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Upon  request  secretary  Randall  stated  to  the  meeting  that
it  must  be  clearly  recalled  that  this  centennial  celebration  was  by
and  under  the  auspices  of  the  Ohio  State  Archaeological  and
Historical  Society,  and  that  the  appropriation  of  $10,000  was  to
*he  Society  for  that  purpose  and  not  in  any  way  to  the  people  of
Chillicothe,  although  that  city  had  been  properly  selected  by  the
Society  as  the  place  for  the  celebration ;  that  the  Finance  Com-
mittee of  the  legislature  made  the  amount  $10,000  with  the  dis-
tinct understanding  that  out  of  it  was  to  be  paid  the  expense  of
issuing  a  volume  giving  in  full  the  proceedings  of  the  eenten-
nial,  and  that  the  publication  of  such  volume  would  probably  be
in  the  neighborhood  of  $2,500.
The  Secretary  gave  a  full  statement  of  the  state  of  affairs
to  this  time;  of  his  numerous  correspondence  with  the  proposed
speakers  and  also  gave  the  "tale  of  woe"  of  his  troubles  in  dealing
with  aspiring  individuals  who  desired  to  be  upon  the  program.
Their  names  were  legion ;  all  sorts  and  conditions  of  men  and
women;  also  various  classes  of  citizens  and  professions  who
wanted  to  be  represented.
*  *  *

On  May  8th  in  Room  40  of  the  Neil  House  was  held  a
meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Centennial  Com-
mission. It  convened  at  2:30  P.  M.  and  there  were  present
Messrs.  J.  Warren  Keifer;  D.  J.  Ryan;  R.  W.  Manly;  W\  H.
Hunter  and  E.  O.  Randall.  Gen.  Brinkerhoff  was  in  Atlanta,
Ga.,  and  Mr.  Gray  was  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.
Secretary  Randall  reported  that  on  May  5,  Governor  Nash
had  issued  a  proclamation  announcing  the  centennial,  which  proc-
lamation read  as  follows :

PROCLAMATION.
