The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-27
SEMl-CENIfNN|AL
PLANS POSTPONED
Citizens SubcommitteeAdopts
Resolution Delaying CeIe-
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bration

By the unanimous vote of the COM
mittee which has had the matter in
charge, the semi-centennial celebra-
ton of the incorporation of st. Paul
as a city has been called off until next
spring.
A meeting OF the committee was
called for & yesterday afternoon, at
which it was supposed the final ar
rangements for the exercises would be
completed, and after a long session
the following resolution was passed:
Whereas, There is dominant feel
ing throughout the city that to. proper
ly celebrate the fiftieth anniversary
of the incorporation of ST. Paul a per-
manent memorial celebrating that
event should be erected;
Therefore Be 1t Resolved, That a.
committee Of five be appointed by. the
| chair, of which the chair shall be one,
to provide designs for such permanent
memorial and that the designs be
submitted to the original citizens
committee of 100 for its approval
A further resolution was adopted
pestponing the celebration to the lat
ter part Of May, 1906 A committee
of three was named to fix the exact
date.
Reasons for Change of Plans
Two reasons for the abandonment
of the centennial plans at this time
were advanced The first Of these is
embodied in the resolutions and the
second was that the original plans of
the committee were seriously disar-
ranged when 1t was found that it
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capitol during the exercises on ac-
count of its unfinished condition.
AS it was also impossible to prepare
a permanent memorial in the short
time intervening between now and
Oct. II, it was deemed best in the eyes
of the committee to carry over the
matter until next year.
At that time it is intended to have
| a great celebration that will attract
the attention of the newspapers of the
country by it's splendor and will ex-
tend over a period of several days,
and, as the main feature of the exer-
cises, to dedicate some permanent OBJ
| ject to commemorate the event. =
This may be memorial arch in the
capitol grounds, or some move such
as the laying Of a corner stone, for
public library, auditorium or some
public building of that character
| The committee named by Chairman
E. C. Stringer under the resolution
| follows: E. c.. Stringer. c. j. McCon-.
vile, H. A. Boardman, E. w. Bazille
and Claiming Seabury. 49, r7Sff-'
| 1t is Intended to secure the, idea for
the memorial in the immediate future
and commence preparations for the
celebration as soon as the design has
been. adopted.
Wants East to Know 4- -,
In speaking of the necessity for
bringing the facts about st. Paul be-
fore the public, and especially the
| public of the East, Mr.. Stringer said:
| 81 have friend on the supreme
bench of New York state, and al
ways make it a point to call on him
/ when visit the East On several oc-
| casions I have enthused over Mime
sofa to him, always being careful to
| keep well within the truth. But in
| spite of my conservatism always feel
when I leave him as if he thought
was an awful LIAR
| Thousands of people in New York
have never been west Of Jersey City
| and never heard of anything west Of
| Chicago except San Francisco. Why,
| actually, when l was back there this
| summer talked with several new ac-
| quaintances. and one of them asked
me in all seriousness If st. Paul had
| fire department or any police, rand
| whether the city had any paved
| streets.
| ST told this person, who had been
| boasting of Albany as a rapidly grow
4 ing city, that ST. Paul was. larger
| finer, richer, better and more health
| full than Albany, and he actually init
| mated that was not telling the truth.
| when We have a semi centennial
would like to see it so gorgeous that
| the correspondents OF the Albany pa
pers would have to make the journey
way out here in the mountain lion
belt, where We get up early some
mornings and hunt bear in our back
yards. SO that their papers could get
| the news" - Ds'st'