Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-24
CRESCENT CITY
PLEA FOR CELEBRATION Ot
PANAMA CANAL OPENING.
Louisiana State Officials and Others
Coming to Washington to
Solicit Support.

With the arrival here last night OF
Col James L. Wright, assistant secre-
tary of the worlds Panama exposition
of New Orleans, the plans for the cam
paign to be waged by the big delegation
favoring the celebration of the Panama
Canal opening in 1915 in New Orleans
are rapidly taking shape. Col. Wright
had a conference with Col. T. Z. Thomp-
son, chairman of the executive board OF
the exposition committee, who has been
here for several days making arrange
ments for the coming of the delegates
from his city.
The delegation, which includes the
members of the state legislature or
Louisiana and many prominent officials
and business men of the south, will reach
Washington Thursday morning at
O'Clock and will go to the New Willard
for breakfast. At 9:15 o'clock it Will
proceed to the Capitol where it will
have q hearing before the House COM
mittee on industrial arts and expositions.
Will See President Taft.
After the hearing the delegates will re-
turn to the New Willard for luncheon.
and Thursday afternoon they will board
the Dolphin and go down the Potomac
river to Mount Vernon, where they will
decorate the tomb of Washington with
wreath. Friday afternoon the party will
visit President Taft at the White House,
and will be introduced to the President
by Representative Foster of Vermont.
In the evening a reception will be given
at the New Willard by the exposition
committee to members of Congress. AT
midnight the delegation will leave Wash
i,,ut NV al n
Louisiana.
For the first time in the history OF
this country" Col. Wright said today
the entire legislature of one of our states
has adjourned and given up week or
It's time out of brief siXtyday session
to come to Washington in body in be-
half of a great public movement and 1t
very clearly demonstrates how thorough
ly in accord is the entire state of Louis
lana with reference to the exposition.
This afternoon the Louisiana general
assembly, now in regular session, will
adjourn. and, headed by Gov. j. Y San
ders, Lieut.. Gov. Paul NJ. Lambremont,
President Pro Tenn. Thomas j. Barrett,
Speaker H. Garland Dupre and other
officials, altogether about $50. gin in a
body by special train from Baton Rouge
to- New Orleans.
Joined by Others.
AT New Orleans the legislative party
will join another delegation of prominent
business men and exposition officials.
about forty strong, headed by Mayor
Martin Behrman, Republican National
Committeeman Pearl Wight. Democratic
National Committeeman Robert Ewing,
President c. II. Ellis of the board Of
trade, President w. B. Thompson of the
cotton exchange, President Philip Wer-
lein of the Progressive Union, and pro-
coed to Washington by a special train
via the Louisville and Nashville and
Southern railways.
AT Mobile a delegation, headed by
Mayor F. j. Lyons, will join the Louis
lana party, and at Atlanta delegation.
headed by Asa G. Chandler, w NJ. VIM
bush and Secretary W. G. Cooper of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, will board
the special. as also will Mayor William
s. Jordon of Jacksonville. Fla, and Mayor
T. C. Thompson of Chattanooga and
President J. \. Patten of the Chattanooga
Chamber of Commerce.
Another delegation from Vicksburg,
headed by Mayor ]. j. Hayes President
f. J. Bomar of the board of trade and
President p. L. Hennessy of the Vicks-
burg Business League. will come direct to
Washington to join us here Wednesday.
as also will Mayor Walter G. Macrae of
Wilmington. n. c., and representatives
of the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce.'