The times., 1899-07-01


what they considered fair represent al.2n
on the general committee, add doubtless
expected, and still expect, the assistance of
its members in the Dewey welsome. This
co o-operation was voluntarily rendered at
the first meeting of the committee of one
hundred by the President OF the Business
Mems Association. and no one believes
that members of the Business Mems Asso-
citation will be the only men in the whole
city to refrain from the universal welcome
TO Dewey.
when the committee of one hundred
met and organized, the representatives
of the Business Mems Association were
present and participated actively in the
proceedings. The chairman selected by
the committee, Mr.. w B. Moses, is a
capable, popular, and representative bust
ness man. He is, of course, a member OF
the Board of Trade; but he is also Iiem-
ber of the Business Mems Association,
though some other members of that or
ganiZation do not seem to be aware of the
fact, or ignore it to the end that their
own personal grievances or disappoint-
ments may masquerade as sights TO the
Business Mems Association.
In due course, Chairman Moses ap-
pointed his executive committee. AS the
Board OF Trade did not get its president
upon that committee, | can say disinter-
estedly that consider IL one of the strong
est organizations in its representation of
the city's brains, energy, activity. individ-
ual popularity, and sound Judgment. that
has ever been formed for any public pur-
pose.
''lt is nonsense to speak either of the
committee of one hundred or of the execu-
tive committee as a Board of Trade or
ganization, because many of the commit
tee members are also members of the
Board of Trade. The truth of the mater
is that so many of the active, public spir-
tied Washingtonians are enrolled in the
Board of Trade that il is impossible to
create any sort OF a representative com
mittee without drawing heavily upon Its
membership. The managers of the late
Peace Jubilee would doubtless object to
the suggestion that 1t was a Board of
Trade AFFAIR, yet the men most conspic-
uous in it-Executiye Committee Chair
man Knox, Vice Chairman Thayer, Gen
eral Committee Chairman Raymond, and
Vice Chairmen Somerville, Chaplin Brown,
o. G. Staples V. Baldwin johnson, E. G.
Schafer, Allison Nailor, A. P. Pardon, and
others too numerous to mention-were all
members of the Board of Trade If the
Board of Trade looked upon the Peace
Jubilee as on the whole beneficial TO
Washingtons material interests and was
disposed to reach out for the glory and to
bear the burden of responsibility for the
celebration, 1t could thus, on the score
OF membership, claim that the Peace Jubi-
lee was Board of Trade affair, Just as
much as the welcome to Admiral Dewey.
THE Board of Trade has, in all local
public demonstrations, this one included,
Kept itself as an organization in the back
ground Through its individual members
1t has furnished most of the brains and
flh hnr AZ
successful. In this way 1t will participate
enthusiastically and effectively in the well
come to Admiral Dewey. And SO it may
safely be predicted will the members of
the Business Mems Association not even
excepting the two or three querulous in
dividuals who at present seem to labor
under the delusion that no other members
of the Board of Trade or of the Business
Mems Association can welcome Admiral
Dewey quite SO happily as they could
themselves. $500 f.,s~,,r,
The Board of Trade has but one OBJ
iect in view, and that is the advancement
of all material interests of the District of
Columbia. 1t has no disposition toward
petty iealousies, nor will it participate in
squabbles for imaginary power or fancied
precedence. Neither open nor covert as
sault can cause it to deviate from the lines
of its duty TO the community. 1t will con-
tinue to labor untiringly in behalf of all
those things which promise betterment for
the National Capital and the people who
reside therein.
THEODORE W. MOVES,
President OF the Board of Trade.
Washington, June 30 1899"
Attitude of the Commissioners.
Commissioner Wight would make no
statement for publication when seen by
a Times reporter regarding the action of
the Business Mems Association in connec-
tion with the Dewey reception. 1t is s;et-
ed at the District Building that the COM
mittee was. selected from lists submitted
by each Commissioner and an additional
list which had been sought from Mr.
Noyes, as President of the Board of Trade
which organization is said at the District
Building TO have first suggested that the
Commissioners name reception commit
tee. The Business Mems Association
which felt that it had been sighted by the
Commissioners, and that the Board of
Trade had been favored, delegated a com
mittee to call upon the Commissioners
soon after the Dewey committee was an
The situation was explained to
that committee in the following words:
The Commissioners have carefully con-
sidered the subject, and direct me to
make the following response to yourself
and Mr.. Saunders for an enlargement OF
the committee named by the Commission
ers on the 1st instant for the proper con-
duct and anagement of the proposed re-
ception TO Admiral George Dewey.
The Commissioners bave given much
thought to this matter. and express their
regret that your request was not brought
TO their attention previous to the selection
of the committee.
I'm designating the committee the Com
missioners sought to give recognition TO
all of the various organizations and sec
tons of the District and purposeiy in
cluded the names OF representative mem
bers of your association.
"All the members of the committee
named by the Commissioners were for
mally notified of their selection prior to
the call Of yourself and Mr.. Saunders.
IN view of the fact that the number SO
named already exceeds 100, and that such
committee, in order TO render effective
service, should not be too large. the Com
missioners do not consider themselves jus
tilted in adding to the committee as named
There were others whom the Commission
ers would have been glad to appoint upon
the committee, but they were unable to
do SO for the reason named above They
hope, however, that in the arrangement
of the details recognition may be made of
gentlemen whose names do not appear on
the present list
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