New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-15
MIR. McALLISTER RESIGNS.
HE WILL HAVE NOTHING TIC DO WITH THE
CENTENNIAL BALL.
ASKED BY THE coMMIrTEE TO wIrnDRAw-
STATEMENTS By HIM AND By sTUy.
yEsANT FISH.


vEsANT FISH. s.
Ward McAllster has at last resigned his place
Of manager of the Centennial ball and BAN
quet, as well as his membership in the Entertain-
| ment Committee on the Cent? nnial Cclebration.
| and will hereafter have nothing to do with the
| celebration except as an onlooker. On last Friday
Mr.. McAllister forwarded the following letter to
! Gouverneur Morris, who succeeded him as secre-
| tary Of the Entertainment Committee:
received your request 10 attend meeting OF tho
Enteyainment Committee at o'clock today st The
connus TcoS e Be P wish BE co
send to me at an carly day and from time TO tine az
mag 1s sas @ GSpe Ss pes@ms @hc
me as manager, in order that may know What Is ex-
Of S and wSo
dance in the opening quadrlel think S you you vii, VII,
| 10 p. Perhaps you will inform each Of them Of
pointed by The c conmittee Of Enertsinnent may
ask that the list of those selected be sent to mel
In reply Mr.. McAllister received on Saturday
the following letter from Mr.. Morris:
In answer to your letter Of April 12, witch was
received during tSday's session o the Entertainments
Committee, and which inquiries I'm substance whetner
IL continues to be tho wish Of the Entertainment Com-
mittee that you be the manager Of the ball, beg 10
say that IN the opinion Of the committee, Its reee1s
mportanee and therefore, under the circmsfsnce il
is not the wish Of the committee that you continue to
I'LL the Office.
After receiving this letter Mr.. McAIlister called
upon Chauncey NJ. Depew to consult with him as
to the course to be followed. As result Of this
conference Mr.. McAllister prepared the following
htters, which will be delivered this morning,
Hon. Hugh j. Grant, Chairman Committee on Plan
Sir: I have a written communication of the 13tk
inst from the secretary Of the E9tersainmsnt . Con-
S r. rcep aS SphSn hsys 81 so dep
the manager OF the Centennial bah q the control
ssoDo to an V EXPRESSION Of the wish
Of the Entertainment Committee that the manager no
heartily with the wishes of the COMMITTEES aud hereby
resign to you the Office which IN December last you
spponed for Se bali and banquet have BEEN sdopis
by the Entertainment Committee without substantial
alteration. What remains to be done by the Enter
tainmont Committee is mere detail and participation
Ceremony @ these plans are mot not dspar5eG t.v ro RON
| executed, the ban and banquet will be everything
which the Committee OF Plan and Scope Intended them
| to be- With great respect. your obedent servant.
WARD McALIISTER
Clarence W. Bowen; ESQ.,, Secretary Committee od
Plan and Scope.
tainment Committee. tho resignation to take effect
WARD McAIIlsTER.
| The last two letters are dated today so as to
have effect upon receipt of them by the Mayor and
Mr.. Bowen. Mr.. McAlhster's action viii no doubt
| create much astonshment among members Of tbs
| General Committee the Centennial Celebration.
rs well as among his other friends throughout the
city, notwithstanding that such q course had been
previously threatened as a result of the strained
| relations existing between Mr. McAllister and
| other members Of the Entertainment COMMITTEES
| Mr. McAllister had had his several powers and
functions as secre tary of tho Entertainments Com
mittee and manager of the ball and banquet so
| abridged and null6ed by the committee as to
render his place manager nominal but he
| declared that from purely patriotic
| tives he would stick to his post in
| order to contribute as much aid as he
could toward making the ball brilliant successI
At that time, as was said in The Tribune's ex-
| elusive interview with Mr. McAIhster on Thursday
last, he did not think that he would be subjected
| to any further embarrassment, and would be able
TO go on as manager, lending his personal in
huenee and prese nee, IL nothing more. to the oo+
casion
MR.! M'ALLIsTERs STORY.
In conversation with a Tribune reporter last
evening, Mr.. McAllister gave complete history
| of the trouble in the Entertainment Committee.
| There have been dissensions among the members
since preparations for the opening quadrile Of the
ball began, and they have become steadily wider
The feeling between Stuyvesant Fish, chairman OF
/
extremely bitter, as was shown in the correspond
| ence between them printed in The Tribune several
days ago and as is now openly admitted by both
| men!
AT the beginning" said Mr.. McAlhster last
night " the trouble caused by that feiiow
Fish. Fish has great political aspirations, ana
| thought he could run the committee! SO as 70
accomplish certain personal aims, but / rebelled
| against being treated as employe Of the chair+
man of the committee and insisted upon being
| placed on an equality with him as citizen Dus
| no more. Mr.. Fish didn't like it when he found
that had views of my own, and that he couiu
not have his own way altogether. Our relations
were not SO cordial as they might have been
| when we began TO arrange for the opening quad
rifle. Here Mr.. Fish's political and social asp'ra-
tions caused unpleasantness Mr.. Fish wanted
70 dance in the quadrille opposite to the President
| in order. doubtless that his name might De
| nrominently brought forward in connection with
| that of the President of the United Statess
| declined to give him this place because
considered him utterly unfit for participation ~
such a delicate social event. Why, he has been a
railroader all his life has no pretensons to being
! n society man, and, indeed, processes to have an
| aversion for society. Well, it made an awful row
when gave my reasons for refusing his request
| but would have carried my point had not Presi-
| dent Harrison Just then decnned 10 uance III bns
| ouadrille This made Fish madder than ever
! and he charged that the Presidents decination
was due to my mismanagement Such charg,
| WAS. of course prepostcrous. The President had
reasons of bis own for declining, and there was,ns
| mismanagement about it.
TROUBLE IN THE COMMITTEE.
After this, Fish made himself as disagreeabls
| as he possibly could and did everything possible
to Influence other members OF the committee against
me. 1 had two stanch friends in the committee.
| Egerton L. Winthrop and Robert Goelet. but both
| of them have been away lately. and have had to
| fight my battle in the committee alone. / have.
| however. consulted with Chauncey M Depew from
time 10 time and have acted on several occasions