The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-26

The Local reception Committee Will
Meet Him at Biddeford.
William Jennings Bryan. the Popoorar-
10 candidate for President of the United
States, will arrive. in this oity on the
regular passenger train of the Boston &
Maine, western division, at 4.4O O'Clock
this afternoon.
All day yesterday the leading men of
the regular Democracy of Portland, were
busy making preparations for his recep-
tion. This ill take place in Railway
Square. stand for the speakers and the
reception committee being erected up
against the Union Station, at about the
place where the wall swells out to form
the private dining room of the cafe.
A reception committee will leave this
noon to meet Mr.. Bryan's train at Bid
deford, and escort him to Portland.
1t is not probable that many Portland
people will 60 on to Bath. as the meet-
ing here is expected to be well-nigh as
important as the meeting there.
Mr.. Bryan, accompanied by Mr.. Sew
all, expects to leave Manchester this
forenoon, and come to New Market
Juntion, N. II. There he will take the
western division train for Portland. COM
ing via Biddeford and Old Orchard. 1t
was thought ye sterday that as soon as
Mr.. Bryan should arrive he would pro-
coed at once to the platform and make
the address. It is probable that after
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with Mr.. Sewall and few others In the
private dining room.
From Portland the party will 60 on a
special train, which will probably leave
Union Station about $50 p. M, or not
long after the regular train. This train
is not expected to stop anywhere, al
though 1t is not improbable that Mr..
Bryan may be called out few moments
at Brunswick. But he will not sag much
there. because preparations have been
made to take big crowd on the special
train.
Bath tonight will probably be utterly
nongested. Besides the special train
which will leave Portland about 6. Is,
following the Bryan special, and taking
crowds all the way from here to Bath,
there will be special train from Lewis
ton to Bath. another from Skowhegan to
Bath. and still another from Rockland
to Bath. .---.
A Barnum & Bailey circus, magnif1ed
fifteen times. .could hardly bring such a
concourse into Bath as will probably be
there this evening.
The meeting In Railway Square in
Portland, will undoubtedly be very
large. The Republicans are as anxious
to Sue Bryan as they were to see Horace
Greeley in 1872; and will turn out with
as much interest.
A reception committee consisting of
the following gentlemen will proceed
TO Biddeford to met the candidate: Hon.
M. 2. Frank, Hon. Chas. II. Chase, Col.
John q. Cobb, Virgil G. Wilson, Thorn
as P. Beals, Spencer Rogers, Joseph A.
MCGOWAN, Samuel L. Bates, James n.
Mcdonald, Levi Greenleaf, Wyer Greene,
J. Il. Bradley. Geo. E. McQuillan, W.
H. Jeffrey, Luther Roberts, TIA. Burke,
VII. Sargent and Edmund G. Young.
E.E. Rogers has charge of firing the sa-
lutte, which will be from the Western
Promenade.
The fare to Bath and return by special
train, which will accommodate all who
wish to go, will be 81 for the round trip.
The Cadet band will play at Union
station and after the speaking will pro-
coed to Bath on the special train.