Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-15
He Will Deliver It at Capitol Base
Ball Park.
FIRST COME TO Be FIRST SERVED
No Tickets of Admission and No
Reserved Seats.
OFFICERS OF THE MEETING

Candidate William Jennings Bryan will
arrive in this city from Richmond, Va,
next Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
He will be met at the Pennsylvania depot
by a committee representing the united
democracy Of the District of Columbia, and
will be escorted to the Capitol Base Ball
Park, at the corner of North Capitol and
G streets, where he will deliver an address
in support Of the principles he is advocat-
ing in the pending campaign. These facts
were settled at a meeting Of tho joint COM
mittee on organization held at Myers Hotel
last night, with Mr.. John A. Clarke in the
chair and Mr.. Thomas F. Cook as secre-
tary. The acceptance by Col. James G.
Berret Of the invitation to preside over the
meeting, which was published in yester-
days Star, was read, and vice presidents
were announced as follows:
Lawrence Gardner, Jesse B. Wilson, John
w. Ross, Stilson Hutchins, w. M. Stew
art, Marion Butler, D. S. Walker. William
Dickson. James L. Norris, John Boyle, Will
lam Holmead, George Killeen. E: L. Jor-
Hume. E. v. Brookshire. J. F. Rixey. E.
E. Meredith. H. N. Rusk, Hallet Kilbourn.
J. A. Willard, H. c. Bell, A. B. Fleming.
H. o. Bannon, w. B. Smoot, w. J. Hend-
kahlert, Andrew Loeftier. L. P. Krey, w.
Miller, Louis Behrens, Jacob Beck, Rev.
Alex. Kent, James Kerr, Howard Mutchler,
R. J. Bright. w: c. McIntire. A: J. Wed
Shelton. w: NJ. Edmunds, J. w. Drew,
John w. Thomas, J. c. Ergood, J. K.
Mangum, c. L. Campbell. J. 7. Moylan.
e. w. .Ayres, ]. A. Rudd. r. C. Lewis, E.
F; Buckley. James Reagan, Daniel Hannah,
Clinton Furbish. J; F; Ryan. R. !. Elem
ing, c. ]. Hillyer, j. NJ. Devine, Blair Lee,
r. E. Diffenderfer, o. B. Hallam, L. l.
Handy. W. Simmons, J. w. Hayes. H. B.
Martin, J: B: McHugh. w. Silver, NJ. F.
Doyle, H. L. Biscoe. Harold Benedict, E.
H. Newmeyer, F. p Hosford, c. W. Handy,
John A. Clarke, j. Fred Kelley. Arthur
Small. Jackson Yates, c. A. Bowman and
E. r. Kelly.
The secretaries will be Thomas F. Cook,
William Houghtaling, M. w. Wines, DR..
Charles Allen, ]. F. Duhamel, 3. F. Clay
ton, E. w. Anderson, and r. N Harper.
The members Of the press committee are
John Boyle, Clusky Cromwell, H. L. Mer-
rick, Robert ]. Wynne, O'Brien Moore and
M. F. Tighe.
Several Resolutions Passed.
A resolution extending the thanks Of the
committee to Senator Faulkner for his
successful effort to secure the east front
of the Capitol for the proposed meeting
and to Vice President Stevenson and Speak
er Reed for their consent to the use of
that building. was passed. A resolution
was also adopted that no tickets of ad-
mission be issued to Capitol Park, and
that the only seats reserved in the in
closure will be those on the platform for
the officers Of the meeting and the speak
ers. 1t was decided that there would be
no general parade or procession, but that
there could be no objection % organiza-
tons marching in bodies to the place of the
meeting. All bands, however, will cease
playing as soon as the park is reached, as
the committee on arrangements has pro-
vided for this part of the program. Col.
William Dickson will provide badges for
the vice presidents and the members of
the committee.
The big Bryan and Sewall banner of the
democratic central committee will be
swung across the avenue from in front of
the Metropolitan Hotel tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock, and a meeting of that
body will precede the ceremonies attend
ant upon this function.
No Seats for the Public.
The committee has also decided that no
mounted men will be allowed in the in
closure, and this will probably prevent
clubs in Maryland and Virginia from
carrying out their intention of coming to
the meeting on horseback. If the grand
stand and bleachers were available for the
crowds to use during the meeting, there
might be room in the grounds for the &C
commodation of mounted organizations
as well as InOSe Oh IOOt Dul tnere Will be
no admission to the stands in the park,
because they are very old and the timbers
are too rotten to bear any great weight.
Consequently the grand stand and bleach
ers will be closed to all, and policemen and
guards will prevent the crowds from &C.
cupying them. The general public will,
therefore, be compelled to stand during
the meeting, the only seats being those on
the speakers platform, which will be re-
served for the speakers, the officers of the
meeting, and the members Of the press.
The location of this platform is occasion
ing considerable thought on the part of the
committee. It is pointed out that If it is
erected in the center Of the grounds, as
many favor, it will be almost an impos-
sibility to- get Mr.: BRYAN through the
rives. or away from it when he is ready to
make his departure. Owing to thu con-
sideration, 1t may be decided to erdet the
platform at one end or one side of the
park, and provide an entrance to it from
the street, so that the crowds cannot In