Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-02
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Reporting and Planning for the Convention
of 1895.
An Echo Meeting to lie Held in Con-
junction With GuntOn Me.
mortal Church.

At a meeting Of the executive committee
of the Christian Endeavor Union, held last
evening in the Sunday school room Of the
Assembly Presbyterian Church, the business
OF arranging the preliminaries for the great
Endeavor convention in 1896 was put on
foot. The most Important action of the
evening came in the form of series of
recommendations submitted by the board of
officers, and adopted afte- thorough dis
cussion They were as follows:
With view to the organization Of a COM
mittee TO prepare for the holding Of the ff-
teenth international convention Of Christian
Endeavor in Washington in 1896, the boa I'd
of officers of the District Of Columbia Chris
tian Endeavor Union submits for the con-
slderation and action of the executive COM
mittee the following recomn endations:
That a committee. to consist of nine men,
bers, be appointed by the executive commit
tee, to be called the committee on organiza-
ton.
That said committee on organization be
instructed to submit to the executive COM
mittee, from time to time. such recommen-
dations as 1t shall deem to be necessary and
advisable with regard to the organization
of the committee of 90 and shall submit to
the executive committee, from time to time.
recommendations looking to the organiza-
ton of necessary subcommittee, and shall
also submit the names Of such persons as
are deemed proper by said committee on
organization to be members Of such subcom-
mittee, and shall recommend q suitable per-
son for chairman of such subcommittee,
who shall also be member Of the commit
tee of '06
That the following named persons be
members of said committee Of organizat ton
Teunis s. Hamln, W. H. Pennell W. H. II.
Smith, w. s. Macarthur L. A. Conner jr..
Percy S. Foster, w. B. Robinson, Edward
b. Bagby and w. F. Stowell.
At the meeting last evening Mr.. w. S.
Macarthur, president of the District Union,
presided. with Mr.. j. d. Morgan secretary.
The meeting was opened with singing and
devotional exercises by Mr.. C. d. Bulla,
MIR. .. Z. Saum and Mr.. Percy S. Foster.
John b. Sleman, jr, reported from the press
committee that affairs were in a prosper
GUS condition, and that the committee ex-
pected 10 realize some profit from the spe-
cial edition of the Endeavor for the month
of June. w. H. II. Smith spoke on behalf
or the preliminary committee for 90, COM
menting upon the clean campaign which
the delegates waged to secure the conven-
ton for Washington.
Percy S. Foster. from The committee on
transportation, reported that there would
probably be something of a balance to be
turned over to the treasury of the union,
although they had been disappointed In
the number of people who had gone from
Washington to attend the convention Mr.
r. L. It iSHDdck moved q vote or thanks for
the services of the committee, which was
passed. and Mr.. c. W. Chappell. treasurer
OF the '9j preliminary committee reported
that the finances under his charge were in
a satisfactory condition.
President Macarthur said there was an
invitation from the Christian Endeavor
Society of Gunton Memorial Church to
hoid convention echo meeting with them,
and he was in favor of II. He advised
mat the Endeavorers wear their white
caps and badges. President Charles W.
Little of that society explained that an
echo meeting was intended to be a sort of
reproduction in miniature of the recent
Cleveland convention. with the same hymns
ana number Of brief speeches from the
delegates. The invitation was accepted
the meeting to be held on August 10. The
remaining business of the evening con-
sisted of the adoption of a vote of thanks
TO the Epiphany Reformed Episcopal
Church of Cleveland for the many courte-
sizes extended to the Washington delegates
ct the late cow ention, and an address by
w H. Lewis Of Seattle, formerly of this
city. urging the LEGAL Endeavorers to at
tend the convention at San Francisco next
year and to take in the Washington state
convention on their way home.