Order for the Exercises in Commemoration of the Birth of the Republican Party on the Sixth Day of July, Eighteen Hundred Fifty-Four at Jackson, Michigan

Order for the Exercises in Commemoration of the Birth of the Republican Party on the Sixth of July, Eighteen hundred and fifty-four at Jackson, Michigan

July 6, 1904 In the City of Jackson Michigan

Gift. Sources Unknown 13 Ja '05

Order of the Exercises

In the Morning

At Sunrise: A sunrise gun.

From 9 to 10 o'clock: A band concert on the plaza near the Otsego Hotel.

At 10 o'clock: The morning exercises at Loomis Park, the Honorable JAMES O'DONNELL, President of the Celebration Association, presiding.

Invocation by the Right Reverend GEORGE D. GILLESPIE, D. D., Bishop of Western Michigan.

Address of Welcome by the Honorable WILLIAM H. TODD, Mayor of the City of Jackson.

Addresses on the History of the Republican Party in Michigan, by the Honorable CHARLES A. BLAIR, of Jackson, and by THOMAS J. O'BRIEN, Esq., of Grand Rapids.

From 12 Noon to 1 P. M.: A reception in honor of the speakers and the guests of the Association; the Honorable CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, member of the Congress from the Second Congressional District of Michigan, Chairman of the Reception Committee.

In the Afternoon

Order for the exercises in commemoration of the birth of the Republican party on the sixth day of July, eighteen hundred fifty-four at Jackson, Michigan. July 6, 1904 in the City of Jackson, Michigan. http://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.08402100 At 2 o'clock: The afternoon exercises at Loomis Park, the Honorable JULIUS C. BURROWS, United States Senator from Michigan, presiding.

An address by the Honorable JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.

An address by the Honorable CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, United States Senator from Indiana, and the candidate of the Republican Party for Vice-President.

Remarks by the Honorable JOSEPH G. CANNON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Remarks by the Honorable RUSSELL A. ALGER, United States Senator from Michigan.

In the Evening

There will be a display of Fireworks at the Fair Grounds.

Statue by Augustus Saint Gaudens, Sculptor, in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Abraham Lincoln Reproduced by permission of The Century Company: Copyright, 1887.

Officers and Committees

The President

HON. JAMES O'DONNELL.

The Vice-Presidents

Hon. Julius C. Burrows United States Senator

Hon. Russell A. Alger United States Senator

Hon. Aaron T. Bliss Governor of Michigan

Hon. Thomas Witherell Palmer

Hon. John Patton, Jr.

Hon. Cyrus G. Luce

Hon. John T. Rich

Hon. Jonas H. McGowan

Hon. John W. Stone

Hon. Oliver L. Spaulding

Hon. Edward S. Lacey

Hon. Herschell H. Hatch

Gen. Byron M. Cutcheon

Capt. Edward P. Allen

Hon. Nathan B. Bradley.

Hon. John Avery

Hon. Henry F. Thomas

Hon. John B. Corliss

Hon. David D. Aitkin

Hon. Ebenezer O. Grosvenor

Hon. Claudius B. Grant

Hon. Andrew J. Sawyer

Perry Hanna, Esq.

Dexter M. Ferry, Esq.

Hon. Roscoe D. Dix

Hon. Joseph B. Moore

William C. McMillan, Esq.

Hon. Robert M. Montgomery

Hon. Edward H. Butler

Hon. William Livingstone

Col. Frank J. Hecker

Hon. James E. Scripps

Truman H. Newberry, Esq.

Henry M. Campbell, Esq.

Rev. Henry A. Couden, D. D.

Maj. Gilbert R. Osmun

Hon. William D. Gordon

Walter S. Harsha, Esq.

Herbert E. Boynton, Esq.

Hon. Edgar O. Durfee

Hon. William R. Bates

Hon. Joseph R. McLaughlin

George E. Avery, Esq.

Hon. Elliott T. Slocum

Hon. Gerrit H. Diekema

Homer Warren, Esq.

Col. William B. Thompson

Hon. Flavius L. Brooke

Hon. Robert E. Frazer

Hon. Morse Rohnert

Hon. Henry A. Mandell

Hon. Frank A. Hooker

Hon. William L. Carpenter

Gen. Henry M. Duffield

Hon. Alfred Russell

Hon. Fred M. Warner

Hon. Levi L. Barbour

Hon. Edwin Denby

Hon. Robert E. Bolger

Bryant Walker, Esq.

Allan Shelden, Esq.

Albert L. Stephens, Esq.

Henry Spring, Esq.

