Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . erection of a grand mon-ument to Thomas Jefterson, of marble, granite and other stone, hewn fromquarries in the States comprising the Louisiana cession. 12 HISTORY OF THE I^OUISIANA PURCHASE CENTKNNIAI, EXPOSITION. On August 20, 189S, the Committee on Plan and Organization issued an ad-dress to the press and public of the Mississippi Valley, asking for sugges-tions for anj^ part of a programme of exhibition or entertainment. The ad-dress reviewed the ideas already offered, as above noted, concluding ?v\4th


Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . erection of a grand mon-ument to Thomas Jefterson, of marble, granite and other stone, hewn fromquarries in the States comprising the Louisiana cession. 12 HISTORY OF THE I^OUISIANA PURCHASE CENTKNNIAI, EXPOSITION. On August 20, 189S, the Committee on Plan and Organization issued an ad-dress to the press and public of the Mississippi Valley, asking for sugges-tions for anj^ part of a programme of exhibition or entertainment. The ad-dress reviewed the ideas already offered, as above noted, concluding ?v\4th anearnest appeal to the press to open its columns to a full discussion of thesubject, down to the minutest details. On Tuesday, September 27,1898, the Committee on Plan and Organizationheld an interesting meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel. It was attended byseveral representatives of the St. Louis press. Various plans were discussed,but no definite feature was decided upon, although The Labor Compendiumsplan for utilizing the Eiver Front as a site for the Great Exposition, and its. JULIUS S. WALSH, Chairman Transportation Committee and Member Committee on Agriculture. GEORGE L. EDWARDS, Chairman of the Committee on Concessions. retention as a permanent location and beauty spot, was considered by amajority of the committee to be the best of any yet proposed. THE DELEGATE CONVENTION. On Xoveraber 28, 1898, following half a score of meetings—generally in-formal—held by the Plan and Organization Committee, since the Septembermeeting, a meeting of the Committee of Fifty was held at the rooms of theMissouri Historical Societj, Professor Snow presiding. At this meeting theCommittee of Ten on Plans and Organization, submitted its first report andoifered the following resolution, which ^^as adopted: EESOLVED, There shall be held a Conventiou of Delegates from the sev-eral States and Territories in the Louisiana Purchase in the city of , Mo., not later than the Tenth day of


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