CHAPTER II.

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION.

Complete Roster of the Men Who Speak for the Nation and the States and Territories They Represent
and the Places of Their Residence — Complete List of Officers— Members of the National Executive
Committee and Board of Reference and Control.

HE following is a complete list of the names of the National
Commissioners and their places of residence as at present
constituted. It will be seen that every State and Territory
is represented, including far-off Alaska and the District of
Columbia. There is also presented the names of alternates
and the places of their residence. Many of these have
served at one time or another during the many meetings
that have taken place. Also names of officers of the Com-
mission, officers of the Executive Committee, and of the
Board of Reference and Control.

President HON. THOMAS W. PALMER,of Michigan.

First Vice-President HON. THOMAS M. WALLER, of Connecticut.

Second Vice-President M. H. DE YOUNG ,of California.

Third Vice-President DAVIDSON B. PENN, of Louisiana.

Fourth Vice-President GORTON W. ALLEN, of New York.

Fifth Vice-President ALEXANDER B. ANDREWS, of North Carolina.

Secretary HON. JOHN T. DICKINSON, of Texas.

Vice -Chairman Executive Committee. HARVEY P. PLATT, Toledo, Ohio.

COMMISSIONERS-AT-LARGE.

COMMISSIONERS. — Augustus G. Bullock, Worcester, Mass.; Gorton W. Allen,
Auburn, N. Y.; Peter A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. Pa.; Thomas W. Palmer,
Detroit, Mich.; R. W. Furnas, Brownville, Neb.; Patrick P. Walsh, Augusta, Ga.;
Henry Exall, Dallas, Tex.; Mark L. McDonald, Santa Rosa, Cal.

ALTERNATES. — Henry Ingalls, Wiscasset, Me.; Louis Fitzgerald, New York,
N. Y.; John W. Chalfant, Pittsburg, Pa.; James Oliver, South Bend, Ind.; Hale G,
Parker, St. Louis, Mo.; John B. Castleman, Louisville, Ky.; H. C. King, San
Antonio, Tex.; Thomas Burke, Seattle, Wash.

COMMISSIONERS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

COMMISSIONERS. — Alexander T. Britton, Washington; Albert A. Wilson,
Washington.

ALTERNATES. — E. Kurtz Johnson, Washington; Dorsey Clagett, Washington

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COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATES.

Alabama. — Commissioners — Fred'kG. Bromberg, Mobile; Oscar R. Hundley,
Huntsville. Alternates— Gotthold L. Werth, Montgomery; William S. Hull,
Sheffield.

Arkansas. — Commissioners — J. T. W. Tillar, Little Rock; J. H. Clendening,
Fort Smith. Alternates — James T. Mitchell, Little Rock; Thomas H. Leslie,
Stuttgart.

California. — Commissioners — Michel H. De Young, San Francisco; William
Forsyth, Fresno. Alternates — George Hazleton, San Francisco; Russ D.Stephens,
Sacramento.

Colorado. — Commissioners — Roswell E. Goodell, Leadville; Joseph H.
Smith, Denver. Alternates — Henry B. Gillespie, Aspen; O. C. French, New
Windsor.

Connecticut. — Commissioners — Leverett Brainard, Hartford; Thomas M.
Waller, New London. Alternates — Charles F. Brooker, Torrington; Charles R.
Baldwin, Waterbury.

Delaware. — Commissioners — George V. Massey, Dover; Willard Hall Porter,
Wilmington. Alternates — Charles F. Richards, Georgetown; William Salisbury,
Dover.

Florida. — Commissioners — C. F. A. Bielly, De Land; Richard Turnbull,
Monticello. — Alternates — Dudley W. Adams, Tangerine; Jesse T. Bernard, Talla-
hassee-
Georgia. — Commissioners — Lafayette McLaws, Savannah; Charlton H. Way,
Savannah. Alternates — James Longstreet, Gainesville; John W. Clark, Augusta.

