The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-23
CLUB CHANGES PLANS
ROOSEVELT RECEPTION MANIAC
ERS ABANDON AUDITORIUM
President VIII Address the Public From
Ryan Hotel Balcony-Banquet Fol-
lows and Executive Will Make An
other Speech at Central Presbyterian
Church-Programme for League.

The Roosevelt club, which, in the ar
rangement of the programme for Pres
ident Roosevelt's appearance before the
st. Paul public at the Auditorium
Thursday night, SO sedulouSly provided
for his protection against the crush
of common people by surrounding him
with the anointed of their own mem
bership, and in the same arrangements
put no trammels upon the lesser public
as to their method of getting into the
less favored positions, has changed it's
former plans.
The public meeting will not be held
at the Auditorium. The generally I'M
safe condition of the building and the
fact that children could not be brought
there to see the president made neces-
sary a change to an open air meeting
on the Sixth street side of the Hotel
Ryan with an address by the president
from the balcony. The block will be
sequestered and we'll lighted and will
have room for more people probably
than his voice can reach.
President Roosevelt will pass
through st. Paul at 2:30 p. m. Thurs
day on his way to Minneapolis, where
he will address the convention of en-
ployers and employees at the exposition
building. He will return to st. Paul
on President Lowry's private trolley
car to the Ryan and will make his adj
dress from the balcony at $50 p. m.
Banquet Plans Complete.
Arrangements are now practically
complete for the Roosevelt club ban
quet to the president after his public
address. Three tables will be spread
with plates for 200. The president and
his party of thirty-five, ten guests
from Minneapolis and many other
guests of the club will be present, but
the banquet will be informal in char
acter. The parlor floor of the hotel
will be suitably decorated for the oc-
casion. Music will be furnished by the
Twenty-first regiment band from Fort
Smelling.
The sessions of the convention Of the
American League of Civic Improve
ment will be held in the Central Pres
byterian church, where the president
will go after the close of the banquet.
1t is expected that he will arrive at
the church about o'clock.
Tickets to the Church.
1 The church has seating capacity of
1900, and the managers of the con-
vention have decided to issue tickets
only to as many persons as there are
seats in the house. The audience will
all be in their places at the time for
opening the convention and there will
be no delay occasioned by seating the
crowds. The regular programme of The
evening, which the presidents address
will in part supersede, will consist in a
discussion Of municipal good govern
ment by Clinton r. Woodruff, of Phil
adelphia; Prof. e. w. Bemis, Of Cleve-
land, and Prof. Zeublin, of the Chicago
university. After the address at the
church President Roosevelt will return
to Minneapolis, where he will take his
train for South Dakota. All the ar
engagements, however, are subject to
+ the approval of the president.
President Roosevelt will be accom-
panied by Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw, Secretary of the Navy Moody,
Secretary Cortelyou and his assistants,
Barnes and Loeb, and by Charles Ros-
enburgh, representing the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
Women's League Programme.
The programme of the American
League for Civic Improvement has been
changed to meet the opportunity to
hear President Roosevelt. The con-
vention will meet at $3.50 Wednesday
morning at the Commercial club. where
a business session will be held. The
delegates will be given a carriage ride
about the city during the afternoon,
ana III Tie CNcllluS d reception Will De
held at the Commercial club under the
auspices Of the club and the Women's
Civic league.
Thursday morning the delegates will
visit the public baths and make a spe-
cial investigation of the health depart
ment, and Thursday evening the dele
gates will hear President Roosevelt
Friday the convention will discuss the
arts and crafts movement and the
problems of municipal government.
A special committee has been ap-
pointed by the Women's Civic league
to take charge of all social functions
during the entire convention. The
committee consists of the following:
Mrs. r. r. Dorr, chairman, and Mes
danes D. H. Bailey, C. H. Clark, d. H.
Watson, E. J. Hawkins, w. j. White,
%. A. Jaggard, c. ]. A. Morris, Alex
Barclay, o. A. Dibble, Archie McLarin,
H. G. Sachse, Henry Nicoll, w. 3.
Brimhall, ]. w. Edgerton and w. e.
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