Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03
lie CONGRESS A
CERTAIN SUCCESS
AL DETAILS or ~ 'ERN hTION.
A. AFFAIR ARE BIIND
WORKED OIT.
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Tho only element that ever made
a pretenso Of disturbing the plans tor
the successful carrying out Of the IN
tcrnatloudl Dry Farming congress
and soil product exposition in Tulsa
nvNt lall, has been removed from
any connection with tn handling of
the big affair and 1t has been placed
in the hands Of the local commercial
.ciub and nothing can now interfere
with It's complete and satisfactory
success.
H. y. Elliott. O. A. Brewer ana G.
II. Edmonds, constituting the dis
turblng element, have been removed
from all connection with the expo
siiion, and In spite Of their evident
intention Of knocking the proposl-
tion and everyone connected with It
not one obstacle remains in the way
Of complete culmination OF the
original plans for the world wide
congress of farm experts.
Elliott. Brewer anC Edmonds ap-
peared at the meeting of the Okla
homa board of control last Saturday
with IA proposition that was both
unreasonable, questionable and aD-
surd. Claiming to represent the con-
trolling faction Of tn state board
of agriculture. Of which Elliott is
member. the trio asked the board Of
control to reimburse them for the
expenses they incurred in attending
the last meeting of the congress-, held
at Lethbride, Can, and in securing
the 1913 convention for Oklahoma.
They also wanted. together with the
two other out-of-town members OF
the board, tive-elevenths OF thl
gross gate receipts at the exposition
this year. and as an additional wedge
to put their plan through they indi-
Gated that they had much to do with
the handling OF the appropriation
made by the state Legislature for the
erection of kafr corn palace at
exposition In which the oklahoma
exhibits are to be housed
The majority Of the board. repre-
sentcd by local business men, decided
that they were under no obligations
to Messrs. Elliott Brewer and Ed
monds, that these men had no right
TO claim any portion OF the gate re-
ceipts and that the whole affair could
be much better and more safely
handled without the advice or influ.
ence Of their portion OF the state
board Of agriculture. AS result OF
the situation which developed the
board voted to place the details Of
the management of the exposition in
the hands Of the Tulsa Commercial
club, and to eliminate entirely the In
fluence OF Brewer, Elliott and Ed
monds.
Saturday night Elliott sent a ma
licious and misrepresentation tele-
gram to the OklahOman and other
newspapers, stating that the plans
for the international congress and
exposition had fallen through. that
Tulsa was not equal to the task Of
handling a thing of such magnitude
ana similar falsehoods.
Therefore, in the future politics
will be entirely eliminated from the
International Dry-Farming congress
and soil products exposition and the
only aim will be to make it the most
colossal and far-roaching exposition
yet held, and to prove to the world
that Tulsa is equal to an occasion Of
that magnitude.
The financial end of the big fair
is now being well taken care of and
very little work remains to be ac-
compllshed along that line.
The international officers Of the
congress and the local men in charge
of the detail work Of the exposition
are all elated at the turn affairs
have taken, and they anticipate no
harm from the open warfare that
the deposed politicians have started,
owing to the fact that these men
and their methods are already we'll
known to the people of oklahoma.