The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
our STRIKES ON HAS HOPE IN DELAYIT's Nine TO SEVEN
Hennepin Delegation Favors Court
house Auditorium by Small
Margin.
The Minority Threatens 70 Garry It's
J Opposition Onto the
Floor. S.53 2f,' S=,. 4

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/ The Hennepin delegation in the house
stands nine to seven. in favor OF CON
Fstructing a public auditorium within the
walls of 4the city and county building. A
meeting was held to-day at which mem.
bers of the delegationswent upon record
| Those favoring the plan4sare: sMessrs
Shearer, Shove; Armstrong, Bardwell
Fryberger, Stevenson. Helliwell an6
Nolan. sisEsss-f sisEs So. : ~ p
Those against are: Messrs. Fust, Gil:
| lette,~ Girling, Johnson, Deming, Smith
and Fosseen 1$2gs u. sss ,sf!3s.s : -
Mr.. Shepard, who will vote with the
majority, was absent. .s..> - .....
| The minority announced this afternoon
that it would carry the fight to the @floo
| OF the house. The Legislative session ex
pfres Tuesday, and hard work must bt
done II the bond sbill;s in its amended form
Is passed in time toSgethnto the senate
The plan under consideration was tt
amend the senate file authorizing the is
Issuance Of $40O, 900 for the completion g
the courthouse by increasing the amour
to $500,O0O: and this was the proposition
upon which the first vote was taken. Late
| the delegation voted on the file as it came
in from the senate, and this vote stooo
8 to 6 for the measure. Messrs: Smith
and Fosseen announced that they woulc
fight both propositions on the floor of the
house and that they would do everything
in their power to defeat the bill, whether
in It's simple or amended form.
/ The meeting to-day was preceded by a
public hearing, attended by a. large num-
ber of Minneapolis, business men, all of
whom urged the delegation to support
the auditorium plan Among those pres
ent were w. L. Harris Of the New Eng
land Furniture company, e! }. Phelps, s..
A. Harris of the Northwestern National
bank. Frederick Fayram of the Philhar-
monic club, Thomas Voegeli, Trafford f.
Jayne, L. B. Elwood,D. Percy Jones, c..
H. Chadbourne and the Chadbourne In
vestment company, A E. Zonne Of the
Conklin & zonne, company, Harry w.
Jones, architect; G. T. Thompson, attor-
ney; F. B. Long, architect; A. B. Cham
berlain, architect; J.. w. Thomas, mer-
chant; Frederick W. Lyman Of the Ly-
man-Eliel Drug company; E. c. Gale, at
torney. - -.
w. L. Harris said that the legislature
should consider two things: First, do the
taxpayers want this auditorium; and, sec
ond, is it architecturally feasible? He
then called upon Lester B. Elwood, whom
he introduced as the president of the Min
neapolis real estate board. Mr.. EIwood
in favor of the plan and added that 1t
would have adopted resolutions but for
the fact that there had not been time to
call a meeting.
Harry w.: Jones, as an architect, said
that he had been slow to reach a conclu-
sion regarding the courthouse auditorium
but that he thought better of it the more
he considered it. A letter was also read
from F. B. KEGS, another architect, IA
voring the plan. ~
S. A Harris said: "This plan COM
| mends itself to so large number Of tax
payers that see no hope Of our getting
an auditorium within the next ten years
if 1t Is not. carried out. If erected out"
side by subscription our hall would cost
us from $500, 200 to, $500, 900. Under this
plan it could be built for $1,000 .0OO.''
l. p. j. Phelps suggested that the renta
secured from the hall would more thar
pay the interest on the. bonds and its
maintenance, He read from an article
published In II h e u r n a some time
ago. and written by himself after an in.
| vestigation into the auditorium condition
in various cities all over the country tt
show that a hall having a greater seat.
ing capacity than $500 was not desirable
D. Percy Jones said he believed the
real estate men Of the city, who pay two.
thirds of the taxes, favored the plan. FIG
thought with the auditorium erected in
the courthouse building, the city would
secure a maximum benefit at a minimum
Of expense.
Following his talk the delegation went
into executive session and there took the
action already related. ':