The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-27
NEbRASKAN THE
CENTRAL FIGURE
Reception to w. J. Bryan at
Madison Square Garden 0c-
ours This Week.
PROGRAM OF CoMMoNER
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
BAR ASSOCIATION.

The homecoming Of William J. Bryan,
after tour around the world, promises
TO inaugurate the real opening of the
GOmmoner's third campaign for the presi-
dency- Mr.. Bryan is a passenger on
board the North German I,toyd Steamer
PRINCESS Irene. which is expected to reach
New York next Wednesday or Thursday
Inc great popular reception to the Ne
oraskan will be held at Madison Square
garden Thursday evening under the aus
plces CT the Commercial Travellers Anti
Trust league. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of
Cleveland will preside at the reception
ana representative Democrats from all
sections OF the United States will be
present Mr.. Bryan is expected to make
a two hours speech and to address one or.
more open air meetings in Madison
square composed Of those who are un-
able TO gain admittance to the garden
Only a Beginning.
The Madison Square reception will be
put me beglnnlng of long series of SINH
lar affairs on smaller scale which will
end with a big public meeting of well
come when Mr. Bryan reaches home In
Lincoln, Neb.
so On Friday, the day after the Madison
square garden reception, Mr.. Bryan will
IeaVe Tor New Haven in company with a
IHdIge qelegatlon of his supporters. In
NeW haven he will be the guest of the
New Raven Democratic club and will
denver an address in the open air on the
central green.
Conference of Democrats.
An interesting feature of his visit to
the connecticut city will be a formal
conference of leading Democrats from all
the New England states. including candi-
oates Tor governor, mayors of some of the
sew ;EsngIand cities, Democratic state
committeeman and the New England
members of the Democratic national com
1nlttee. The conference, il is announced
IS Tor the purpose of agreeing upon a
common basis for the CAMPAIGNS of this
year and of two years hence. From New
Haven Mr.. Bryan will go to Bridgeport
where he will deliver. an address in the
evening, and on the following day he will
Saturday night he will be the guest of
Active newspaper men who cover political
assignments for their papers.
American Bar Association.
The annual national convention OF the
the American Bar association will he
held at st. Paul, beginning Wednesday.
II VIII be opened with the address of the
president. George r. Peck. The annual
ADDRESS will be delivered Thursday
The International League of Press
clubs will meet for their annual conven-
ton on Wednesday at Denver
An urgent meeting of the Canadian cabi-
net at Ottawa has been called for this
week. Questions pending between Can
ada and the United States are believed TO
have occasioned the call for the meeting.
Royal Baptism.
Emperor Williams grandson. the first
son of Crown Princess Frederick William
OF Hohenzollern. who was born at the
Marble palace at Potsdam July last
will be baptized Aug. %. King Edward
and the emperors of Austria and Russia
will be the godfathers. and in com
memoration of the event an imperial de-
cree has been published pardoning all per
sons convicted of lese majestic toward the
German emperor or any member of the
royal family. To mark the fact that the
child was born on the 4th of July. the
American colony at Berlin has resolved to
present him with a silver cup emblazoned
with the American flag and eagle An
elaborate ceremony has been arranged for
the christening.