Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-19
Great Civic Display Proposed for Next
March.
Mr.. PARKER'S TRIP TO new YORK
How the Committees Have Been
Appointed in the Past.
l n TIE RE TING HISTORY

heI leIl IOr new YORK at noon today TO
confer with his associates and Chairman
Hanna over the arrangements for the
forthcoming ceremonies in connection with
the inauguration of President-elect Nc
Kinley. 1t is understood that move
ment is contemplated by which the occa-
sion will be made more national In the
character of it's celebration thar former
inaugurations have been, because of the
greater significance attaching to It by rea-
son of the issues settled by Major Nc
kinley'S election, and 1t is believed that
the committee to be formed for the purpose
of arranging the details of the event will
comprise, besides the leading citizens of
Washington, representative men from the
various states as well. Indications al
ready point to a larger attendance Of civic
organizations in the inaugural parade than
ever gathered before for a similar purpose,
and the IDEA of having citizens of all the
states on the committee Is said to be In
spired by a desire to have as much effort
expended as possible. outside Of Washing
ton, to make the civic feature the most i'm
-portant.
1t is also said that this course would
serve to keep in organization the various
republican clubs throughout the country
and be in harmony with Chairman Han
has idea to continue the warfare on the
falacies of free silver and kindred policies
contained In the Chicago platform through
out the next four years. An enormous
civic turnout on Inauguration day, 1t is
believed, would serve to renew and to keep
alive enthusiastic organization interest, and
consequently all efforts, it is said, will be
directed toward this feature.
The Last Republican Inauguration.
In a dispatch from Cleveland printed in
The Evening Star yesterday 1t was stated
that Chairman Mark Hanna had told re-
porter that his trip to Canton had been
made simply to pay his respects to Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley and to discuss with
him the details of the Inauguration cere-
monies.
1T seems to have become the CUSTOM"
said Mr.. Hanna, for the national chair
man to appoint the committees, marshal
and other officials who have supervision of
the Inauguration details, and my visit to
Major Mckinley was largely to discuss
these matters"
In the latter statement Mr.. Hanna seems
to be in error so far as the custom followed
by his predecessors as chairmen Of the re-
publican national committee are concerned.
Especially Is this true in regard to the ar
rangement of the details of the Inaugural
ton Of President Harrison, the last repub-
ican elected previous to Major Mckinley
The preparations for his Inauguration were
commenced almost simultaneously with the
Official announcement of the result of the
election.
Election day in 1888 fell on Tuesday, No
vember =. and on November . Chairman
Matthew Stanley Quay of the national cam
palgn committee who had barely tinis he'd
sen ing congratu atory tele grams to A.essrs.
Harrison and Morton, addressed a letter 10
Mr.. y. I. Britton Of this city. The author
lty conferred in that epiStle was so sweep
ing that it will be interesting to give it in
fun just now. 1t was as follows:
HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN Ma
TlONAL COMMITTEE,
NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 8, 1885,.
Hon. A. T. BIitton, Washington, d. c.
You are hereby designated by the execu-
tive committee of the republican national
committee to take charge of the forthcom-
ing ceremonies attending the inaugura ton
OF the PreSident-elect and all matters per-
tanning thereto. You will appoint such Of
ficers as may be necessary, designate a
general and all necessary subcommittee
and serve as chairman Of said general COM
mittee. NJ 8. QUAY
]. s. FASSETT, Secretary Chairman.
Prompt Work.
Mr.. Britton received the letter in the
morning of November IL, accepted the ap-
pcntment at once. and in The Evening Star
of the day in question announced that he
had been looking over the hall of the pen
sicn office as possible place where the in
augural ball could be held. AS it was held
there 1t will be seen that MIR. Britton be-
ed Mr.. George E. Lemon chairman of the
finance committee and Mr.. B. H. Warner
treasurer of the committee. Headquarters
were secured in the Atlantic building and
the selection of the other members of the
executive committee, many of whom were
to be chairmen of the subcommittee, was
proceeded with. Saturday, November II,
the executive committee had been partially
selected as follows: A. T. Britton chair
man: Myron M. Parker, first vice chair
man; b. H. Warner, treasurer. Chairmen
of committees-Reception, Gen. E. F. Beale:
finance, Geo. E. Lemon; transportation, E.
kurtZ Johnson; press, Gen. H. ". Boyn-
ton; carriages, Thomas Somerville; civic
organizations, Myron M. Parker; parks and
reservations, Henry A. Willard; public
comfort, Col. Levi p. Wright; music A. II.
S Davis; comfort at ball room, James E.
Bell. Members of the executive commit
tee: Crosby S. Noyes, A. NJ. Clapp. c. c.
Glover, John w. Thompson and w. M.
Gait, who afterward got excused from SER
this day Chairman Lemon of the finance
committee reported that $4,000 had been
subscribed toward the Inauguration fund.
A week later, Saturday, November "A, the
executive committee was completed, with
the exception of one vacancy, the chairmen
in addition to those mentioned above being
as follows: Tickets and invitations, George
Gibson: military organizations, Gen. Albert
Ordway; printing, John McElroy; banquet
George B. Williams: ball room decorations,
o. G. Staples; street illumination anG fire
works, E. A. Adams; badges Simon Wolf;
auditing, John Joy Edison: public order,
Robert Boyd; street decorations, Louis ID.
Wine. Fred Bracket was elected secre-
tary, and w. Scott Towers appointed book
keeper of the committee. The additional
members of the executive committee, be-
sides the subcommittee chairmen, were
Frederick Douglass, James G. Berret, Hal
let Kilbourn, Stilson Hutchins, c. B. Pur-
Wis, George L. McIlheney and Lawrence
Gardner. Chairman Lemon reported that
on that day, up to o'clock, the subscrip-
tions received amounted to $34 265
The subcommittee.
Rules defining the duties Of the various
committees were drawn up. and the chair
men proceeded to select the members of
their respective bodies. Even before this
wes done the pension Office hall mad been
settled on for the Inauguration ball; the
permission to use it had been obtained
from the Secretary of the Interior. and
decorators had been invited to look it over:
with view of equipping themselves for
the purpose of bidding on the work when
the proposals should be issued. Chairman
Brttton was the epitome of energy, and
every member of the executive committee
was his counterpart, and the work went
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