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. 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 LC July 6, 1904 In the City of Jackson Michigan Gift. Sources Unknown 13 Ja '05 LC 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 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 Hon. Benjamin F. Graves 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 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 Simon J. Murphy, Esq. 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 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 Hon. George B. Horton 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 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 Hon. David E. Meginnity 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. 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 David C. Whitney, 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. 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 Hon. Lincoln Avery 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 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 Hon. Williard E. Holt 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. 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 W. T. Jones, 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 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 Hon. Aaron V. McAlvay 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. 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 Augustus A. Schantz, Esq. 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.