The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-23
RICE PALACE MEETING.
ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC GATHER
ING HELD ON THE SUBJECT.
The Committee Of Fifteen Was INSTRUCTED
to Proceed to Raise One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.

| Those who have kept themselves informed
on the subject know with what Interest the
movement to have a rice palace carnival
( In this city this fan has been followed.
W. H. Cleveland and others called mass
meeting To- he he'd In the Business League
rooms 90 Tuesday, May IL, 10 consider the
subject. Notwithstanding the fact that It
ralued aud stormed on that day until Z
o'clock In the evening. one II tho largest,
most representative and most enthusiastic
meetings ever held n this city 10 initiate
"a movement occurred ON that date.
COMMITTEE or
FIFTEEN APPOINTED.
After q free and full discussion OF the
subject II was heartily Endorsed aud a
| committee Of hfteen was appointed 90 take
the scheme under Amusement.
The chairman Of that committee. Mr, H.
w. Cortes, called the members together at
the Business League rooms on Monday
May 80. aud they In turn decided TO call a
mass meeting TO be held last night at the
city hall The result was the attendance
Of lnrge body OF representative men.
TIE NAMES
or THE SPEAKERS.
Mr.. Cortes called the meeting 10 order,
and Mr. George p. Brown acted as secrc-
tary. In few words the chairman stated
the object OF the meeting. lie then called
| for expressions Of views on the subject.
Among those who expressed themselves
were Mcssrs John Fmuigan. H. r. Mac.
/ iregor, r. NJ. Johnston f. y. Gray. I'd
ham, a; NJ, Levy, ieitmann, Mistrot,
Cleveland. Captain William Christian, W.
l.. Foley and others.
quite a fun discussion occurred. and Il
was evidently the consensus Of opinion that
some knd OF Industrial exposition having
for It's main feature the exploitation Of The
! rice Industry. should be held In Houston
this fall
Mr. Ed KAN moved that the committee
/ Of fifteen who called the meeting should he
advised 60 make an effort to raise $4,000
| TO have rice palace carnival tnts fuli. II
| they met with sufficient announcement
/ they should proceed further and organize 4
/ tair and rice palace association ON a 500.
Geo basis
| 10 RAISE
! S1Oo0OO.
| Colonel II. NJ Johnston moved as a sub
stitute that the committee OF dfteeu be
instructed that 1t was the sense of this
meeting that they proceed to make an ef-
| fort to raise 100000 for rice palace and
Industrial exposition this fall
me substitute carried unanimously after
C9ionel Johnston finished his very practical
| talk In advocacy uf IT,
! II was understood by those who partIci.
pated that the instruction 20 the committee
was only directory. carrying with Il he
| suggestion that the effort to raise the
money hc made AZ once IN order that the
ehtertalhmeht can be given this fan. Fine
/ COMMITTEE WILL
MEET TONIGHT.
The committee Of fifteen. 20 which refer.
ence is often made in the foregoing, win
meet tonight In the office ~ ]. s. .Daugh.
eriy, next door to the business League
rooms, 10 take under consideration the sug.
gestlons received from the above described
| mass meeting.
Judging by the gathering that occurred
last night the enterprise has received such
an Impetus that rice palace carnival Is
almost assured for this fall