The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
OUR NEXT FALLS JUBILEE.
Meeting of the Citizens Committee of
Fifteen
AND THE NEW COMMERCIAL CLUE.

The Club Will Cooperate with the
Old Soldiers for tho Purpose of
Bringing the State Reunion TO To-
Peka.
A special delegation from the citizens
committee of fifteen was delegated to
meet with the Commercial club last
night and talk over the arrangements for
securing the G. A. R. reunion and hav-
ing festival week next fall.
The disagreeable weather was respon-
sible for the fact that but three of the
committee were present-Major T. j.
Anderson, Captain c. H. Titus and Il.
NJ. Phillips.
Chairman Davis of the Commercial
club called the club TO order and asked
for the report of the committee ap
pointed to confer with the committee of
fifteen.
D. J. Greenwald, chairman of the
committee, said that his committee had
met with the citizens delega-
ton and at the solicitation of
the Commercial club representatives.
they had agreed to hold the festivi-
ties at later date and it was now agreed
that the dates should be the last three
days of September and the first three of
October. He said that the committee OF
fifteen was pleased at the assured CO.
operation of the Commercial club.
Maj. I. J. Anderson, one of the com
mittee of fifteen, was called for and said:
"The assured cooperation of the mem
indeed very gratifying to the
committee of fifteen appointed
on behalf of the citizens. We have
fight on our hands as we always have
when we want anything for Topeka.
Leavenworth is making "a strong effort
10 secure the reunion aud they have some
advantages over US. They have the
soldiers home and the old soldiers
have been requested to write to
their friends all over the state
and urge them to help secure the reun-
ion so that they can meet them at Leaven-
worth, but in spite of that believe we
shall secure the reunion. 1t will take
work but we are equal to the emerg-
encv."
Capt. Titus said: GAS a member of the
committee of fifteen it is my desire to &C
complish something fot the benefit of
Topeka and if we fail to secure the re-
union we must have carnival week.
1--WE can have a reunion of some kind
if il is only eunion OF the Citizens OF
Kansas. l am in favor of getting up
something new aud novel in the way of
entertainment and getting away from the
old stereotyped form of entertainment If
we have races, then we should have
the speediest horses in the country here
and have races the people will come from
all over the state to attend. Then we
might have f1ambeau display such as
has never been, seen, There are many
things that might be done to attract peo-
ple."
President Davis: "The club had feared
that the committee of fifteen mig ut think
that we were trying to take things out of
their hands. and so we have been rather
backward b"
President Davis then appointed the
following gentlemen AS permanent
committee from the club to act in con-
junction with the committee of fifteen:
Secretary Charles s. Elliott, Charles
Adams and c. S. Downing.
F. o. Popenoe said that a committee
of three should be appointed to go to
BeIolt and assist in securing the reunion
for Topeka.
j. L. Durham thought that the COM
mittee should consist of fifteen at least.
Major Anderson said it would be bet
ter to have large committee.
c. s. Downing thought that before the
SIZE of the committee is determined it
should be found what would be the cost.
E. w. Poindexter said that the ques-
ion of cost might be determined in the
future.
The motion to make the committee fif-
cen was then adopted aud it will be nam
ed at the next regular meeting.