The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-24
ONLY THREE DAYS.
General Sentiment Expressed at
Last Nights Meeting OF the
Fourth of July Commits~es-fs"a-
mes. Men Coald Not Give Up Five
Day. Time. Nor Weufd Country
x;.ssor. ne Likely 10 stand the
Expess~-se Trouble About Rails
ing Fands.

Three days of Fourth OF July eeiebra-
,iau seems 70 be favored by a large ma
sorsty OF seaftIe's business men, senii-
rpent ia favor Of cutting down the FIVE
day limit for the celebration ~as very
strong at q meeting Of representative cit
gems held last nsgkt In the council cham
isar Of the city hall. X was felt that II
would be difficult TO maintain public In
ferest for longer than three days, that
tho business men would be unwilling q
leave their work for such period anc
that people from the country would be
unable 70 bear the expense OF such a
long stay In the city. The consideration
of the time was finally left 10 the exscu-
tive committee. conpossd OF the chair
men OF the various subcommittee and
the advisory committee
The meeting opened tardsly. when al
the chairs in the chamber wer. filled
Chairman /. KosenthaI called the gath
ering TO order, Andrew Heinrich. for the
finance committee, reported that after
calling on some Of the leading Trims Of
the city he felt that there would be no
difficulty In raising funds for the celebra-
ton. SO far f759 had been promised. The
finance committee would appoint sub
eommittees, and after the city had been
divided into districts. each subcommittee
iHg. Il WAS felt that by this means the
city could he thoroughly covered with lit
tie effort.
The appointments on the various com
mittees were announced as follows:
The Committees.
Following = a fall list OF the commit
tees:
Advisory comsufttee-Hon ". ID. Wood.
sx-Gov. J. II. McGraw, ex-sioy. Eugene
sempie, Z. Q. Graves. john Lsary, III. &.
Henry.
Finance comnlttee-ChairTnan. James
u. HoSe. Jr.. J. =. f}slliaTgeon. A. Hem
rich. q. y. ellison, Mayor IS. n. wood.
Brown. Frank Is. Ingersoil. n H. Young.
Press committec~4halrman. VIII A.
Steel. Mining Herald. Samuel 7. Weston.
Times. l.. NJ. Wood. Trade Register, n
r. Ambrose. Argus.
Printing commit tea--s chairman. Charles
Hubbard 3. q. ferkes. W. g. Armstrong.
Transportation committee-Chairman r..
NJ Carr. Isaac Cooper. T.. l.. Hooper. l..
Il; Smith. a. T. Van de Vanter
Decoration committed hartman, j. Re
delsheimar. W. ~. Mccarthy. u. c. Rudy.
Fireworks ommittee-Chairman. ]. r..
crichton. T.. ". McGlnnis X. II. Spencer.
Charles q. Scott Charles T.. Kelley.
Sporting committce--Chairman w. II.
Lewis. y If. T.. A.. u. q. Inverarity. :.
a. C.. &. w. Wander Neer. T. Of w:
r. 2. Hughes; $ a. G; f. {. Sharpe,
Programme and entertainment commit
tee--chairman. J. q. Allen. r. &. Cheasty.
II. V. Ankeny, DR. +. w. Young. &. T..
Music committee Chairman. VIII II.
Parry. F. A. Allen. III. j. McSoriey Ralph
schoenfeid. Ira coaner.
Reception Ommitsge-Chairman j. r..
MacDougail. Mai j X Hayden. l. A. Ma
deau, +. Lobe. George +. Raymond. Alden
j Biefhen. NJ. B. Augustine. w. O.. Arm
strong. 4. g. Neufeidsr
mi ar EF tksaiz flsafF
Commodore Henry Hensel. Dr. q. r..
Thompson. Albert Hansen. lion. W. h.
Moore. II. N simison.
Mining oinfnttee-Shairman. Ellie Nor
rtson. George y. kittsnger. L. X. Hodges
" w. Radcliffe,
Illumination commlttee-Chalrman. l..
n. YounEs; Leo kohn. Gen. j. H. Net
caife. r. r Sweeney. s. ~ Piles.
Manufacturing ommittec-Chairman,
Robert Moran. &. l.. Webb r. Il. cyan
son. I. II. Ailaine.
Lumber exhibit committee-thairman
George w StetSon. a. :, Kerry. {. u.
stimson 4. $. Howard.
COMMITTEES on public speakers-Chair-
man. w II. Biddleton. Ellis he Bruer
Frank Oleson.
Prize committee-Chairman. ]. NJ. f. At
klnSon. r. II. Strive. G. ~. Taft
A general discussion following was led
hy Isaac Cooper. lie was the first 10 ad-
vocate three days celebration rather
than FIVE. saying ''As far as the cele-
hration Is concerned everybody in the
city who IS interested ia such matters
agrees that II Is good thing. But think
II would be better 10 coufine the duration
of the celebration 90 three days instead OF
extending Il over i've days People on
the outside viii ind Il hard 70 support the
expense OF such a long stay IN the city
Again. II is hard 10 maintain interest for
I've days Give the people a real first
class celebration for three days. You could
get all the sports and amusements In that
time that would be needed. The streets
as before suggested. should be Illuminated
and decorated. Electrical displays. Of
which We think nothing, are very nttrac.
tive 70 people from the country"
This same idea was advocated by l. a
Nadeau. 1T Is hard to keep up an inter
81. even locally. for Eve days" he said
Men are busy and would find Il difficult
30 give up five days or even four 20
celebration II would take an unusual
list OF sports 70 induce business man Il
take that length Of time from his work
Others who took the same view were
George Raymond. jules Kedclsheimer J
NJ. = Atkinson. Or James +. Crichtor
and Charles =. Crare. WAY said IN,
iasf named. "the city Of New Orleans a.
self. with Slpo@ at SITS command does
Hot attempt 10 continue It's Mardi Ca.
longer than uvc DAYS" lie was in sympa
thy with TIE movement and stood -eady
20 help Z, With his purse ard work
\ discussion arose as to the proper par
ties 20 disbersc the fu.lds collected Tor III,
celebration. SEINE thought the nnanc,
committee should De authorized COR thh
function. others favored the auditing com
fmittse. AMI stiil others recommended IN.
appointment OF a special disbursement
committed II was finally moved that a
the finance committee Vas an exceptional
~ coed one. composed of we'll know
business men. u be constituted also as .
committee which saouid dss6urse IN,
money IL collected. This WAS carriet
Unanimously.
IL was suggested duriug te evenlnl
that an entertainment bc given on ou
night Of the celebration az zoe Seattle thr
alter. ana the chairman was authorized q
appoint a committees OF three 90 look ate
such an entertainment. Another surree
ton which found favor was that a >ofn
rntttee Or three ne chcsea 10 visit Tacoma
Portland aud either PLACES. with che tae
81 inducing their cooperation in maxim
a success of the Seattle eele0rat tca Thoa
appointed On this committee were lam.
II. Hose fr.. J. \. BaillarEcon and vi
II. Parry.
Chairman Rnsenthal stated thar sht
VAS probably the last general rnastinl
that would ~ hcld for some time. ard aha
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