The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-20
Details of Notification Have
Been Completed.
Committee Will Meet Distin-
guished Guest at Atch isOn.
BEGIN AT 3 O'CLOCK.
Notification Ceremony Opened
BY David Overmyer.
Chief Justice DOster to Follow
in 3O-Minute Speech.

All the details for the Bryan notifica-
tion meeting have been arranged and ev-
cry committee has got it's share of the
business in good working order.
A special committee composed of ex-
Governors John w. Leedy, L. d. Level
ling and John P. ST. John, Judge s. H.
Allen, John w. Breidenthal, John Mad
den, Senator w. A. Harris, Col. E. c.
Little, o. T. Boaz and Jerry Simpson
will meet Mr.. Bryan in Atchison at $50
the morning of the 2Sd. they will take
breakfast there with him and will ac-
company him to Topeka.
The local reception committee will
meet the party at the depot and with the
Topeka City Troop will escort them to
the National hotel where Mr.. Bryan will
meet the notification committee, the COM
mittee representing Topeka and the
present state officers. All other COM
mittees including the general state COM
mittee will meet Mr.. Bryan at the Craw-
ford Opera House. This has been ar
ranged because the hotel parlorS will not
accommodate the large general commit
tee which includes 250 members.
The committee on programme has de-
cided to begin the notification ceremony
at o'clock at the stand in the northwest
corner of the state house grounds which
will be decorated according to designs
furnished by Otto Langhanke of Crosby
Bros The meetingi will be called to or
der by Chairman Ridgely of the Populist
state committee, and an address of well
come will be delivered by David Over
myer. Judge DOster will deliver a 80
minute speech in which he will deal with
the constitutional questions arising from
the attitude of the Republicans in deal
ing with our new island possessions.
Marion Butler, permanent chairman of
the ceremonies will be introduced and
will take charge of the notification ex-
ercises proper. Mr. T. NJ. Patterson,
chairman of the notification committee
will then deliver the notification address
which will be followed by the reply of
Mr.. Bryan. An informal reception will
be held at the speakers stand after Mr..
Bryan's address, but the time devoted
to that will be necessarily short as Mr..
Bryan will have to get supper and take
the Union Pasif1s west at o'clock.
In the evening there will be two meet
ings, one at Garfield park and one in the
state house grounds. The meetings will
be addressed by T. M. Patterson. editor
of the Rocky Mountain News, Webster
Davis, Cyclone Davis, J. B. Weaver and
other prominent speakers.
A great many letters and telephone
messag ges have been received at the Pop
ulist headquarters which go to show
that an enormous crowd will be here. A
special train Will come from NOrtOnVille
following the train which carries Mr..
Bryan and the committee. Special trains
will also come from Ottawa, Garnett
Lawrence and Emporia. There will be
others but these places have already
notified the committee of their inten-
tion.
The committee on decorations will be-
gin their work Wednesday and expect to
have their work well under way by
Thursday morning. The local reception
committee will meet Wednesday evening
at 7O6 Kansas avenue where their head
quarters have been established.
John A. Atwood and several other.
prominent Kansas speakers will accom-
pany Mr.. Bryan when he leaves Topeka
and Will assist in the meetings in Man.
haitian MaFWSVilin VVh n haI
on the Z4th. They will also speak in
several Nebraska towns. Senator Mar
ion Butler, chairman of the Populist ma
uOnal committee, and j. H Edmiston
vice chairman of that committee will
probably remain in Topeka the evening
OF the 23d and assist at the meeting.
The local reception committee was
completed Saturday night and consist
of the following:
J. S Ensminger, T. ]. Anderson. P.
I. Bonebrake, L. M. PenweIl, George w.
]. A Davis c. A. Fellows, L. A Steb-
bins, T. M. Hanley. w. c. Stephenson.
Hugh Lawler, D. H. Morgan. F. M.
Newland, Albert Griffin, W. I. Miller,
ison, Will S. Fulton, F. s. Stevens. r. L.
Cofran, j. s. Coe, Otis S. Allen. r. B.
kepley, Dan Clements, E. S. Hunter
2. ]. Monaghan. James Warner. DR.. H.
A. Warner, c. S. Eagle, c. B. Samson,
B. P COlville, John Schmidt W. r.
Hazen, F. H. Webster, Joe McLatchy
E. Whipple, w. F. Schoch, T. H. Lesch-
er, H. c. Fraser E. f. Randolph, w w
Alkire, George 5. Payne, D. AmmeI F.
w Leech, F. B. Chase, c. L. Wood. A
s. Huling, A Hirbour, Charles Wander
pool, James Mitchell, E. c. Arnold w.
H. Whitmore, /. G. Beal, P. c. Thomas,
w. c. Reyton, Samuel Parr, H. o. Gar
vey, c. K Holiday, R. c. Wallace. DR..
L. Y Grubbs, J. ]. O'Connor, John
Dyal: NJ Heerey, r. H Harrington. D.
r. Coe, J. r. McKeever. o. F. Ohm
stead, Eng Latimer, ]. NJ. Senter. F.
Collins, J. o. Brintnall, H. c. Root, o.
c. Neiswender. F. H Foster. A. B. Ben
son, Frank Zinghein, H. c. Rushmore
]. H. Oberly, Barney Leah, c. D. Small,
David Ward, J. B. Jeffers, J. P. Berry
A. NJ. Petro, d. T. Gregg, A. S. Kane,
S. kimes, w. NJ. Spear, A. c. Wallace
Fred Krauss. ]. ICromwell. E. Gaume
This committee is requested to meet
at 7O6 Kansas avenue Wednesday even