The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
RECEPTION PLANNED
FOR CONGRESSM[N
Commercial Bodies of City VIII
Entertain Party of Lawmak-
ers and Their Wives
Elaborate Program for Benefit
of Visitors includes Ban
'quet at St. Francis

The program for the reception and
entertainments Of the visiting congress
men and their wives, who are expected
10 reach this city today en- route to
Honolulu, was completed by the cham
Der OF commerce yesterday. The party
viii spend two days here as guests Of
the chamber Of commerce, the Mer-
chants exchange and the Merchants
association before departing Tuesday
for Hawaii. where they viii be guests
of the Hawaii promotion committee.
which is waging campaign for gov
ernment appropriations.
The Overland limited on which the
party is coming west viii be boarded
at Benicia by the presidents of the
three commercial organizations-Jam
AIcNab Of the chamber of commerce,
James ROlph Jr. Of the Merchants eX-
chants association. who viii greet the
visitors in behalf of the city of San
Francisco.
GIFTS OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS
Arriving at the ferry building at
80 p. m, automobiles viii be waiting
TO convey the distinguished visitors
10 the St Francis hotel, where they
viii be guests Of the three organiza- :
tions For the remainder of the even
ing the junketers viii be given an op-
portunity 10 rest from the fatigue of
their journey. Ia each room at the
hotel viii be left a basket of California
fruits, flowers and wines, the flowers
10 be from among the choicest grown
IN Golden Gate park.
AT g o'clock tomorrow morning auto
mobiles viii convey the party to the
Clay street wharf, where the steamer
Arrow viii be in waiting to carry them
on trip Of inspection along the bay.
Luncheon viii be served on the
steamer, the Vallejo chamber of COM
merce and Merchants association act
ing Is hosts.
VISITS TO INTERESTING PLACES
An hour viii be spent at Mare
island, and returning the steamer is
due TO reach San Francisco at $3.50
clock, when the guests viii be taken
for an automobile trip TO various points
OF interest about the city
In the evening the men of the party
VIII be the guests of the three COM
mcrcial organizations at a banquet in
The colonial ballroom of the St
Francis
The party viii leave on the Pacific
Mail steamer Siberia Tuesday after
noon for Honolulu. where they are due
-AAE AtSL oN- LHEE VIII Sall Tor nome
September is on the liner Mongolia
The heads Of the three organiza-
tions and Secretary c. ". Burks OF
the chamber viii be assisted in re-
ceiving the visitors by the following
entertainment committees.
john Barneson. C. +. Michaels and
a Z. Castle. representing the cham
ber Of commerce; H. c. Chesebrough
J. " Newhall and Robert Dollar. rep
Tesenting the Merchants exchange
and Frank j. Symmes and H. II. Sher-
wood in behalf of the Merchants
association.
PERSONNEL OF PARTY
Here is the personnel of the con.
gressional delegation:
Richard Bartholdt Of Missouri
George " Prince and wife az illinois,
George ". Taylor of Alabama.
j. M Miller and wife Of Kansas.
William a. Reeder and wife OF Kansas.
James McBachlan and daughter Of California
Charles T. Scott and wife Of Kansas.
Ezekiel 5. Chandler Jr and secretary 0
Mississippi
T. r. PadCett and wife Of Tennessee
". A. Rodenberg Of Illinois
N. r. Ellis and wife of Oregon.
II. olin Young and wife of Michigan.
II. a. Noodyard and wife OF West Virginia
y - Humphreys and wife OF Mississippi
W Aubrey Thomas OF Ohio.
A. j. Barchfeld and wife Of Pennsylvania
A. =. Dawson and wife Of Iowa.
A. J. Watkins of Louisiana.
James W. Good and wife Of Iowa.
Polite Elvins and wife.
Edward F. Miller and wife OF Illinois
p. :. Theall Of New York.
George B. Mcclellan Of Honolulu. in charg
Of party.