Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-06
Presidential Candidate Will Be Put
Through Whirl Of Entertainment.
AT OMAHA CLUB
This Will Open Long List Of Social
Meetings for the Guest.
MK1NLEY CLUB SPECIAL HOST
Banquet Of the Organization at Audi
tOrium VIII he Brilliant and
Presidential Boom of raft
VIII Thrive. ~
MIR. rAFr,s PROGRAM ron TO-DAY

s:Io A. AG.-Arrive At Council Aluffs-
Akst BY special committee.
s;35 A. M.-Arrivs Union station a.
omaha-orsstsd By reception COM
naittse-Breakfsst at Rome HotsL
1000 A. M.--Automobils ride, including
visit to Fort Omaha.
IL 40 M.-Luncheon at the Omaha club
with Nebraska deleg ates to republican
national convention and speakers on
evening program.
a;5o-5;5o p. M.-Publie reception at Hotel
Rome.
400 =. M.-Addrssa Omaha woman's
club, First Congregational church.
1880 p. M.-McESnley club banquet at
Auditorium-Doors open to banqusters
p m.-Galieriss open, free TO pub
lie, p. m.
William Howard aft. secretary OF war.
and the man who was taken from Judges
robe in Ohio to build new nation in Asia;
twice refused a place on the supreme
| bench rather than abandon his work for
| humanity in the Orient; wieldtd the powers
| OF secretary of war and secretary OF state;
mad charge of the general administration
of the great Panama canal enterprise and
is now to be sent to tht White House, will
be the guest OF the Mckinley club and the
| people Of Omaha today.
People of the west have had visits from
Mr. Taft before, but none quite 80 demo-
cratic as the visit will be today. ~ yone
will have an opportunity to come in touch
with the man who is being beckoned 20
the place as chief captain of the people
He will meet men and women from ali
parts OF Iowa and Nebraska and the differ.
ent cities Business leaders politicians.
leaders of organized labor, white men and
black men, will make up the roster of his
callers and his audiences.
Addressed Conductors.
The secretary of war is to arrive this
| morning at $50 from Chicago. where he
has addressed the Commercial club at
tended press luncheon. and Just before
leaving for Omaha yesterday afternoon
addressed gathering of the Chicago ai-
VISION OF the Order Of RAILWAY Conductors
Everything he did in Chicago sent his
presidential boom soaring from listening Ia
the William Howard Taft march to prom
ising the Associated Building Trades that
he would be their guest In Chicago July 4
ana the man who is still called 'santo
tart by the Filpinos, comes to omaha
nearer the American presidency than he
was when he left Washington.
From the time the secretary Of war
looks out OF his car at Council Bluffs will,
the haN-blue eyes "as OF the soul of a
\ man looking out OF tile eyes Of a boy.
ana is greeted bl the reception COMMITTEES
until he is turned over to the Council
Bluffs committees at noon tomorrow. he
will be constantly among omahans ami
his day begins at 10 o'clock this nornlnq
with the automobile trip to Fort Omaha
All arrangements have now been com
| pieted Tor the Mckinley club banquet the
luncheon at noon given by the local dele.
gates 10 the Chicago convention the public
reception at the Hotel Rome this AFTER
club.
Few Tickets Released,
few banquet tickets reserved for people
unable to attend have been released ana
viii be on sale at the Myers e. Dillon drug
store corner Sixteenth and Farnan streets.
reservations have been made for the boxes
and arena floor seats. The galleries will
ne thrown open at o'clock to the public
ana they viii be free. The local commit
tees made the final arrangements at a
short meeting held In the office of Pros
ident Isadore ziegler at noon yesterday.
Governor George l.. Sheldon will arrive
in Omaha at noon, while William Allen
White arrives at $3.50 this mornink. ana
owing to the untimely hour will forego a
reception committee.
Walter 5. Dickey republican state chair
"ion Vi Missourl' VIII also arrive during
the day and will be one of the guests at
the speakers table at the banquet this
evening. Mr. Dickey had charge Of tine big
banquet recently given in honor OF sscre-
tary Taft IN Kansas City.
Mrs, Sheldon win be the suest Of Mrs
E. G. McGton and has a box reserved at
the Auditorium, where she will hear the
address of the secretary with party OF
guests.
Three bundled out-of-town people have
now reserved places at the banquet besides
those who will occupy boxes and hear ia
addresses from the galleries
) Tables FIJI Auditorium,
The Auditorium Is Ia readiness. The cleo
J trics decorations viii be the most novel
and surpass i'm beauty any decoration which
has ever been seen IN the Auditorium. The
tables are arranged In ''T' form. To seat
the LOO guests comfortably the entire floor
? OF the big Auditorium has been used. II
has never before been all used for any
political banquet.
Just before O'Clock this evening the
entire illumination will be turned on and,
amid the scene OF splendor and enthuslasm.
the banquet will open on the even hour. the
invocation being pronounced by Rev Frank
L. Loveland, pastor OF the First Methodist
church.
Places at the speakers table will be occu.
pied by tho presidents and officials repre-
sentatives Of the various commercial
organizations, political clubs. speakers and
toastmaster.
The first social meeting with Secretary
Taft will be al the Omaha club at noon.
when nineteen speakers ana delegates will
be the guests OF Arthur G. Smith, 81 L.
Learned and Victor Rosowater the dele
gate-at-large and second district delegates
10 the republican national convention.
The following is the list OF guests invited
to the luncheon, only Senators Brown and
Burkett and two delegates. Messrs VII
lams and Gammill, being unable 10 attend
Guests AZ Luncheoa.
Secretary Of War Taft