The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-16
FULL OF GINGER.
A Fourth Of July Committee That
Has Some Snap.
If the Public Comes Up With the
Money the Committee VIII Make
the Eagle Scream.

The Fourth of July Executive Commit
tee met last evening, Mayor Steinman
presiding, and all the members present
| but one.
Grand Marshal George H. Clark APP
| peared and was greeted with applause.
In few words he accepted the office, and
added that if he could accomplish any
! thing at all Sacramento should have a
| gloriously patriotic celebration.
| The Grand Marshal and J. NJ. Morri-
son, Chairman of the Board of Super
visors, were added to the committee, and
both accepted the positions.
! The committee then wentinto executive
session and began to wrestle with the sub
| ject of the celebration. 1t was perfectly
| harmonious committee, inspired by a
most earnest spirit and thoroughly I'M
bued with patriotic sentiment. But this
! did not prevent it from having most
earnest debates, or from speaking plain
| English concerning matters that needed
| to be handled without gloves.
Reports from the Finance Committees
were received, showing about half the
| sum needed collected. and a third of the
remaining half fairly i'll sight Reports
! from Programme Committees We're re-
ceived, and the several features agreed
| upOn-prOceSSiOn, SaluteS, regatta and a
superior display Of fireworks. In the re-
| gatta there are to be contestants from
| Stockton and Vallejo as well as Sacra-
mentO. There is to be four-oared barge
race, single-sheIl race, a wherry race,
double-skitf race, a race with ducbboats
and paddles, and a tub race.
The Literary Committee reported that
in day or two they would be able to
name the orator, probably a distinguished
officer of the army OF the United States.
| Rev. Mr.. Burton Will be one of the Chap
lains, and Sam f. Simmons the reader of
| the Declaration of Independence. There
will be a male quartet and a band at the
exercises and the Mayor will be Presi-
| dent OF the Day.
The Fireworks Committee reported
scheme for $500 display, as good as dis
| plays that used to cost great deal more.
| The General Committee wanted the dis
play to be still better than that, and Or
| dered the committee to stick to the orig
inal plan and have 5000 display, the eX-
| ira hundred to be spent in increasing the
| aerial features and the number and bril-
liancy of the works thrown into the air.
The Music Committee reported and
| then the General Committee began to
! sweat. 1t seized the music question by
the neck and shook it and worried it, and
| sometimes the question shook and wor-
ried the committee. 1t was first one and
then the other on top, and for long time
it was a question whether the music
| would swallow the whole affair or the
| celebration swallow the music. FL
| nally a motion straight from the Shout
der settled the matter, and the sub-com-
| mittee was given a spot sum of money
and told to furnish the music-all it
could get for that-and to have the con-
| tracts closed at once. Under the plan set
tied upon all the bands will be employed,
"a nTOPpESIOn n of
features of the day.
1t was resolved that no flags of other
nationality than the American should be
carried in the prOcession-this not bar
ring society banners, Of course. The
Scotch clans asked for an appropriation
to pay their pipers. The committee re-
piled courteously that the clans were cor
daily invited to appear i'll the line on a
level with all other civic societies, to
none of which had any money aid been
given. Besides the committee had not
the money to give.
J. NJ. Morrison wanted the committee
to aid the Horribles Association. The
committee replied that it would be will
ing to do so. if the Horribles would show
it how to get the money. 1t could not do
the impossible-to shear the celebration
of any agreed feature would not be to
keep faith with those who had given the
money on hand. 1t urged the Horribles
to get out and ask the people to aid them
and expressed the belief that the people
would do SO, since the HOrrlbles' humor-
Gus parade the people wanted for an
afternoon bit of pleasantly.
The question of floats of patriotic char
acter for the procession was then taken
up, and it was, after long debate. re-
solved TO have two, and w. +. Jackson
was elected to decide upon two designs
out of twelve submitted.
Then every item of expense was gone
| hyr ,r-L
could he any pruning and saving the
knife went in. At the conclusion the
committee found that with the sums col
lected, and the sums it can reason
ably expect from incompletely canvassed
districts, it would be about $3.50 snort of
the s., coo 1t set out originally to raise.
and on which sum it had planned its
whole programme.
Thereupon the committee settled down
to solid thinking, which resolved itself
into notice of a motion to reconsider the
motion whereby it was resolved to have A
fireworks display. This notice will be
voted npon at the next meeting if the
500 needed stills not forthcoming lift is
subscribed all Will be lovely, and the
rockets will go alott and bombs burst in
the air, and Columbia live in a blaze of
allegorical and pyrotechnical glory, such
as has never before been seen in Sacra-
mento. If the money is not raised, the
committee declared it did not know to
what extent it might not go in cutting
things down to the quick
The expression was that no more had
been planned than is lit and in keeping
with the day the city and the desire Of
the people, and that the small sum now
needed to clinch things must ana shall
be forthcoming ii the committee has to
move with force and arms upon a lot of
people VINO nave money in plenty and
never have given cent toward a Fourth
OF July celebration, do not loose their
purse-stTings and do their simple duty
by their country. There was some sharp
and severe criticism OF donations of a
dollar or TWO from parties who will
reap twenty-dollar piece rewards becansa
OF the labors OF the committee.
The meeting then adjourned until next