Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-13
TO HONOR LINCOLN

All Living Delegates to Convention Of
1860 to 30 Asked 20 Attend the CeIe-
bration-Msmber Of Original "Wis-
wan" Body Will Help Build Re-
production Of II.
Every living delegate to the conven-
ton Of 1860 will be asked to be q guest
of the Lincoln Pageant association dur
ing the celebration in Chicago Of the
fiftieth anniversary of the nomination
of President Abraham Lincoln, held in
Chicago May 16 to 10, 1860, and James
p. Root Of Chicago, who was men,
Der Of the committee that supervised
the erection Of the 'wigwam," the
building In which the convention was
held, will be member Of the COM
mittee that will build reproduction
Of 1t at the Coliseum.
Many Special Features.
Each day Of the celebration week,
beginning May Is, will be set aside for
special features, the first to be gov
errors day, the second United States
senator's day, the third lawyers day
and the fourth clerks day, in honor Of
Lincoln's clerkship in country store,
where he studied law during his spare
moments.
The fifth day, Friday-the anniver-
sary-will be nomination day, and the
spectacular convention will be repro
duced. with its various demonstrations,
speeches and fireworks. An effort is
to be made to have every business
house in Chicago decorate with flags,
bunting or Lincoln emblems on that
day.
The sixth day will be set aside for
the Grand Army Of the Republic. and
a military demonstration and parade
Will be held/by the soldiers, many Of
whom were familiar with the presi-
dent.
Monday. May %. will be pres dents
day, and both President Taft and
former President Theodore Roosevelt
will be asked to be present.
The Aero Club OF Chicago will be
consulted in the matter Of securing
the interna tional aeroplane races for
that period. According to present
plans the Cobe automobile races will
be held at Crown Point, Ind. at that
time. The Chicago and Columbia
Yacht clubs will be asked to arrange
for yacht races.
Editor Will Lecture.
During the celebration at the Coli
scum q. W. Fay. editor of the Dekalb
Review, Will lecture on the life Of
Lincoln and will show sketches of the
great convention. Several Of his pic
lures will be used in the erection Of
the various historical tableaux. Lin
coin. in impersonation, again will be
nominated for president Of the United
States. When the convention is over
there will be Jollification, according
to the plans Of the committee.
On the night Of the nomination pic
lures Of the various presidential pos
sibilities before the convention will
be displayed in fireworks above the
Coliseum, and when the convention
has decided on Lincoln as its candi.
date fireworks shooting skyward will
form the words Lincoln nominated"
MI. Root Will seat the various dele
cations as they were on the day Of
the nomination in 1860, as near as he
can remember.
Preparations are being made for
rail demonstration similar to that
which took place during the memo
rable convention, and it is expected
that many who took part fifty years
ago will come forward as periodically
as they did when Chicago had but
100000 population. An effort will be
made to secure for this some of the
rails from the Sangamon bottom dis.
trict.
The arrangement committee has de-
cfded on form Of organization which
will be known as the Lincoln Pageant
association. 1t is said Thomas B.
Knight will be president.