The times., 1900-12-20
REVIEWING STAND PLANS.
An Important Question Connected
with the inauguration


Chairman John Joy Edison will call on
| the Secretary of the Interior this morning
| and in the name of the Inaugural Com
| mittee request the use of the Pension Bu-
reau Building for the inaugural ball and
promenade concerts. Chairman Edison
held conferences with the chairmen of the
various subcommittee yesterday regard
| ing the work before them.
Chairman Norment, of the Committee
| on Transportation, submitted to Mr. Ed
son the names of those selected for the
members of the committee. They were
approved by Mr.. Edison, and will be an
nounced today. The personnel of the
Committee ON Parks and Reviewing stands
was announced by Chairman Larner yes
terday, and is as follows:
John b. Larner, Chairman; Samuel W.
Curriden and Henry p. Blair, Vice Chair
men; John Joy Edison. jr., Secretary; ].
ID. Poindexter, Glenn Brown, Charles F.
Nesbit, Frank n. Carver. H. X. Willard,
William J. Marsh. Thomas P. Morgan, An
drew Y. Bradley, William B. GuIIey Ar
thur B. Heaton, F. L. Harvey, Thomas NJ
Gale. William H. Shir- Cliff, Wilson G.
Reed. Snowden Ashford, John T. Arms,
b. W. Parker, Edward W. Dom. Benjamin
waiter Ap-
pleton p. Clark, jr., and Charles G. Stott
AT the next meeting of MIR. LaTner's
committee the question of reviewing
stands viii be taken UP. 1t will then be
decided whether the former plan of SELL
ing the privileges for stands will be
adopted. proposition that The commit
tee erect the stands and control the sale
of seats will be considered. as will also
the elimination of Objectionable features
he hop oF =,
near the reviewing stands. which have
been prominent at former inaugurations.
NO meeting of this Subcommittee is
contemplated until after the meeting of
the inaugural Committee, which it is ex-
pected will make some recommends lions
IN regard to the reviewing stands.
Less than $4,000 of the guarantee fund
remains to be subscribed. Nearly 20 per
cent of the entire fund has been contrI-
buted within less than a week. since the
hrst meeting of the Finance Committee
when the call was made No solicitation
for contributions other than circular let
tiers to subscribers TO the fund of four
years ago has been made. Chairman Bell.
OF the Finance Committee. announces the
ioiioWlnS additional subscriptions receiv-
ed up to noon yesterday:
Previously acknowledged $50 SIS: J. W. Pillinc
500; Henry F. Blount, $500 National Capital
Brewing Company, 500; W. b. Moses & Sons
500; j. II. Small * Sons $500: Maxwell v H.
Woodruff. $50; Alpha Portlan Cement COMPANY
sl00 Fitch. Fox & Brown. 500; Charles Kr.iemcr,
slG0; \. II. Shea, 500; James l.. Norris 800;
Merz Mertz, slOD; George H. Harries 500;
James r. Hood, sleo; c. G. Thorn, $50; William
Hahn d Co., $50: D. b. Earnshaw & Bro. $50:
George W. Cook, SO; Ellis Spear. $50: j. William
Mckinley, So Total TO date, S34,Sz5.
Secretary Dingman is kept busy at
headquarters acknowledging the receipt
OF applications for membership on COM
mittees. requests for places in the inau-
gural parade from civic and military or
ganizations, and enquiries concerning
tickets and invitations. stenographer
and typewriter, two copy clerks, and a
messenger is the Office force that has been
engaged to assist the secretary This will
have to be increased later as the work
progresses.
Many women are seeking employment
as clerks. The committee at headuuar-
ters prefers to employ men. and Mr.. Ding
man. in advising feminine applicants of
this preference suggests that 1.-The bad
language and bad tobacco which may in
advertently be used by visitors to head
quarters will create an unpleasant situa-
tion for those who use neither"
Bands from all over the country are
sending applications for engagements dur
ing the inaugural ceremonies. Owners of |
livery stables also are anxious that the |
committee should be informed of their |
facilities. Mr.. Dingman has one appli-
cant who desires to furnish all the car |
riages to be used during the ceremonies.
A letter has been received from the |
Taylor Mckinley and Roosevelt and Rog- |
ers Club OF Unionville. Orange County, |
Va. asking to be assigned place in the |
parade. The secretary says the club |
consists Of eighty native born white Vir- |
ginia Republicans. many of whom served |
in the civil war under the Confederate |
banner. but who are part OF the bone and |
sinew of the Republican party in Orange |
County,
Another application is from the Rail |
Splitter5" of Toledo. This body is the |
section of the Lincoln Club of |
that city, one of the best known Repub-
lican organizations in Ohio. The Rail |
Splitters" propose to have ffty-six men
in line and will be deliberately uniformed
in royal purple. trimmed with white.
A joint resolution was passed by the
Senate yesterday appropriating 5000 for
the expenses to be incurred during the
inaugural ceremonies of March 4.