Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-16
Presidential Candidate VIII
Arrive With Mrs. Hughes
and Party at 5:45 Over
the Union Pacific.
SPEAKS IN STATE TODAY
To Lead Parade Of Omaha
Citizens From Union Sta
tion to Fontenelle.
NO FORMAL DINNER PLANS
This is Hughes dax in Omaha


At 5;45 this evening Charles Evans
Hughes, with Mrs. Hughes and the
thirty-eight other members OF the
party on the Hughes special, will ar
rive at the Union station. AT S'o'clock
this evening the republican presi-
dental candidate will address mass
meeting at the Auditorium. The doors
will be open at 7 o'clock and all seats
in the main Auditorium are available
to anyone, except few in the tirst
row reserved for old soldiers.
A big automobile parade, headed
by the car of N. P. Dodge carrying
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes, Mr.. Farnham,
manager of the Hughes special, and a
secret service man. will proceed from
the station to the Hotel Fontenelle.
Many Cars in Parade.
4 There will be anywhere from lsO
to 200 automobiles in this parade, ac-
cording to estimates made by the
committee. Ten automobiles will
carry the thirty-eight members Of Nhe
Hughes party. Following then will
be something over 500 committee
members, members OF the reception
committee, al of whom will be at the
station to meet the party 1t will re-
quire something like 100 automobiles
to carry the committee, and beside
this many prominent Omaha repub-
licans have declared their intention oi
being at the station and driving their
cars in the parade.
The parade will be short, as the
hour will be late. The most direct
lines to the Hotel Fontenelle will be
taken. North the parade will pro
ceed from the station to Farnanl
strest, west on Farnam to Eighteenth
thence north to the hotel.
To Review the Procession.
Here Mr.. Hughes is to review the
parade. The car i'll which he is
brought up is to be driven to one side
and stopped while the rest of the pro-
cession of cars passes by.
Then the party will repair to then
quarters in the hotel, prepare for din,
ner and the evening meeting. Tks
dinner will be in private, as Mr.. ard
Mrs. Hughes requested that no din.
ner engagements be made for them
here on account of the brief time be,
tween the arrival of the train and the
time for opening the meeting at the
Auditorium.
The committee on arrangements, N
P. Dodge, jr.; 6. M. Tunison and Mrs
C. NJ. Wilhelm, has worked out the
details, holding daily meetings, and
conferences for the last week.
Quartet to Sing.
The seats on the stage are held fol
the members Of the reception commit
tee. A quartet of old soldiers is te
entertain with some quaint old song.
during the interval between the time
the first crowds gather and the ar
rival of the Hughes party.
R. Beecher Howell, republican ma
tional committeeman from Nebraska
is to introduce Governor Hughes
There is to be no other speaker.
The Hughes special comes to Oma
ha from Fremont. Following the ad
dress at the Auditorium, Mr.. Hughe,
willgo back to the hotel and then tc
the. special train which is to leave a
! o'clock in the morning for Mitchell
S. D.
To Welcome Mrs. Hughes.
Mrs. c. NJ. Wilhelm has appointed
the following ladies to join with he
in receiving Mrs. Hughes:
Mesdames- Mesdames-
c. C. kountze. E. W. Dixon.
Ward Burgess. C. c. George.
w. G. IRE. c. c. Belden.
y. P. Dodge jr. Robert Cowell.
Victor Rosewater. H. N. Loomis 4
Walter Page. A. H. Reed.
George B. Priif1. Frank w. Judson.
A. c. Smith. o. t. Eastman.
u. II. Scott. John w. Towle.
Howard Baldrige. W. II. Bucholz.
II. b. Howell. r. d. Wead
C. L. Dodge. Casper b. Yost.
John L. Kennedy. George Holdrege.
Frank Howell. L. A. Benson.
A. W. Jeffers. Isaac Z. Congdon.
w. r. Gurley. J. H. Dumont
Milton Barlow. John l.. Webster.
Paul Getchman. Wyman.
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