Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-28
RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT
AND PARTY.
Meeting of the General Committee
Reports of COmmitteeS-Perfection
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

of ArranEsmentS-Pr08ranihie
The General Committee to arrange for the
reception and entertainment of President
johnson and Party, on their arrival in this
scfty on Monday evening next, met at the
Mayors Office last evening to perfect plans
and arrange a programme. 4 majority Of
the COMMITTEES was preaent-Mr. Pelton Oc-
cupying the Chair and Mr.. Jones acting as
secretary.
On motion the following named gentle
men were added to the Committee on Re
%ception:
Hon. David Tod, Col. Geo. B. senter,
Hon. Moses Kelley and Messrs. George A.
Benedict. F. T. Wallace and W. P. Fogg.
The following resolution was also adopted ::
ResoIved, That in addition to the com
mittee already appointed to meet President
Johnson at some point between Cleveland
and Erie, the members of the City Council
are hereby requested to attend in a body.
The Committee on Railroads reported
that the supsrintsndents of the severa
roads having termni ia the city had sig
nifed their desire to offer every facility for
the convenient arrival and departure Of the
distinguished guests.
The Committee on Music reported three
proposals, as follows Papworth's Band, in
uniform, I6 pieces, $50 Lslands Band, in
U. S. Regular Infantry uniform, 10 pieces,
sgs; Temperance Band, in uniform, Is piec-
es, for ten hours, $3.50. Papworth's Band
49, e,Iaot.I Nv ,,ufvar-oI o.paarE
The Committee on Carriages reported that
all necessary vehicles could be obtained.
Moved, seconded and carried, that the
military officers in the city, the officers Of
the naval and revenue service of the lakes,
be invited to De present at the reception.
and that arrangements be made for 8 naval
salute. C. Grannis, ESQ, was appointed
to carry out the spirit of the above rsselu-
ton.
The following gentlemen were appointed
a special committee to proceed to Rochester,
there to meet the party Messrs. W. B. Cas-
tie, Em. Bingham and Philo Chamberlin.
II was moved, seconded, and carried, thai
GEM. ". Fitch be appointed Marshal.
On motion It was decided that the Geaer-
al Committee on Reception meet the Presi-
Dental party and the speeisl committee at
Eric, Pa, and escort them to the city.
The Presidential party will consist of
about sixty persons, among them the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Johnson, Secretary sewar!
and family, Postmaster General Randall,
Secretary Welles, and Mrs. Welles, Hon. O
H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, by
appointment, Major General Meade, Secre-
tary Patterson aud lady, aud Senior Romero,
the Mexican Minister.
Adjourned 70 meet again at hslf-pasts seven
o'clock Of Saturday evening.
How P-ursBURsHERs viewed TIE RACES
A correspondent from Pittsburgh to the
Chronicle speaks thus of the last weeltsrace
at the Driving Park: "After dinner we
took 8 seat in a four-horse chariot in COM
pany with some dozen Pittsburgers and
started for the race course, which is some
four miles out of town. On arriving there
We discovered an immense crowd o. ladies
and gentlemen, all anxious 20 see something
in the shape Of a race. In a few minutes
the race which was begun yesterday was
ended by trotting one heat, which was con-
tested by " American Star" "Jenette,
" Rodney" and "Gray Eagle" It was on a
par with our Pittsburgh races Of the Arm
strong" stripe. II was SO palpablY unfair and
impossible for the best horse 70 win that the
pools and bets were declared "of" by the
judges. There never was 4 more righteous
decision. The wonder is that the purse
was given up and that the horses were no.
| ordered of the track. It is high time that
all true lovers Of sport should d~iscouuten-
ance anything in the shape OF armstrong
races. OF collisions between owners Of horses.
We havs he'd SO much Of it lately in Pitts
burgh that it IS almost impossible to see g
fair race"