The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-17
CELEBRATION WILL
BE HELD THIS FALL
Sem'.CentennlaI Plans Are Dis
cussed by General and Ex-
ecutlve Committees.

Unable to learn when the new state
capitol would be completed the general
and executive committees appointed to
prepare for joint celebration of the semi
centennial of st. Paul, the completion OF
the capitol and the completion of Fort
Smelling improvements, failed to decide
last night, at the Commercial club par
lors, when the celebration would take
place The two committees did not
adopt the opinion of one of the executive
committeeman, previously published, that
the celebra tion should be held during the
first week of October Some time in the
faH is again the most definite estimate
The whole programme was once more
submitted to the executive committee
with the understanding that, during the
next sixty days, the committee shall
agree upon the details of the celebration.
AT the end of two months the commit
tol will be practically completed, and
when, therefore, the celebration can be
held. Plans can be made public and can
vassing for subscriptions can begin.
Too Early to Fix Date.
In the opinion Of Charming Seabury,
sion. it would have been premature last
night to declare that the commission
would cooperate with the celebration
"The dedication of the capitol" Mr.
Seabury explained, "is too far in the fu-
ture; we have too much work to do yet.
thought. 1t has never been mentioned
at any meeting"
Mr.. Seabury then suggested that, if
the committees would wait sixty days, he
would probably be able to make a guess
at the date for completing the capitol.
He understood, of course, that it would
not be necessary or advisable to wait un-
til every part of the building was fin
iShed
Asked whether the commission sympa-
thized with the local celebration project,
Nv Cxar1I,a IA
know the opinion of any commissioner ex-
cept himself. He believed, though, that
the other members, living, as they did
outside of st. Paul, We're not interested
Fort Smelling improvements.
Personally" he added, II think the
capitol celebration ought to stand by it
self It's an important event to the state
at large"
do you think" someone asked, "that
the addition of the St. Paul and Fort
Smelling celebration will magnify or min
imize the capitol celebration?''
Mr.: Seabury-'Fm not certain about
that"
Chairman Stringer insisted that the
local idea was to magnify the capitol
celebration. Then he explained:
"A semi centennial celebration will cost
that, and then later for a capitol cele-
Drauon it's a question whether sufficient
funds would be available the second time.
tired Of frequent collections.
In the course of the informal discussion,
Mr.. Seabury mentioned as reason for
being unable to estimate when the capitol
would be finished the fact that work is
now in progress on twenty contracts con-
nected with the building. Material and
fixtures are being made for the capitol in
half dozen cities. A strike anywhere
might tie up all or part of the work for
weeks.
The talk drifting upon the subject of
expenses, Mr. Seabury agreed that the
capitol commission would probably be
able to pay the cost of dedication exer-
cises, as it had paid in 1898 the expenses
connected with laying the capitol corner