The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-09
WILL VISIT THE ELM CITY.
FOUR HUNDRED VISITORS EXPECT
 ED FROM POUGHKEEPSIE.

Meeting of Business Men to Prepare for
 Their Entertainment-commi Ap-
 pointed-The City Cannot Oniciaiiy En-
 certain Them.
 A meeting of the executive commit tee of the chamber of commerce was held at the rooms of the chamber yes- ierday afternoon for the purpose of taking action on communication from the editor of the Poughkeepsie, x. Y., Eagle in reference to the pro- posed visit to this city of about 400 prominent residents of that city and to take some action in reference to their reception. With the executive com- mittee were delegates from the Whole sale and Retail Merchants association of this city and also from the Grocers and Butchers association.
 After brief session three commit tees were appointed to see what could be done in the way of entertaining the visitors. One of these committees were to wait on the mayor and secure the CO., operation of the city, the second com mitiee was appointed to wait on the officials of the several street railroad companies with view to obtaining free transportation for the visitors, and the third committee to see that q proper inch and incidentais were provided.
 Draa,1Anf T. n ('ptISau Af thA cers' association stated that it had been arranged that the visitors should at- tend the big food exposition at the Second Regiment arnory, and his asso- citation had also determined to meet the visitors at the depot with band and escort them to the armory.
 The several committees having been appointed the meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock thlS morning, when another meeting will be held and the reports of the several committees received.
 Late yesterday afternoon the commit tee appointed to call upon the mayor went to the city hall, where they found the city's chief official in his office on the second floor. This committee was composed of General E. E. Bradley, AL derman John c. Gallagher and William Neely. After Alderman Gallagher, who acted as spokesman for the committee,
 ad stated the objects of the call and said it was anticipated that fully 400 were expected in the party, among them being the mayor of the city and a num- Der of other prominent officials and res idents, he asked that the city make some preparations for the entertain ment of the visitors.
 Mayor Sargent replied: "Oh, I don't think we should provide lunch for them. They are not coming here in an official capacity, but simply as every day travellers. I don't see why they should be entertained at the expense of the city, and then again it is too late to go to the court of common council and ask for a special appropriation with which to entertain the visitors. Again, I don't believe they will care anything about a brass band entertainment. No, gentlemen, I don't think 1t is such a company as belongs to the city to take care of."
 After the mayor had made this state ment Alderman Gallagher and MT. Nee " SuSSeSleu lHdt as the mayor Of Poughkeepsie and some of the leading officials of that city would be among the party, some arrangements might be made to specially entertain them. Still Mayor Sargent remained firm and said that in his opinion there would be no one in the party who would care to leave the party to be specially enter tai.led.
 Finally after brief visit the commit tee withdrew, it having been agreed in the meantime that the question of off cial recognition be postponed until this morning, when Mayor Sargent will be present at meeting of the executive committee of the chamber of commerce, but not. a.s he expressed it, "as mayor of the city, but simply as a member of the chamber of commerce"
 The party from Poughkeepsie are ex- nected to arrive in this city about il o'clock tomorrow morning and will leave for home about o'clock in the Whether the city takes any official cognizance of their visit or not, they will be excellently entertained by the chamber of commerce, the Mer- chants association and the Grocers and Butchers association.