Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-13
The Stanley EluGuef.

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the gathering numbered about eighty-six per-
sons, comprising men known throU -hnut the
country as journalists. Statesmen and Ili itaTy
heroes assembled 20 10 honor % a journalist
whose enterprise and daring has been talked
over IN every part Ot the world.
The hour SCI for the dinner was S O'Clock. and
half an hour before that time the gentlemen OF
the Press, accomI anied each by the guest he
had invited, commenced 10 arrive. and made
themselves comfortable in the spacious paTlOrs
OF the hotel.
About o'clock MI Stanley. accompanied by
Mr.. George w. Adams, of the New York World,
entered the parlorS, aud the ceremony Of pre-
senting his hosts was gone through with, Mr..
Adams doing the hoGors.
The representatives of the press present
were:--L. A. Gobrieht and u. r. Mckee. Asso-
ciated Press; Z. l.. White, New York Tribuae;
r. Il. Wright. Chicago Journal: T.. V. Smailey.
New York Tribune; Jas. Il. Young, Philalel-
rhia EreniHg SGr; c. \. Pillsbury. Savannah
AccsTtiSer; l.. l.. Crounse. New York Times;
samuel q. Young. Washington EVENING STAR:
ID. +. Murphy and j. j. McElhone, Congressional
Gtobc; WIN. Il. Shaw, Boston TrGRscrip.; II. G.
HAYS, Associated Press ID. W. Bartlett, Spring
field ReTHtlfcdp; ID. ID. Cone, Philadelphia Pat
.tc L,cger; q. ". Adams, New York World; NJ.
Harris and Ben Perley Poore, Boston Journal;
X. j. Hinton, Boston GIoJe; George Alfred
Townsend, Chicago Tribune; w. W. WOrden,
Boston Post: Fred. l. Fetherstone PHILADELPHIA
Erening IBuiletin; A H. Gibson. New York Srn:
Crosby ). NOyos, Washington EVENING STAR:
y. I. forney, IorRey's SandIg Chr0aicle, w. J.
New York Journal Of Commerce; L. II. Painter,
philadelphia Inquirer; j. Macfarland. Phila-
delphia Press; Arthur Shepherd, John p. Foley
and =. p. Brooks, Washington Na'ioaal RepuIli-
can; Ben. Truman, Los Angeles Express; G. \.
Wetmore, Alta California; James Holland, New
York Associated Press; Clifford Warden. Boston
Post. j. W. Knowlton, Chicago Tri5uas and
Cincinnati COMMERCIAL; III. \. Preston, New
York Herald; II. VI. Irwin, American Press
association; w. Z. Sawyer, Boston Ecening
TTGreleT.
,,on, tba ,,os+. ;,,,.;.o., - A. $1,000, -.
naliSts present were Secretary Boutwell,. Assist
ant Secretaries Chas. Hale, Assistant Secretary
OF State, and W. A. Richardson, OF the Treas
ury; Senators Cameron, CaSserlv, Thurman.
Davis of West Virginia, Fenton and Anthony:
General Sherman, General Van Buren,, Com
missioner to Vienna; Governor III. ID. Cooke,
Alex. r. Shepherd, esq, Speaker Blaine, Rep
Tesentiyes VIM. +. Frye of Maine. Hawley of
Connecticut, Dodds OF Ohio, Roberts OF New
York, Roberts (Ellis) OF New York. Fitch of
Nevada, Cox OF New York, Dawes Of MasSa-
chusetts, Townsend of PENNSYLVANIA, Judge
Scofield of Pennsylvania J. y. Wilson. General
John Eaton, ir., j. p. Henderson. f.. Hutchin-
son, VIM 7. Ross, Vein Fornev, Hon. James =.
Cayanaugh. j. II. Thomson of Buffalo n Y
Col John w. Forney and T. w Fornev. ir.. of
the Philadelphia Press; Judge X. e. Warden.
Judge Iochrane, Hon. Eugene Hale. General
Porter, Theodore w. Dimon and Others
THE BANQUET.
When all had gathered, Mr.. Adams, with Mr..
