The San Francisco call., 1896-10-24
To FITLY WELCOME
t THOMAS B, REED
Preparations for the Nam.
moth Parade Next
Saturday.
The Patriot From Maine Will
Receive a Most Royal
Reception.
A SPEECH IN THE EVENING.
There Will Also Be Big Turnout
Tonight in San Jose of Uni
formed Clubs.

. The Republican State Central Commit
tee and the National Repu blican Parade
Committee are making elaborate prepara-
tions for the reception of Thomas B. Reed
of Maine and the big procession on Satur-
day, week from to-day.
Mr.. Reed will arrive in Los Angeles by
the Santa Fe route next Tuesday at 1:25
P. N, accompanied by his daughter,
Kittie. He will be received at the depot
yby q delegation of prominent citizens,
both Democrats and Republicans, who are
\ sound-money men, and will be escorted
into the city with great glory. A half
holiday will be declared on that day in the
city and county of Los Angeles, and all
the stores, workshops and manufactures
will be closed. 1t is expected that there
will be at least 10000 people in line.
Mr.. Reed will speak III Los Angeles in
the afternoon of that day, and will leave
in the evening for Stockton, where he will
speak on Wednesday. 1t was his own
desire to go to Stockton, because that had
been the home of his youth and the place
where he taught aicountry school. His
daughter, KitIie, has also expressed de-
sire to see the place where her father
made his first start in life. Thence he
will 20 to San Jose and speak there on
Thursday. On Friday he will speak in,
Santa Rosa, and on Saturday he will come
TO this City to review the parade IN the
afternoon, and in the evening he will
speak in Woodward's Gardens Pavilion.
He will remain here on Sunday. and will
speak in Oakland next Monday.
Preparations for the big parade to be
held here Saturday next are being pushed
forward nergetically by the committee OF
which Frank Sumner is chairman, and by
Grand Marshal George Stone. the follow
ing letter was received by Colonel Sumner
yesterday from the Republican State Cen
trail Committee:
M Dear Colonel. After consultation with
number of party leaders this committee has
arrived at the conclusion that it would con-
serve the best interests OF the Repu bltcan
cause If our great parade were held in the aft
ernoon instead of evening as originality
planned, inasmueh as the Hon. Thomas B.
Reed IS billed 10 speak at the Pavilion that
night and we desire 10 have as large an atten-
dance OF voters at his meeting as possible, and
thus httingly close our campaign in q blaze of
glory, which will enable us to take on our
gloves for final work that will permit US to in
dulge in a good, hearty handshake over the |
result on Novembe 4.
In view OF the above conditions this COM |
mittee, as well as myself personally, would es- |
TEEN it q favor If you will cooperate with us
TO the end that the projected parade be brought |
of in the daytime instead OF the evening.
Trusting that you viii coincide in our views !
and hoping soon 10 receive favorable reply, |
am, my dear colonel, yours very truly,
Colonel Sumner thereupon transmitted
the following 10 Colonel Stone, the grand
marshal OF the parade:
Dear Sir: The Republican State committee
has just been informed that Hon. Thomas B.
Reed OF Maine viii speak in this City on Sstur-
day evening, October 81. We have been asked
10 change the hour for paradiug TO the after
noon OF the same day and to join with the
State committee in making 1t the day OF the
campaign.
Believing this to be the wisest course the
parade committee has adopted the suggestion, |
and would ask every Repu blican club within |
ness and laboring men of this City TO make it |
the grandest and most impressive political |
demonstration ever known IN the West Very |
truly yours, FRANK W. SUMNER, Chairman.
Colonel Stone said yesterday: "We |
want to make this the big est demonstra- /
tion that this City has ever seen. My idea |
is that the uniform clubs of this City shall |
then form as an escort in the evening with /
torches and transparencies for the pur- I
pose of marching with Mr.. Reed TO the
Pavilion. The galleries will be reserved |
for the uniformed clubs and the ladies. 1t
is our intention to make the day a half
holiday, and ii is expected that. the Repub-
Gcans and sOund-noneY Democrats will
close their places of business next Satur-
day at noon.
1--WE propose also to ask all Republican
organizations within reach of the City and
business men generally from the surround
ing towns to join US in the parade. Oak
land and Alameda will turn out in very
liberal numbers, and from whst l have
already heard l think that without any
doubt we can have between $4,000 and |
1000 men IN line.
THE transpaFencies of the afternoon |
parade will nave National notices, with /
nothing of a local character except the |
name of the club. The parade will start |
at o'clock in the afternoon, and the |
route of procession will probably be out |
Howard street to Tenth or Twelfth, to |
Market, down Market, taking in portion |
OF Kearny and Montgomery. Each man |
II the parade will carry an American flag, |
Ut being declared by the Republican Ma |
tional Committee TO be flag day. All |
Republicans on that day are requested to |
float the stars and stripes from their places |
of residence and business"
Petitions, of which the following is the |
heading, are being circulated among the |
business houses:
We, the undersigned. hereby agree to close |
our respective esta blishments at noon on Sat- |
urdav, October 81, an order to enable all our |
EN- ployes who desire to participate in day |
demonstration in honor OF Mckinley aad |
Hobart ana in favor OF patriotism, protection |
and sound money.
The thanks of the State Central Com
'mittee are due to +. w. Van Sieklen aud |
w. II. Rank of Oakland for collecting the |
money with which to defray Mr.. Reeds |
expenses in coming TO San Francisco.