The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-17
WYOMING'S GUESTS.
GEMS. TYNER, HAzEN AND
PARTY.
The Welcome-The Responses-The
Toasts-The Dinner-The Drive
about the City-Departure
of the Guests.
ARRIVAL OF THE PARTY.

POoehoSeOi Sciioioi ahu PoiSI
arrived on the regular passenger train
yesterday afternoon from the east.
Among those in the party were Gen.
Hazen, third assistant postmaster gen.
eral and wife, Mrs. Gen. Tyner,
Paul Vandervort, of the mail service.
Hon. M. V. Bailey, superintendent of
the railway mail service, and other s.
The party arrived in a magnificent car,
belonging to the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific railway, which had been
fitted up expressly for their use.
The guests found in waiting at the
depot upon their arrival a number of
officers from Fort Russell, the band be-
longing to the Fifth cavalry, and sever
al hundred citizens of Cheyenne.
TO THE DINING HALL.
The guests were escorted by Col.
Steele, Secretary Spates and Maj. Olaf
cke, to the beautifully decorated dining
hall of the Railroad house, where plates
for twenty persons had been laid. Col.
Spates, as acting governor, sat at the
head of the table, Col. Steele and Mai.
CLAICHE at the foot, and the distin-
guished guests on either side.
When the entire party was comforta-
bly, seated Acting Governor Spates
arose, and extended to the guests on
behalf of the people of Wyoming a
hearty welcome, in the following well
chosen words:
SECRETARY sPATEs' ADDRESS.
Generals Tyner and Hazen, and la
dies and gentlemen: On behalf of the
executive department of Wyoming, it
is with infinite pleasure that ] welcome
to its capital your distinguished party.
Representing as you do that portion of
our national government whose arteries
extend to the remotest boundaries of
the republic, and which more directly
concerns the citizen than any other
dispensing its blessings upon all, with
out regard to condition-the high and
low, the humble and the exalted being
alike benefited by its beneficent opera
tions, annihilating time, dispelling dis
lance, and bearing upon its fieeting
wings, joy and sorrow, gloomy shad-
ow and brightest sunshine.
My service becomes more than ordin-
arily pleasing, when l remember that
you, Generals Tyner and Hazen, were
in this most important service, under
the hero Of Appomattox, and have
been retained in the same by the dis
tinguished patriot, whom the nation
honors, and who. honors the nation as
its chief magistrate to-day, whose re-
quirements are honesty and capacity in
the discharge of public duty. S%urroun-
ded as l am by those distinguished in
both political parties in this territory,
l am DESTROYS of avoiding as far as pos
sible anything of a political character,
and greeting gentlemen prominent in
the great republican party; and repre-
senting a people whose broad liberality
and generous natures, recognize merit
wherever observed, | know that | but
re-echo the sentiment of their ardent
hearts when / say thrice welcome to
the greatest of the territories of the
West; welcome to its teeming cities
and busy towns; welcome to its vast
plains, massive hills and giant noun
tains; welcome to its %far-reaching
streams of limped hue and widespread
ing skies of balmiest blue; and again /
bid you all welcome to its capital, the
"Magic City of the Plains"
GEN. TYNER's RESPONSE.
The assistant postmaster general said
that he had been surprised by the elo-
quent words of welcome to the beauti-
full capital Of Wyoming; that he felt
embarrassed in responding to that
greeting which endeared him to the
people of this far west. He had never
before had the pleasure of visiting this
section of which he had so long heard
in favorable terms, but had been pos
sessed of an earnest desire to do So
not expecting to find what he was
pleased to observe, all the elements of
an advanced civilization. During his
long connection with the postal affairs
of the country he had endeavored to
have justice done to the interests of the
people of Wyoming, and his highest en-
deavor would be to serve them in the
future; again extending his heartfelt
thanks for the splendid reception which
as gratifying as it was surprising.
AT the conclusion of Gen. Tyner's
remarks Gen. Hazen, third assistant
postmaster general, arose and said he
appreciated most highly the eulogistic
reference to himself, and returned
thanks for the generous welcome to
Wyoming. 1t would, to him, long be a
subject of pleasant remembrance.
ToAsTs AND RESPONSES.
Following the addresses were u num-
Der of toasts and responses. Among
those offered and responded to were
n by Gen. Tyner: "To the executive
department of Wyoming, - and by Ac-
ting Governor Spates: "To the bar of
Wyoming"
The next on the programme was the
sUMPTUoUs REPAsr
furnished, and which embraced a
complete bill of fare of everything in
the way of delicacies which the mar
kets afford. Nor was nNInmm,a