Hon. Frank W. Wait

Hon. Joseph W. Donovan

Albert E. F. White, Esq.

Alexander McPherson, Esq.

Darius D. Thorp, Esq.

Hon. Freeman B. Dickerson

Hon. Alexander Maitland

Hon. Dennis E. Alward

M. B. Bradley, Esq.

Hon. Theodore F. Shepard

Hon. Russell R. Pealer

Hon. Francis A. Blades

Hon. Samuel M. Lemmon

Ammi W. Wright, Esq.

Hon. Charles J. Monroe

Hon. Charles Smith

Hon. Henry W. Carey

Hon. Gad Smith

Edwin P. Stone, Esq.

Edward L. Walbridge, Esq.

Seward L. Merriam, Esq.

The Executive Committee

Hon. William Alden Smith, Chairman.

William A. Butler, Jr. Esq.

Maj. George H. Hopkins

Hon. James O. Murfin

Philip H. McMillan, Esq.

Hon. Harry A. Conant

Hon. Henry C. Smith

Maj. Milo D. Campbell

Edwin C. Nichols, Esq.

Frank M. Stewart, Esq.

Marshall L. Cook, Esq.

Edward B. Linsley, Esq.

Gen. Benjamin D. Pritchard

Hon. John W. Blodgett

Eugene D. Conger, Esq.

Hon. Russell C. Ostrander

John S. Stockwell, Esq.

Franz C. Kuhn, Esq.

William B. Williams, Esq.

Hon. Theron W. Atwood

Hon. Watts S. Humphrey

Hon. Frank H. Watson

Warren A. Cartier, Esq.

Ansel T. Temple, Esq.

Hon. Aaron V. McAlvay

Hon. Arthur Hill

Hon. Frank W. Fletcher

James B. Shearer, Esq.

Nelson Sharpe, Esq.

Hon. Thomas I. Bates

Hon. W. Irving Latimer

Hon. Chase S. Osborn

Hon. Fitch R. Williams

Hon. Peter White

Hon. William L. January

Col. Edwin J. March

The National Committee

Hon. Charles E. Townsend, Chairman.

Hon. Washington Gardner

Hon. Edward L. Hamilton

Hon. Samuel W. Smith

Hon. Henry McMorran

Hon. James W. Fordney

Hon. Archibald B. Darragh

Hon. Roswell P. Bishop

Hon. George A. Loud

Hon. H. Olin Young

The Committee on Finance

Hon. Ellwood T. Hance, Chairman.

Edwin C. Nichols, esq.

Marshall L. Cook, Esq.

Hon. John W. Blodgett

H. C. Gillot, Esq.

Hon. Lincoln Avery

Louis Kanitz, Esq.

The Committee on Invitations

President James B. Angell, LL.D., Chairman.

Maj. George H. Hopkins

Frank M. Stewart, Esq.

Edward B. Linsley, Esq.

Eugene D. Conger, Esq.

Joseph S. Stockwell, Esq.

Franz C. Kuhn, Esq.

Hon. Theron W. Atwood

Ansel F. Temple, Esq.

Hon. James B. Shearer

Hon. W. Irving Latimer

Hon. Fred M. Warner

The Committee on Programme

Chairman, W. A. Butler, Jr., Esq.

Hon. William B. Williams

Hon. Harry A. Conant

Maj. Milo D. Campbell

Gen. Benjamin D. Pritchard

Hon. Watts S. Humphrey

Hon. John Patton

Hon. John J. Carton

Hon. Frank W. Fletcher

Hon. Thomas T. Bates

Hon. Chase S. Osborn

The Committee on a Permanent Memorial

Charles Moore, Esq., Chairman

Hon. Arthur Hill

Philip H. McMillin, Esq.

Charles L. Freer, Esq.

Hon. John Patton

Hon. James O'Donnell

Hon. Charles E. Townsend

Philip H. Withington, Esq.

James M. Longyear, Esq.

George A. Marston, Esq.

The Committee on Transportation

Chairman, Hon. James O. Murfin.

Henry F. Moeller, Esq.

Samuel Floyd Angus, Esq.

James S. Hall, Esq.

The Larkson General Committee

Hon. J. C. Richardson, Chairman.

Benjamin Williams, Esq., Secretary.

Charles Lewis, Esq.

Peter B. Loomis, Jr., Esq., Treasurer.

Dr. Oscar J. R. Hanna

Military Aide

Major R. J. C. Irvine, U. S. A.

Robert A. Smith Assistant Secretary Jackson.

GEORGE A. MARSTON Secretary 809 Hammond Building, Detroit.

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