The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-03
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Elaborate Plan for En-.
tertainment Of Mr. M
Roosevelt.
GENERAL HOLD ~
THROUGHO. IT. ( CITY / '',!'

Spared in Making the r ;s;f
ception M ostS N table in SSSs U
Fl History Of Richmond NJ
5 10 give to ''the greatest man IL all SEsS EsS
America, = tho greatest ovatlo he will SsSS
receive In all the South, such was the SSss
sentiment unanimously and even EenthussN%;
$iastically demonstrated last III ghtS at d MI,
meeting OF citizens Of Richmond. \. aledaS;
by tho mayor to consider plans for The sfSl
hitting entertainment Of dent TheosSss
lore Roosevelt upon his passage througllis
the city two weeks hence.
# Perhaps one hundred and fl smens sotssss
mighty influence, representing the N oatss
important business and pr fess onal ms
terests OF Richmond were 9present and Sss
their unqualified approval Of the . amosssssssS
cratic mayors estimate Sof the Repub, ll.sSS$ss IN
can President was a no nblef and NinspfrtSSsa NJ
ling tribute to the man aptl X desc ribed
tho phrase Of the chairnlRl OF; the meet y lss
ing. Paci ncator Of tn e. 4 N or II and the
southa The demonstration ss clearly Ind lsasssss
Gated tho nature OF the recept Ion thatsssSs sss
will DC Richmond's s tribute to- Mr. RoosesS8 M
welt, and In a rneas11 re prep RED III thefSs
meeting for the 8consid era lon OF g Sp!e a s5
has perhaps never before been apr proaLol-ssss sss
ed In Virginia. nj sS
When the meeting id tourned t his Spl an SssfS
herethofo ore only ginade e1uat tely inted %at
wal complete In all Its details aI,d ass s
half-score &comrni tees pro nent s$
citizens had been to t:look
Its execution In every ra rtic s.a
item Of II exp xpense Was on " incid entalllySsEss ySEs
mentioned IA hrough u tt a2 ma yors ES
Council announced n Its d ct eln1ln tionsStqassSs
spare net ther pains& n or money, and VIZ
ithisS assurance the @commtttee dof hree Ssss
Hundred MS the body wa ed 81 gofS Sss SSs
to work. 33 iss
Elab aborate Il ceptior. NJ
Reaching Richmond " D shortly fgselssss tersssss
noon Of October 1st n l
yelt Will for hours be the honorsil s
gueyt Of Sthis city. tn e ira Sf3ss
into tho Main Street sta ton tief bells Sss
fand H steam whistles from house 8 aasS
scattercd points Will sound 81 noisy Re ls3
come. Il. si54 . 3S
Will be carefully swept and cleaned sanel $Ss
every house will he beautl fled ywl th fla gs5 MA
and bunting. Schools and colleges and WIG SSss
factories will close for the Il afte
and from all over rginla pepp eS WI snej js5
brought to swell thH might ~ II IRON 8 tina tssS.
will I'LL the sidewalks as ne nation s5s gs
chief drives by. This will pc pernea sSssS
bratlon-the crowd. 1t is the commit tee' 5A
plan and will be 4 IS chief work g &paSc, as
the streets Of Richmond with such ACCOM- n
course OF people MS ut has not seen beTiIkI
fore In all Its history. Fif teen thou md s ss
school children will be IN the gat therlng.S Ssi
each waving an American flo s, nd }toss--sssss s--s y
Ing flowers In the path of the Pre- esidenSt.ss
After he has ridden in state throug ne sSsss
leading thoroughfares and spokenlj lns lles&H
Capitol Square. Mr.. Roosevelt q wi NO be-
driven over the city. visiting such points3}ss
of interest as may be possible i In %theAB
limited time at his dispos sal. so a Ahon t9.. Il
o'clock in the evening he will be escort As:S
from the hotel to the station aga In antllIsSs
there glYei, Godspeed on his $journeysaasSss ysasS
through the South IVA Si$
Such Is, In brief the welcome to N be RRfSs, IA,
given by Richmond to the s Preslden ss2l
The plan appears almost, II not 1hlte,,s,tks
perfect, and the work of putting it, into gss
execution will begin at once. This the
committee OF three hundred arranged ND
last night. .Subcommittees werc appolnt-SSsssss
ed, with elaborate Instructions, and these.
the task. Several meetings tE!ll probably q
bo held this. afternoon The committee 20 SSs
on decorations has been called forS3 sfS3
o'clock to begin Its work.
Speech BY Mayor. s5ssS sss3gs
TIE. members OF tho committee were ts
at7cr slow in gathering, owing probably &
to the early hour, which allowed but q mi
brief Interval between the close OF ~ the E55fi
business day and the return after sup-ss35;s
per. Shortly after eight ocio,k, hoW-55ssSSl
ever, the number had grown to more S
than a hundred. and before the dJour,l-
meat. as many asl150 men. represent ngg$s
eve,y line Of business and profess lonal lsg;
life, were In the room "a n sSB
Tine meeting was rnpped to order by III
Mr. Il, r. Morris, q former president Bof Snal
the Chamber OF Commerce, who at onceais
called upon Mayor Mccarthy for sta te-ss&
merit Of the purposes OF the assembly
anu the plans OF tho city goYernm ent Tor 4
the entertainment of the President. The ssf
Mayor. after responding to cordial III HI
greeting, outlined the arrangements alr
reacy made and suggested Others yet to fgs
be completed, He referred, by way or S5a
introduction, to the trip to Washington
OF the committee bearing the nvltatlcnS3sa S3sas
to Mr., Roosevelt to visit the city, SndSsS5
Indicated the nature OF It's reception At S|
the hands Of the President, ssa ssa
Gas T wos leaving Mr.. Roosevelt, 4 said M
the Mayor, In effect "he called rle aside, s
and asked me to bear to theSpeople sof sss
Richmond an expression OF his great gap- s}
preelat,on OF the Invitation. Richmond, sS
he said, was Il place tina Go rust 500, sss
and, he added. half -1ocnlarly, that he had gi
begun to fear that le would have 70 lsss
come here without an invitation
f,roeeedng. the Mayor declared that si
the City Council would gladly bear the @s
exl.nse entnlled by the elaborate pros
glamn.e oontemplatei, The Council Conf ~ "
mitteo In charge expected TO arrange all
details and to have the official aireotlonf
of tho entertainment AT tne samo time, N
the Council had no desire to eNclude @hla HI HI
people -of Richmond, but, on tho cons Es$
taiy. invited and expected hearty co, ss
oner.ltion. While the Council .Iepresentrs1
Ing the municipal government IN. ~ M lns, gs
nic;pai event OF the first import tance, Pres 8
sided over the AFFAIR as a whoit, II was $
|.left ia the citizens acting Of their own s
motion to perform Hhat the speaker
~. dlIt m ec0rsa .ss6