The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-15
FUND FOR THE WOODMEN
BUSINESS MEN of THE CITY AGREE
TO RAISE THE MONEY.
Statement by j. s. Sulliva n, of Kansas
Gowan and Charles f. Remy.


men of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Com
| mercial Club, Merchants Association and
| Board Of Trade-very long to decide last
| evening that they would raise the funds
asked for the entertainment of the Head
| Camp of Modern Woodmen. which is COM
ing to this city next month. Mayor Book
walter called the meeting TO order In the
parlors of the Commercial Club at 4:ao
! o'clock. and in a few words introduced j.
| s. Sullivan, of Kansas City, one Of the
prominent members of the Modern Wood
men.
Mr.. Sullivan told of the magnitude Of the
| gathering which the Woodmen will bring
to the city, stating that under favorable
conditions the crowds would run from $4,000
to $4,000, and that the visitors would spend
a great deal of money while here. Major
c. w. Halves, of Rock Island, ILL.,. head
| clerk of the Woodmen, followed Mr.. Sulli-
van, citing figures to strengthen the state
ments made by the first speaker.
| Mayor Bookwalter then called on Hugh
]. MCGOWAN. general manager of the In
dianapolis street-railway system, as the
man on whom the city relied when the
| question of raising money for a public en-
terprise was at issue. The mayor stated
| convention, and of this amount the MEM
bers of the order in Indianapolis had raised
and paid in $500. 1t was up to the BUSH
| ness men, he said, to raise the remainder.
H. J. MGOWAN'S TALK.
Mr.. MCGOWAN responded in a characters
tic speech. He said:
| "Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Mer-
| chants Association and Commercial Club,
and citizens Of Indianapolis hadn't any
idea that the Mayor would call upon me
| for a talk, because he knows there is only
one subject l ever discuss, and that Is the
raising of money, and l promised l would
not discuss that to-day. l have been very
much impressed by remarks of you gentle
men, and there is just one thing 1 would
like to add and that is that all the money
We would give here, except a small amount
for prizes, will be distributed in our midst
again. and with that in view and the fact
| that everybody will be benefited / do
think some move should be made to-day
| ating few committees to raise this money
in such a way that ii will not be a hard
ship on any one association or individual
| or corporation.
1.-The amount is so small that l think
by organizing a few committees to-day
and 1 myself am willing to be member
| of a committee-to call upon our friends in
indianapolis and to block out plans in an
intelligent way, we shall raise the money
We need and raise it so as not to work a
hardship on anybody. l understand we
| shall not attempt ia raise any money to-
day, but IL will be well enough to be
frank enough to admit that this was why
| MT sullivan was invited mere Dy our SOcl-
ETY.. think from the way he has outlined
| the experience of Kansas City and st. Paul
that we will certainly have good returns
from this great convention. think the
| $500 raised by this organization-given by
these men dollar, and 1 presume in some
cases fifty cents, at time-ought to be
not going to be benefited one farthing by
the entertainment of this big convention,
we should hold up the hands of these gen.
| tlemen who have so vigorously and indus
| n n10n q
| past year.
81 think that eliminating every other
feature for our local friends, as a matter
of pride we should help these worthy men
| and hold up their hands in entertaining
our brothers who will come here. / assure
| ways do, and help raise the money"
c. F. REMY HEARD.
Charles F. Remy. reporter of the Supreme
Court, who was one of the members of the
committee sent by the Commercial Club
to st. Paul to secure the meeting for In
dianapolis, in response to call from the
mayor told of the size of the st. Paul con-
vention and of the efforts which the COM
mittee had made to bring the 1903 Head
Camp to this city. He said that of the
money raised fer the enterprise practically
all of it would be expended in the city and
that in addition the visitors would spend
thousands of dollars while here
Mr.. Burns, of Michigan, one of the SUI
preme officers of the Woodmen, indicated
surprise that the people of Indianapolis
should question the proposition of raising
suitable fund for the entertainment of
the convention. He said that he had gone
to the st. Paul meeting with a delegation
that sought to secure the next meeting
for Grand Rapids and that they had been
prepared to offer extraordinary induce
before the glowing proposition made by the
committee representing Indianapolis. He
| indicated that it was up to the business
men of the city to make good the promises
of the committee.
H. P WATSON said that he was glad that
| the meeting had been called and that the
as to the real magnitude of the coming
convention. II confess, he said, that I
had no idea that such large crowds would
that ann prepared i' to give s. now Where
would have given but 81 before this meet
ing"
take until Monday afternoon at o'clock
to appoint his committees to raise the
money necessary and the suggestion was
taken by consent.
Gowan had a last word. II think l would
be safe in agreeing to underwrite the sum
needed for this enterprise" he said, land
tlemen interested that the money will be
promptly forthcoming.
General NJ. w. Sexton. of Topeka: Col.
p. T. Anderson. of Rockford Ill; General
John Mitchell, of Ionia, Mich; General C.
S. Sherman. of st. Paul. and other officers
of the woodmen are in the city laying out
the encampmert grounds. Between 5000
| and 1900 Foresters, the uniform degree of
the order. will be encamped during the con-
vention on the States vacant lands lying
north of the Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb and complete system of sewerage
and drainage is being put in and the con-
tract for tents necessary to accommodate
1000 men is being closed with Cleveland
firm.