Evening star., 1896-02-20
THE REPUBLICAN BIRTHDAY.
Arrangements Completed for Satur-
day Nights Celebration.


day. Nights Celebration.
The committees in charge of the cele-
bration Of the fortieth anniversary Of the
birth OF the national republican party have
completed their arrangements. The gen.
eraI program decided upon was reported
last night by the committee Of arrange
nee nts at meeting of the Union Republic
can, Club. under whose auspices the cele-
bration Is to take place. The event to be
commemorated is the holding of the first
convention of a national character in the
history of the republican party. This con-
venticn met in the city of Pittsburg, Feb
ruarv ~ 1856 and made the preliminary
arrangements for holding the presidential
convention that met iE June Of the same
year In Philadelphia and. nominated Fre-
mont. SO 1t is claimed that the fortieth
anniversary OF the birth of the party as
Eatlona! organization occurs Saturday, and
~ Is hetd to be especially appropriate that
lne anniversary should he celebrated in
washington. because the Pittsburg conven-
tlon was arranged for in this city by the
actlVe members of the old republican club
then In existence. The celebration will be
mel heid & saturday evening in the Center Mar
OF the Union Republican Club, will call the
meeting 10 order and invite Mr. A. NJ
Clapp to preside over the evenings exer-
cises. MIR. Clapp and Mr.. Lewis Clephane
nave the distinction of being probably the
only surviving members of the Pittsburg
convention. The following have accepted
Invitations to address the meeting: Senators
Ha"iey, Cullom and Perkins, and Rep
resentatives Boutelle, Cousins, Brumn,
sherman and Towne. The invocation is
to be delivered by Rev. Dr. George H.
Corey. During the evening appropriate
music VIII be played by band. Mr.. John
a. Joyce has written a poem fer the oc-
caslon. Invitations have been sent out to
many OF the republicans of the city to
ATTEND. Those who have received invita-
tiohs IS nave the privilege Of inviting as many
OF their friends as they may desire. The
committees in charge of the celebration are
as follows:
Committee Of arrangements-A NJ. Clapp,
ley, Thomas ]. LASER, William A. Cook
l nos. C. Fletcher, b. +. Crawshaw. Sec
lletary; Charles P. Lincoln, Alphonso Hart
SIMON Wolf, w. Oscar Roome, Jacob H.
Devices. Patrick OFarrelI
Ffnance-Lewis CIephane NJ G. Emery
M Mn. oscar Roome. A. NJ. Lothrop, L. d.
Wine, Thos: c. Noyes, W. S. Roose ]. d.
croissant, w. H. Slater.
opeakers-A NJ. Clapp. Gen. w. W. Dud-
icy, Thos. c. Fletcher Thomas J. LASER
simon Wolf, W. A. Cook, Aphonso Hart
j, W. Douglass.
r,ld,,n,at ,lnvit,ations.char'es P. Lincoln, B. F.
D: Taylor VIM: H. Browne. Frank NJ
Evans. r. w. Tyler, r. H. Anderson. A.
D. Hazen, F. NJ. Gideon. G. W. Balloch
ranaa nan and n music. H: Devices. c: H: Law
m: Burdette Matthews, Charles S. Bundy
r. NJ: Dawson f. A. Kreidler, +. NJ. Heat
on, on Elphonzo Youngs. ]. T. Hall, G. S.
Eppley.
Press-Harry p. Goodwin Gen HV. Boyn-
ton' John M. Carson. Edgar J. Gibson,
Louis Garthe. Walter b. Stevens A. J.
Halford: Cory NJ. Stadden. Arthur W.
Dunn, NJ 6: Secke9dorff w. f. Curtis. LA
coolidge, w. S. Larner, Albert Halsteal,
Robert j. Wynne, Jerome J. WILDER, Scott
{. Bone, Emory Foster, E. w. Brady
Printing-Patrick OFarrell, George Glib
son. S. r. stratton, H. G. Worthington,
p. W. Whitaker. II. G. Potter. L. II. York,
H. S. Knight, J. NJ. Pipes.
Resolutions-Wm. A Cook, Lewis Gle
phane, Thomas J. Lasier.
seating-H. S. Knight, F. NJ. Evans. S. r.
Stratton. L. b. Cutler. A. Stabler, Geo.
Sargent, c. j. Ubhoff Chas. w. Fits, E, A.
kreidler, J. X. Eppley, Frank D. Emery,
W. w. MILAN. A. H. OConnor. W. r.
Speare, F. NJ. Gideon. Walter G. Clephane
J: r: Littell Geo. Trainor, w. Burdette
Matthews Jno. A. Bryan, Pliny NJ Hough.