Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
INTEREST CENTERS
IN BRYAN SCOM|NG c
THREE DAYS OF PLEASURE
ANTICIPATED
Great Commoner Expected to Sound
Keynote That Will Lead DEM
ocrats to National VIC
tory in 1908

For three days, beginning one week
from tomorrow, Hon. William Jennings
Bryan vii! be in Los Angeles
An event has been planned for each
of the three days in which the general
public may participate.
| The first is a lecture which Mr.. Bry-
an will deliver at Simpson auditorium
on Monday night, January 2S There
will be charge of admission, but all
the proceeds above the actual expenses
will go into the treasury of the news
boys home.
On Tuesday night will be the second
event, banquet given in honor of
Mr.. Bryan and under the auspices of
| the Democratic club, but to which any
one who is fortunate enough to obtain
a ticket at So per plate may attend.
The third event will be a public re-
! ception given by the chamber of COM
merce and which will be held on the
second floor of the chamber on Broad
way. The reception will be held be-
tween 1870 and 1890. To this the
general public will be invited and each
caller will have the privilege of shak-
ing hands with the distinguished vis-
itor.
Practically an Official Welcome Q
The first person who will greet Mr.
| Bryan when the great Commoner steps
from the train will be Mayor A. c.
|
of Los Angeles VIII not as the mayor
of the city welcome Mr.. Bryan the
| fact that the chairman of the recep-
ton committee is the mayor of the
city will give the reception an official
appearance.
Having completed it's duties of map
ping out the general plan of entertain
ing Mr.. Bryan the original committee
on arrangements, composed of twenty
five leading Democrats, including May
or Harper, Timothy Spellacy, chair
man of the Democratic state central
committee; Nathan Cole, jr., chairman
of the Southern California auxiliary
of the state Democratic committee:
Anthony Schwamm, chairman of the
county Democratic committee: DR.. D.
w. Edelman, chairman of the city
Democratic committee, and Eugene
Germain president of the Democratic
club, resolved itself into a committee
with Mayor Harper as chairman, to
welcome Mr.. Bryan at the depot upon
his arrival.
Wants No Display
In accordance with Mr.. Bryan's eX-
pressed wish, there will be no display
upon his arrival The committee will
gather at the Arcade depot on the
morning of Monday January 2S. and
be in waiting on the platform when the
train from the north, bearing Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan, arrives.
Mayor Harper will be the first to
welcome Mr.. Bryan, and after an in
formal greeting the visitors will be
conducted to carriages in waiting ana
conveyed to the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Cole, jr., close personal
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, where
the visitors Will be entertained during
their stay in Los Angeles.
After the reception at the depot it
is expected that Mr.. Bryan's move
ments will be at his own convenience
and in accordance with arrangements
which may be made by his hosts and
other personal friends.
Their plans contemplate a trip to
Catalina island, but the visit will be
made in company with close personal
friends and the public will not be in
! formed as to the time of the proposed
trip.
Also it is expected that on the after
noon of one of the three days Mrs.
cole will give a reception in honor of
Mrs. Bryan, whose coming visit Will be
her first trip to Los Angeles.
To Talk for Newsboys
Mr. Bryan's lecture at Simpson audi
torium will be the first of the uni
versity course and 1t will be under the
management of l.. e. Behymer.
III lelleIS 10 lIlG llltlllD6IS VI INC re-
ception committee Mr.. Bryan has ex-
pressed himself as being particularly
anxious, in view OF the philanthropic
nature of the event, that the lecture
be a financial success, and for this rea-
son leadins Democrats Of Los Angeles
are cooperating with the management
Of the lecture and the management Of
the newsboys' home, which will be the
beneficiary of the lecture. with the de-
sire of making the affair as great
success as possible.
Judge ID. K. Trask has consented to
act as president of the evening and the
following have been selected as vice
presidents: Mrs. G. Nj. Severance, Mrs.
p. G. Hubert. Mrs. e. *. Foster, Mrs,
Willoughby Rodman, Mrs. John Luck
enbach, Mrs. Il. l.. Doheney, Mrs. j.
B. Brown, Mrs. Dorothy Moore Mrs.
Wesley Clark, Miss Mary P HauseL
Mrs. r. j. Waters, Mayor A. c. Harper
DR.. William Horace Day, Dr. Hugh Is.
Walker DR.. Baker p. Lee, DR.. Frank
Dewitt Talmage, Dr. Robert Mcintyre
Joseph IL. Call A. ID. Warner A. ~
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