Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-15
GENERAL BLACK PRESIDES
Exercises Under Auspices OF
Union Veteran Legion.
AT THE COLUMBIA THEATER
Mr.. Bryan's Address in Afternoon
Before the Y. M. G. A. at Ma
tional Theater.

the city yesterday ana was accorueu OH Z"
| tremely warm reception on the part OF clt'-
zens without regard to political af1llatlons.
He came to meet two engagements 10
deliver addresses. neither of which was In
any way rela ted to partizanship, and he de-
clined to say anything during the day that
might be interpreted as introducing politics
into the occasion.
Mr.. Bryan spoke at night at the Columbia
Theater on the life Of Lincoln. He palo a
glowing and eloquent tribute to the mar
tyred President, and his powers of oratory
were never displayed with greater force
than on that occasion. During the AFTER
noon he addressed meeting of the Y M.
c. A. at the National Theater, his subject
then being THE Prince of Peace An ar
rangement had been made by which he was
to address the Sunday school of the First
PRESBYTERIAN Church, but owing to the fact
that he was late in arriving in the city he
was prevented from filling that engage
ment.
When Mr. Bryan arrived at the Pennsyl-
vania depot he was met by seVefal colnlI,.
tees and by a very large number of people:
He was escorted to the Metropolitan Hotel
and later to the residence of Mr.. Robert ~.
Harper where he was entertained at
luncheon. The luncheon began at i CLOCK
and. la sted until time for Mr.. Bryan to re-
pair to the National to address the gather
ing there under the auspices of the Y. M.
c. A. Those present at the luncheon, De
sides host and guest of honor, were Dr..
Donald c. Macleod. Gen. John M. Wilson,
r. Walton Moore of Fairfax, Va; Commits
sioner West, Blair Lee. A. E. .. Leckle,
Judge Seth Shepard, William H. Saunders,
B. S. Minor and Scott c. Bone.
Among those in the committee that met
Mr. Bryan at the train and escorted him
to his rooms were: ]. F. Miller. c. T.
Bride, C. L. Du Bots, A. E. l.. Leckie, w.
J. Dwyer, George s. Benson Edwln A.
Newman, John Boyle, George Drury, Ben
jamin Davis, George Killeen, S. S. 1oder,
p. T. Moran, Patrick Hartigan, j. II.
Brinkman. F. S. Correll, John Costello, II.
H. Brewer, Oliver Shaw, O. P. Hallam, /.
R. Sparks and Edward Seton.
Those on the stage were: Gen. Robert
Shaw Oliver, acting secretary of war; MAJ.
Gen. Franklin ]. Bell, chief of staff, United
States army: Gen. John NJ. Wilson, L. S.
A, president Board of Trade; Mr.. Henry
&. F. Macfarland, Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Mr.. D. w. Baker United
States district attorney; Mr. Chas. II.
Treat. treasurer of the United States; Mr..
Vim. E. Andrews, auditor of the Treasury
Department.; Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert, Ma
rion Butler, Mr.. Truman NeWberry. as
sistant secretary of the navy; Mr.. Clifford
Pinchot, chief of forestry, Agricultural De-
partment; Mr.. John w. Gaines, member of
Congress; Mr.. Samuel s. Smith, member of
Congress; Mr.. Vespasian Warner, commits
sioner of pensions; Col. F. T. F. Johnson
. "
Capron, Capt Nathan Bickford, Maj Rich
ard Sylvester, chief of police; Gen. II. G.
Worthington, the only surviving pallbearer
at Lincoln's funeral; Judge D. A. Grims
chief justice Court Of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Mr.. Louis F. Nc
Comas, associate justice Court of Appeals
Of the District of Columbia: Mr.; Harry
Court of the District of Columbia; Messrs
Job Barnard. Ashley NJ. Gould and Wen
dell P. Stafford, associate justices Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia; Col
Treasury Department; A. E. L. Leckie,
James B. Mclaughlin. Capt. o. H. Old
royd. ]. G. McClery~ Commander Newton
Ferree and staff of the G. A. r.. Ezra
Gould. president of the Washington Me-
chanics' Savings Bank; Mr.. P. A. Drury
president National City Bank; Mr. w. l..
Chambers, Spanish treaty claims commits
sion; Mrs. Ralph Walsh, president United
Daughters of Confederacy: Mrs Resale
III. Bocock, corresponding secretary Daush-
tiers of Confederacy; Mrs. Drury c. Lud-
now, low Nh mr.: + TRaTies A. Douglas, attor-
of Revolution; Mr.. Blair Lee Mrs John
NJ. Thurston. and Mr.. ]. Mcdowell Car
rington, president American Veteran AS
ISOLATION.
Greeted by Large Audience.
The evening meeting at the Columbia
Theater was attended by an enormous audi
ence. The occasion was the forty-second
anniversary of the death of Lincoln, and
the meeting was under the auspices of the
Union Veteran Legion Encampment, No
III. Mr. Bryan was escorted to the plat
form upon his arrival by a committee con-
sisting of Mr.. George 8. Benson, chairman;
Mr.. Horace H. Brewer, secretary; Mr.
Oliver P. Hallam, Mr.. Oliver Shaw, Mr.
Fred r. Sparks.
The invocation was by Rev. II. N Cou-
den, chaplain of the House of Representa-
tives. Col F. III. Hartley, commanding En-
campment. No. Ill, L. V. L., introduced
Gen. John C. Black, past commander-in-
chief of the G. A. r., who acted as perma-
nent chairman.
ut is most appropriate" said Gen Black
that statesman should speak of Lincoln
and most fitting that tributes to Lincoln
should be spoken by an orator who has
stirred the human pulse by his eloquence"
The 18th United States Cavalry Band
was on hand, and rendered patriotic med
ley. Col John Tweedae, L. S. A., enter
tanned the company by short reading, as
did Prof Jasper Dean McFall and Miss Nc
Fall by song. Former Senator John NJ
Thurston spoke briefly of the Volunteer
Soldier Mr. Thurston paid glowing trib-
ute to that gradually disappearing army
now represented by men who wear the
Union button. Victory for the Union cause