Evening star., 1896-12-14
inaugural Committee Takes Possess
sion of Permanent Headquarters.
FINE ROOMS In THE GLOVER BUILDING
Chairman Bell Has Expressed No
Preference for the Library Building.
WHEN THE COMMITTEES MEET

Chairman Bell took possession n. IN,
permanent headquarters of The tnan,,,,,
| committees on the fourth floor ~ mo
| Glover building this morning and rho ,,-
coming furniture and the activity Of v,,k
men give the appearance of Nav rather
t"ai December ii. In spite Of the CON-
fusion, however. which was cousi leranl,,
| added to by the arrival of the electric tight
| company employees, who began TO string
| incandescent globes throughout the h,,ila
Ing, Chairman Bell and Secretaries Brsck-
| EFT and Walker were kept busy reca,vr,,,
| the many callers who came ana ova-taoL
ing the correspondence. Among The early
| callers were Mr.. A. T. Brit,on, Mr. John
JOY Edison, Mr.. Henry A. Willard and Col.
Lew T. Wright, while scores Of applicants
| for employment came 20 ascertain What
| the chances for work would De The COM
mittee occupies the entire fourth roor of
| the Glover building which is perfectly
equipped Tor the purposes of the various
| committees. and. IL necessary, rooms on
| the floor below Will also be taken Mr. o.
| r. AUSTIN or the national republican COM
lnlttee, which has its rooms on the second
moor Oh the same building, Informed str
| Bell today that a large amount CT f:ur.;ure
was coming over from New York and that
| any OF IL that might be needed for inareu-
| RAJ headquarters would be at Mr.. bells
| disposal.
| Committee Meetings Arranged.
| The meetings of the various committees
will be held at headquarters and the DAYS
| and hours assigned for these meetings are
as follows:
Monday pm. finance. 80 pm. trans
| portation; 30 pm, rec apIion; 80 \. ~,
comfort at bail room.
Tuesday-1:So pm, press: 80 pm, parks
| and reservations; 80 pm, street deCora-
tions.
Wednesdays p IN. badges: 30 p m. car
| riages; 80 pm, public comfort, T;3o y. m.
! military organizations; 30 u. n. hanquet.
| Thursday-33o pm. auditing committee;
| 3:3O p. m, civic organizations; 4 pm, invi-
| tatiens and tickets; 80 PIN. :llumira;ions
and fireworks; 1:3o pm, oail room Gecora-
| tions.
f'riday-1:30 pm. floor and pron.enaIeI
30 p.n public order
Saturday. pm, printing; Is3o pm,
| music
Points ON Public Comfort.
| Col. Levi p. Wright, who is chairman OF
| lhe committee on public comfort, viii have
| a room at headquarters and has secured
Mr.. Percy G. Smith and Mr.. Frank ]. Dom
nelly as his assistants. Maj. George Part
| lett is the vice chairman of this cCm-
mittee. Col. Wright said today that the
work of his committee would be very great
| ly facilitated II persons who Will have
rooms to rent during the inauguration Ler-
| iod Or who will be able to serve meals dur
/
| diately to the committee en- public comfort,
stating the number of people they could
| so accommodates. He said that owners and
| agents OF halls and similar large apart
| ments who desired to rent them during the
| same period would also confer favor toy
! informing his committee of their location,
| capacity and rental
The Executive Committee to Date.
| The executive committee has been COM
pleted, with the exception of the appoint
ments OF the chairmen of the reception ami
| the floor and promenade committees, and
| its membersf ip ia now as follows:
Chairman. Charles j. Bell.
Vice chairmen, s. W. Woodward, Louis
g-Treasurer. John Joy Edison.
Corresponding secretary, Fred. Bracke;t.
| Recording secretary, George Ii. Walker.
The chairmen OF the following commit
| tees: Finance, John w. Thompson; trans
portation, Chaplin Brown; press. Gen. H. V.
Boynton: civic organizations, b. III. War
ner; military organizations, Col. Cecil Clay;
parks and reservations, Henry A. VIII
| lard; public comfort, Levi L. Wright; conf
| fort at ball room, James E. Bell; invita-
| tions and tickets, George Gibson; printing.
| Theodore W. Noyes: decoration of ball
room, Theodore +. Roessle: street decor.t-
! and fireworks Michael l. Weller; badges,
| Simon Wolf; carriages, Thomas Somerv.l";
| banquet. Geo. ID. Williams; music John c.
Clancy; public order John b. Wight; an-
N. Parker. James G. Berret. Judge
| Long, Crosby 8. Noyes, Beriah Will
| kris Charles c. Glon er, Lawrence Gardner.
Henry Z. Davis Chas. g. Conn, Benjamin
Butterworth. r. Ross Perry, Stilson Hutch
| ins, W. w. Dudley, James L. Norris, A. NJ.
| Clapp. Milton NJ. Holland and John r
Cook.
A Correction by Chairman Bell.
Chairman Bell, in conversation with a
Cter Sail has
publications which stated that he had ex-
pressed himself in favor of holding the I'M
sugural ball in the new Congressional liz
brary building were erroneous.
Il have taken very good care" said MIR.
Bell. Ito refrain from expressing an opinion
on that subject. because / regard the ques-
ticn as one which should be settled by the
executive committee. 1 have talked with
several members of the executive commit
tee In relation to il, and l am now of the
opinion that the place for holding the in
augural ball will be determined upon al the
meeting next Saturday night
Chairman Hanna's Position
1t is probable that Chairman Hanna VIII
recede from the rather arbitrary position
he took while here in favor of securing the
new library building for ball purposes. be-
cause he has been the recipient OF many
letters from influential party men and 9TH
ers since his departure, I'm which the unfit
ness of the new structure has been i'm
pressed upon him strongly. Particular
stress has been laid In several of these
letters upon the fact that all the
plans for the use of the pension Of
flee for the inaugural bali are completed.
and the following out of system would he
O matter of extreme simplicity. AS hereto
fore stated in The Star. IL has been the at
titude OF Chairman Hanna alone that has
caused the suggestion of using the library
building to be considered for even an hour
and when Mr.. Hanna informs the executive
committee, II is confidently expected
that he WILL to follow out what IL considers
the best plan Under the circumstances. the
selection of re pension building will i'm
mediately follow.
The list OF members of the various COM
mittees Is being examined by Chairman
Bell. and will be published the latter part
Of the week.
There will be a meeting of the finance
committee late this afternoon when re-
ports will be received of subscriptions guar
anteed. Messrs George T. Dunlop and
Ross Thompson have been added TO the
finance committee