The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-24
4DMIRAL DEWEY'S VISIT.
The General Committee of Arrange
 ments Organized Last Night.

A meeting of gentlemen representing the city government, the Chamber of Commerce, the Gideon Welles Naval Veterans association of Connecticut, and the Grand Army met at the may ors office in the city hall last night to consider the advisability of extending an invitation to Admiral George Dewey
 to visit New Haven, in addition to the invitation already extended to the ad-
 niral by the Naval Veterans associa-
 ton last October. At the meeting last
 night those present, representing the
 organizations named above, were May
 or Farnsworth, w. s. Wells, Henry c.
 Rowe, General George H. Ford, General
 E. s. Greeley, General F. F. Bradley,
 Nathan Easterbrook, jr., General A. Il.
 Embler. Hon. N. D. Sperry, Walter E.
 Jacobs, John C. Jackson, Henry F. Me
 Collum, Henry Jacquet, Dr. Charles
 Rawlings and p. E. Tisdale.
 At the meeting last night the dele
 gations from the various organizations
 represented organized into general
 committee, of which w. s. Wells was
 chosen chairman and Henry c. Rowe secretary. It was voted that nomina-
 tions for assistant secretaries be re-
 ported by the chairman after consult
 tation with the city delegation and other organizations. Chairman Wells
 presented plan of procedure and on motion of General Ford the plan was adopted, it being voted that as new municipal officers will be in authority after June 1, Mayor-elect Driscoll be requested to recommend to the new court of common council that a reso- lution be passed as soon as possible af- ter it shall assemble, authorizing the mayor to appoint committee of five members of the city government, of which the mayor shall be one, which committee shall be empowered to rep- resent the city in cooperation with the Gideon Welles Naval Veterans assoca- tion of Connecticut, the Chamber of Commerce and the G. A. R. in extend ing an invitation to Admiral Dewey to visit New Haven at his convenience af- ter his return home
 It was also voted that Mayor elect Driscoll be requested at the same time to ask the court of common council to set aside the sum of s1,500 for the ex- penses of Admiral DeWey's reception, pending a reply from him, whether the invitation be accepted or not and that when the city committee is appointed the mayor be requested to give the names to the chairman of the general committee that meeting of the joint committee may be called as soon as practicable.
 Henry F. McCollom. secretary of the Naval Veterans association, presented a letter from Admiral Dewey dated January 9, acknowledging with thanks the receipt of the notice of his unani- nous election as member of the Gid con Welles Naval Veterans association and stating that he would bear in mind after his retunrn home the invitation to visit New Haven.
 President Max Adler of the Chamber or commerce was una ble to ba presepi at last nights meeting. but telephoned ms regrets. Mayor-elect Driscoll had been invited to be present but had an engagement which compelled him to be put or town. He telephoned his reprats ,o Chalrman Wells and said that if he could further the desires of the corn nlttee in any way he would be bannv 70 do so. The meeting adjourned snh ect to the call of the chairman.