The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-01-11
THE CENTENARY OF PEACE

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the American committee to arrange
for the celebration in 1014-15 of the
one hundredth anniversary of peace
among English speaking people was
held in New York city recently.
The committee disposed of much
business, among its first acts being to
name Senator Elihu Root and Judge
Parker as a committee to wait upon
President Elect Wilson and discuss
with him possible legislation having to
do with the proper celebration OF the
centennial. 1t was also voted to rec
ommend that the celebration come to
an end at the Panama exposition in
San Francisco. and a special commit
tee was appointed to take that matter
I'D with the exposition officials.
An announcement was made that
the British committee was favorable
to a suggestion to send a special CON-
mittee to visit New York early in the
spring for the purpose of organizing
an international committee and for the
formulation and approval of a compre-
henslve plan of international celebra-
ton. The committee voted to extend
a formal invitation to Earl Grey, chair
man of the British committee, and a
committee of his associates to come to
New York for the purpose named and
set as a tentative date for the confer
ence the week of March 81 to April 3
next.
Another matter acted upon fayora-
bly, was a suggestion of Senator Roots
that on the 18th of February, 1915,
Ave minutes shall be set aside and
that those five minutes shall be desig-
mated by the parliament of Great Brit
ain and the congress Of the United
States as a period during which all
activities of the English speaking
world shall come to a full stop and
that for FIVE minutes the English
speaking world shall review the 100
years of peace and its attendant bless
ings with prayer and contemplation"
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TAFT NOT 1916. CANDIDATE
President Taft has quietly informed
friends that, no matter how active his
participation in a reorganization of the
Republican party may be, he is not to
be regarded or publicly referred to in
political speeches by Republicans as a
possible candidate of the party in 1916.
The president has made it plain that
he does not wish to be considered as
in any way having an eye on the first
| place on the Republican ticket four
years from now. He intends to do all
in his power to help rejuvenate the
party and probably will make many
political speeches before March 4 and
after he re-enters private life. But he
is in the fight TO continue the party
and to try to return it TO power. as a
man who has been its standard bearer
for four years and not as a man seek
ing Il denomination four years hence.
Ii is said that President Taft may
actually become the leader of the
movement to strengthen party ties.
But If SO 1t will be with the under
standing that he does not undertake II
with any prearranged plan that he is
to be the candidate for president four
years hence.
The Republican committeeman have
ofered various suggestions. The ma.
Jority favor u general publicity and
educational campaign to strengthen
public support Of Republican pripci
Piles and to place the party in a nosI
: ton to take advantage OF any mis-
: takes the Democratic administrators
D may make.