Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-28
FUCKERS FRIENDS MAO
Judge ManR's Attack Upon Record
al Exposition Arouses Indignation.
JUST WHAT The JUDGE SAID
Part of Powhatan Speech Which Has
= Caused co Much Comment, and
About Which There Has Been Sor;e
Question, Quoted in Full.

day said:
THAT part OF Judge Mann's 50 escl
attacking fuckers record made at
Powhatan Courthouse was his refer
ence TO the management OF the James
own exposition. This attack whl-h
has aroused Mr.. fuckers fr.enis 10
great indignation was as follows;
Among the public acts of Mr..
Tucker, his management OF the James
town exposition naturally comes up
for consideration and criticism. what
did he do with that expos. ton from
which so much was expected and 50
little realized? The State OF Vir-
GINA gave 100000 to the exposition,
appropriated $4,000 for building ana
military, and $4,000 to be expended
by the governor in entertaining VIZ
ginia's guest OF this amount the
governor returned TO the treasury
nearly $4,000 and the stare buiid-
ings we're sold, | am not informed as
TO to the exact amount, but ABOUT
$4,000, making 100000. to be credited
on the 100000. which leaves Sz'o'-
600 as the amount of V.rginia's con-
tribution to what ought TO have been
great enterprise. The people OF
Virginia. and especially the people
of Tidewater had much to hope anu
expect from such an exposition pro
perry conducted on business hnes. MI
Tucker was president OF the expos
ton company and as such, according
to the bylaws of the company, was
it's executive head The people Oh
Tidewater Virginia did great zeal oI
intelligent work and spent great oeai
of money. and arranged for an eNFo-
sit'cn that would be credit TO any
State.
The president of the United States,
the diplomatic corps at Washington
officers OF foreign fleets, governors
of States, the congress of the united
states, THE representatives of the
great newspapers. and many distin-
guished people were invited to and
attended the opening Of the EXPOSE
tfon. and what did they find; the ma
terials for a great exposition gone al
waste: a site naturally beautiful
mass of disorder bordering on cnaos
no proper provision for the entertain
ment Of the distinguished guests
nothing finished nothing in order. l he
newspaper men, who had come there
To praise. and for whose entertainment
no nrooer provision had been macS'
went away in disgust, and sent ID
their papers reports OF conditions that
gave the exposition a black eye from
which il never recovered
so bad was the condition of the
ground when the president was com
81 Inn fE
Georgia Day, and more than six We eks
after the opening, the young probes
sicna! men OF Norfolk, lawyers, doc
tors, architects. bankers and many
others, Jealous of the good name of
their city. went down in mass, come
four or five hundred of them. and
took off their coats, and cleaned up
the grounds themselves. carrying on
waste building materials, removing
scaffolding, and tearing down Ole
shacks that the wCrkmen had erected
in the construction days They djd
bard manual labor in the hot summer
sun. and they accomplished wonders
The conditions were such as TO shame
the people of Norfolk. The pres. len
of the exposition company was obl;S-
ed to know them. and ne should
have seen that they we're attended To-.
He was paid $4,000 a year 20 At az
the head of that great enterprise ano>
he didn't make good
He will tel. you that IL was the
fault OF the government. The govern
ment may have been responsible tsr
the condition of the pier: hut -S1en
the exposition opened. who was re-
sponsible for the unfinished stfcetss
who was responsible for tke almost
empty exhibited buildings: who was
was responsible Cor the unfinished
amusement section: who was respcn-
sible for the disorder and chaos fha;
existed throughout the grounds: who
was responsible for the unfinished
history building which wasn't openeG'
until four mcrfhs after the exposition
opened. and was then the most inter
esting bsilding there7 The govern
meut wasn't rtsrcnsible for al Of
these things. OF Tor any Of them. The
management was <espOnsiole. and
the resident--the executive OF the
exposition-was responsible for the
management II vas what he was
paid frr.
Whose fault DID the directors think
ii VAS II they thought the execu-
tive oficer was earning his salary.
and was making coed. Why DID thtyI
call IN some one else, Why vas a
director general necessary II the
presidents powers weren't broac
enough. Why didn't they make them
broader. and give the president fuli
sway They had been Keeling IN
i,-u~h with the sifuatica: the expo
sltion vas practically without head.
there vas No MANAGEMENT. no CO
ordination. no sytem. They wanted
= business msn-Oue who could make
zood-thsy knew they didn't have a
susiness man. and - they we're ooiie.
81 TO 20 outside. A distinguished rail