Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-29
NEBRASKANS FAVORED
THEY ARE ACCORDED HONOR OF
MEETING BRYAN FIRST.

There will be no clash between the Ne
braska delegation and the official reception
committee when William ]. Bryan arrives
at quarantine this afternoon on the North
German Lloyd steamship Pr1nzessin Irene.
James C. Dahlman, the cowboy" mayor
of Omaha, will not have to rope" the
returning Nebraskan to prevent his going
aboard the private yacht of Edward H.
Goltra of St. Louis. To avoid a clash and
have everything pass off peacefully, it was
Informally declared yesterday to ask Mr..
Bryan to step directly from the Prinzessin
Irene to the special tug bearing his Nebras-
ka neighbors, and spend the first hour or
two of his return to America with them.
After he has shaken hands with them all
and heard the latest news from his home,
he will be conveyed to Mr.. Goltra's yacht,
and there, in the company OF Norman r.
Mack of Buffalo, Lewis Nixon and two
or three other democrats of prominence,
will spend the night in rest.
Although it was not believed that Mayor
Dahlman would take rope down the bay
with him and make a serious attempt to
catch the returning candidate, 1t was made
evident by Mr.. Dahlman and his followers
from Nebraska that they intended to steam
out to the Prinzessin Irene and demand
that Mr.. Bryan go ashore with them. When
Mayor Dahlman was asked IL he seriously
intended toimake use of a rope II necessary,
he said merely:
'Mr Bryan will come on board the Ne
braska boat frst-you can stake your big
gest bet on that!'
Yielded to Nebraskans.
It was then that decision was made to
bow to the wishes of the Nebraskans and
lie. them receive Mr.. Bryan first. One tug
was chartered by the Nebraskan delegation
yesterday, and If it cannot accommodate
no how 4 a
second one will be hired. They will start
down the bay early in the afternoon and
will range alongside the Prinzessin Irene
as soon as she makes quarantine. Passes
for Mayor Dahlman and two other members
Of the delegation to board the liner were
obtained from the customs department.
1--WE haven't any especial plans for meet
ing Mr.. Bryan" said Mayor Dahlman,
except that we will give him an old
fashioned Nebraska handshake and let him
understand that we're glad to see him
back Well handle him in a strictly
friendly and gentlemanly way for couple
of hours and then, If some yacht wants to
take him aboard to rest and talk business.
why. they can go as far as they like. Ne
braska will welcome him first. That's
what we came twenty-five hundred miles
to do"
With a few close personal friends Of
Mr.. Bryan aboard the Illini. 90-foot
steam yacht belonging to Mr.. Goltra, left
Pier A, at the Battery, at 9 o'clock
tnlS morning 70 lay III walt LOT the fTiH-
cess Irene. 1t was the original intention
to take Mr.. Bryan off the liner at Sandy
Hook, but that could not be done.
No word had been received from the
Princess Irene up to early this morning.
and it was said by the officials of the line
that she would probably not reach quar-
antine before or 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Ordinarily she would get in late in the at
ternoon. but in this case. it was said. an
extra effort might be made to make time.
Thousands to Arrive Today.
Thousands of democrats will arrive to-
day. Several trains from st. Louis, bear
ing clubs and citizen delegations. will
come in during the early afternoon and
special trains from the chief cities of prac-
tically every state in the south will rum
BILE into the various stations. From Kan
persons. and they will be followed by spe-
cial trains from Maryland, North Carolina
and from many points in New York state.
One hundred prominent party members
from Illinois, headed by Charles Booschen-
stein, chairman of the state committee,
will reach here today.
Mayor Edward F. Dunno Of Chicago
will head delegation from the Iroquois
late yesterday afternoon. Roger c. Sulli-
van, who was indorsed by the democratic
state convention over the protest of Mr..
Bryan, also left Chicago for New York
Madison Square Garden tomorrow night
Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana, accompanied
by his family will arrive in New York today
Hotel Breslin The Alabama delegation
will be quartered at the Hoffman House.
and the Kansas contingent will have head
quarters at the Grand
Final Plans Perfected.
Final plans for the reception to Mr.
Bryan were perfected at a meeting of the
executive committee yesterday. There will
be no change in the program as originally
prepared. Harry w. Walker will call the
meeting to order and Augustus Thomas will
introduce Mr. Bryan.
The personnel of the delegation which will
accompany Mr.. Bryan In carriages from
the Battery to the Victoria Hotel when he
lands tomorrow afternoon was decided on.
Mr.. Bryan, Gov. Folk. Acting Mayor Nc
Gowan and William Hoge will be in the
first carriage; Tom L. Johnson, Alexander
Troup, Norman E. Mack and Nathan
Straus will be in the second: Augustus
Thomas. Fire Commissioner O'Brien, Rob-
ert Davis and Harry w. Walker in the
third; Mayor Dehlman of Omaha, Victor
Baughman, Daniel ]. Campau and John
Fox in the fourth; Mayor Fitzgerald of
Boston. Controller Metz. John w. Cox and
John w. Tomlinson in the fifth; William
Sulzer, Henry George, jr., Bird Coler and
Thomas L. Feitner in the sixth and Charles
F. Murphy, John F. Ahearn o. H. P. Bel
mont ana Lewis NIXON IN the seventh.
Members of the Nebraska delegation call
ed on Acting Mayor MCGOWAN yesterday,
had boat ride in the afternoon and in the
evening went down to Luna Park as
guests of Skip Dundy, whom most of
them knew In Omaha. They had a special
meeting at 10 o'clock this morning at the
Victoria Hotel and perfected the plans for
their trip down the bay to meet Mr.. Bryan.
Details Of the Drive.
He will be met at the Battery by Acting
Mayor MCGOWAN, William Hoge. president
Of the Commercial Travellers Antitrust
League. and Gov. Folk of Missouri, who
will ride with Bryan at the head of an in
formal parade, followed by other demo-
cratic dignitaries in carriages, with a spe-
cial escort of the seven democratic mayors.
The route will be up Broadway to 5Oth
street, to 9Th avenue and thence to the
Hotel Victoria.
In the leading carriages will be:
Carriage No. 1-Col. Bryan, Gov. Folk,
Mayor MCGOWAN, William Hoge.
Carriage No 2-Tom L. Johnson, Alex
ander Troup, Norman E. Mack, Nathan
Straus.
Carriage No. 3-Augustus Thomas, Com
missioner O'Brien, Robert Davis, Harry w.
Walker.
Carriage No. Mayor Dahlman of Oma-
ha, Gen. Victor Baughman, Daniel ]. Camp
bell, John Fox.
Carriage No. 5-Mayor Fitzgerald of Bos-
ton Controller Metz John w Cox John