Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-02
HAVE NO RECEPTION
President Roosevelt's Secretary
Disapproves of Plans.
A DRIVE WILL BIZ SUBSTITUTED
President and His Party viii Arrive
in ottumwa at ISIS p. m. April %
and Meeting Will Be Held After
Drive About Business District.

from Wednesdays Daily
At meeting last evening of the
committee of citizens appointed sew
eral days ago to make arrangements
for the reception of President Roose-
welt when he visits Ottumwa, the plans
were nearly completed, new members
We're added to the committee, sub-com-
mittees were appointed, and the COM
mittee itself decided to entertain the
President and his party at luncheon
after the evening meeting.
No Public Reception.
The committee yesterday received a
circular of instructions from William
Loeb, Jr., secretary to the President,
outlining the plans for the party's ar
rival at Ottumwa, etc, and containing
a provision which does away with the
plans which were entertained fer a
public reception during the evening.
The provision is as follows:
mo public receptions will be held,
and no changes, however slight, are to
be made in the itinerary or any of the
programs as approved by the Presi-
dents secretary. Drives are substi-
tuted for receptions, as they afford an
opportunity for very much larger
number of people to greet the Presi-
dent and also afford the President an
opportunity of seeing the people and
the place at which he stops. s
Local committees must be restricted to
practical number"
The Evenings Program.
According to the itinerary for the
trip. the Presidents train will arrive
in Ottumwa at 7:15 o'clock on the
evening of April %. The members
of the reception committee will. meet
him at the depot and he will be taken
on drive through the business portion
of the city. The committee asks that
the business men decorate their stores
and the citizens their houses along the
line of the drive. Most of the decora-
lions will, of course. necessarily be
made with lights. as bunting and SINH
lar material could not be seen to adj
vantage after dark.
The Meeting.
The evening meeting will be in a
large tent with capacity of 1000 1t
will probably be located on the vacant
lot on Main street in front of the
union depot. President Roosevelt will
of course. deliver an address and it is
probably that others will speak. Just
who those will be, however. is not
known, as none of the members of the
cabinet will be in the party on that
day. 1t may be that Governor A. B.
Cummins or Congressman John F.
Lacey will speak. as they have both
in 70 @f y, -
Ottumwa committee, this action hav-
ing been taken last evening.
Informal Luncheon.
The committee, having had to give
up its plans for public reception, has
decided to entertain the President and
his party at luncheon after the meet
ing. This affair will be entirely at
the expense of the members of the
committee. Just where it will take
place has not yet been decided.
Will Ask for Special Rates.
Several subcommittee were last ev-
ening appointed, among them being
one on transportation. This commit
tee will make an effort to secure spe
cial rates on all the railroads centering
at Ottumwa, in order that people from
the towns surrounding Ottumwa may
have an opportunity to Sc the Presi--
dent.
The Committees.
The general committee including the
new members added last evening, is
made up of the following men: H.
l.. Waterman (chairman), George F..
Heindel (secretary), Samuel Mahon,
A. w. Lee, f. Won ScErader, Calvin
Manning, T. II. Picker, w. H. c..
Jaques, j. G. Hutchinson. w. A. McIn-
tire. S. H. Harper, A. W. Buchanan,
]. ]. Smith, j. G. Jordan, f. w. Sim
mons, j. F. byrne, o. L. Campbell,
w. B. Bonnifeld, John H Morrell. S. p.
Hartman, ]. T. Hackworth, S. A.
Brewster, c. A. Walsh, and f. B.
Clark
The subcommittee appointed last
evening are as follows. the first name
on each being that of the chairman:
Arrangements-H. l.. Waterman, J.
|C. Jordan, F. w. Simmons, Calvin
Manning, F. Won Schrader.
Finances. H. Harper C. A. Walsh.
o. l.. Campbell.
To procure tent. H. Picker, Sam
uel Mahon, George F. Heindel.
Decorations. H. Morrell, S. A.
Brewster S. P. Hartman.
Luncheon-A. w. Buchanan, w. A.
McIntire, j. J. Smith.
Transportation-F w. Simmons, j..
G. Hutchinson, Samuel Mahon.
Frank w. Simmons returned home
this morning from Chicago, where, as
chairman of the committee on transpor-
tation for Roosevelt day in Ottumwa,
he met and conferred with p S. Eus-
tbs, traffic manager of the Burlington
system. He has secured from Mr. Eus-
tbs an agreement to sell round trip tick
cts on that day from any point within
seventy-five miles OF Ottumwa and re-
turn for fare and one-third. Although
Mr.. Simmons did not see the other
companies representatives, he was as
sured in Chicago that the same rates
will be given on all roads entering OF
tumwa.
April 2S, when President Roosevelt
and his party will visit Ottumwa, will
be one of the biggest days in the his
tory of the city. Not since 1898, when
William Mckinley visited Ottumwa
and made short speech, has the chief