Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-31
CENTENNIAL PLANS
Establishment of National Govern
ment in the District.
MEETING OF THE LOCAL COMMITTEE
Conference Over Details to Be
Held With the President.
5 U BOON MIrTEES MED

meeting of the District committee
which has in charge arrangements for the
centennial celebration of the establishment
of the national government in the District
of Columbia. was held at o'clock yester-
day afternoon in the board of trade rooms
Ames building
Mr.. w. V. Cox and Mr.. Beriah Wilkins
were made members of the committee In
place, respectively. of Mr.. A. T. BrittOn
and Mr.. Lawrence Gardner both deceased.
A committee, consisting of Commissioner
John b. Wight. Col. James G. Berret,
Theodore w. Noyes and r. Ross Perry,
was appointed to confer with the President
in regard to arrangements for the celebra
ton in accordance with the law of Febru
airy % last. which was passed on the
recommendation of the President, and is
as follows:
The President is authorized to appoint
a committee from the country at large of
such number as he shall think proper, to
act with any committees that may be APP
pointed by the two houses of Congress, or
either of them, and with any committee
that may be appointed from the citizens
of the District of Columbia, who may pre-
pare plans for an appropriate national cele-
DratiOn in the year 1909 of the first session
of Congress in the District and the
Establishment of the seat of government
therein Said committee shall report their
l..
communicated to Congress.
Section >. The actual expenses of the
members of the committee so appointed by
the President shall be paid by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury on vouchers to be APP
proved by the Secretary of the Interior.
The sum of $4,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary is appropriated from
any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated to carry into effect the second
section of this act.
Committee of Governors.
1t has been suggested that the President
make up the committee to be appointed
from the country at large" of the gov
errors of all the states, and he will be
asked to name a date for the meeting of
that committee and the committee of citi-
ZenS of the District of Columbia between
the time Congress conVenes and the Christ
mas holidays. and to request the House,
Immediately after it organizes, to author
lie the Speaker to appoint representatives
of the House to take part in the confer
ence between the national and local com
mittees. AS soon as these committees can
formulate plan the President Will be en-
abled to communicate it to Congress with
such changes as he considers desirable
A committee, consisting of Mr.. Myron NJ.
Parker, Mr.. c. J. Bell. Mr. T. ". Noyes
and Mr.. Wight, the chairman eXOfficio, was
appointed to make suggestions for proper
exercises on the occasion of the centennial
celebration. This Committee will at once
proceed to fix upon date or dates for the
ceIebrat ton, and suggest its general charac-
ter, together with features in respect to
which legislation, national or state. is nee
essary. Features TO be carried out by the
people of this city are also to be deter
mined
Secure Legislation.
The committee representing the District
of Columbia will soon arrange for the APP
pointment of subcommittee of citizens
necessary to secure the required legisla-
ton and to carry out the approved features
of local participa ton in the celebration.
Those present at the meeting yesterday
afternoon We're Commissioner John h.
Wight, Mr.. T. w. Noyes, Mr.. r. Ross Per-
ry, Mr.. c. ]. Bell. Mr. Myron NJ. Parker,
Mr. John w. Thompson and Mr. James Ct.
Berret. They will meet again Monday
afternoon. when 1t is expected some definite
plan will be decided on.