The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-26
DELEGATES ARE
GATHERING FOR
B|CCONVENT|QN
All Preparations Complete for
Opening Session of Trans
mississippi Congress
Tuesday Forenoon.
RECEPTION AND BALL
All THE UTAH TONIGHT
John L. Powell, Who Proba-
bly, VIII Be Next Presi-
dent, Arrives With
Kansas Boosters.
RECEPTION AND BALL
AT THE UTAH TONIGHT
FHoRouGHLY inbueJ With the
spirit OF their mission and alsrt
to tho Importance and purposa NJ

"N1oRouGHEY inbuoJ Min tba
spirit OF their mission and alert
10 the Importance and purpose of
the discussions and transa ctions
IN which they are 10 participate.
iaree number OF delegates TO the
lransmississlppi Commercial congress-
"h'ch opens Its twenty-third annual CON-
'ehtlon here Tuesday forenoon in tho
Assembly heD, arrived yesterday after
noon and evening and made themselves
at nome at the congress headquarters in
the Hotel Utah.
Today and tomorrow will brIne .ha
great bulk Of delegations Preparations
Tor the gathering. both as to official
programme of business and entertain-
ment' have been completed The attend
ance VIII DE large and among those pres-
ent will be many men prominent IN
civic and public affairs OF the country,
High Officials Here.
President Arthur C. Trumbo OF nr,s-
sogee, Okla. arrived Saturday. Harry
G. Moore OF Kansas City, vice president
of the congress, Is expected today. as Ia
Lewis Fisher of Galveston, Tex. also a
vice president Richard Sake Jones. vice
f--'--s1Ss pS0tIit, NtuST, 3Tt1Veu last
night Secretary Edwin j. Becker has
been here for many weeks preparing for
the congress, Colonel Fred w. Flem-
Ing of Kansas City. chairman of the con-
gressional committee, and John l.. Powell
or Wichita, Kan, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, arrived last night.
Vice President Walker Hill of ST Louis
VIII be unable to attend. George B. Har-
rlson OF Kansas City. treasurer OF the
congress. is making every effort to reach
here but his presence Is not assuerd at
this time. The chairmen OF the various
committees viii all be In their places.
Reception and Ball Tonight.
The congress will be ushered in Mon
day night, when q grand reception and
ball will take place at the Hotel Utah
The ball room Of the hostlery will present
splendid scene. The leading citizens
OF Salt Lake and Utah will mingle with
the moders OF western development In
a great symposium OF common interest
and social acquaintance.
a long list of prominent citizens ap-
pear as the committee on reception.
headed by Governor William Spry. The
delegates will be received between and
10 o'clock and a musicale will take place
as the guests arrive and mingle with
their cordial hosts. At 10 o'clock the
grand march will begin. Governor Spry
and Mrs. A. c. TTumbo and President
Trumbo and Mrs. Spry, respectively, win
lead the column of distinguished person.
ages. Between II and IL o'clock refresh
ments win be served.
Imposing Social Function.
Indications point to one of the most
imposing social functions of the year.
The reception and ball Is in charge of
the entertainment committee. headed by
Wesley King. The committee has planned
to carry out its programme without a
hitch and the affair is expected TO prove
one OF the most pleasant memories OF the
delegates TO the congress.
The largest delegation TO arrive thus
far is that from Wichita Kan. which
came In yesterday. The party numbered
fourteen, who, although tired and dusty
from a continuous ride of nearly forty
eight hours. took the hotel by storm with
their enthusiasm for the congress ses-
sions. The Wichita delegation was ac-
by It's candidate for president
John l.. Powell
Powell for President,
Each member OF the Wichita delega-
ton wore red silk badge with the words.
'Wichita An Organized Southwest.
John l. Powell" This was the slogan OF
the party and IL told the story.
Tho chief person in the Wichita dele
sa ton was. Of course, John L, Powell,
chairman OF the executive committee of
the congress-. author Of the reorganiza-
lion plan adopted last year at Kansas
ruy. and a worker for years In the af-
fairs OF the congress. Mr.. Powell is
of the Johnston & Lorimer
wholesale Dry Goods company. Wichita,
md a vice president OF the Wichita Busi-
ness associatiation and chairman OF its
traffic bureau
In Order of Succession.
The stepping-stone to the presidency
>f the Transnississippi Commercial con-
,rcss has always been the chairmanship
n the executive committee. and IL has
never been violated. Therefore the
Wichita and Kansas rooters and workers
AXE their Powell campaign as a matter
I'VE know Mr. PowcIls long service to
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