The age-herald., 1898-09-02
FINE PROGRAMME FOR PEACE JUBILEE Mapped Out by the Committee on Ar-
 engagements AND UNANIM0USLY ADOP TED Grand Arch in Twentieth Street and
 First Avenue A FEATURE OF THE CELEBRATION Parade of Civic, Military and Labor Organizations Subcommittee Go
 to Washington Saturday to
 See the President.
A FEATURE OF THE CELEBRATION

 Washington to call upon President Me | KinIey to ascertain whether or not he can attend the jubilee and also to arrange an 1 audience for the delegation. which will l formally present the invitation. l The committee on arrangements have mapped out a splendid programme for the occasion.
 Yesterday afternoon at o'clock meeting of the committee on invitation was called to order in the rooms of the Commercial 1 club by Chairman Frank Y Anderson. l James l.. Tanner acted as secretary. 1 Major Anderson submitted a prospective programme in the nature of recommenda- l tion which was read by Secretary Tanner and on motion of Chairman Lowe of the i committee on invitation the name of Hon. | William J. Bryan was inserted in the first section following that of the president and | his cabinet.
 | There was some objection, on the grounds l that it was bringing politics into the cele- bration, but MT. Lowe took a different view of the matter and was warmly supported by l John w. Tomlnson These gentlemen maintained that MT. Bryan was hero of the war; inasmuch as he served as colonel of a Nebraska regiment, and had only not been given an opportunity to distinguish himself Judge A. A. Coleman who op- posed the motion stated that he was in favor of inviting Mr. Bryan along with the other distinguished guests, but intimated that he did not favor making him one of | the Big Ikes" on the occasion. | Dr. J. w. Hughes opposed the adoption | of this section on the grounds that the mat l ter was properly in the hands of the con- mittee on invitation. He explained that he would vote to invite Mr. Bryan. | MT. Lowe made rather a sarcastic reply | to these gentlemen in support of his motion which carried. On his motion the name of Colonel Roosevelt was also added. The Programme | The programme recommended by the l committee on arrangements as adopted is | as follows.
 Q) Committee on Invita- ation-The commit 1 tee on invitation should invite as our guests | the president and such members of his | cabinet who can accompany him; Hon. Wm | J. Bryan, Major General Wheeler Major l General Fitzhugh Lee, Lieutenant Hobson, | Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt, the governors | of all the southern states and their staffs, l the Alabama senators and congressman and other distinguished citizens. CD Also to invite to participate in the | great peace jubilee procession all the civic, military and labor bodies of the state, the l United States troops now stationed at An- niston and Huntsville and the Alabama l troops at Jacksonville. (3) Committee on Reception-The con- | mittee on reception should be at the depot | with carriage and four horses to receive | the president and should accompany him | to the Morris hotel by marching on each side of the carriage.
 | (4) The committee on recpetion, or such | subcommittee as shall be selected by it's | chairman, should meet all invited guests | at the depot and escort them to the Morris l hotel, where quarters will be provided l (5) The committee on reception should also appoint number of sub-committees, composed of three members each. One of these sub-committees should be set apart for each prominent guest, with instructions | to see that he is properly entertained.
 (6) Transportation Committee-The trans portation committete should secure the low | est possible rates for at least four days | previous and three days subsequent to the day the peace jubilee takes place. @ Finance Committee-The committee on | arrangements estimates that to give prop CT display will require the sum of $3.5OO, which the committete on finance lis re- | quested to raise immediately
 (S) The committee on arrangements rec ommends should the president arrive on | the day previous to the celebration, that he be entertained that night with banquet,
 together with such invited guests as may have arrived and such citizens of Birming-
 ham as would like to participate. (9) A great parade should take place next
 day, to be composed of all the invited
 guests (except the president and cabineD,
 the governors and their staffs all to be
 mounted, each regiment of the army as
 may accept our invitation, the Alabama
 militia, the union and confederate veterans,
 and all the civic and labor organizations
 that would like to participate.
 u0) At least four brass bands should be
 secured.
 CID A grand marshal should be appoint
 ed, who shall have authority to appoint.
 with the approval of the committee, thirty
 aids.
 Q) We recommend General Louis V.
 Clark for grand marshal.
 uS) A double peace jubilee arch should be
 erected at the intersection of First avenue
 and Twentieth street. the pedestals to start
 from each corner of the street and avenue
 so as to show the arch looking up and down
 First avenue and up and down Twentieth
 street. Appropriate mottos should be put
 upon the faces of this arch and 1t should
 be decorated with electric lights so as to
 show the national colors.
 QD At night great meeting should be
 held at the Auditorium, which should be
 properly decorated for the occasion. And
 we suggest that at the rear of the platform
 where the president sits there should be N an American flag made out of electric l lights.
 (10 The committee suggests that a peace