The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-16
centennial
COMMITTEE TO ACT
Expected to Fix Date
for Celebration at Meeting
IOmorFoW.

nc Selili-CGAIennldI' ceIeDrdtl0n VIII
De held; it will last two days; it will
take place in the early part of October,
probably in the first week.
These three facts were ascertained
Yesterday relative to the proposed
triple celebration, when the town will
make merry over the semi-centennial
anniversary of St. Paul, the completion
Oh the new state capitol and the COM
pietloh OF improvements at Fort Smell
ing.
Heretofore nothing was known
Of this civic festival except that if
would probably be held, and that If
held, it would be likely 10 take Mace
sometime in the fall Nothing fur
ther was announced by the general
committee appointed last December
and composed Of prominent St PauIites.
such as Archbishop Ireland, Gov. Van
SAINT and Mayor Smith. Little else
was announced by the executive COM
mfttee named by the general commit
tee, except that the selection of date
had been deferred until the executive
committee could learn definitely when
the state capitol would be completed.
City Is Assured Celebration.
Yesterday, however TheophfIus F.
Smith, president of the Commercial
club and member of the semi-centen-
nial executive committee, said:
"The celebration will surely take
place. The date we haven't determin-
ed. It will be some time between Oc-
tober 1 ana October Is. That much IS
settled. The executive committee will
favor the first week in October and
n fO ha
general committee when it meets to-
morrow evening at the Commercial club.
The general committee must decide the
date.
The celebration is. going to be one
Of the greatest events that we have
ever had here. We expect to attract
100000 visitors
''Plans for the festival will be report
ed by the executive committee. It is
proposed to devote two days to the re-
joicings. The first day will bring out
the largest military display that St
Paul has seen. The secretary of war
and other Washington officials will be
here, all the troops from Fort Smelling,
and all the Minnesota national guard
'On the second day we shall celebrate
the completion of the new capitol. The
semi centennial of the city will also be
observed in proper fashion, but we
| haven't decided whether this feature
should be part of the first days pro-
gram1ne or the second"
Delay Means Better Programme.
Other members of the executive COM
mittee seemed more reticent yesterday
than Mr.. Smith, or not so we'll inform
ed. But almost all of them agreed that
the celebration would be held, although
one or two gentlemen had not kept in
touch with the progress of arrange
ments. c. J. McCOnville suggested
that the delay in preparing plans would
be advantageous, as it would afford
time to draw up an elaborate scheme.
Mr.. McConville said: There's no
doubt the celebration will be held. We
have been waiting simply to learn from
the capitol commission when the new
capitol will be finished. We want to
cooperate with the commission, and in
everything that concerns the capitol
part of the celebration our arrange
ments will be subservient to the wishes
of Claiming Seabury, chairman of the
capitol commission.
L don't know what the executive
committee will report tomorrow to the
general committee, but it looks to me
as. if the celebration will have to be de-
ferred until some time in the fall.
Still, this delay will be of benefit 1t
will enable us to prepare a much more
elaborate celebration than we would
arrangements"
Executive Committee to Fix Date.
w. H. EIsfnger, of the executive COM
mittee, said that he was not prepared
to tell anything about the celebration.
He had not attended the meetings OF
the committee.
Il have no doubt said H. c. Nc
Nair but that the celebration will be
held. But L have been out of town
and I have not attended the meetings
of the executive committee. 1 don't
know anything about the arrange
ments. At last accounts the date OF
the, celebration had not been fixed
The. celebration will be held" de-
clared Chairman E. G.. StTinger, of the
executive committee. I'VE can't fix the
time Just yet, and we are not prepared
to give any details.
The general committee Of fifty will
meet tomorrow night at the CONNER
cial club and hear report from the
executive committee. We shall report
what has been done and what the
probabilities are as to the time when
we can hold the celebration. But we
shall outline plans only in the most
general way. 1t will be absolutely i'm
possible to go into details.
Il want to say emphatically that we
are going to have that celebration"