The times., 1897-09-26
The Guests of Col. 0. G. Staples
at the Riggs House.
THEY ARE GOING TO NEW YORK
The National Association May Come
90 Wnshipgton-C ommittee DE.
lighted With the City and the
Hospitality Received Doings of
the Business Session.

bNNii III " AAiiEAon tAdiuh4lE iAtO Jul
desirability as the next meeting place for
the National Educational Associa tiun, left
the city last night and retained to New
York. 1t was the opinion Of the local
committee, who entertained them and
showed them about the city during their
stay, that they had been most pleasantly
impressed with Washington and its adyan-
tages
II the committee has not, as a body,
yet chosen Washington because IL would
be wrong to do SO without Considering
the claims of other cities at least, indi-
vtdually, the members of the committee
are unanimously delighted with their visit,
and willing TO go to any length in saying
50 short or making promise.
The last feature of the program OF their
visit was a banquet given to them and
to many local business men and educators
by Col. o. q. Staples at the Riggs House
last night. This affair was a most sue
cessful one in every way, and the good
feeling gwhchitengendered caused afranker
and frecr statement Of the visitors feel
ings than had yet been made by them.
At Lne banqaeJ We're Col. Henry
Blouut, chairman of the local committee,
Hon. Charles Il Skinner, OF the visiting
comua;tee from New York; Commissioner
Wight, Messrs. :. W Woodward Archibald
Greenlees, Stuart, Arthur O'Neiil, s. b.
Hege, Gardiner q. Hubbard, Commissioner
Ross. Secretary Irwin Shepard, % the Wis
| iting eommittee: Mrs. Sara A Spencer, Miss
A. 7. Smith. Prof. W d. Powell, Prof
| J. OrInCnd Wilson, DR.. o. p. Lane, of the
visiting committee, aud DR.. B. l. Whitman
Atthe conclusion Of the banquet informal
addresses were made by Commissioner
Ross and hon Charles r. Skinner, OF New
| York, tie superintendent Of education or
the State of New York.
Commissioner Ross said that ne had
| hoped that the evening would not lie
marred 10y any remarks by him. He was
very glad, however, to say few words or
welcome to the committee and 10 hope
that they would choose Washington as the
next meeting place of their association.
Commissioner Ross called attention to
! the trip which a local comInittee had made
| To Milwaukee during the session Of the
association there, with the object OF in
| viUing it TO come to Washington. He said
that he believed this committee had made
an excellent impression. Was hington has
always been the city Of Conventions" he
| said. 1T is the home of conventions. In
addition 20 the others, every four years
| we have the great 4 american convention at
| the Inauguration Of the President" Coul-
missioner Ross spoke OF the fine desira-
bility Of Washington for this particular
association, because 1t is the home and
seat of the Government
He said that Washington was convinced
that tie teachers after visiting the city,
would go away better teachers of the
boys and girls throughout the country
Mt. Skinner paid a fine tribute to the
! Capital City. The committee is proud
TO have been in Washington" he said
| Il am proud as an American OF this most
| beautiful city in the world. II belongs
to US. The local committee has taken
! US about our city to see our Congressional
| Library, and our Capitol, and the other
| buildings or our Government. We have
heard our Marine Band. The National
Educational Association, If 1t comes to
Washington, VIII be able 10 carry home
| to every part OF the United States a
| finer and a clearer knowledge of our
magnificent possessions.
Their trip viii go to make better citi-
zenship and finer manhood and woman
hood among the teachers and their pupils
But" he concluded, lit is not fair foI
me to make an argument for you" He
intimated, however, that whatever hc
might not be able to say in so many words
he did really believe would be the verdict
OF the committee.
The banquet ended with a unanimous
vote of thanks to Col. Staples for the ex-
cellent manner in which he had finished
the session of the visitors.
They go direct from here to New York,
but win later hear the ar guments in favor
OF Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Omaha,
Omaha is thought TO be entirely out oil
the race, as the city VIII be crowded al
most to its gates at the time of the meet
ing by the exposition.
salt Lake has one argument in its i'm
mease tabernacle, which seats 1000
people easily, but the Convention Hal
was spoken of last night by each of the
visitors as desirable and adequate in
every way and much better than other
halls that the association has encountereC
heretofore.
The business me citing yesterday was
devoted TO statements from the visiting
cOmInittee as 90 what Washington VIII be
expected TO furnish if it gets the edu-
Gators next year. IL general wa the
matters that were mentioned by the com
mittee are idenucally those which Wash
ington can furnish better than probably
any other city.
The meeting took place In the board oi
trade rooms at 10 o'clock.
DR.. Shepherd, the secretary OF the visit
ing committee, and al so of the association
outlined very fully all that the associat tiof
VIII needueXt summer. "a cityis wanted, >
he said, where there may be successful
meeting from an educational point OF view
1T must be possible and convenient 70
representative thinkers and speakers
reach the CITY We ;'hooseif they do not liv
there already. The city must of itself b
full of an educational value, and 4, plac
that teachers should visit.
"A very practical requisite is that tn
city be convenient to vacation points W her
the teachers may spend their summers afte
the meeting We find that unless the teach
ers may take In our meeting and their vaca
tion trip together they give up our al
fair.
IF the city itself and the surroundin.
: vacation points are attractive, we wiz
have three times as many participants il
with Mr.. Greenlees, chairman of the Ioca
favorable con diLions"
DR.. Shepherd next described the mat
ters sofacclmmodationn necessary. A centra
hall, accommodating 5000, is necessary
Seventeen halls, seating from 800 up q
1000 FOR the seventeen branches; head
quarters at some central location, where
the treasurer anc twenty-five clerks maj
be accommodated, and one other larg,