The daily sentinel., 1905-10-30
Secretary c. D. Fisher
Makes a Statement
Denver. Colo. Oct. 81. 1905.

Denver, Colo, Oct. p, 1905.
To Editor of The Sentinel.
Through friend I have Just re-
eceived marked copy of the Daily
News OF the 24th inst, and read with
considerable disappointment the at
tack made therein concerning my
management of the recent County
Fair. With your permission I shall
endeavor to answer the points refer
red to.
In regard to the county commits
sioner's share of the premiums. I
went in ample time to the county
clerks office and was shown the min
utes of the meeting of the commits
sioners, where $1,000 was appropri-
ated to pay premiums AT the county
fair, Hhe minutes said nothing about
submitting a list. and It never oc-
CURED TO me to do so. as ! supposed
that when the sum mentioned was
voted to us, twas ours TO use for
iustiliable county premiums.
Regarding the refusal TO have the
treasurer keep a record of the tickets
sold COR rather turned over to meJ .
Mr.. Shores, the treasurer, being a
busy business man, probably never
thought about the tickets, or at least
he never spoke to me about them
WI NJ ~ AAAA AaAoAAltN W utA lie NAAtH
to show that no careful record was
kept of the tickets issuel to ticket
sellers. He had only to refer to Mr.
John Vaughn who sold tickets at the
main gate. or to Mr. Rogers. who
sold tickets outside the grounds. or
to Mr. Mitchell who sold tickets for
the grand stand. to learn that the
tickets they received at the beginning
of the day, and those they turned
in at night were required to tally
with the cash they turned in.
A full record in separate book is
kept of each kind of tickets sold by
each man each day. | may not pos
sess the wisdom of Mr. Newton. but
dislike being classed a fool. and |
particularly resent the intimation
that my acts We're in any way dis
honest Mr. Newton will hear more
of this later. and | fancy to his sor-
row
In regard to not being at the office
after the fair. it is known that | had
caught cold by being drenched at the
ball game Sunday. September 24th,
and that it was necessary for me to
take care of myself. to avoid recur-
rent bronchitis, to which ! am sub
ject; and at the same time | was not
idle, an many know, but was busy
in preparing the lists OF premium
awards, which required week of
steady work.
Regarding my salary, is is only
necessary to refer to the minutes Of
a meeting of the executive committee,
held in Mr.. McLuen's Office enarly in
May, at which time the committee
voted the salary in question, and ar
ranged that l might give part of my
time to the Chamber of Commerce.
It may not be known that at times,
on account of the low state of the
treasury, / refused to draw my sal
airy, preferring to use the money TO
pay other items of expense; and in
auirv of Mr.. shores and of MIR. Tai
bert. of the Grand Valley National
bank. will show that to bridge mat
ters over from August until after the
fair | personally loaned the fair as
sociation the sum of 100000 gratis.
And in many other ways, | think l
fully demonstrated that no one had
the interests Of the association more
at heart than l.
The fair was planned on a more
elaborate basis than last year, for
we had in mind the success OF
last year, and were justified in pre-
suming that the success would be no
less this year. The fair was not q
success. only because the people ala
not come in sufficient numbers which
was something we We're unable to an
ticipate with any degree of accuracy,
In regard to my leaving, | think
the officers understood that my medl-
cal work required my presence IN
Denver even earlier than ! dld come
hut after three Intellectual efforts TO
get n meeting of the board, between
The close of the fair and the time
Jeff. | felt that ! had done my part
as the efforts might have been made
Indefinitely to get a quorum.
Very respectfully,
c. d. FISHER.