San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
Bexar County Names Twen-
ty Delegates to Sena-
torial Meeting.
TO BE WORLD FAIR
Speaker Estimates $780,.
100000 Will Be Re-
CURED for Exposition.


that will be held on Saturday, April
ing on Saturday afternoon when TWEEN
~ San Antonio men and women, and
leaders of civic and commercial or
CARNATIONS, were named as this coun-
tvs representatives to the Senatorial
convention for District 20.
"San Antonio wants the Centennial
and we must have it," Tom Etheridge,
speaker for the occasion, declared.
I'VE will abide by the decision of our
state board, Of course, and will keep
in mind the fact that this will be
Texas, not a local, exposition. The
Centennial must be as great and as
large as Texas, or it had better be
discarded. l believe that San Anto-
MO should have the exposition, be-
cause there is more inspirational his
tory within our city than in any other
single spot in the entire state. Why
not pick up the pages of our glorious
history, and open the book for all the
world to see?"
Can Justly Stage Exposition.
sOur condition is such that we can
with justice to ourselves and to the
world figure on holding an interna-
tional exposition in Texas" Mr..
Etheridge said. "Our last cotton crop
was the best we have ever had, and
our oil resources are steadily becom-
ing richer and more generally devel-
oped. In Texas there are more nat
ural resources than in any other spot
of the same size in the world. If we
are to acquaint the rest of the world
80 1,,r &kA In
100 years, there is no better way
than through an international fair"
Although San Antonio is 200 years
old, Mr.. Etheridge stated that it is
still unknown in the major portion Of
the world, and that if she is to secure
international recognition, there is no
better way than through the exposi-
ton gates of worlds fair.
Harold Kayton, chairman by ap-
pointment, presided at the meeting.
Mr.. Kayton explained the object of
the county meeting, recalling the his
tory of the movement from the time of
its conception in New York City from
the pen of Theodore III. Price. once a
Texas newspaper man, to the time
when Mr.. Prices presentation of the
enormous possibilities of Texas as the
basis of a worlds fair, at Corsicana
during a meeting of the Associated
Advertising Clubs in November. 1928,
became an idea that quickly developed
at the hands of the Advertising clubs
into an organized movement.
Board of 100 to Be Chosen.
The plans laid at Austin in Feb
ruary, when arrangements were made
for the election of a temporary asso-
citation of delegates who will later
elect q permanent state Centennial
board, were consummated at the coun-
~ meetings on Saturday afternoon.
Twenty delegates chosen Saturday will
gather at the court house Saturday,
April 10, for final election of dele
gates to the state executive board.
A., As Mr.. Kayton outlined the plan
OF the Centennial Association, each
county has the right to elect one dele
gate from each 10000 Of its popula-
ton This fixed Bexar county's pro
rata ut 20 delegates. At the senator
ial meetings April 10, which will be
held simultaneously throughout the
state in every senatorial district, two
delegates will be elected to the perma-
nent board from the county delega-
tons, and as there are 80 districts in
the state, 81 senatorial district dele
gates will thus be secured. These will
select 20 additional members for the
state executive board, and the COVER
nor will appoint five members. the
lieutenant governor two, and the
speaker of the house will appoint two.
The complete board of 100 will then
be given the management Of the Cen
tennial campaign, with the privilege
of selecting the site, the variety and
the date of the exposition. 1t will be
left to the executive board to deter
mine whether the fair will be agricul-
tural, industrial or historical
Must Spend $50, 100000.
I'VE will spend $50,OO0,000 on our
Centennial" Mr.. Kayton predicted,
~or We will not try to have it. 1t
must be a real exposition or it must
not be at all. Texas will not be made
ridiculous by being made to hold a
fair unworthy of her size and achieve
ments- 1t will not be a Houston fair,
or a San Antonio fair; it will be
q worlds fair"
Mrs. Horace II. Hotchkiss Of New
York City and San Antonio told the
meeting that New York is expecting
and looking forward to the Texas Cen.
tennial, and stated that dramatists
novelists, artists and motion picture
men in the metropolis are anxious to
find out the date for the Texas exposi
ton, as they intend to make the most
of the rich historic and pictorial value
of the Centennial when it is held.
AS there were nearly 100 clubs ant
organizations Of San Antonio repre-
scented at the meeting, it was decided
by vote that q nominating committe.
should be appointed by the chairman
Gerald Melliff and William Hoefgel
were appointed. The committee re
turned the names of 20 candidates
and the meeting nominated from thu
floor an additional IS names. Vote b!
ballot was taken, and checking com
mittee worked until g o'clock on tn,
results of the election.
The Delegates From Bexar.
The following delegates wer
chosen: kayton, 40 votes; Alber
Stoves ST., Al votes; Judge Augustu
McCloskey, ~ votes; DR.. Fred Ter
rell. AZ votes; Harry Rogers, 4.
votes; Mrs. Wade Lewis, 40 votes
Nat Washer, So votes; Mayor Johl
w. Tobin, 81 votes William L. Hoef
gen, o6 votes; Ralph Durkee, 3
votes; Mrs. Henry Drought, 33 votes
Gerald Melliff, 81 votes; Mrs. ]. X
beretta. 81 votes; ]. z. Jarratt, 3
eotes; Mrs. Eli Hertzberg. 80 votes
Leon Walthal. 20 votes; Mrs. Levi
Krams-Beck, 20 votes; Rev. Arthu
Moore, "a votes; Tom Etheridge, 2
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