The Jersey City news., 1906-08-29
WELCOME FOR BRYAN
Democratic Crowds In New York
Prepare to Greet Return
ing Nebraskan.
WILL DIsEMBARK ON YACHT.

vessel Chartered by Old Friend to axe
voyager From Liner - His Wishes
About Entering City to Be Respected.
Many Distinguished Members of Party
In Metropolis.
New York, Aug 20. - The Princess
Irene, with William J. Bryan and his
party on board, is due here. Four
hours after the ship is sighted at Fire
island she will be due at Quarantine
If she is sighted at Nantucket she will
be due at Quarantine twelve hours aft
er that time.
Visiting statesmen and commoners
are still disembarking from all the ar
irving trains to join the multitude that
will welcome Mr. Bryan to his home
country. Mr.. Bryan has been all
around the world since he left these
shores a year ago.
While the ship on which he is com
ing from the Mediterranean is due to-
day, the committee of arrangements
for his reception decided that his home
coming might be better late than nev-
er." So they fixed it that Mr. Bryan
Nay not touch the soil of Manhattan
Island till tomorrow afternoon, when
he will land at the Battery
Will Disembark on Yacht.
The palatial yacht Illini, chartered
by Edward F. Goltra of ST Louis, who
is an old school friend of Mr. Bryan,
will meet the Princess Irene at Quar-
antine and take off Mr.. and Mrs. Bry-
an, Miss Bryan, Colonel and Mrs Wet
more, Mr. and Mrs Dunlap and Mr..
Bradford, Mr.. Bryan's secretary.
The Bryan home folks" from Ne
braska want to take Mr. Bryan off on
their own tug, however. They have
chartered the tug Eugene f. Moran,
provisioned her for long cruise and
will set sail for Quarantine and the
open sea- Commodore Dave O'Brien
and Mayor J. G. Dahlman of Omaha,
in charge of the cruise, said that the
disposition of Mr. Bryan was in his
own hands.
'.We have" said O'Brien, "a permit
from the secretary of the treasury for
the mayor and another Nebraska may
or and myself to board the Princess
Irene and take Mr.. Bryan eff If he will
come. We will show himAour tug
alongside filled with his own home
folks If he wants to come with us
we will take care of him. If he
chooses to take the yacht alongside all
well and good. But we will have kept
the faith with our people in Nebraska.
We pledged them when we left that
we would meet Mr.. Bryan's ship and
take him ashore with his own folks.
If he doesn't want to go with us, why,
it's up to him."
Details to Be Left to Bryan.
All details will be left to Mr.. Bryan
himself. The only care of the commit
tee guarding him afioat is that he shall
not be seen on Manhattan Island be-
fore tomorrow.
Thomas Taggart arrived in time to
attend the luncheon which Mr. Mack
of Buffalo gave to the Nebraskans.
Mr.. Taggart said that he didn't know
that any meeting of the Democratic
national committee was called to oust
-him from the Craftsmanship, but the
press committee of the Bryan recep-
ton blithely announced that the ma
tional committee will meet at the Hoff-
man House. The press committee fail
ed to announce the arrival of Roger
Sullivan of Illinois, Mr.. Sullivan hav-
ing defeated his foes in the Illinois
convention, comes here to extend the
glad hand to Mr.. Bryan.
Governor Folk of Missouri is here,
and other distinguished statesmen are
expected to arrive during the day The
Democratic club will give public re
ception to all the out of town visitors,
with Adlai q. Stevenson as the chief
guest
Numerically the out of town visitors
have not yet taxed the resources of the
hospitality committee, but many thou
sands are expected.
There will be seven oIscial carriages
in the parade up Broadway. William
r. Hearst has not been assigned a
him and had their pictures taken out
side of the Gilsey House.
Mr.. Hearst in the first interview he
has given out in New York since he re-
turned from the west announced his
intention of attending the Bryan recep-
tion and calling upon Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Hearst was careful to make it
appear that he will do this personally
and not as the leader of >%he Inde-
pendence league, which will take no
part officially in the Bryan reception.
So that while Mr.. Hearst, the man, is
calling on Bryan, Mr.. Hearst, the can
didate, will be at the Independence
league headquarters. This distinction
will, it is expected, please the Bryan
men, while it will not offend the Inde-
pendence leaguers.
RooseveIt's Courtesy to Bryan.
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