Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-04-28
DELEGATES TO
BANQUET WITH
BRYAN AND BUTLER
A Dollar Dinner in Preparation for
One Thousand Populist Dele
gates and Friends at
Omaha May 9TH.

The Peter Cooper Club of Omaha
have sent out invitations for the lar
gest Dollar Dinner ever spread in the
history of the country. The occasion
is on the evening of the day when
most of the Peoples Party Delegates
to their National Convention are ex.
pected to be passing through Omaha
and this entertainment will unques-
tionably be the largest gathering OF it's
character ever held in the west In all
proba bil;ty the majority of the dele
gates to Sioux Falls will make it
point to have their tickets read "by
way of OMAHA" and attend the ban
quet and 60 out on the clubs train.
Mr.. Byran, General Weaver, Governor
Poynter and others have already noti-
fec the club of their intention to be
present and acceptance of invitations
to speak. Aside from the club men,
bership, which mum bers several hun
dred active workers in the populist
ranks from every section of the state,
and hundreds of distinguished men
from various parts of the nation will be
present, making this one of the most
important and memorable gatherings
which has ever taken place since the
party was organized.
which a thousand guests are invited
will be at the Coliseum (the great ma
tional convention hall of the Populist
party in 1892 on the evening of May
7th.
On the day OF the banquet the club
headquarters will be at the Paxton
hotel. With special street car SER
vice the party will be taken to the
Coliseum and be seated at the tables
at o'clock. The service begins thus
early with view of having ample
time for the dinner and speechmaking
in order that the clubs special train,
which is scheduled to start from the
Union Depot out of Omaha for Sioux
Falls at half past eleven o'clock, may
not be delayed. This train will reach
Sioux Falls next morning about 8
o'clock The club will undertake to
arrange there for specially served
breakfast to our party.
BANQUET TICKETS.
This is a dollar dinner, elegant in
its simplicity, and the disting uished
men present and the eve of our nation
al convention gives added dignity to
the occasion. The tickets will be ap-
portioned among the out-of-state
guests, state guests and city guests.
Assignments have been made for Col
orado and Secretary Gray, at Denver,
and National Committeeman Vincent
at Boulder. are registering ticket Or
ders as fast as they are made known.
Orders for tickets should be given or
sent with remittance to either of them
at the earliest possible moment or
should be sent to Warwick Saunders,
secretary of the club, at 500 South
Twelfth street, Omaha. The pur
chaser should instruct whether h e
should at once mail his ticket to him
or hold it subject to call on the day of
the banquet at the club headquarters
in the rotunda of the Paxton hotel. |
All correspondence will be promptly
attended to- The rule first come,
first served" will be observed.
The Colorado Committee are arrang-
ing for the State delegation, together
with as many Of the visitors who con-
template attending either the Dollar
Dinner or the National Convention to
leave Denver on Sunday night, May 6,
and arrive in Omaha Monday after
noon. This delegation will have
special Pullman which will be at the
command of all guests for sleeping
quarters while at Sioux Falls, at Oma-
ha, this car will be attached to the
Peter Cooper clubs special train out of
Omaha to Sioux Falls which is sched-
uled to run as follows: Leaving union
depot at about 1880 p. m (time defn
itely announced at the banquet table,
over c. & N. w., Omaha to Missouri
Valleys c & P, Missouri Valley to
Sioux City, and c, St T, N & o., Sioux
City to Sioux Falls, arriving at the des-
tinalion about 8 o'clock the following
morning.
AS TO RATES.
Committem Vincent and Gray have
lrranged that straight cut of one