The Washington times., 1902-04-21
Matter in Hands of House
Committee on
Judiciary.
MONTH OF APRIL IN FAVOR
Resolution Sent by the National Com
mittee on Proposed Change Held ir
Unanimous Favor-Would Necessitate
Amendment to Constitution.

| Chairman Henry B. F. mcfarland. of
the national committee en- the proposed
change of Inauguration day, has sent to
| the House Committee on judiciary the
resolution adopted by the national com
mittee at the meeting held Monday. Apr;,
Z. The proposition is made 10 change the
date from March to the last Thursday
| in April.
J The following was the resolution adopt
ed unanimously:
| Resolved That IL is the sense OF this
committee that it should represent to
Congress that it is advisable to change
the date Of inauguration day to the last
Thursday in April
| To Subcommittee First.
| The matter now referred to the full
| Committee on Judiciary was previously
submitted to the subco committee on Satur-
| day, April II. Accompanying the resoIu-
| tion is a statement from the national
committee expressing desire to -
the matter considered on its merits.
The sentiment back of the resolution.
it Is further stated. is practically unani-
| nous. supported by the Governors of the
i States and Territories and by the press.
A day of the week rather than day of
the month is the proposition made. This
Will avoid the great inconvenience OF hav-
ing 1t clash with Sunday.
The following are the Governors who
have Endorsed the movement:
Alabama. W. D. Jelks: Arkansas. Jeifer-
son Davis; Colorado, James B. Ornran:
Connecticut. George P. Mclean; Della
ware. John Hum; Florida. W. S. Jen-
nings: Georgia. A. D. Gambler; Idaho. f.
w. Hunt; Illinois, Richard Yates; Indiana,
w. 7. Durbin: Iowa, Albert B. Cummins:
Kansas. w. e Stanley; louisiana, ". W.
Heard; Maine. John F. Hills: Maryland,
John Walter Smith; Massachusetts,, W. "
Crane; Michigan, Aaron T. Bliss; Min
nesota. s. X. Van SAINT: Mississippi, A. H.
Longingo: Missouri. A. NJ. Dockery; Mon
tana, J. X. Toole; Nebraska. Ezra
p. Savage; Nevada. Reinhold Sadler;
New Hampshire, Chester B. Jordan:
New Jersey. Franklin Murphy: New
York. B. B. Odell.; jr.; North Caro-
lima. Charles B. Aycock; North Dakota.
Frank White: Ohio. George X. Nash: Jre-
goE. T. T. Geer; Pennsylvania. William
ctoHCy ISuOut loiduu, CHdTleS iBtdu
KimbaIl; South Carolina. M. B. Nc
Sweeney. South Dakots. Charles N Her
reid: Utah. Heber N. Wells: Vermont.
William NJ. Stickney: Virginia, A. ]. Mon
tague: Washington. Henry Mcbride; West
Virginia. Albert B. White; Wisconsin,
Robert NJ. LaFollette; Arizona, N o.
Murphy; Alaska, John G. Brady: New
Mexico. Miguel A. Otero: Porto Rico, w.
H. Hunt; Hawaiia. S. B. Dole.
Fifteen in Control.
The fifteen members of the committee
from the District of Columbia. including
all the surviving chairmen of inaugura.
committees. are as follows: Admiral
George Dewey, Gen. H. V. Boynton, c. ].
Bell, Theodore W. Noyes. s. W. Wood
ward. Hon. John NJ. Harlan, Henry B.
+. Mcfarland James L. Norris, Lieut.
Gen. n. A. Miles. Hon. John W. Foster.
Hon. Beriah Wilkins, Thomas W. Smith.
Frank A. Munsey, C. C. Glover, John Joy
Edison.
Should favorable action be taken by
Congress at this session, the matter will
be placed before the State Legislatures
meeting next winter.