The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
SPECIAL HoNORS FOR SOLDIERS
OF THE LATE WAR.
Orators of the Day Selected - Ar
rangements Progressing For Pa
rade, Music and Fireworks.

| Whether or not TO have the Fourth
of July celebration, the patriotic ora
tons, the music and the singing at the
! Salt Palace or in Liberty park, is I'M
| der consideration by the committees in
| charge of the demonstrations on indie
| pendence day. A decision on the queS-
ton will be reached Tuesday evening.
There is ample shade at the Salt Pal
ace grounds. it will be within easy
reach of the parade down Main street,
seats are already up to accommodate
| the thousand children who are to sing
| odes to the flag, and lumber is on hand
| for seating thousands more. Liberty
| park is farther away, but the shade Is
denser there, and probably the sur
roundings are more inviting, and the
transportation facilities to and from
the park are better.
Chairman James H. Moyle of the
committee on grounds recommended to
the committees on celebration last
evening the selection of the Salt Palace
grounds, but inasmuch as the meeting
had no information whether the
grounds could be obtained, the gen.
eral committee deferred final settlement
of the question.
A feature of the parade will be Cap
! tain Gaines troop of rough riders. No
less a feature of the celebration will be
the honor that will be paid to the par
Elephants in the late war with Spain,
whether volunteers or regulars, who
have returned home from Manila or
Cuba. Special arrangements are in pro-
gress for the reception of all these he
roes, and it is the earnest wish of the
committees that every returned soldier
in the state send his name and address
to Adjutant General c. S. Burton.
The orators of the day will be Hon.
William H. King, Hon. Charles S. Va
rian and Lieutenant Henry A. Pearson,
United States navy. Rev. w. NJ. Pa
den, chairman of the committee on
speakers, reported to the meeting last
evening the acceptance by the first two
deliver orations, and Mr.. Richard Ly-
man reported that Lieutenant Pearson
had consented to make an address.
1t was stated also at the committee
meeting that Governor Thomas of Col
orado had expressed his regret that a
previous engagement prevented his ac
ceptance of the invitation to be the re-
cipient of Utah's hospitality on July 4.
Governor Wells telegraphed his re-
grets that the uncertainty of his en-
gagements on Independence day would
prevent him from accepting an invita-
ton to make a patriotic speech. Col
onel John Q. Cannon has been rendered
the position of grand marshal of the
day, and Chairman Z. G.. Rognon of
the general committee was chosen last
evening 10 present the speakers and to
preside at the celebration.
Because of his having to leave the
city next week, Professor Evan Ste
phens rendered his resignation as chair
man of the committee on music. The
committee will meet Monday evening
at Daynes' music store to reorganize.
Messrs. Moritz and Rognon raised a
fund of $500 with little effort yesterday,
and on Monday Chairman George A.
Snow of the finance committee will in
augurate a systematic canvass for
money to defray the expense of the cell
ebration. II is expected that fully
$4,000 will be raised for the purpose
The committee talked over the fea-
lures of parade, programme, salutes
and night illumination, and adjourned
till Tuesday evening at the Templeton
building.