The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-18

EVERYTHIN ABOUT FIXED FOR
THE BIG FESTIVAL.

Reception Arranged 80 Fa4 as it can
Be-The Artillery salute AT the De-
pot, and the Cavalry Escort Through
the City-The Military Parade and
Review The Unveuing Of the statue
The Governors Programme - The
Streets and Squares to be Decorated
The Tournament
The Jasper Festival isnow only four days
! of. What remains 10 BE done in the way
Of preparation viii have to be done quickly
| Through the prompt and efficient work Of
the various committees, the arrangements
are very nearly complete. and by Tuesday
everything will be in readiness for the in
auguraLion on the following day OF what
will be, beyond any doubt, the biggest cele-
bration ever witne ssed in this part OF the
! South.
EVERYTHING ~ READINESS.
The General Committee met last night
and went over the entire programme.
| Reports were received from nearly every one
of the sub committees and, with the excer-
ton of the arrangements for the Presidents
reception, which, in the absence of any
positive information as to the Presidents
plans, were left with the Executive and
and Reception Committees the details were
all arranged
Superintendent Fleming and Comptroller
! w. Is. Mckee, of the Savannah, Florida and
! Western railway, We're present, and Capt
! Mckee held a conference with the Executive
Committee in regard to the reception Of the
PRESIDENTIAL party upon It's arrival at the
depot
THE PRESIDENTS VISIT.
The Presidents train is expected to arrive
| hath n'piOpl WpInpS-
day morning and will be run in alongside of
the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail
way Company's general office building
instead of the passenger depot. A wire
fence is being built alongside of the track
in the depot yards so as to keep the
crowds back from the train. The Presi-
Dental party will be formally received by
tn festival committee and the city au-
thorities in the cOmpany's Long Room, and
will be escorted to carriages which will be
in waiting in front of the offices on Liberty
street. The arrangements for the reception
at the depot are complete. A detail OF
police will be stationed on all sides of the
building and no one will be allowed to enter
except those holding cards of invitation.
THE ARTILLERY's SALUTE.
A section of the Chatham Artillery will
fire salute as the train enters the city, and
the Georgia HussarS will escort the party in
carriages from Iue uepOJ. It uIJueT Unuu
this the programme has not been arranged
but it is expected that the President will join
the military and civic parade, and with Mrs.
| Cleveland and the other members OF
MIS- party will occupy place
on the platform at the unwilling of the
monument and if he remains long enough
he will afterward witness there view in the
Park extension. 1t is not likely that he
will leave for Florida before l or o'clock
in the afternoon.
The unwilling ceremony will be at II
o'clock and the review will take place i'm
mediately afterward. The President has ex-
| pressed a wish to see as much of the city as
possible, and the parade before the unveil-
ing and the drive to the Park will afford
him every opportunity to see and be seen.
THE CONGRESSIONAL PARTY.
The members of the Senatorial and Con-
gressional party which will arrive on the
fast mailn ahead of the Presidents train
will be formally received at the depot, and
will be shown every courtesy and a. attention
during their stay in the city. The mem
bers Of the Cotton Exchange will tender
them a reception at the Exchange.
1t is not yet known who will compose the
Congressional party nor how large it will
be- The Executive Committee, which will
arrange more fully for che Presidents re-
ception as soon as definite information can
be obtained from Representative Norwood
in regard TO the Presidents plans, will also
arrange for the reception and entertain
ment of the Congressional party.
THE GOVERNORS PROGRAMME.
In the afternoon the Governor and
other invited guests will witness the
boat race from the Cotton Exchange, and
on Wednesday the Governor will review the
| Trades display at 1880 in the morning,
from the balcony of the City Exchange,
and at II 80 he will hold public reception
in the Council chamber In the evening he
will review the torchlight procession from
the portico of Capt. w. w. Gordon's resi-
dence.
The City Council will unite with the
Festival Committee in welcoming and
entertaining both the President and the
Governor. The Committee on Entertain
ment will provide quarters for the Gov
nor's staff and also visitors room at the
same hotel for the Governor to receive his
friends when there.
THE PARADE.
The parade will take place at 9:45 o'clock.
Col. Mercer, who will be in command of
the troops will issue the order for the
parade to-day. The procession will form
on South Broad street, and the line of
march will be through South Broad, Aber-
corn, BroughtOn, Drayton, Bay, Whitaker,
Congress, Barnard, BrOughton, Drayton,
Jones and Bull streets to Madison square,
where the military and civic societies will
be massed around the monument according
to the programme announced in the MORN
ING NEWS some days ago.
THE PROCESSION.
The military in line will be the First
Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, Savannah
Volunteer Guards Battalion, Chatham
Artillery, Macon Volunteers and Georgia
| HusSars.
The civic societies which have so far given
notice that they will parade are as follows:
Confederate Veterans Association.
Grand Army Of the Republic.
Travellers Protective Association.
Hibernian Society lin carriages).
st. Johns I. A. B. Society.
Georgia Historical Society.
Work1ngmen's Benevolent Association,
THE UNWILLING CEREMONIES.
The unwilling ceremonies will take place
promptly at | O'clock. The platform upon
which will be seated the members of the
Jasper Monumental Association, the Mayor
and members of the City Council Gov.
Gordon, the orator of the day, the Presi-
dental party and other distinguished
guests, has already been built. The front
of the platform faces south toward the
Park and the Presidents carriage and other
carriages in the procession will be stopped
on the south side Of the square. Col John
Screven Will introduce Gov. Gordon as the
orator
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