National Republican., 1873-01-06
THE INAUGURATION.
Meeting Of the Citizens Committee APP
psintpient Of sub-committces-A Plan Of
Arttoa Adouted

Meeting Of the Citizens Committee --Ap-
Psintpient Of sub-comniittcea--A Plan Of
| Action Adopted.
The citizens committee to arrange for the
| second Inauguration OF President Grant On the
4th Of March next, met Saturday afternoon Al
| 800 O'Clock In the Governors once, corner oi
Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
OF the committee, which numbers twcnty-one,
g. Berrett Ihos, L Hume, Jas. a. Magruder,
John y. Cook, Geo, 4. Gideon, John o. Eyans,
Hallet kilbourn, John II. Brooks, William Dick.
Hon. A. n, shepherd, chairman Of the commit.
/ tee presided, and Hon. VIM. Dickson secretary.
Mt. George =. Gideon, from the committee ap-
pointed to prepare q programme for the ceremo-
so the RSsoutfpe Committee qf The Inauguration:
GENTLINEN The committee Of nye appointed
a. your last meeting respectfully make the fol-
| 1. That the Governor OF the District he respect
fully requested TO call meeting Of the Leglala.
tnre, and recommend an appropriation TO defray
| the expenses OF the inaugural ceremonies.
2. A civic and military procession, fireworks,
| Illumination Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue from the
Capitol to Seventeenth street, and hall.
.. The appointment Of Gen, James II. Wilson
4. The appointment Of the following commit
| teeS:
To confer with the President and Vice Prcsl-
dent-elect and the committees Of Congress on
| inaugural arrangements.
Committee TO confer with state associations
and visiting political organizations; on civic pio-
| cession, military procession, on the hall, on
finance, on railroads, on correspondence, on nre-
works and illumination.
That me chairman o. the executive commit
| tee and the chairman Of the committees above
| enumerated be appointed managing committee,
who shall have the entire control Of all arrange
ments connected with the Inauguration, and that
no Indebtedness shall be created without the
express authority Of said managing committee.
MT. Gideon further reported that IL was the
desire OF the committee that the committees
man, and that the person 6rst named to each
committee should be chairman. lie then ex-
planned that portion OF the report calling an
proper that the District should bear the expenses
Instead OF the citizens by subscription.
The chairman said he would rather the com-
mltteea be appolnted by some other than him-
self; but II tie motion prevailed he would ap-
point them without regard 10 their political
status but would oonrne the appointments to
men OF ability and earnestnesa.
The report was then adopted, and Mr.. shep.
herd announced the following asthe
INAUGURATION COMMITTEES.
Vice PresIdent elect and ths committee. A, of
Congress on inaugural OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
u. d; Cooke, N. ?. Chlpman, William Stick
neM Fn george psyior, Wm: =. Chandler n: q:
johnson, n. l.. Jernes, 4. J.. Stanton, G.. L.
nulse, ,. N. Langston, Peter Campbell, Vim. A.
Committee on state Associations and visiting
Political Organizatlons-A. N. Clapp and the
presidents Of the several state Associations.
Committee on Civic PROFESSIONALISM. Dickson,
y. II. FuRltt, u. A. Boswell, J. A. Smms, \. p.
Brown, !. q Brown, A. BisOhof, John Hogan,
Y. 7. stansbury, A. X. Browne, Thos, Lewis, T..
II Douglass, c: Knessls, J; Z. Cox, Y. D. stew
Geo. W. Balloch, W. II. Adams, Geo. Foliansbee,
Kirby.
Committee on Military Proccsslon-A, Web
ster, W. q. Moore, s. W. owen, II, d. Cooke, IT,,
j. ID. Barnes, VIM. Wall, Jas. A. MagTuder, Em-
nett urell, Major Bland, Timothy Lubey, J. W.
sSk%Sh sSEta5 Ia: mscSiDIs A Ts R. p sT Mar
ray, L. A. Bartlett, o. :. B. Wall, d. W. Bliss.
Committee on the Ball-Hallet EilbOurn, A. D.
Mnllstt A. Slu,s, W.. MurtsFh, John v: Bots-
Kaufman, Enoch Tolten, B. L. Biackiori, J. a.
Berret, ]; ". Brooks, w. II. Collins, Nathaniel
Wilson, Richard wallarh, Samuel Cross, 3. r.
Bond, joshua Riley, J. =. omstead, d. s. Evans,
Committee on Finance Thomas l.. Hume,
Ghas; y. Nichols, J; .. Cook, u. 4. Willard. u.
solomona, c. II. Cragin, Q. s, English.
Committee on Railroads.. W. Thompson, W.
p. Colt Franklin PHILIP, l., Clcphane, ID. l., Eaton,
Bunley, Geo. ,. Gullok, Adolphus Hall
Poore, I. A. Gobright, II. v. Boyntont W. b.
q. ", Adams, D. h. Mckee, G. :. Noye;, jas. r.
Young, Arthur shepherd, d. y. Cone, Dom Piatt,
q. X, Harris, D. Q. Forney, W, Scott Smith, l. n.
buIItl, lnonlhh u. Florence, II. y. HAmAdel, II.
A. Preston, J, W. Knowlton, +. V, smalley, !.
Mcfarland, q. A. Townsend, W. p. Copeland,
Geo. ID. Curtis.
Committee on Fireworks and Illumination
John o, Evans, q. =. Gideon, Samuel Gardner.
Daniel Smith, Henry Semken, Jos. u. Carroll, j. +.
Handy.
The headquarters Of the managing committee
are At the Executive once, corner OF Pennsyl-
vanla avenue and Seventeenth street, where ac-
commodationA for all the committees have been
provided.