The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-03
M'KINLEY'S PLANS
Presidential Reception Commit
tee Arranges the Details.
Route of the Parade Is Agreed
Upon.

An important meeting of the presiden-
tial reception committee was held
Thursday afternoon at the commercial
club rooms At this meeting it was de-
cided that the reception to the president
should be in two parts, the first a car
riage drive over the city and the other
a half hours time devoted to speeches
on the north steps of the state house
The programme committee has ar
ranged that the presidents train will
stop at Quincy street at the Union Pa
cific depot in North Topeka from which
place the parade will start and will in
clude a detVur around some of the blocks
in North Topeka.
Major Anderson suggested that flags
be used exclusively as decorations and
that the people should wear sunf1ower
badges.
The following members of the COM
mittee were present yesterday: John E.
Frost, T. J. Anderson, F. p. MacLennan,
E. H. Crosby, J. W. Priddy, D. w Null
vane, John Guthrie, S. NJ. Crow, Jas A.
Troutman, P. L BOnebrake, A. NJ Full
Ter. w. w. Martin and S. W. Pasker-
The financial part of the reception will
be in charge of ]. A Troutman, A A
GODDARD, O. H. Coulter, John NJ. Wright
and J. H. FOUGHT. This committee was
appointed by Chairman Frost yesterday.
Money will be needed to hire carriages
The following is the detailed pro-
gramme for the day.
State officers, mayor and committee of
arrangements meet at state house at 9.3O
o'clock a.
Carriages leave state house at 10 a. m,
with committee and other officers as
they viii ride with presidential party ar
irving at Union Pacific depot at 10:15
First Carriage-President Mckinley.
Governor Stanley, John f. Frost, chair
man committee of arrangements. mayor
of Topeka.
second Carriage-Mr. Secretary Hay,
Lieutenant Governor Richter, A. A
GODDARD. Attorney General W. w. Mar
tin department commander G. A. r.
Third Cariage-AIr. Postmaster Gener-
al Smith, John Guthrie. s. r Peters, ex-
congressman, Ex-Governor Troutman.
Fourth Carriag age-Mr. Secretary Long,
Ex-Governor Morrill,, Henry T. Scott,
s. M. Crow, chairman Ohio association.
Fifth Carriage-AIr Secretary Hitch
cock, Charles Curtis, Laurence /. Scott,
sixth Carriage-Mr. Secretary Wilson.
F. d. Ccburn, secretary state board of
agriculture, Major T. J. Anderson, E.
Seventh Carriage-Mr. Secretary Cor
telyou, d. w. Mulvane, member Repub-
lican national committee, George E.
Cole state auditor, George A Clark, Sec
retary of state
Eighth and Ninth Carriages-Justices
of the supreme court, W. V. Church,
Tenth Carriage-Dr- Rixey, c. A
Moore, NJ A Dignam, E. H Crosby
Eleventh Carriage=Mrs- Mckinley,
Miss Barber, Mrs Stanley, Mrs Fun
ston.
Twelfth Carriage-Mrs. Hay. Mrs.
Thompson, president City Federation of
women's clubs. Mrs. J. A. Troutman.
Miss Emma s. Mcfarland, lady repre-
sentative Ohio association
Thirteenth riage-A1rS Low Mrs.
Charles Emory Smith.
Fourteenth Carriage-Mrs. Long, Mrs
Hurd, Mrs. Rixey.
Fifteenth Carriage-Miss Hitchcock.
Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. "A. a. Robinson.
Sixteenth age-A1iss Wilson, Mrs.
Cortelyou, Miss Frost, Miss Curtis.
Seventeenth Carriage-AIrs. Charles A
Moore. Mrs. Charles Blood Smith.
Eighteenth Carriage-Re Representative
of Lincoln, Topeka, Blue and FIT Pillow
posts. G. A r. These are respectively A
NJ Fuller. O. H. Coulter, J. W. Priddy
and S. W. Pasker
Nineteenth Carriage-J K Kruttsch-
nit, vice president Southern Pacific
railway, A. A. Robinson, president Mex
lean Central railway H. u. Mudge.gen-
eral manager Santa Fe ra lway; NJ. A.