Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-17
FAIR COMMISSION IS OUT
MEMBER Have NJ Time to Lobby Appro-
pristiOl Thteugh Legislature.
RECOMMENDS STATE Be REPRESENTED
Hermann Estate Litigation is settled
ih Court and the Promised scn-
sptIon Fails to Mate
riaIiEe.

CFrom a star co-resrondentl

LINCOLN. Jan. 16.- Special. )-Commis-
sioners Gurdon, W. Wuttles, K. T.. Bruce
Of Omaha c. II. Rudge and W. b. Price OF
Lincoln, members Of the cid expOsti IN
commission, met at the Lincoln hotel this
morning and rendered their designations to
tho governor Commissioner white Of
d North Platte was not present. but it Is
undersrood he will endorse the action Of
the commissioners. The commissioners be-
lieve that an adequate represen aion of
the state resources can be placed at the
81. Louis exposition with an appropriation
OF S50O00 and with an additional s25. 900 a
building can be erected and maintained
They adopted the following recommenda-
tions to be presented to Governor Mickey
with their designations:
We. the undersigned members Of the Ne
braska commission 20 the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition hereby respectfully sub
tion as follows
First-Wo desire to inform you that we
when IL wes planned TO hold the exposition
In 1895. The first resol 'tion passed by the
ismented j. Sterling Morton. to the effect
that this commission would not ask any
plblic appropriation for expenses to be
eecond-Al expensee Of this commission
have been fully paid from donations by the
Commissioners, and there are no obliga-
OF any Kind whatever
Third-The commission had done. consId-
erahle preliminary work In planning and
preparing an exhibit of the resources OF
this state when the announcement was
made that the exposition had been post
poned until 1908. II was then decided that
this commits sion would do nothing further.
but await the action of the present leg
tslature of this state, and If this legisla-
ture made an appropriation and provided
for commission TO represent the state at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition, the
present commission would deliver to the
commission so to be appointed all materials
and information 1t had gathered.
should BE Represented.
Fourth-It is the opinion of this commits
sion that this state should be properly
represented at this great exposition. Ne
braska Is. we believe. the richest part OF
the territory OF the Louisiana purchase,
and within it's borders offers homes and
Investments for thousands now located in
lees favored communities. To lose the OPP
portlnity cf advertising the rich resources
Louisiana Purchase exposition would be
vnwise and Improbable. Aside from this
who believe in the efficacy of advertising
, there Is another reason why this state
cannot affcrd to fail to be represented al
the exposition In 1898 an exposition was
held in Nebraska. All the states of the
union were invited to attend and partici-
pate. Nearly every state and territory west
OF the Mississippi river, including the state
OF Missouri. accepted our invitation, and
by me hoerSi ere pa,gonsse OF tneSe mes 0gi
national exposition WAS made such a sue.
cess as to reflect great credit on its pro
mOters and on our great state. We do moi
believe that Nebraska can afford to fail tC
Teciprocate now that Missouri has taker
the initiative In an exposition which prom
ises to be the greatest that has ever beer
held.
Fifth-We believe that an adequate rep
rcsentation of the resources of this state
can be made at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position with an appropriation Of $4,000
fer preparing, installing and matntainins
1iQ exhibit and that "a state building which
s5ll meet all the requirements and necessi
Ties OF the inhabtants of Nebraska con b'
.Iected and maintained at an additional ex
= ..unse of $4,000.
, Sixth-As none of, the members of thi
6tmmission sought their appointment bu
took up. the work Incident to their office
public duty In a time of emergency
nd as this emergency with the postpone
t'ent OF the exposition until 190i has passed
I'd the duty now rests on the present leg
islat're to say what, II any. representation
lis state shall make, and TO provide
roper commission 10 expend any appro
Tlation made, therefore we, the under
.gned commissioners, each for himself
resignation, and we ask that these reslgna
uons be accepted and the present commits
responsibilities.
Getting Out of way.
The members OF the commission did no
ieek to deny that they resigned to get ou
tt the way Of ambitious persons who ma
work the harder for appropriation.
I'VE realized" said Mr.. Wattles, "that
i1asmuch as we were members Of the com
Iaission, It devolved upon us to lobb
through an appropriation bill for an ex
hlbit. We did not feel called upon to d
this, and really none OF us have any tim
for such an undertaking If we had tn
taste. We are not looking for a job"
Jacob p. Leaphart. who was injured by
soaffold feling yesterday, died at ga
this morning from the effects OF the in
.uries, Leaphart was 50 years OF age an
leaves a widow and several children. Th
latter are not in Lincoln and funeral al
yangements viii not be announced unit
they are communicated with.
Sensation is Left Out.
The courts hs Se settled the estate
Bruno Hermann, formerly editor of II
Freie Presse. and the promised sensations
developments were not forthcoming Herr
mann died very suddenly, under clrcun
stances that some thought pointed TO sci