The Washington herald., 1913-01-20
final DECISION
ON BALL TODAY
Sunday Calm Prevails at Inau.
gural Headquarters-Situ-
alton Unchanged.
SOME HOPE IS HELD OUT
Definite Plans Will Be Made at Meet
ing of the General Committee
This Morning.

A Sunday calm prevailed at inaugural
headquarters yesterday and nothing was
done to change the situation as it stood
Saturday. In the opinion of most Of
the committeeman. the inaugural ball
will never find a place on the programme
of March 4. and doubt is expressed of
even the proposed Presidential reception
being approved by President-elect VIII
son.
The inaugural officials would not even
discuss the possibilities yesterday, say
ing that until after the meeting at II
o'clock this morning of the whole COM
mittee nothing definite could be said.
There are still a small few OF the COM
mittee heads who are hoping against
hope that the ball may he reinstalled In
the plans. II was said among these
Saturday that an effort would be made
before Monday morning to change the
President-elect's views regarding the ball
by setting him right on certain points
in which he had been misinformed, but
nothing had been done on this plan yes
terday as far as could be discovered.
The impression given by Chairman
Eustis yesterday was that he was III
favor of giving over any idea or having
the inaugural ball. The letter he sent
to Gov. Wilson, in answer TO the one
from Trenton suggesting that the ball De
dropped, assured the New Jersey ex-
ecutive that his wishes would DE re.
spected This is taken as statement
that the inaugural chairman Is opposeu
10 having the ball
II has been suggested that should the
ball be eliminated, the parade would
necessarily have TO be cut down, be-
cause. without the funds brought In from
tickets. the committee would not he able
to hire bands and pay the expenses OF
the marching clubs that visit Washing
ton.
Parade May lie Enlarged.
Such an idea Is an error and the Of
ficials feel that with the ball abandoned
there is every need for the parade TO
be enlarged and made more Deautiiul
than ever before.
II is pointed out that it has never
been the practice OF the committee 10
nav any part of the expenses of visiting
delegations. and that practically the hrst
and only instance Of the committee foot
ing the bills for visiting strangers was
eight years ago when a number OF fih-
pinos were brought TO Washington.
NJ. /. Weller. of the public comfort
committee, is busy booking boarding and
lodging houses, and one of those who nave
donated their services in this work Is
| Mrs Harvey w. Wiley.
Mrs. Wiley is working on the problem
| Of housing the women visitors of whom
IL in expected there will he a large num-
| Der in Washington this year. Mrs. Wiley
| said yesterday that undoubtedly the
| nageant planned by the National Woman
| Suffrage Association for March ) would
| prove a drawing card for the women oil
| the country but she felt that II was
probable that the attraction of the parade
OF women would be affected by the de-
cision to abandon the ball.
| The colored citizens of Washington
have arranged with Chairman NJ.
| Weller and Vice Chairman James +,
| Oyster Of the public comfort committee
TO entertain the colored citizens who are
billed to appear at the inaugural cere'
! monies.
| Odd Fellows Hall has been secured II
| the evening of March 3 and reception
will be held for the visiting colored peo'
pie.
Bishop Alexander Walters. the leader
Of coIored Democracy, will he asked &c
make an address on the political atd'
| tude of American negroes.
A Joint meeting OF the inaugural vel
| come club and the Subcommittee or
public comfort will he held at the Col
ored Mems Branch OF the Young Men
Christian Association. situated on Twelfth
Street between - ana SIrtets WI III
west, on Tuesday evening at O'Clock.
Approves OF Action.
Charles w. Darr, a prominent attorne!
and an active Democrat, said last nigh
that he is I'm sympathy with Presiden
| Wilson's apparent distavor toward tn
| holding OF a ball in the Pension Otf1ce
There is no reason why the paymen
| of the old soldiers paltry pension
should be postponed to make hohda!
for the aristocracy OF the country" MIR
Darr said. "TSese old men and womel
and children dependent upon their pen
sion money would have to wait tw
| weeks
Mr.. Darr stated that he is in favo
of having a public reception at tn
Capitol. Let it be Democratic in ever,
sense of the word, he advocated.
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