The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-27
BIRMINGHAM BRYAN
 CLUB GETS BUSY Committee on Arrangements
 Has Been Name1 HEADQUARTERS ARE NAMED Alabama Delegation to Join With the Commercial Travellers League In Welcoming MT. Bryan From
 His Trip Around World.
HEADQUARTERS ARE NAMED

The Bryan club of Birmingham. which
 has been an active organization since
 lee6, held meeting yesterday in the First | National Bank building for the purpose | of making arrangements for attending the l Bryan reception at Madison Square Gar l den New York, on August 30. The follow ing letter was read by John W. Tomlin- son from William Hoge, the president of the Commercial Travellers Antitrust league of New York, under whose aus
 pices the reception is to be given
 Way back in January I received a
 number of letters from the boys on the
 road, asking me why the Commercial Travellers Antitrust league did not ar range a reception to the Hon. William J..
 Bryan upon his return to New York after
 trip around the world. In obedience to
 these requests MT. Henry Walker and wrote to Air. Bryan. and he accepted the invitation of the Commercial Travellers
 Antitrust league MT. Bryan in his let ter said that he was antitrust, and also considerable of traveller and that he
 would be pleased to attend a reception. We also suggested something about ban quet, but Mir Bryan thought about the trouble there is in having a banquet and that it is always to certain extent ex- elusive.
 There have been a great many mis- | statements In the press regarding the
 management of this proposed reception.
 and l can but reterate the statement sent
 out through the Associated Press on be- | half of the league. It says
 "'The league is incorporated under the | laws of New York and its membership Is
 made up of travelling men from all parts of the country. It was very active in the | campaign of 1900, and MT. Bryan under stands all about the organization and it's
 membership and aims. Mr. Bryan has ac- cepted an invitation of the organization to
 give him a reception on his arrival here
 in Madison Square Garden. It was under
 stood in accepting the invitation that all
 of Mir. Bryan's old friends would be in
 vted to participate. In his letter to us Mr. Bryan so requested.
 "'A large portion of our membership Is
 in St. Louis and Kansas City. As a com
 piment to them, Governor Folk of Mis- souri has been selected as chairman of
 
 our members desire that Augustus Thom-
 as make the speech of welcome on behalf ! of the league
 "In order to have the matter of the re- ception as broad as possible, I have, on behalf of the organization, invited d num- l Der of prominent citizens in this and other
 states to cooperate with us.'
 Yesterday's Meetino It was unanimously decided at yester-
 days meeting that the club would at
 tend the reception to MT Bryan, and that
 the headquarters of the club would be at
 the Hoffman house, and all democrats of
 the state who could do so were extended an invitation to attend. The following arrangement committee was appointed: John W. Tomlinson. John c. Pugh. Sam
 w. John, Joseph H. Collins, John w. ONeill, E. W. Barrett, N. c. Miller. John
 L. Parker H. K. White, J. H. McCleary.
 R. M. Mccullough. R. P. Wetmore, J. s. Gillespy, w c. Garrett.
 A resolution was passed authorizing this committee to confer with the demo-
 crats of the state with a view of ar ranging for all democrats who care to attend to meet at the Honman mousse New York, on August 29 and 30 and go in
 body as a reception committee from
 Alabama and to participate in a general
 reception to MT. Bryan on his return from trip around the world Alabama demo-
 crats desiring to attend are requested to write to any one of the above committee or to William Hoge, president of the Com
 mercial Travellers Antitrust League, Headquarters Bryan Reception Commit-
 tee. Room 100, Hotel Victoria. Broadway and Twenty-seventh Street, New York. John l.. Parker, secretary, was instruct ed to write letters to all the railroads re- questing a one fare rate from all points in Alabama.