The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-09
CHAMBER VOTES
AGAINST JUBILEE
FOR RICHMOND
fcontinued from First Pagc.)


that 1t may be rescInded tonight.
When Lee Camp rcopens discussion OF
the proposed celebration, commit
tee from last nights conference will
be on hand to present the other side
of the case.
The net result of the conference in
the Jefferson was progressive. 1t was
finally determined that the delegates
present should return to their respec-
two organizations, report the proceed
ings of the conference. learn tho po-
sitlon OF these organizations On tho
proposed semicentenial celebration.
and assemble again in the Jefferson
Hotel on Monday night, May 10. Reso-
lutions were adopted urging all orsani-
cations to defer action an the plan un-
til some definite proposition can be
reported At the next meeting. the
committees from the yarIous bodies
will form n permanent organization.
Labor Council Not There.
Although Invited to share in the dis
cusslon neither the Central Trades and
Labor Council nor the Individual labor
unions of the city sent representatives
TO the meeting. When Samuel Cohen
chairman of the Retail Merchants As
Bociation's peace jubilee committee,
raped the meeting to order, there were
present full delegations from the fol-
lowing organizations: The Richmond
Advertisers Club, the Travellers Pro-
tcctive Association, the Chamber OF
Commerce, the Business Mems Club,
the Retail Merchants Association, the
1Iowitzers Battery and the First Bat
talon, First Regiment of Virginia
Volunteers.
In explaining the plans. Chairman
Cohen said that there is general SEN
timent that tho time Is ripe for n colo
bration OF tho rejuvcnated peaceful
prosperity of the once-crushed and
bleeding South, and that Richmond, as
the capital OF the Southern Confed-
cracy, is the logical scene of such n
festival. TO lend tho project such
magnitude rs 1t deserves. he said. 1t is
necessary to win the support of State
and Federal governments. He thought
that the celebration of the rising of tho
South from the ashes OF war Will ap-
peal to the entire country. BY united
action, the celebration can be made a
national event. Both the navy and the
army, II Is understood, Will be ordered
to mobilize In the East in the summer
of 1915. and with little pleadings, large
sections of both branches of the ser
Vice can be obtained for the Richmond
celebration.
Like Industrial Idea.
Mr.. Cohen's Introductory remarks,
while arousing enthusiasm, provoked
prolonged discussion on the propriety
OF celebrating the end OF the Civil War
on the scene OF tho closing chapters of
the tragedy. Even before w. r. Dab
ney rose TO communicate the adverse
action OF tho Chamber OF Commerce. it
had been agreed to discard the name
peace jubilee" and substitute tho less
objectionable title, peace celebration"
Mr.. Dabney declaring the Chamber
committed against the jubilee. pro-
posed tho Industrial semicentennial OK
position. which was heartily received.
In all probability, he said. the reunion
of tho United Confederate Veterans
will be held In Richmond anyway in
1916 in connection with the dedication
OF the Confederate Memorial Institute,
and the historical colorlng may be OBJ
tanned without consigning the celebra-
tion TO the tempestuous ways of a peace
jubilee.
What Will become of the peace celc-
bration plan. which has already aroused
the fierce opposition OF the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society and the
Chamber of Commerce. will not be
known until the next meeting. The
indications are that the peace celebra-
tion will be subordinated to the idea
of an Industrial and commercial expo
sltion OF the South's fifty years OF pro-
Grcss