Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-05
EXPECTED ALL
DINNER TICKETS
WILL Be SOLD
COMMITTEE NOT WORRIED BY
SLOW SALES
PREDICT TAFT BANQUET WILL
BE UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS
Members of Chamber of Commerce
Wait for Outsiders to Make
Reservations for Din
ner to President

which is to have charge of the enter
talnment of President Taft during the
first two days of next week is worried
for fear there will not be enough ban
quet tickets sold to pay expenses Is
denied by the members of the com
mittee and by Secretary Philip d. VIII
son, who has the matter directly in
charge. A large number of tickets re-
mains unsold, but this is due to the
fact the members of the chamber of
| commerce, under whose auspices the
! dinner will be given, have held back
! in placing their applications with the
| secretary so that all other persons de-
string to attend might have the first
and best opportunity and thus secure
| the best seats.
From the first it has been the plan
of the committee to avoid any charge
that the banquet was to be an ex-
elusive affair."" Mr. Wilson said yes
terday. From the time Mr.. Taft left
Washington applications for chance
to see and hear him in the various
cities-whether at dinners, on golf
courses or in mass meetings-have
greatly exceeded the capacity of the
invitation list. We knew the same
would be true here and we chose the
luS ICSL DullulllS lOl lllG DdIl"
quet, arranging thus to care for the
largest possible number of citizens.
More Than Half Sold
"It had been announced from the
first the entire task of entertaining Mr..
Taft would devolve on the chamber,
and for that reason it was thought ad-
visable to have the invitation list
thrown open so there might be no
restrictions placed on attendance. To
this end the members of the chamber
held back and have not put in their
applications. AS there are more than
5000 of them it is easy to see that we
are pleased with the report now in that
much more than half of the seats have
been taken. The balance Will be sold
without trouble as soon as special in
formation is given members of the
chamber it is time for them to apply"
The executive committee met again
Yesterday afternoon and completed
some of the arrangements. The most
feature of the session was
the choice of men to serve as chair
men of the two reception committees
one that will meet the president at the
Arcade depot, the other that will re-
ceive him at the banquet. William D. |
Stephens will head the list of 100 or
150 men who will greet the chief ex-
ecutive at the station on his arrival in |
the city after viewing the harbor at |
San Pedro. Henry w. O'MelVeny is /
the choice of the committee to serve
as head of the men receiving in the |
evening in Shrine auditorium. but it is
not certain his business engagements
will permit of his attendance there. If
ne finds it impossible to make con-
nectiOns the place will be filled by some
other man equally well known and
equally typical and representative Of
he Los Angeles spirit.
invitations Ready
The formal engraved invitations to
he banquet, one of which will be sent
% each person buying a ticket, have
1een turned out by the w. P. Jeffries
They are handsome samples
If the engravers art, being large and
on very heavy stationers
PAPER The official seal of the city of
LOS Angeles is impressed on the top
If the invitation and the wording is
Is follows:
ITO greet the president of the United
states the city of Los Angeles, under
he auspices of the chamber of COM
nerce, requests the honor of your
presence at a banquet Monday even
ng, October II, one thousand nine hun
red and nine, at half after seven
clock"
There will be exactly 800 of these in
itationS, no extra copies having been
rovided.
On the so-called "harbor'' committee
7hich will accompany the president on
is trip about San Pedro, there are
lready a score of citizens of Los An )
eles, San Pedro and Wilmington. Yes I
erday the committee decided to add !
} the membership of this subcommit-
ee representatives of the beach towns l
nd consequently Ocean Park, Redon- :
o, Santa Monica, Long Beach and !
enice will be invited through their :.
espective chambers of commerce or
cards of trade to choose two men
lch to make the trip with the presi-
clock in the morning, one week from n
u
Streets to Be Decorated I
Street decorations will begin this /,
eek. The committee in charge of that q
'anch of the entertainment will set "
work no later than Friday stringing +,
inners and flags. The hanging bas- d
cts that will be put on the street
mps will not be fixed in place until r,
lnday or Monday, as it is intended to N
I'VE them as fresh as possible Monday il
ternoon when the parade starts Ia
The latter will be longer than was IL
first planned. 1t is now decided re-
at all the members of the depot re- w
ption committee will be given places d.
automobiles and asked to ride in the m
rade through the principal streets.
lis will make a procession probably m
If a mile long, headed by the big er
achine in which the president, his as
litary aid and his body guard, the W
auffeur and Mayor George Alexander Jc
IL ride. 81
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