Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-05
Great Committee Work

hand the comfort of the arriving
turn later-have done wonders. Dele
cations of them have met the incoming
specials miles out on the road, with
the glad hand sticking far out and the
smile that won't come off plastered in
most conspicuous position, and have
had a welcome for every individual
who was headed this way.
Up to last night most of the arrivals
were neighbors from the northern part
of the state; they came early so as to
exploit the attractions held in reserve
by San Francisco for the knights next
week, and they have very volubly
talked their own country ever since
they came. But the superb climate,
the delightful surroundings and the
open-handed hospitality of Los An
geles have astonished them, and they
have, like good Californians. dropped
any suggestion of rivalry and buckled
down to help entertain the eastern
visitors with right hearty good will
Thus the local committees are aided
in their fine employment by their
brothers of the north, and the fellow
feeling has impressed itself so strongly
on the easterners already here that
they talk of it as much as they do of
the country through which they have
passed.
Fasteners Come Today
The easterners are mostly due today.
The great event of this morning will be
the arrival of the special bearing Su-
preme Knight Hearn and the supreme
officers. This was to have come yes
terday. but bad connections delayed it.
A special committee goes down to San
Bernardino this morning to meet it,
and Sir Hearn will feel perfectly at
home ere he reaches town.
He and his party will be met on ar
rival here by another big reception
committee. augmented by the famous
League of the Cross band and drum
corps from San Francisco. which Or
ganization the Friscoites brought down
as a foretaste of what they had, and if
all they put forth is as good as this
band-well! This crack organization
vii; escort the supreme officers to the
Angelus, where most of them will be
quartered, beneath the shadow of the
wings of q very luxurious and much
lighted eagle which adorns the front
of that staid hostelry. Accompanying
them will be the famous Oxnard Rough
Riders, who are also here for escort
duty.
Other specials which are due from
time to time today carry delegations
from Denver. Topeka, Minneapolis and
ST. Paul, Kansas City, Buffalo, New
Orleans and other cities. Out on the
line each will be met by a special sub
committee, whose duty it will be to
answer all needful queries and to make
each knight feel perfectly at home be-
fore he even steps on the train. AS the
specials come in, the parties will be
be corralled and escorted to their ho-
tells by official guides and escorts, and
no one will be left to stray about aim
lessly and seek his own place unless
he so desires.
What to Do Here
The first thing for a knight to do
when he arrives Is to get an official
program. This he can obtain at the
information bureau in the Huntington
building, Sixth and Main streets, or at
any of the sub-stations in the hotels.
A simpler way will be to get today's
Herald, which contains the detailed
program, cut it out and put 1t in his
pocket. This is less cumbersome and
just as valuable. 1t gives every data
needful. Then have a good time-pre-
Stunning, of course. that you have been
quartered, for no committeeman is
permitted to leave you until you are
Only one big event is scheduled for to-
day and that is for tonight. Then comes
the official welcome to the city and the
reception open to anyone in the cham
her of commerce. This will begin at
o'clock and during its course there
will be addresses by United States
Senator Flint, acting Governor Ander-
son, j. o. Koephi, Mayor McAleer and
responses by Supreme Knight Edward
l.. Hearn, National Director George f.
Monaghan, National Treasurer p. ].
Grady Of Cleveland, State Deputy
Joseph A. Mercler of Montreal, Can;
State Deputy John G.. Ewing, Notre
Dame, Ind; Frank w. Smith, New
York City; State Chaplain Joseph
p. McQuade, San Francisco. The big
League of the Cross band will play
in Broadway and the whole will be ut
terly informal and free.
The women's reception committee.
headed by Madame Modjeska. will be
on hand to welcome the women and
thus will be formally opened the week
of gayety and pleasure.
But for those who will be here all
Gay today. with nothing on hand, there
has been arranged a free excursion to
Long Beach. svia the Pacific Electric
line. which starts from the Huntington
building. This begins at o'clock and
those who wish may seek this form of