Idaho. — Commissioners — George A. Manning, Post Falls; John E. Stearns,
Nampa. Alternates — A. J. Crook, Hailey; John M. Burke, Wardner.

Illinois. — Commissioners — Charles H. Deere, Moline; Adlai T. Ewing, 38
Montauk Block, Chicago. Alternates — La Fayette Funk, Shirley; De Witt Smith,
Springfield.

Indiana. — Commissioners — Thomas E. Garvin, Evansville; Elijah B. Martin-
dale, Indianapolis. Alternates — William E. McLean, Terre Haute; Charles M.
Travis, Crawfordsville.

Iowa. — Commissioners — Joseph Eiboeck, Des Moines; William F. King,
Mount Vernon. Alternates — Charles E. Whiting, Whiting; John Hayes, Red
Oak.

Kansas. — Commissioners — Charles K. Holliday, Jr., Topeka; J. R. Burton,
Abilene. Alternates — M. D. Henry, Independence; S. H. Lanyon, Pittsburg.

Kentucky. — Commissioners — John Bennett, Richmond; James A. McKenzie,
Oak Grove. Alternates — David H. Commingore, Covington ; John S. Morris,
Louisville.

Louisiana. — Commissioners — Davidson B. Penn, Newellton ; Thomas J-
Woodward, New Orleans. Alternates — Alphonse Le Due, New Orleans; P. J.
McMahon, Tangipahoa.

Maine. — Commissioners — Augustus R. Bixby, Skowhegan; William G.

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Davis, Portland. Alternates — James A. Boardman, Bangor; Clark S. Edwards,
Bethel.

Maryland. — Commissioners — James Hodges, Baltimore; Lloyd Lowndes;
Cumberland. Alternates — George M. Upshur, Snow Hill; Daniel E. Conkling,
Baltimore.

Massachusetts. — -Commissioners — Francis W. Breed, Lynn; Thomas E.
Proctor, Boston. Alternates — George P. Ladd, Spencer ; Charles E. Adams,
Lowell.

Michigan. — Commissioners — M. Henry Lane, Kalamazoo; George H. Bar-
bour, Detroit. Alternates — Ernest B. Fisher, Grand Rapids; Lyman D. Norris,
Grand Rapids.

Minnesota. — Commissioners — H. B. More, Duluth; Orson V.Tousley, Minne-
apolis. Alternates — Thomas C. Kurtz, Moorehead; Muret N. Leland, Wells.

Mississippi. — Commissioners — Joseph M. Bynum, Rienzi; Robert L. Saun-
ders, Jackson. Alternates— Fred W. Collins, Summit; Joseph H. Brinker, West
Point.

Missouri. — Commissioners — Thomas B. Bullene, Kansas City; Charles H.
Jones, St. Louis. Alternates — O. H. Picher, Joplin; R. L. McDonald, St. Joseph.

Montana. — Commissioners — Lewis H. Hershfield, Helena; Armistead H.
Mitchell, Deer Lodge City. Alternates — Benjamin F. White, Dillon; Timothy E.
Collins, Great Falls.

Nebraska. — Commissioners — Euclid Martin, Omaha; Albert G. Scott, Kear-
ney. Alternates — William L. May, Omaha; John Lauterbach, Fairbury.

Nevada. — Commissioners — James W. Haines, Genoa; George Russell, Elko.
Alternates — Enoch Strother, Virginia City. Richard Ryland, Reno.

New Hampshire. — Commissioners — Walter Aiken, Franklin; Charles D.
McDuffie, Manchester. Alternates— George Van Dyke, Lancaster; Frank E.
Kaley, Milford.

New Jersey. — Commissioners — William J. Sewell, Camden; Thomas Smith
Newark. Alternates — Frederick S. Fish, Newark; Edwin A. Stevens, Hoboken.

