The Evening critic., 1881-07-18
THE PROPOSED JUBILEE.
Let the Matter be Energetica1ly
Pushesl-It Meets with Favor In All
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ri ,,ronos;,io, ~ r,r Cprrrc 10 give
,,,a,Is far H. pros;Jont,s recovery in the
s".,,, 81 n ',onstor ;rh;lcc. musical and
nt,nr,,;s. ,vas d;scnsscd among members of
tha ,,ar;ous clurch cboirs Yesterday and
,, n Mans suggested That there should
hc some dem DEMONSTRATION is generally under
stood E,orv onc recocnixes that. but what
Is most needed is for some prominent par
a. 20 cn,,o for,yord noyv and fake hold of
~ an ~. o;va II a nroner send off. Tur CRITIC
hos dsvoted its columns to placing the
;dca beforc the public. and will con-
tinu. ca IN do. and IL urges
the citizens and business men to help for
ward the scheme. Several of the local
papers have joined heartily with THE
CRITIC in this matter and the Others are
certain to follow If the proper spirit is mani
tested by the people. Forncy's Chronicle
Yesterday heartily Endorsed the proposition
and made some very able suggestions rs to
the time and manner of holding the jubilee
The Baltimore american yesterday and to-
day advocated it also. The Capital urged it,
saying:
Indeed, it cannot be otherwise than u
success, as every honest, patriotic heart Will
join to express the Nations tribute of re-
spect and honor to our brave and gallant
Presidcnt-God bless HMM National
thanksgiving upon his birthday, the l9th
day of November, and pens of praise and
thanks to God will ring out upon that occa-
sion in thanks to Providence for saving to
us so gallant chief and in honor to Car
field, who is now the brother OF the people
individually and collectively"
Reference to a day of thanksgiving ana
praise was made by number of ministers
during the delivery of their sermons yes
terday, notably Right Reverend Blshop
phil Mt bn En,anIral Church IIni0n-
town. He referred to the movement patri-
otically, and warmly commended 1t as one
which should receive hearty ana earnest
support and assistance.
Assistance Cheerfully Promised. 1t
Mr.. William Dickson. who has been gem
orally identified with nearly all such move
ments heretofore conducted in Washington,
particularly our famous carnival, warmly
approves the suggestion of THE CRITIC.
AZ will lend my assistance chcerfully," he
said, "and am sure that all the business
men will take hold. OF course, it is use
less at this time to think OF just how to
celebrate; all details of that character are
for future consideration. L THINK, though,
among other features, we could have bicycle
races and roller skating contests on Penn
sylvania avenue. Then there could be fire
works and all that sort of thing. The
musical idea is u capital one, and we have
local talent sufficient to make that feature
great attraction. Count on me for any
service l can render, for this thing should
take shape and be successfully carried out. T."
Mr.. B. III. Warner, the real estate agent,
said: Yes, am in favor of celebrating the
Presidents return to health, and the jubilee
suggested would be fitting way to do it..
Let it, continued Mr.. Warner, be on u
grand scale.'
Counselor Joe Rice said: BY all means
let us have grand jubilee. am heart ana
soul in favor Of paying tribute to the Presi-
dent in some way
ENDORSING the Movement
Mr.. Cooke, the proprietor OF Willards
Hotel, in conversation with THE CRITIC,
said lie heartily Endorsed the movement
He did not see why ii could not be arranged
and would certainly do what he could tt
help 1t along.
What DUR Correspondents Say.
Several communications on the subject OF
thanksgiving jubilee were received to-
day. One writer saws: az agree with Prof
widows that there is not time tc
get up monster concert as at first
suggested by THE CRITIC. do not think
that the professors idea of an open air
gathering of Sunday school children can be
successfully carried out with so little time tc
prepare for it either. These children would
have to be trained and many rehearsal.
necessary, which would require vast
amount of patience labor and time There
are other ways for celebrating so notable al
event, and no doubt The CRITIC can sug
gcst something"
Another correspondent says: "Thc ide;
of THE CRITIC has taken well among tn,
Treasury employees. | do not know n pei
. son in the Treasury who will not gladly
join in giving thanks in any form agreed
upon. There are some among us who ar,
willing to assist the matter financially, but
} we prefer that our more solid business mer
take the initiatOry steps before coming t,
the front ourselves"
Says another writer: "Where is the
spirit of patriotism of which Washington
people are accustomed to boast? The news
papers have been agitating Jubilee for sew
eral days, and still no one has been spirited
enough to come out and issue a call for
meeting of citizens to discuss the matter
formally. Your enterprising journal, il
, seems to me, should issue a call and get tn,
citizens together ON your own account, es
pecially as YOU have appeared to take more
interest in the matter than any one else
"Ifa Jubilee could be held here lust abou
, the time the Yorktown Centennial cere
monies conclude, saws another correspond
, ent, at would draw a great crowd to Wash
ington. Pc6plc leaving Yorktown would
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