The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-20
RICE PALACE COMMITTEE
A LARGE NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS
PRESENT LAST NIGHT.
1t Was Decided to Call a Larger Meeting
to Discuss the Organization OF a
Fair Association.

Chairman Cortes called meeting OF the
rice palace committee OF fifteen to be held
at the Business League rooms last night
ana the following gentlemen were present
John Mcclellan, A. S. Cleveland, T. II.
Thompson H. W. Coftcs. Ii. f. MacGregor,
II, c. Mosehart. A. NJ. Levy, h. A. Holt,
mann, j. Is. Mayberry, q. A. Mlsuot aud
b +. 6onner
-. Cortes explained the object OF the
meeting ana the discussion soon became
general When oil the members present mad
expressed themselves, 1t was evident that
the consensus OF opinion was that fair
association should be organized at once,
that The first entertainment should be heid
this fall and that the main feature of the
fair, which sh5Jnd be as broad and general
In Its character as such enterprises usually
are, should be a rice palace mat no means
or scheme should bc overlooked 10 exploit
the possibilities OF the rice belt.
The minutes OF the meeting IN detail
were: Mir. r. y Gray was elected tenn
porary secretary in the absence OF MI
George Brown, " no was elected permanent
secretary of the existing committee
~. Il. n. Gray. VINO was one of the com
mittce appointed by the mass meeting heid
on the 18th instant, to invite the assistance
OF the Rice Association Of America In max
ina success OF the nee Dnlacc, was called
upon for a report. He said That he was
present In Beaumont on the 10th instant
when the board OF directors OF the Rice ar-
soc,ation met ana that lie had delivered the
inN%cation thai IL bad been enthusiastically
acCeptcd that resolutions flyuring the en-
terprisc had been adopted. and "A committee
oi eleven appointed TO coufer with the
Houston committee on the subject
After considerable debate it vas moved,
t.I..A al aNut
+ Instructed To invite the directors and man
ayers OF every commercial aud industrial
Organization IN the city 10 meet the com
mlttec Thursday evening at O'Clock at q
| place 10 he designated by Mr.. Cortes, the
/ chairman, for the purpose of discussing tne
feasibility of organizing 2 fair association.
II WIS moved. seconded and carried that
/ the committee adjourn until next FRIDAY
evening at $ O'Clock tho meeting TO be held
1 at the Business League rooms.
! III the discussion that followed, u was
stated as the belief OF o great many that
this is o very prnpitious time 10 launch a
fair project and mat there would be no
: trouble IN organizing q company with SlOp,-
! 600 capital and floating the stock Mr. Mac
Grogor said that he would recommend to
, the people whom he represents That they
| take $500 stock I'm 100000 company
that Mr. Sweeney had made the same prop
I nsltion and he knew Of several others VINO
he believed would he equally as lneiul
| Various speakers Indicated their lnlonllou
] to he liberal In subscribing for stock.
Taken altogether it was an enthusiastic
meeting, aud paluts plainly 10 the fact that
Houston viii soon have Iair DETERMINATION
thnt II will give an entertainment this fall
aud that a rice palace Will be the leading
feature Of the occssion.
MIR Mcclellan Of the No.Tsu-Oh organaa'
tiop was present ana stated that his people
| stood Tcady and willing To asst In every
way p0sMbIy to make the fair a success
and ii 1t were not possbl6 TO nave IS bie
q thing as fair, then they we're Wiling 70
- uN-l
sncc6ss other gentlemen spoke along the
snme lIMe.