Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-19
INAUGURAL PLANS.
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been elected cerrsSpS1qing secretary Of the
been filled. inemembership comprising
the representative hnensof Washington. De-
cember II the subscriptions had reached
sM.l2s' and annGtnss9aents had been re-
ganizatSons white b. intended. to participate
| in the parade and accommoda lions for
rocco persons had. beeh reported as avail
| able. ~
The subsequent history Of the comm,ttee
up to the completion Of its work on March
| 4, 1889. was equally as creditabie The rain
which preceded and accompanied President
| Harrtson's Inauguration played havoc with
the decorations and DESTROYED in q degree
| the grand effect of the pageant, but a
| bright sun would have shown the most
brilliant spectacle ever witnessed In the
The Last Inaugural Committee.
In 1892 as soon as Mr. Cleveland was
! elected the democrats here showed great
| interest in considering the way in which
! an Inaugural committee should be appoint
ed, and on November Is, a meeting was
| held at the Ebbitt. presided over by present
Justice Martin F. Norris. Mr. James l..
Norris. then member of the democratic
nation al committee, stated that he had
| &C ulted with Senator German, and it had
| been decided to recommend, that the plan
| adopted when Mr.. Cleveland was first elect
ed in 1858 be followed at this time At that
| time Mr.. German and other members of
the national committee designated a COM
mittee Of fifty citizens. with James O.. Ber-
| ret at their head. There were a general
committee and an executive committee of
fifteen members In 1884. and this arrange
menu; II was recommended, should be fol-
| lowed in 1892 Mr.. James G. Berret was
| again made chairman Of the general com
| mittee. with Mr. Norris as ex-officfo chair
| man. to act in Mr.. Berret's absence. Jus
ei.e MOTIFS was made chairman of the ex-
ecutiye committee. with ]. Fred Kelley as
| secretary; Lawrence Gardner correspond
| ing secretary. and c. c.. Glover, treasurer
"A nst OF the officers and members of the
| rity Tor his approval. After the list had
been made known by publication there was
great deal of dissatisfaction, 1t being
ennmnS snat MT Norris had rot selected
committee. The central democratic com
| mittee also felt that they should have
been consulted and Chairman Harrity was
overwhelmed with letters on the subject
| The matter was finally referred To Mr.
| Harr1ty to appoint a committee that wouId
satisfy all factions. He visited Washing
ton; cor suited wath the leading men of the
| various democratic organizations and an
| pplEie1 a. COMMITTEE, with James g. Rerret
as chairman, giving the chairman AUTHORITY
to Increase the body by aiding such names
| added al
forty names to the committee, making its
| membership about ninety
! Inc committee. as finally completed, was
as follows: James G. Berret, Henry l.. Bis
N w. Beverage, H. o. Claughton. John J.
| Edison. Lawrence Gardner. Charle q
Gloyer. William B. Garley. Matthew w.
Gall, Edward j. Hannah, Peter II. Hill.
| X. u. Holtzman, d. Harrison johnson, J.
Fred Kelley. Charles e. Lancaster Martin
F. Norris. Domfnfck H. Murphy. Joseph k.
McGs anr George v, Lapahan. James
John w. Ross. john G,lSlater, BENJAMIN p
Snyder. William g. Thompson Augustus s.
Worthington. MithaeltI. Weller and Ma
thanel Wilson. pr. Charles Allen. Pay
master A; W. Bacon. Cen Baird. James L.
| barbour. SurgeonsGeneral Brown. Dr. Sam
uel G. Busey. RobertpBan, Waiter Y. r,
f ser y ca Capt; r, Robert cra,g. William E
! D.'Davidgs. Dr. Henry Darling John T.
| Devine. Mills Dean, Robert S. Davis, Ed
| ward f. Droop. John W. Douglas Matthew
G. Emery, Col: Os%old H. Ernst. Albert F.
Fox, Rear Admiral Samuel r. Franklin
Or: Frank A Gardner. Henry Wise Gar
| nett. Andrew b. Grahanh, Rear Admiral
James A. Greer. Major General Clay Good
vey. E. b. Hay. George 6. Hennhg. Lemon
| G. Hine. Curtis j. Hillyer, William q.
Henderson. A. p Henseys John E. Herrell.
Francis B: BORING, Major Horatio B.
ter Morse Charles NJ. Matthews, DIR. w.
Y Marmien John a., R. MCLEAN ": William
aaor q N Nsgeso %hs Ws p SSSSf
N. G. 0rdway.. E. Francis. Riggs, T.. E.
Roessle; Capt ~ w. + Ros pel Francis 81. A
VIM. B. Rochester, DR.. Charles E. Stone.
Isadore Saks. O. G. Staples. Richard Smith.
William H. Seldom, Louis Schade, Frederick
| G. Stevens, Major Gen. John NJ. Schofeld,
| Paymaster General William Smith, John
| w. Thompson, H: o. Towles. Franklin Ten
| ney. DR.. Joseph M. Toner. Capt. r. W.
Tyler Brig. Gen Thomas NJ Vincent, Dr.
| T. s. Verdi, Beriah Wilkins, Henry A. VIII
| lard, Wash. 3. Williams. jeremiah NJ. VIII
! son. Jesse b. Wilson and Brainafd 90 H
I Warner = o,. E. o., m
James L. Norris; chairman James L. Bar
l bour, Henry l.. Biscoe, Gen. H. V. Boyn-
ton. A. 7. Britton, John Joy Edson Rear
Admiral Franklin, Lawrence Gardner. c. j.
| son. j. Fred Kelley. secretary: c. c. Lam
| caster. w. c. McIntre. G. W. McLanahan,
| Theodore w. Noyes. John w. Ross. Fran
| els A. Richardson, Richard Smith. Michael
l. Weller and. Berlah wilkins. Mr.. Law
| renee Gardner was made general mahager.
| MI. Robert o. Hoffman was chairman of
| the finance committee. A guarantee fund
! of $50, 625 was subscribed, but this was re-
| turned after the Inauguration, sufficient
| money had been received from sales of
| privileges. ball tickets. promenade concert
| tickets, ETC., to meet all expenses, and 3d.
| $50 were distributed among seventeen local
| hospitals and charitable organizations. The
| Inauguration ball was held in the pension
| building.
President Gnrfield's Committee.
The arrangements for the Inauguration of
| President Garfield were commenced ten
| days after his election in 1880. A meeting
of citizens was held, at which an executive
committee was appointed. consisting of D.
B. Anger. chairman; ]. R.. Thompson, re-
| cording secretary; Col. H. c. Corbin. cor
responding secretary, J. A. J. Cresswell,
treasurer. and A. NJ. Clapp. Myron NJ.
Parker. j. o. p. Burnside ]. NJ. Vail and
| VIM. B. Reed, members. 1t was deter
| mined to complete the membership with
| citizens to be selected without regard to
party, and thirty was the number agreed
On. Permanent organization resulted in
| Mr.. John w. Thompson being elected chair
man. Other members in addition to these
mentioned were b. H. Warner, George
| Truesdell, A. L. Barber A. NJ. Clapp, H. A.
| Willard, John F. OImstea1 E. Kurtz John
| son. e. w. Whitaker, Crosby 8. Eoyes, R.
7. Greener. c. B. Puri.s, E. c. Ford, P. E.
OConnor. w. S. ,RooSh and Thos. Somer-
Vile. The chairrnen 4f the subcommittee
were as follows: Finance. Levi p. Morton;