marion and P. +. McCanna,
Elected President and Secretary.
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.

II the enthusiasm displayed at last
nights meeting is a criterion, the 1901
fair of the New Mexico Territorial
cess.
The meeting was very enthusiastic
and probably the largest, with the pos.
sible exception of the mass fair meet
ing held in the spring Of 1899, ever
held in Albuquerque, fully one hun.
dred representative citizens being
present at s o'clock when President
W. T. McCreight of the two previous
fairs, called the meeting to order,
Maurice Vaughan officiating as secre.
tary.
The first order of business was the
election of a president for the ensu-
ing year. and the ame Of Hon. o.
N. Marion. p. +. McCanna. c. X. New.
hall and w. r. McCreight were pre-.
scented. The latter withdrew his
name, as he had had the honor for two
years. in favor of Mr.. Marion, where
upon Mr.. Newhall also withdrew his
name and insisted upon Mr.. McCan-
ma,
City Marshal McMillin announced
to the meeting that he knew Mr.. Nc
Gamma would not accept the Office and
asked that his name be withdrawn,
which request was complied with, thus
leaving only the name OF Mr.. Marion
before the meeting, and he, on motion,
was unanimously elected to the presi'
dency.
Nominations for secretary being In
order. the names of II. w. Spencer,
Z. l.. McCanna and Maurice Vaughan
were presented. Mr.. McCanna was
chosen by n good majority Of the bal.
lots cast.
II was then moved and seconded
that the meeting elect n board of d.
%rectors consisting Of twenty-five mem
bers. %whereupon the following names,
in the order mentioned, were present.
ed and elected: w. r. McCreight. Al
fred Grunsfeld, II. Ruppe, w. l.. Trim
Bile. James McCorriston, II. II. Green
leaf, G. X. Newhall, John S. Trimble
I. s. Hubbell, George Frazer, r. w
Hopkins, A. A.. Trimble. Geo. +. AL
bright. Il. l.. Washburn, o, w. Strong
Jacob Korber. +. Il. Sturges, James
ID. Eakin, NJ. w. Flournoy, A. Il. Nc
Gaffey. VIM. Farr, Joseph T. John
ston. Arthur Everitt, John A. Lee and
John s. Beaver.
A motion was made and seconded
calling a meeting Of the board of di
rcctors, with the president and secre
tary, at the same place Friday night
April l2. at 8 o'clock, when a treas
urer will be elected and the presi
dent will have IN opportunity to heal
the views of the directors and to Sc
lcct his executive committee.
At the suggestion OF w. l.. Trimbl'
and others, those present, beginning
with Mr.. Trimble and going around
the Don In a circle were called upoI
for their views as to what kind of
fair should be given this fall, and som
Of the new ideas advanced were indee,
good and practical.
A majority Of the speakers favore,
a mixed fair. with horse racing, stee
roping, wild West" show. etc, whil'
others expressed themselves In favol
OF fine exhibitions of pumpkins, on
ions, mineral pres ami other thing,
that would show up the material re
sources Of the territory
b. Spitz and others thought, as Al
%buquerQue merchants were to be tn,
largest contributors to the fair funds
that the fair should be held OIL thi,
side, and John A.. Lee stated that, al
although he was In favor Of some hors'
races, he thought that Albuquerque
horses could not be depended upon I,
please and In order to make this fea
ture interesting inducements must b.
made to get good trotters and runner
!, from the outside.
=. o. w. Strong, Thos. Hughes. c. X
/ Newhall. X. III. Greenleaf. w. l.. Trim
BILE. A. b. McGaffey. James McCoris
ton, Jacob Korber, j. ID. Eakin ant
others favored "A return to the old tim
fairs of horse racing, intersperse'
with steer roping, wild West shows
, etc.
A letter from T. j. Shinick, ~favorin
the idea OF an Elks' fair, intersperse
, with horse races, and In charge OF tn
, Elks, was read, but no action wa
1 taken on the views advanced by Nj
/; Shinick.
, Finally, at the suggestion Of Mr.. e.
1 eritt, the matter Of what kind OF
fair to be given was left to the boar
I of directors to decide upon, afte
which a motion to adjourn was mad
!. and carried.
The newly elected president an
secretary, o. N. Marion and =. +. Nj
Gamma, were not present, n henc
could not personally accept the honor
I thrust upon them. However, 1t
hoped they will see their way clear I
accept and let Albuquerque give
rousins big fair this fall.