Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-03-24
SAN DIEGO IGNORES
CONFERENCE ACTION
Expensive Convention at Santa Bar
bara Barren of Real Results, and
Question Of Paying Bills
Is Voiced
Especial TO The Herald. !

lSpeClal 10 Inc Herald
SANTA BARBARA, March 23.-The
aftermath of the commercial confer
ence which resolved that san Francisco
and not SAN Diego was the proper
/ place for holding the Panama eXposi-
/ ton Is a great big question mark.
What will be the result of the action
taken? Most of the delegates re-
manned over the day, and this morn
ing heard their action Of yesterday
would in no way affect the plans of
San Diego, and that the busy south
ern city is going to celebrate the open
ing of the canal. 1t made some of
these delegates wonder if it had been
worth IT all to come several hundred
miles to sit through a "talky" session
and then decide in favor Of San Fran
cisco. Somehow or other the delegates
are not enthusing over the victory of
San Francisco"
But the delegates seem to be enjoy
ing themselves, and there again arises
another question:
Who Pays the Fiddler
Who is footing the bills?
1t is known there are delegates stop
ping at the luxurious Potter hotel who
would certainly have gone to a less
expensive place if they had to pay for
it themselves, or even put it up to the
organizations they represent. The lat
ter is the natural supposition, but
when one remembers that 1t was a
rather hurriedly called conference it is
food for thought. That some of these
northern commercial bodies would
send several men as far south as
Santa Barbara and be willing to foot
the bills just for having them part Of
county vote does not seem sense.
The vote on the resolution was by the
county unit plan. Alameda county
had one vote. There were twenty-five
delegates from that county alone.
From Alameda county to Santa Bar
bara is nearly 400 miles. The dele
gates We're allowed a fare and a third
for the round trip. but, figuring even
that up for twenty-five men, loss of
time, hotel bill at the Potter, etc, it
does seem that the one vote came a
little high.
Taking it all in all, it was the most
novel California gathering since the
days of 40.
Peculiar Precedent Set
It is claimed that the action of the
sets a peculiar precedent.
The phraseology Of the resolution
is such that it bears on the
importance Of the coming exposition
being a California affair. and because
Of that reason it should be held in the
commercial center and where trans
portatiou facilities abound. The reso-
luton then declares san Francisco to
be the logical place.
Viewing it i'm the light of real legis-
latiOn, a local attorney says ii is
equivalent to stating that in case some
other city Of the state starts something
that appeals to San Francisco she can
raise the claim that it is of state
wide importance, and for that reason
should be held i'm the logical center
Los Angeles might develop aviation
because of the fact that the air there
is peculiarly fitted for it, but san
Francisco might intercept plans by
that aviation has become so
important that operation had better
be moved to the center" and that it
S not Los Angeles air, but California
air that should be advertised. Stock |
on might lose its Rush of 40 cele-
)ration, Fresno anything it might do
n the raisin line and Sacramento the |
;tate fair.