. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. nd devices indicating theirloyalty to party and their devotion to countrv. Under the same auspices, on the evening of June 19th, areception and mass meeting was held in the Academy of Music,presided over by the President of the Allied Republican Clubs,and addressed by United vStates vSenator John M. Thurston,former President of the National Repubhcan League, and others. The organization comprises the Philadelphia clubs in the Penn-sylvania vState League and is still maintained ready to respondt
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. nd devices indicating theirloyalty to party and their devotion to countrv. Under the same auspices, on the evening of June 19th, areception and mass meeting was held in the Academy of Music,presided over by the President of the Allied Republican Clubs,and addressed by United vStates vSenator John M. Thurston,former President of the National Repubhcan League, and others. The organization comprises the Philadelphia clubs in the Penn-sylvania vState League and is still maintained ready to respondto call for action. Its existence greatly simplified the workof preparing for the Jubilee celebration. At the meeting of the Allied Republican Clubs held January25, 1906, Charles H. Sayre, President of the Republican Clubsmoved that thePresident be authorized to. appoint a com-mittee to take into consideration the proposed celebration ofthe fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Republican motion was adopted and the movement excited so much 200 GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE REPUBLICAN interest that at the next meeting, February, more than 700 dele-gates attended, nearly every ward in the city being this meeting Charles H. vSayres, Chairman of the Committee on organization reported a plan forreorganization and a provisional pro-gramme for the Golden Jubilee cel-ebration, and the report was plan of reorganization pro-vided for the admission of three del-egates from each Republican Club ofPennsvlvania, Delaware and New Jer-sey and for government by the usualofficers and an Executive committeeappointed by the President. Contri-butions to a fund of SI0,000 to meetexpenses of the celebration were invitedand at this first meeting subscriptionsamounting to Si , were provisional programme adopt-ed was subtsantially the same as that which was subsequentlycarried out. Besides the Executive Committee, sub-committees wereappointed on
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