The Caucasian., 1913-12-23


Of his spseenp 30 would neser haze
'vent-ea in pubaic 9rias, ''~heSe
angels dare 10 treaGe
q is true tha3 there @e1@ eSpene
ditures which have exceeded ehe
appropriation budgeted. lsus each
item in excess of 8he ludsas tlas
been explained. and in tho serS
presence ae sX-geilvcs0r Johnston,
before he experienced his os.feat. Gle
can not plead ignorance taD tlas fact
that ha directors have announced
the consideration Of q system which
shall make impossible The esDendi-
tuIw Of any money not hudgeted
tn this reply tp the advertised
criticisne ~ eS-gnrector Johnston, i'
is pertinent TO inform many Oq tho
public, who may not know. That the
directors oq the assomiatiOH deriSe
J no profit OF flnoluments whategsr
from the E'air: that slne stockhold-
sers. in order 10 assure the permas
snencg of the Fair annually. have
surrendered alb the interest tines
had in the E'air grounds sp the city;
\ thal CHG stlpch az the association lsas
\ no Sausoo sinrao Of Us nOG market tabYe,
and thar alap alilue tors h0S@ gissn
\ tteie SING ansS thrig money in the
yXsornotisa dpf inc annual fairs 9rom
q public aApris sslaiel1 has npetatrd
IN aIss sinnulation az progressive
4 de eselppnlr0s ala enc gariat1 indus
triesa ami especially an agricultural
ypursulese
Assuming tHas ahe directors. as
aintimaseaa Aos es-Vnlector gohnseoD,
were incomvetents including Yalm-
self, @pult' Rao have sluea4et if he
| had not Geen defeated for rp-elec-
ttions Mould Ne not base been pas
tsive in the yeaIe 20 come as he has
lbeen in the years that are gomez
4 Indeed, ea-9oilpctor Johnston has
a grievance Ct is a serious cries
Iance hy which, as self-c confessed. he
has been overwhelmed. And the pity
Iis thas in his griesanoe he has
I }played the 'tDabg acte' ana he mas
Yannounced thas with elte report Of
the atAte gaire as submitted, that
he gan defea7 ang appropriation
from the Gegialsture Cor the use c1
1the State Fair. gf 90 inclined, let
him do his worst. We care not
Possibly by thas time he will hase
lbeen relieved of his eorsnesa
We submit eN-Director Sohnston's
jrecord from the minutes OF the ss
}sociation:
| An appendi8 from she minutes:
Neetinqs Of Board OS Directors 49tS
Johnston attended, ss fOllsve:
Dec. %, 1912, present.
San. 9, 1913, sbseAt.
] Jan. IS, Vresent.
: Jan 70, absent.
Jan. %, abseIR.
Feb. -, present.
March 3. abseHt.
May &, absent.
! Sept. 2, present.
Sept %, absent.
Oct. i3, present.
| Oct. q, absent.
Nov. 26, present.
| Dec. IL, present.
Dee. II, present.
Fifteen meetings in all; present 6
absent 9.
Three consecutive times absent
without sufficient excuse automatl-
caIly disqualifies, according to tht
rules of the association by resolu-
ton passed.
On Dec. &c, 1912, the board recon-
mended to the executive committee
that the secretary's salary for 191;
be fixed at $3.50 per month. Carried
unanimously, not a dissenting vote
Johnston was present.
Johnston was elected a director on
Dec. ii, 1908, by the board Of direc-
tors to fill the unexpired term Of J.
A. Blanchard, whose term expired
in 1910.
| Reelected on Dec. 13, 1910, at 4,
stockholders meeting for term OF
three years. At this meeting "a
| stockholders We're present, ane
Johnston received Is votes. Ter
were nominated, and he received
more votes than the two who were
defeated, and received votes as fol-
lows: Saenger did not want it, i(
| votes; j. W. Peyton, II votes. The
next lowest to Johnston was Mr.
Dreyfuss, who received t9 votes.
At their annual meeting, held this
| year, Dec. Il, at which all the re-
ports were adopted as read, john
lston made no complaint, but allowed
the vote to be recorded as unani-
nous, and it so shows on the min
utes Respectfully,