Evening star., 1915-04-04
privilege of speaking across the con

IWltcneii ana Mrs. j. ftllIdFU Mlckle-
privilege of speaking across the con
| tinent."
Mr.. De Young-"That is very nice
Mr.. Bryan. We have a wonderful ex-
| position here"
Mr. Bryan: II wish YOU to say to
them that counting upon that
and nothing except duties that will pre-
| vent leaving Washington will keep us
| from coming.
Mr. DeYoung: Il hope you will come
when the President does"
Mr.. Bryan. i probably cannot come
when he does, but ! will come some
| time during the summer, when / can
get away.
| Mr. DeBiIle, resuming: rs this Mr.
| Lord?"
Mr.. Lord: Yes. To whom am
| speakingo"
Mr. De Bile: You are speaking to
tee on arrangements"
| Mr.. Lord: I'VE have numerous mes
sages here which we wish to send to
you"
Mr. DeBille: This is great stunt
you are pulling off, Mr.. Lord"
Mr.. Lord: We have a little message
which 1 will deliver to you on behalf
of members of the National Press
Club"
''On behalf of the National Press
Club of Washington, | wish to extend
greetings and best wishes to the Press
| Club of San Francisco, and to the Pan
| ama-Pacific exposition itself, and to
| wish for both the fullness of success
and prosperity. | will add that when
ever any of the members of your or
ganization are in Washington it will
afford us great pleasure to extend to
them the hand CT hospitality and to
accord them at least a measure of the
cordiality, which, ] know from per
sonal experience, IS always given by
the San Francisco Press Club to its
guests. You have heard Secretary
Bryna. who is a member Of our club
and was elected member before he
became Secretary of state. l now de-
sire to Introduce several other mem
bers who wish to speak to you"
Mr.. De Bile thanked Mr.. Lord and
sincerely hoped members Of the Ma
tional Press Club would be with us
during the exposition" He introduced
Peter b. Kyne, president of the San
Francisco Press Club.
Mr. Kyne-"On behalf of the Press
Club of San Francisco | wish to say
that we viii welcome all the mem
bers of the National Press Club should
they visit us
Mi Lord thanked him. saying
| number OF the members were going.
Mr. Lord introduced Theodore II.
Tiller. chairman of the board of gov
ernors of the National Press Club.
Hands Across the Continent.
Mr. Tiller's message was:
With hands across the continent the
members of the board OF governors and
of the National Press Club extend best
wishes to the good fellows of the San
Francisco Press Club upon the opening
OF their building on the exposition
grounds. Fraternity exists among
members Of the fourth estate regard
TESS or distance and telephone wires.
| IL is EitallZed by direct communication.
Here's hoping that more of you will
become nonresident members Of the
National Press Club and that some Of
| you viii soon come here and become
active members Meanwhile, a long
| distance handshake to all San Fran
| cisco newspaper men aud a hope that
| 80 NAV be long deferred"
Mr. Lord. resumng = wish to in
! OF the Treasury, formerly OF the New
| York Herald. but now with Uncle
| sam
| Mr.. Newton. Every one else has
| prepared formal speech for YOU Ny
| training has been on an afternoon pa
| per and | going 10 give you a
| little off hand copy This whole busi-
ness 10 me is like an Alice in Wonder
| land story, and am going to give you
| just a little picture Of what l see.
| y am looking ont Of the windows
! of the National Press Club to the west,
looking our over the Treasury build
| ing, the White House and the War.
| state and Navy building. There Is a
blizzard raging. 1t is nearly dark and
| about twenty-five minutes after sun
| set. IL is as cold as the deuce here
| and the streets are all filled with slush
| and snow-such a condition as prob
| ably you never have seen at San Fran
cisco.
| II am wondering If Won could give
! me just a little picture Of what you
| are looking at this moment"
| Mr.. kyne replied that he had never
| made SNOWFALL in his life, had never
| seen a snowstorm and that the weather
feet He said flowers were blooming
| all around and everybody was dressed
i, in holiday attire. He added that it
was warm, pleasant, beautiful day.
4 Secretary Newton: God bless you,
| My only hope is that our next Alice
| in Wonderland performance will be
| when we can send you Ice cream from
this end and you can send us your
warmth and sunshine"
l Mr.. kyne said he hoped to see Mr.
Newton at San Francisco during the
| exposition. Mr.. Newton replied he ex-
pected to be there in the autumn on his
way to Honolulu Each then said good
bye and good luck.
Mr.. De Young also talked with Mr..
Newton. Mr.. De Young asked:
Mr.. Newton. have you much money
in the Treasury"
Il Mr.. Newton: Not much money, but
a lot Of credit
i Mr.. Newton expressed qualification
at his entertainment on the coast in
League of Press Clubs, when Mr.. De
Young promised the visitors everything
but sleep.
And" interrupted Mr.. DeYoung, II
think filled my contract"
You certainly did, replied Mr.. New