The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-10
PIONEER JUBILEE.
Preparations for the Reception
 of President Mckinley.
Special Correspondence. I


 SALT LAKE CITY, July ,, 1897.
 Great preparations are being made to
 receive and entertain President McKin-
 ley and party in thls city on July 24th,
 Pioneer Day. and the last day of the
 great Jubilee celebration. At a meet
 ing of the Commission held on the 9th
 inst. committee consisting of over
 sixty representative men and women of
 the State was appointed by the com mission as ''an advisory board and re- ception committee to assist in formu- lating and carrying out plans for the proper reception and entertainment Of
 the Pre- esident of the United States, his cabinet and party during the coming ] Pioneer Jubilee" Thus committee is now actively engaged in the rr0secu-
 tiou oi the dutes deyo.ying upon 1t. To-day 1t met and 6lectoj Colonel J. Ford Ken. .cuinmJuder oIFoIt Douglas, chairman, a.d George '. Wallace. pre- slider. af fua Rocky Mountain E,iH Fl ephOne Company, secretary. Sub-com- mittees composed of influential and energetic people were appointed and because of their efforts Zion is already agog with preparations for one of the most important events in the history of the State. President Mckinley's re- ception will be cordial an patriotic. The famous Fort Douglas soldiery will meet him at the depot as his special train rolls in. Cannon from a dozen points of vantage Nill boom welcome. One hundred and fifty thousand people will. with glad acciaims, voice their pleasure at meeting the chief executive of the notion, and from every flagstaff in the valley of the Great Salt Lake Old Glory's beautiful coIors will wave salute.
 The Presidential party willreach this city in time to review the great Pioneer | Day parade. The parade will be the | largest and. most magnificent in the history of Western celebrations. It is | estimated that two and one- half hours | will be required for It to pass a given | point. There will be over l50 floats in 1 line. Every civic and fraterDal society | in Utah will be represented in it by | delegations. The Federal troops sta tioned at Fort Douglas and Fort Du- chesne will participate. The lmmor- tai Pioneer train wlll be watched by | over 300 men and woman who, in the days of 1847, trudged wearily across the plains to find an asylum in the wales and mountains of the wilderness that has by their efforts been redeemed and i is now known to all nations as Utah, the Promised Land Ten thousand ! school children wilt greet the Presiden- ] ttst partr viti4 pa,sIu ssu songs C-:c: tcc. F, 2,0O0 homes of the Beautiful Clty off the Saints will be decorated in h.s| honor The reception 70 the LIesjcent' : win t.- a i. ag CAIuaA ' .le -ra.le.t celebration the West has ever known. From the time the President leaves the national capital until he passes the horder of Utah on his return to the White House he will be the guest ot the people of Utah. Senators Cannon and Rawlins and Representative King will, it is expected, represent the State as the hosts of the Presidentlalparty dur ( Ing their journey across the continent, l and as they enter the State Governor [ Wells and Chairman Clawson of the jubilee Commission will welcome them to Utah From that time until the |; party waves it's adieus as their train .lides over the rails towards the East , President Mckinley will be accorded III ovation such as no ather man has received from the people of Utah. On July 22d he will participate in the un- yelling in Chicago of the Logan monu- nent. This ceremony will take place n the forenoon. In less than forty eight hours thereafter the President will be greeted by tue loyal soDs and daughters of Utah.