STANLEY ON his arm, headed the procession, and
lead the way to the banquet hall, into which. for
had been transformed. Here each took the seat
assigned him, (Nir. Stanley being on Mr. Adams
right, Speaker Blaine on the left and for two
hours attention was given 10 discussing the ey-
celient bill of fare. The inner man having been
duly attended TO, the table was cleared, ana the
presiding officer, Mr.. Adams, addressed the
company as follows:
FeiloIg- journalists: You have already extended
so cordial an individual welcome to our guest
that il seems almost unbefitting. it the Ooca-
sicn were not 80 full OF earnest tribute, 10 more
him III v,-RF, i
presence which graces the table tonight speaks
so lnlpressiyely that no ''prOper words in proper
places" are needed to further extend the COM
pliment. And vet we come here tonight to
honor lin in every way-to honor the event of
which he is the hero. the profession of which he
Is member, and ourselves by honoring him.
ne requires, however, no blushing dedication
from our hands; for he has already been well
coined byroyalty and cOmpiimented by scientists
m the Old World; and while he has received
these distinguished ciyilities abroad and at home
IN modest words OF timid undertOnes he CONES
10 us tonight the very American type of that
lnd0mitable achievement we have pictured and
prouder, as he has told us. of the warmer well
come with which his professional brethren have
greetedthim.
We but swell the wave of renown that brings
MN back To Us from EuroUe. Well has il been
said that "tO innOvate is not to REFORM" but by
Mr.. Bennett il has been successfully proven that
the most remarkable innovation of carrying the
war OF American newspaper enterprise into
Africa has marked a new era of journalism and
OF history, and demonstrated that its distiri-
guished protector not only believed in the we'll
known policy of striking while the iron is hot,
out in that better policy, OF which Cromwell!
spoke, of making the iron hot by constant strik-
ing III is not only To that spirit Of persistent
pluck and energy that we pay compliment by
TINS assemblage, but 10 the facts as well that 1t
notes an advance of many years OF gcographi-
cal and commercial growth with its c0ncomi-
tants OF civiation and power, and places
Nj. Stanley side by. side with DIR. Living
stone, "the most glorious of all explorers" OF
African geography. in this day OF peace, with
Us victories no less renowned than the DAYS OF war
I Is proper that tins gathering, representa-!
nearly every branch of the government through
its highest officials aad the public Journals Of
qute three-fourths Of all the states should thas
give praise to the arts OF peace and the works OF
peace.
In the memorable Anglo Abvssnian expedi-
ton. Mr.. Stanley distanced the British govern
ment, and accomplished in Africa what the
Royal Geographical society, and even the Brit
lsh government had failed TO accomplish; ami
while We need not dwell over the wel-read story
OF the dangers and difficulties which he over
came III that mysterious hidden and almost in
accessible region, We find that. one wear arc to-
night, he sat with Livingstone below the euIu-
Tor: Does it not give Us pleasure, gentlemen, to
welcome back so substantial a shadow from that
imaginary line q? Mr.. Stanley tells us that a
good Jesuit i'll Zanzibar furnished the hottie of
champagne which he afterwards cracked with
Livingstone on that memorable day when he
came upon the old man in faded blue" Let
us celebrate tonight that meeting at Viii i'm the
pledge OF bumper to the very good health of
Mr.. Henry VI. stanley, whom L now have the
honor of presenting to you as the discoverer OF
Livingstone.
During the delivery OF his Introductory Mr.
Adams was frequently aPplauded and as
MIR. STANLEY ROSE.
ne was greeted with great and cordial applause.
IN a Few remarks MIR. Stanley gracefully ac-
knowledged the high honor paid him by his
brother journalists, and spoke of his travels in
AFRICA and their result as the end which he as
journalist, had been instructed by the pub
Usher To accomplish. He spoke OF the receprioCs
he had met on his return to civilization and hu-
mOrously referred to the doubling tone.
which had prevailed in England regarding the
news OF Dr. Livingstone which he had bro, gtt
lie told DR.. Livingstone what he would tell the
people when he got home He had fulfilled his
promise, and in 1874, when DIR. Livingstone
would return and visit this country he would
tel them just what lie (the speaker) had
already made known.
The regular toasts of the evening were then
announced by Mr.. Adams as follows:
''Our Profession in Public Life-Not less re-
sponsibe for having once drawn the long bow
responded H. TO very ielcitously by Speaker
Those who befriended our guest in fcreicn
Landslide United States consuis.v Responded
to by Hon. Chas. Hale in some laughter-ins,,ir-
ing remarks touching the sable side of consular
experiences.
The Army and Navy" Responded 10 by
Gen. sherman. The General spoke OF having
met Stanley abroad. and endorsed MIN as "A true