New York, — Commissioners — Chauncey M. Depew, New York; John Boyd
Thatcher, Albany. Alternates — James H. Breslin, New York; James Roosevelt,
Hyde Park.

North Carolina. — Commissioners — Alex. B. Andrews, Raleigh; Thomas B.
Keogh, Greensboro. Alternates — H. C. Carter, Fairfield; G. A. Bingham, Salisbury

North Dakota. — Commissioners — H. P. Rucker, Grand Forks; Martin Ryan,
Fargo. Alternates — Charles H. Stanley, Steele; Peter Cameron, Tyner.

Ohio. — Commissioners — Harvey P. Platt, Toledo; William Ritchie, Hamil-
ton. Alternates — Lucius C. Cron, Piqua; Adolph Pluemer, Cincinnati.

Oregon. — Commissioners — Henry Klippel, Jacksonville; Martin Wilkins,
Eugene City. Alternates — J. L. Morrow, Heppner; W. T. Wright, Union.

Pennsylvania. — Commissioners — R. Bruce Ricketts, Wilkes Barre; John W.
Woodside, Philadelphia. Alternates — George A. Macbeth, Pittsburg; John K.
Hallock, Erie.

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Rhode Island. — Commissioners — Lyman P. Goff, Pawtucket; Gardiner C.
Sims, Providence. Alternates — Jeffrey Hazard, Providence: Lorillard Spencer,
Newport.

South Carolina. — Commissioners — A. P. Butler, Columbia; John R. Cochran,
Walhalla. Alternates — E. L. Roche, Charleston; J. M. Tindal, Sumter.

South Dakota. — Commissioners — Merritt H. Day, Rapid City; William Mc-
Intyre, Watertown. Alternates — S. A.Ramsey, Woonsocket; L. S. Bullard, Pierre.

Tennessee. — Commissioners — Lewis T. Baxter, Nashville; Thomas L.
Williams, Knoxville. Alternates — Rush Strong, Knoxville; A. B. Hurt, Chatta-
nooga.

Texas. — Commissioners — Archelaus M. Cochran, Dallas; John T. Dickinson,
Austin. Alternates — Lock McDaniel, Anderson; Henry B. Andrews, San Antonio.

Vermont. — Commissioners — Henry H. Mclntyre, West Randolph; Bradley
B. Smalley, Burlington. Alternates — Aldace F. Walker, Rutland; A. S. Sibley,
Montpelier.

Virginia. — Commissioners — Virginius D. Groner, Norfolk; John T. Harris,
Harrisonburg. Alternates — Charles A. Heermans, Christiansburg; Alexander Mc-
Donald, Lynchburg.

Washington. — Commissioners — Henry Drum, Tacoma; Charles B. Hopkins,
Spokane Falls. Alternates — George F. Cummin, Cheney; Clarence B. Bagley,
Seattle.

West Virginia. — Commissioners — James D. Butte, Harper's Ferry; J. W. St.
Clair, Fayetteville. Alternates — -Wellington Vrooman, Parkersburg; John Cor-
coran, Wheeling.

Wisconsin. — Commissioners — Phil Allen, Jr., Mineral Point; John M. Co-
burn, West Salem. Alternates — David W. Curtis, Fort Atkinson; Myron Reed,
Superior.

Wyoming. — Commissioners — Asahel C. Beckwith, Evanston; Henry G. Hay,
Cheyenne. Alternates — Asa S. Mercer, Cheyenne; John J. McCormick, Sheridan.

TERRITORIES.

Alaska — Commissioners — Edward de Groff,Sitka; Louis L.Williams, Juneau.
Alternates — Carl Spuhn, Killisno; N. A. Fuller, Juneau.

Arizona. — Commissioners — George F. Coats, Phcenix; W. K. Meade, Tomb-
stone. Alternates — W. L. Van Horn, Flagstaff; Herbert H. Logan, Phcenix.

New Mexico. — Commissioners — Thomas C. Gutierres, Albuquerque; Richard