The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-09-25
PLANS ARRANGED
TO WELCOME TAFT

The business and professional men
of Fargo held an enthusiastic meeting
at the commercial club rooms last
evening and comprehensive plan for
the fitting welcome of w. II. Taft to
the metropolis of North Dakota was
worked out.
The meeting was attended by all
the prominent republicans of the city
and it was called to order by National
Committeeman James Kennedy. Lieu
tenant Governor Lewis was named as
chairman of the meeting and ID. 5.
Stewart was named secretary.
The purpose of the meeting was out
lined by Hon. l.. B. Hanna, who sug
gested that for methods of expediency
the following committees should be
organized: Arrangements and pro-
gramme, transportation, finance, mu-
sic, invitation. parade, stand, lights
and decorations, and press.
Committee on Arrangements.
H. r. Turner made a motion to have
an executive committee appointed TO
take full charge of all arrangements
Mr.. Hanna be organized as sub
mittees which would work under the
executive committee. This committee
was finally named as the committee
on arrangements and programme and
consists of the following members:
Chair James Kennedy, r. NJ. Pollock,
Hon. L. B. Hanna, w. d. Sweet, E. J..
Weiser E. H. Smith, NJ. r. ONeill.
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programme Immediately got together
and made an estimate of the expense
of the proposed demonstration and well
come and later in the evening reported
as follows:
Music, 1915; lights, $24O; platform,
500; carriages, $50; Waldorf parlors,
$25; theatres, $40; torches, 500; in
cidental, $40; total. $1,000.
The following committee was named
TO go to st. Paul where they will
meet the special train and accompany
the future president of the United
States on the trip through Minnesota
to Grand Forks and to Fargo: James
Kennedy, L. B. Hanna. Thomas F.
Marshall, T. ]. McCumber, A. ]. Gron-
ma, NJ N. Johnson and ]. A. Johnson.
A special reception committee, which
will have as its chairman Lieut.. Gov
r. S. Lewis, will go to Hillsboro to
meet the special train and accompany
the Taft party from Hillsboro to this
city.
Will Meet Taft's Special.
When Taft arrives in Fargo if his
special train is on time, according to
the schedule, a military escort will
meet the train and will accompany
Taft and his party to the Waldorf
hotel where they will be guests at an
informal dinner. If the train is late,
however, the party will be met at
the station with the full procession and
the parade will be directly from the
station TO the grounds, as in case the
train is delayed in getting into Fargo,
the future president and his party will
partake of dinner aboard the train.
The following committees were nam
ed by Chairman Lewis last night:
Finance committee-A. L. LOOMS,
chairman; w. d. Hogdson, ]. B. Fol-
som, S. M. Mcdonald, DR.. F. E. Ball,
H L. Loomis, E. j. Harrington, w. H.
Shure and w. j. Moultrie.
Committee on parade-The officers
of the Taft club, Pres. w E. Hunt,
Vice Pres. A. w. Fowler, Sec. ]. p.
Edwards.
Press committee--H. c. Plumley
chairman; j. ]. Jordan, Thomas Hall
A I. Cole and A. A. Trovaten
The rest of the committees will be
appointed by Chairman Lewis today
The finance committee got busy at
once last evening and before the meet
ing adjourned they had collected $437
from the business men present.