National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-19
THE DAY OF DAYS.
MORE INAUGURAL PREPARATIONS.
The Men Who will Look Alter the Plug Hats and
05ercoats- Meeting OF the Ticket Commit
tee-Items from Headquarters
Organizations Coming.

The subcommittee on tickets of the IN
| auglral ceremonies met at the rooms adjoining the
| National Metropolitan Bank last evening Mr..
James +. Bell in the chair and Mr. Brady Wilkins
secretary The chair stated that the hat and cloak
rooms were rapidly being pushed 10 completion.
He had suggested that the services of the letter
carriers he secured about the hall and cloak
| rooms They were uniformed and well known TO
the citizens and The visitors 10 the ball would feel
| that their goods were secure while under their
control There were also other employees ofthe post
| Office uniformed, who might be made available.
A calculation was made, and il was found that
| sevcnty-lour persons would Lc required 10 do the
work properly. the chairman stating that ii
would require two men TO each Isl boxes. MI
Bell then submitted list of fftynine names, all
of the men being. as he said. well known, could
be vouched for for their integrity, ami were ac-
customed to making assortments and placing mat
ter in boxes Six names were presented as coming
from the White House, and it was stated that they
were thoroughly conversant with cloak and nat
room duties and had done that work at the
Executive Mansion for years. The following list
was agreed lpon as employees for this service:
John T. IIogc C. H. Dant, William H. Hazard, Will
liam Bailey John j. Hill, John Biddle. w. Z. Wag
oncr, ii. Holmes, John Lcrch C.. N. Towers, L. A.
Carroll, NJ. Qairk Arthur Fowler, George F. Smith,
B. Simons, II. J.. Clark, John Mccormick, c. W.
Langley, John n. Mitchell, G.. II. Gonzenbalk,
- Lynch, G. W. Billings, F. R. Callahan, J. T.
Larcomb. John II. Forney, ". E. Wise, II. E. Cox,
Thomas Carraher, c. D. Bond G. B. Stratton, O.
Drown, W. D.Tabler. F. W. Longley. T. F. Shryock,
E. F. Thomas, E. Wall, C. C. Cronch c. NJ. Merrill,
Thomas J. Smith, Harry Atkinson, H. IL. Hazard.
Rudolph Willis, William S. Boyd, J. E Willard,
Wehrley, R. G. Dubois, L. F. Bergman, J. II.
Smith, Thomas West Roswell Semmes, II. G.
ONeill, +. Golden, Howard Beall, - McLewis,
William Brown, F. E. Smith, Joseph X. Bridge, A.
c. Smith, w. G. Spotswood, W. A. Channey, Arthur
Fowler, Edward Dennison, A. T. Thorn, w. A.
Ridgcl, James E. Hibbs C. K. Shryock, J. W. Need
ham, Frank Kirby, James B. Moreland, Thomas
Dolan, C. Z. Fraser, Arthur Simmons, o. N. Hugh
lay, Philip Sheridan, J. C. Hunter, George W. Scott
A. W. Hudson, and w. a. Stewart.
Mr.. S. S. Brooks submitted bid for keeping the
tonsoral department at the ball. He would furnish
five men-three BARRIERS and two boot blacks
charge twenty cents for shaving and ten cents for
-blacking. The proposition was referred to
the chairman for consideration and action.
The nextquestion that arose was the employment
Of females TO look after the ladies' rooms and 1t
was finally decided that fifteen women would be
required for this purpose McsSrs. J. L. Bell, j. w.
Wbelpley, and Captain R.W. Tyler were appointed
a committee to examine the recommendations and
select those persons best suited to the service 1t
was decided to use chairs and settees for seating
purposes in the hall, and a sub committee con-
sistiDg of Messrs. Hill, Springer, and MacMeen
were appointed to act with the chairman of the
executive committee i'll securing them. Mcssrs.
Harvey Roberts and II. Brady wilkins were ap-
pointed a committee to secure the carpeting requi
site for the building.