The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-10
THE COMMITTEES.

The first business transacted was tn,
appointment of committees by Chair
man Clawson. They were composed as
follows:
Finance-Mr. Colborn, Mr.. Rognon
Mr.. Clawson, Mrs. Wallace.
Pioneers-Mr. Clawson, Mr. Savage
Mr.. Murdoch.
Railroads-Mr. Rognon, Mr.. Whitney
Mr.. Cclborn.
Carnival-Mr. Savage, Mr. Rognon
Mr.. Whitney
Advertising-AIr. Whitney, Mr.. Saw
age, Mrs. AfcCune.
Legisiative-TMr. Colborn, Mr. Muir
dock, Mrs. McCune.
Music-Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Savage,
| Mrs. Easton.
Dasign-Mrs. Easton, Mr.. Stanford,
Mr. Murdoch.
Invitation-Mrs McCune, Mr.. Stan
| ford, Mrs. EaSton.
Fireworks-Mr. Stanford, Mrs Wal
lace, Mrs. McCune.
A letter was received from Judge LIE
Grand Young in reply to Chairman
! Clawson's request for an opinion as to
! whether or not the members of the
commission would be liable. personally,
for any contracts made, and for adj
vice as to the advisa bility of the COM
mission incorporating.
Judge Young's reply informed the
members they would be liable for any
contracts made unless it were stiDu-
lated in the contract to the contrary
Concerning the latter query, he rec
commended that the commission incor-
porate.
NATURE OF THE CELEBRATION.
The written suggestions concerning
the most appropriate character of the
celebration which it was agreed at the
last meeting each member should sub
nit for the consideration of this meet
ing, were next taken up. Most of the
members had been too busy to make
draft of their ideas and some had not
done so believing it to be immature.
There were two documents submitted,
however. which were read. One was
from Mrs. McCune and contained a
recommendation that the commission
reconsider its decision to hold q four
days celebration and make it three in
stead on the theory that to crowd the
four days events into three would
make the affair more successful.
Mrs. McCune also made numerous
and elaborate suggestions as to the
manner Of entertainment, among which
was that Continental market be Sc
cured and turned into a salt grotto
with exhibits OF resources, etc, and on
a very grand scale.
The other document was from Mr.
Savage and endorsed the features that
had been previously discussed together
with the suggestions made in Mondays
Herald relative to salt, coal, sugar pal
aces and other features.
Both the communications were laid
on the table for further consideration.
At this juncture Judge Colborn
moved that the commission go into an
informal discussion of the whole sub
ject of the celebration The motion
prevailed and he took the floor
CoLBoRN's ELOQUENCE AND
LOGIC.
Judge Colborn began by saying he
considered all talk and discussion con-
corning the character of the entertain
ment was entirely immature until the
commission had some sort of an idea
as to how much money it would ex-
pend in the celebration. "Once we
know how much money we are to
spend" said he, then we can go ahead
and plan our entertainment and make
il lit the money!
Then Judge Colborn took up an ar
gument in favor of making the cele-
bration a gigantic affair He cited the
fitch anniversary of the admission
of Wisconsin into the Union, which
is to De celebrated this year, and for
which he said the promoters were
asking the state for hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. The celebration of !
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of the city of Cleveland was an
other event on which many thousands /
of dollars would be expended. The /
semi of the admission of !
Tennessee, just closed, was another. +
Upon it fabulous sums had been ex-
pended, and yet not ore of the events /
mentioned was to be compared in i'm |
portance as a national epoch with the |
one which it is proposed to celebrate
here.
This. he said, was to commemorate
The first advance of civilization into
that part of the great west which
inds its eastern boundary in the Rocky
and it occupied a place
second to no other epoch in American
history for the last so years.
And yet some would advocate OBJ
serving it with a paltry show that
would involve the expenditure of a
ew thousands of dollars said he 1