The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-19
CITY OFFICIALS
OF INDIANA ARE
TO GATHER HERE
One of the Most important
Conventions to Be Held
Here This Year Is the Mu-
nicipaI League.
CITY TO ENTERTAIN
IN A ROYAL MANNER
One of the Features of the
Meeting Will Be the Ban
quet rendered Visitors by
Commercial Club.

Perhaps the most important conven.
ton which this city has made arrange
ments to entertain this year 10 that OF
the Indiana Municipal league. which
convenes here on Tuesday for . thres
days session. The league viii not
bring an unusually large number TO
the city but the questions before Il
for consideration are OF tho greatest
importance. Business men and citt
zens generally are pleased to enter.
tain the league. and the visiting offi
cials will be shown good time.
The attendance of visitors at the
convention has been estimated from .
hundred and fifty to three hundred.
Practically all of the visitors will be
either city officials or former city OF.
ficials of Indiana municipalities.
Representatives from the largest cities
as well as the smallest will attend.
How They LANDED Il"
Through the solicitation OF the
Young Mems Business club and other
commercial organizations the local
representatives to the Laporte con-
vention extended an invitation to meet
here in 1910 and this CITY was chosen.
The present administration has been
assisted throughout by the CONNER
cial organizations In planning for the
convention. Their interest In the
matter makes It's apparent that the
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value to the municipal delegates than
any of the nineteen previous sessions
held by the league.
The city, of course, will be well dec
Grated with flags and bunting. More
than this, Richmond which holds the
distinction of being the most beautiful
city in the state. will be in excellent
condition. Every street and alley In
the city has been cleaned by the street
department The different parks. in
which especial pride is taken. have
been cleaned and flower beds set out.
Public buildings. all of which will be
visited, will be decorated both within
and without.
Wednesday probably will be the big
day of the league meeting. Several
of the most interesting addresses be
fore the convention will be delivered on
this day and in the evening the Com
merciaI club will entertain the visi.
tors at banquet in the gymnasium
of the Y. NJ. c.. A. building. The
banquet will be open to the public SO
far as the accommodations will per-
nit Tickets may be secured from
City Clerk Baltz Bescher or e. NJ.
Haas, secretary of the Commercial
Club for 81. The Ladies' Auxiliary Of
the association will prepare and serve
the banquet Music for the occasion
will be furnished by Renk's orchestra
The program for the banquet IL ~
follows:
Program for Banquet
Music-Renk's orchestra.
Invocation-Dr. J. E. Cathell.
S. E. Swayne, toastmaster.
| Richmond-Mayor w. w. Zfmmef-
man.
The Commercial Clubs Relation to
City Government-Hon. Lemuel Oar.
row, Mayor OF Laporte.
| Municipal Honesty-James w. For
| tune. city attorney. Jeffersonviile.
Municipal Laws-Senator VIII R
Wood, Lafayette.
Making a Municipal Government IN
! Assertion John Macvicar, Dee
Moines. Iowa.
Some Shop Talk-Hon. s. L. Shank,
Mayor of Indianapolis.
The Municipal League-Hon. Law
renee Becker, Mayor of Hammond.
Civil Service Reform Ia Municipal
| iities-Hon. w. D. Foulke.
| The sessions OF the. league will be
held at the city building in the council
chamber and in Glen Miller park on
Wednesday afternoon. They will be
open to the public. The delegates win
be given badges, also watch fob souve-
Mrs The two leading hotels Of the
city will be the delegates headquart-
ers when the league is not in session.
| The program is in full as follows: