The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-10
ARRANGEMENTS TO
WELCOME BRYAN
Last Nights Meeting at Met
ropoIitan Hall.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
A
THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE
ARE REPRESENTED.
EACH BY DELEGATES ON RECEP ION COM.
The Committee on Ways and Means to Meet at
10 O'clock This Morning at MetropoI-
tan Hall and That on Reception
at 8 O'clock This Afternoon

A wen attended meeting Of citizens
was held i'll Metropolitan Hall last might
TO perfect arrangements for the reception
of Hon. W. j. Bryan on his visit to
Raleigh ON Tuesday next Mayor Pow
ell presided and Mr.. W. B. Snow acted
as secretary of the meeting.
1t was mainly a business meeting, the
object being to appoint committees to
properly represent the city, county and
State on the occasion and to arrange the
details as to the time and place of the
speaking and to hear suggestions from
citizens
Mayor Powell named the committee to
receive MIR. Bryan in behalf of the city.
MIR. Russ suggested that Il committee
to represent the county he appointed also
and a motion to that effect was adopted
Mr.. Arendell thought that a committee
from the State at large should <be named
and after discussion 'by Messrs. Pou,
WOmack, Leach and others the plan was
adopted. On motion Of Armistead Jones
e. l.. Travis was named as the chairman
of the committee at large and a membe1
was appointed from each Congressional
district, beside all members Of the State
committee and delegates to the Chicago
convention.
\ letter from Middend0rfer the Rich
mond decorator, was read and referred
to the committee on Ways and Means.
1t was ordered that the committee on
WAYS and Means meet at Metropolitan
Hall at 10 O'clock this morning and every
member of it is earnestly requested to be
present. The sub-cCmmittees are to be
named at this meeting and their work
mapped out. 1t is also expected that the
place for the speaking viii be decided on,
The reception committee will meet at
the same place at o'clock this after
noon. The chairman will name at this
meeting sub-C committee to go on to Rich
mend to meet Mr.. Bryan and also am
other Subcommittee to meet his train at
Henderson. fine following committees
were named last night:
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
FROM R.AI.EIGH-A. NJ Powell
mayor, chairman; +. NJ. Simmons,
chairman Democratic State Committee;
Josephus Daniels. National Committee
man: Armistead Jones, chairman Demo
cratic County Executive Committee;
John w. Thompson. Secretary Demo
cratic State Committee; 7. B. Womack.
\. b. Broughton. w H. Hood, r. w
Dobbin. B. = Williamson. \. A. Thomp
son J. D. Boushall, J. G. Drewry, L.
II. Register, +. NJ Uzze, w. H. Cole
Il. b. Barbee, r. G. Bell, d. NJ. King,
Frank Strcnach. Jas. II. Pou, J. +
Pogue. w y. Jones. =. Il. Lacy, 7. W.
Honeycutt w L. Davis, J. A. Briggs
r. O. Faucette j. Il. Foster, e.. w.
Morris, NJ. T. Norris W. w. Parrish,
II. t. Hicks. l.. II. Adams, II. II.
Crocler, l.. 0. Burton. w. N. Russ, J.
c. Birdsong, NJ. W Page Sherwood
Higgs, 4. 7. Gray s. {. Pool, NJ. L.
Leach. r. II. Battle. Graham Haywood.
J. G. Ellington, $. y. Ashe, James Me
Glenn. n. w. West. !. r. Shepard
Joseph Blake. J. A. Pope, X @. King.
j. Il. Potter. Ed. Scarboro, w. q. Not
tingham. r.. NJ Fulman. l.. c. Bagwell.
r. T. Hornbuclle, A. f. Olmsted G. +.
Cock. a. B. Andrews. Jr., NJ. 5 Clark.
". Y. Clifton. J. $. Gray, E. L. Harris.
W. II. Day. II. +. Norris. II.
W. Jackson John W. Cross
$. G. Ryan. L. i. Bynum,
John Ward, o. ID. Green, John X.
Pike, C. $. Allen, +. l.. Fleming, W. a
Gattis. y. S. Hamilton, Fl. w. Miller,
T. r. Jones, S. r. Smith, j. W. McGee.
Jr. j. S. Correll Henry Perry.
WAKE COUNTY,. J. Edwards,
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