The age-herald., 1898-08-28
BIRMINGHAM'S
 PEACE JUBILEE Committee on Invitation Mill to to
 Washington TO INVITE THE PRESIDENT And Other Distinguished Gentlemen to Be Present on the Occasion. WILL PROBABLY LEAVE SATURDAY Leading Citizens From Other Sections of the State Will Co Along-Meet- ing Last Night at Rooms of
 Commercial Club.
WILL PROBABLY LEAVE SATURDAY

The first step toward the success of the
 grand Peace Jubilee to be held in this city
 some time during the month of October
 was taken last night at joint meeting ol
 the committees on arrangement and inVi-
 tation in the rooms of the Commercial club.
 The meeting was called to order by Chalr-
 man J. A. Rountree of the executive com
 mittee who briefly stated that the opject
 of the meeting was to effect the permanent
 organization of the committees so that the
 preliminary work of the jubilee might be-
 gin at once. On motion of w. Il. hettlg' MT. Rountree was elected chairman of the meeting.
 Robert J. Lowe was placed in nomina- tion for chairman of the committee on inVl- tation which met with a prompt second, but before the motion was put MT. Lowe was recognized by the chair and asked that the election of a chairman of the committee on invitation be deferred, stating that he thought that the matter should be care
 fully considered from several standpeints
 and requesting that his name be with
 drawn.
 T. c. Thompson was of the opinion that the several committees should at once pro-
 ceed to the election of a chairman and
 begin work without delay. He thought
 that the committee on invitation should
 not be excepted
 After some discussion it was decided to
 proceed with the election of chairman
 for the committee on arrangements and the name of Robert Jemison was placed in nomination. MT. Jemison stated that he could not accept the office for the req son that he was pledged to vote for Major
 Frank Y. Anderson and asked that the
 name of the gentleman be substituted for
 his own, which was done. Major Anderson
 was unanimously elected.
 MT. Tomlinson then suggested that Mr.
 Lowe had given no good reason why he should not be made chairman of the com
 mittee on invitation and again placed his name in nomination, and MT. Lowe was unanimously elected.
 The election of secretary for the com
 mittee on invitation resulted in the selec- ton of Ross c. smith.
 To Go to washington. The several features of the jubilee and the date on which it would be held were discussed, and on motion of Dan A. Greene
 the committee on invitation were in- structed to leave for Washington not later
 than Saturday next to invite President Me- kinley, the members of his cabinet and other distinguished gentlemen to be pres
 ent on the occasion.
 An amendment offered by Dr. J, w. Hughes provided that the chairman of the committee on invitation be empowered to
 invite leading citizens from all sections of he at to it's mission to Washington. The committee which is composed of thirty-five gentlemen will leave in a special car over the Southern railway probably
 next Saturday. It is thought that Mobile,
 Montgomery, Anniston, Selma, Decatur, Huntsville and other sections of the state will send representatives to join in extend- ing a hearty invitation to the distinguis he'd men to visit Birmingham. Chairman Rountree announced lhe fol- lowing committees:
 On transportation-Rober Jemison chair man; Sol Haas, G. B. Mccormack, Ross c. Smith, J. A. Van Hoose F. V, Evans and B. F. Moore.
 On finance-T. H. Aldrich, chairman. E W. Barrett Oliver Chalfoux, N. L. Miller. N. W. Trimble. August Schillinger Henry
 5. Gray, Sig Steiner and George A. Blinn. Jr.
 The meeting then adjourned Other committees, including the commit
 tee on national relation, which will visit
 Chicago and other western cities, will be
 announced tomorrow
 MT. skaggs Talks In speaking of the work of the committee on national relations, w. H. Skaggs. who
 was seen yesterday, said:
 T am delighted, but not surprised at the
 interest so quickly manifested in the pro- posed excursion to Chicago and other points for the purpose of inviting the people of that section to come to Birmingham AL ready twenty-three prominent citizens have
 expressed a desire to go. Every man among them is a citizen of position. The commit | tee will be increased and 1 believe it will be | the largest and most representative deIega- | tion from the south that ever crossed the | Ohio.
 1.-The monument to the confederate dead north of the Ohio is in Chicago, and we monument and want to show the people of l the great northwest how much we appre- ciate all they have done for the south and | the nice things they have said about Lee, Wheeler and Hobson.
 '4The state that furnished Wheeler and | Hobson will be the first to make a splendid | display of this new spirit of Americanism. Our excursion, followed by the great cele- bration will be the epoch which will mark | the beginning of the new era in the south. "So soon as the committee on arrange ments makes known its plans l shall go | to Chicago to arrange the details of the trip to the northwest"