The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-12-03
MOVEMENT IS
| LAUNCHED FOR
4 CENTENNIAL
Morris Bear Is Elected
President of the Organ
ization
WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE NAMED
Initial Meeting of Commit
tee of Fifty Is Held at
the City Hall
WAYS AND MEANS
COMMITTEE NAMED

Morris Bear was elected president
last night at the initial meeting Of
the committee recently named to
launch the movement for the centen-
NAL to celebrate in 1919 the Tooth an
nlversary of the cession of Florida by
Spain to the United States. F. r.
Bingham was named secretary, and j.
Frank Taylor treasurer. The ways
ands means committee was named
also. and consists of P. z. Yonge, Ben
s. Hancock, G. H. Hervey, /. a. Aiken
and o. j. Semmes.
Upon motion later offered and car
ried, the city commissioners were
made ex-oficio members of the last
named committee.
The secretary will be assisted in
his work by L. E. Heinberg, stenog-
rapher in the mayors office.
Twenty-three members of the ORIG
inally-named committee of fe+y
showed up at the city hall last.piptv,
upon occasion of the initial nj M.
Those present heard an expl assfion
hv the city attorney, John B. Zones,
who fathered concurrent resolution
No. IL, in the legislature, of the real
meaning of the said resolution, and he
also gave an outline of what led up
to the introduction of the measure.
A committee of five was named to
nominate officers and thus effect a
permanent organization. This COM
mittee recommended the names of
those named above as officers, the five
members of the nominating board be-
ing George Hervey, Jas. NJ. Muldon,
Peter L. Rollo, E. R. Malone and r.
w. Goodhart. Their report was ac-
cepted as a whole.
Mr.. Bear assumed the chair,
thanked those present for his selec-
tion to head the movement, and it
was understood that future meetings
be at the call of the ways and means
committee, all meetings to be held at
! the city hall.
SOME DISCUSSION HEARD.
Those who attended were about
fifty per cent of the originally named
committee, and the mayor, addressing
the gathering, announced that the
father of the resolution, Senator John
B. Jones, was present, and he would
enlighten those present upon the res
olution, its meaning, how it origi-
mated, and what it was the hope Of
it's originators to accomplish.
Mr.. Jones, who is also city attorney,
| gave history of the resolution, say
ing that previous to his attending the
last session of the legislature, he had
taken the matter up with several off,
cials, and it was determined then to
put the movement before the Iegisla-
ture. Before he could Introduce IL,
however, he said, he was surprised
one morning on reading Florida
paper to learn that another city was
contemplating furthering such q
measure, and he hastily prepared his
own and introduced It right away be-
fore he had a chance to confer with
the representatives from Escambia
county. Mr.. Hurtenbach, he said, in
troduced It In the house, and in both
bodies it passed.
The passage of the resolution, how
ever, did not mean that this point
alone would be the designated spot
for the centennial, for other places in
the state, which might see the bigness
of the movement, would probably try
to land It for their own benefit, and
Mr.. Jones urged that It be put
through successfully, and that the cit
liens of Pensacola awake to the I'm
portance Of 1t and work for it until
success crowned the efforts.
The first thing TO do, 1t was sug-
gested, was to get the cooperation OF
the western counties Of the state, and
try to enlist every section in the
: movement. All cities and counties
, he suggested, be urged to name rep
resentatives without delay, those 50
named to confer with the citizens oi
Pensacola and to unite unon five mer
from the state at large who will al
last present final recommendations K
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