Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-04
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OF President JOhnBOms
MONDAY MORNING, September 3.
The City Council held a special meeting
this morning on call by the President
Present--Messrs. Armstrong, Barcus, Beck
ey, Donaldson, Douty, Fell, Gaver, Glib
bons, Jaeger, Kammerer Naghten, Rein
hard, Ross and Toll-l4. Absent--Messrs.
Booth, Chadwick, Comstock and Patterson
-4.
The President stated that the object OF
the meeting was to take action In regard to
extending an invitation to President John
son and other distinguished gentlemen ac-
companying him, to visit the city and ac-
cept Of its hospitaiities. rsI ygrF fTrv rrgT
The President then presented the follow
ing communication, which was read by the
Clerk: ~ p it" fg fhf0Rff dH
COLUMBUS, Sept. !, 1886.
Hon. Z. Donaldson, President CITY Council,
OOlaupbus, Ohio:
DEAR S1R-At a meeting of the committee
of citizens held this r.. for the purpose
of requesting the Honorable Council to
extend to President johnson and party an
Invitation to visit the city, and that you be
requested to tender 10 them the hospitali-
ties of the city, the following action was
taken:
On motion, Mayor Bull was appointed
In behalf of the citizens, to request you to
call the City Council together, to take such
action In relation tocarryiDg out the above
request as you may deem expedient May.
or Bull is empowered to make all general
arrangements in behalf of the citizens in
sending a committee of Invitation to Cleve-
land to invite President johnson and party
to visit this city. T' htt
Hoping that this request will meet your
hearty approval, we have the honor to re-
main,
NJ Respectfully, yours, e,
.E JAS. ST. j. CLARKsoN,
Secretary of Committee of Citizens on Pres
o ident Johnson's Reception.
Mr.. Reinhard offered the following reso-
lutions: .l.1
Resolued, That the City Council of the
City OF Columbus hereby invite the Presi-
dent of the United States and his suite to
visit the City of Columbus, and the hospi-
talities of the city are hereby rendered to
them.
Resolved, That committee of seven be
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Council shall be the Chairman, to visit the
city of Cleveland, ,!and tender to the Presi-
dent aud bis suite the hospitalitles of this
city, and said committee are hereby empow-
cred to make all the necessary arrange
ments.
Mr.. Barcus offered an amendment to the
resolutions, so as to include in the invita-
tion the name of Governor Brownlow.
Mr.. Reinhard thought the amendment
ill-timed. The invitation was to the Pres
itlent of the United States and his party;
but Mr.. Brownlow was the Governor of a
State, and was not of the Presidents party.
The question was taken on the amend-
ment, and it was lost by q decided negative
vote. b.. ....
The question being upon the adoption of
the resolutions, Mr.. Fell was opposed to in
viting any political caravan to visit the
city. he was, therefore, opposed to invit-
ing President johnson or any of his cara
van. They might show their kangaroos
and striped mules elsewhere; but he was
opposed to inviting them to visit Columbus
with their show. 1t was the first political
caravan of the kind to travel over the
country he had ever known, and he hoped
in Gods name it would be the last.
Mr.. Reinhard was sorry that the resolu-
tions met with any opposition. 1t was an
invitation, not to an individual as such, but
to the President OF the United States-in
honor of that high Office.
Mr.. Fell remarked that If Andrew john
son had been elected President by the
Democratic party, it would have been prop
er for him to lay the corner stone of the
Douglas Monument. He (Johnson) was
now on a political tour, and he was merely
a political humbug. '-N"S t1 'y|
Mr.. Armstrong had not assisted in elect
ing President johnson but he was for ex-
tending the courtesies Of the city to him as
the President of the United States.
Mr.. Ross said the invitation was due to
the President and to the station he held.
He (Mr. Ross) had Joined in the procession
when President Lincoln's- remains were
brought to the city, not because Mr.. Lin
,oln had been of his party, but because he
had been President of the United States.
He thought President johnson was now on
noble mission--to lay the corner stone of
i monument to one of the greatest states
men of the age. He was decidedly in favor
If the resolutions.
The vote was then taken on the resolu-
ions by yeas and nays, and resulted as fol-
ows:
YEAs--Messrs. Armstrong, Beekey, Dou-
", Gaver, Gibbons, Jaeger, Kammerer,
Naghten, Reinhard and Ross-l0.
NAYs-Messrs. Barcus, Fell and Toll-3.
President Donaldson did not vote.
The resolutions were declared adopted,
md the President appointed, as required,
,y the resolutions, six gentlemen on the
of Invitation, viz: .s
Messrs. Douty, Armstrong, Ross, Patter-
on, Reinhard and Mayor Bull.
The Council then adjourned