The Evening critic., 1882-03-10
THE HoosIER RECEpTIoN.
Senator Harrison and Iudiana's Re-
publican Members Given n Right
ROyaI Ovation.

last night. ABOUT three hundred ladies' and
gentlemen were present, and they were
mostly Hoosiers. To the noor managers, re-
ception committee namcs heretofore published
THE CRITIC and others is due the credit Of
decorating the hall In the most beautiful and
attractive manner imaginable. There were
national colors In profusion everywhere. Fes-
toons OF flowers, bunting and banners, on the
ceilings, walls, hung from every nook aud cor
ner, until the admiring looker.on was
Lost I'm BewiIdcrmcnt ut its Mag.
uffcence and GOrgeousness.
Crayon portraits OF Governor A. G.. Porter,
the late Senator o. p. Morton and other dis
tinguished Indiana statesmen were sus-
pended from the walls, which were COM
pletely covered with bunting flags, etc. With
the flowers and other profuso decorations
were n number OF Gagged canaries whose
warblings gave the hall the sound and appear
ance Of a real Indiana picnlc-ground. Tho
affair was Hoosier-like in every way. That
was the secret Of its brilliancy.
AT a quarter TO o o'clock tho statesmen, in
whose honor the reception was given, filed
into the hall with their ladies, the Marine
Band dispensing music. In few carefully
selected and well-spoken. words
Col. w. w. Dudley welcomed the
Guests
and introduced to the audience Col. John W.
Foster, the presiding officer of tho evening.
The welcome OF Mr.. Foster was hearty, and In
his own good style reviewed his career in
her people, tho growth of tho State, the tai
ented representative statesmen who have been
and now are in Congress, ETC., closing with:
"Only those who have been away from their
Hoosier friends number of years, as have
been, know how to appreciate them"
In arranging the programme Of exercises It
had been distinctly understood that there
should be delivered only
Very short Speeches.
Col. Foster, In introducing the guests of the
evening, made brief and appropriate prepara:
tory rarn rE nfnp Hr MI an baf ha
had requested that the occasion be one of
| sociability, and not speech making. He re-
minded those present Qn aten-minute speech),
in his very pleasant manner, that there was
need Of counting and furtherlng acquaintance
with each other, and that there was profit in
| such gatherings. eve have achieved great
| things in our State, politically and otherwise.
| 1t has been enormously supposed by some
| Jealous States that Indianians are crowding
| things In Washington on the strength Of what
| we have DONE Not so. We put the case solely
| on our merits-the present and future" He
| made most humorous allusion to the high
| patriotism that had inspired the citizens of
Indiana since the close of the last Presidential
| campaign, and noble feeling OF selfsacrlfice
that had induced SO many OF them to forego
the pleasures of homo and come here ready
| and willing to serve their country. In con-
| clusion, he said that while Indiana could not,
| of course, hope to rival Ohio In the matter Of
aspiring to and holding Offices, his State had
Just made beginning in this direction and
would do great deal better II given only q
| little time
The Republican Representatives
was led by Hon. Godlove s. Orth, who spoke
twelve minutes, reviewing his experience in
Indiana since 1910, remarking that since that
dime Indiana, politically speaking, has been
veritable battle field. When there is no cam
paign the Democrats and Republicans are
sociable and mingle together, but when the
drum sounds 1t lis not only war to the knife,
but the knife to the hilt
Gen. Thomas M. Browne.
representing the "Burnt District" said it
would be more appropriate for him to dance
| than sneak. he cOuld dance in all tho "a n
guagcs; or, If the audience preferred, he
would sing. There came deafening yell,
in an eight-minute speech, brimful OF fun, and
| which put the assembly into the best of
humor. Gen. Browne is the Oldest in contin-
uous service, of the Indiana Republican mem
Major william H. CaIkins,
whom Gen. Browne had termed "the hand
| soonest man of them ALL" caricatured the
| General in a saven-minute talk, during which
| he kept his hearers roaring with laughter
He congratulated the Indianians upon their
talented statesmen, and predicted we would
| yet have Hooster President, despite Ohio.
Hon. william HeiIman
told, in forty seconds, how he had found Indi
ana forty years ago, sin a bad way" and how
she had come up to the front ranks among the
list OF prosperous States.
Hon. stanton j. PeelIe
cited the connection of the social feature O
such occasions with the political and business
world, and said that when the social feature
| but five minutes to show why Hoosiers shoulC
be proud OF Indianas educational, moral
social and business institutions.
Major George steele,
Representative, said he understood there wa
TO be dancing at the close of the speaking, ant
that he did not wish to Interfere with tina
part OF the programme and briefly congratu
A Quartet of Democratic Members
from Indiana were noticed in the assembly
and called for. Col. G. G. Matson mad
relations of his father, and the father Of tn
principal guest Of the evening, Gen. Harrison
. Judge Holman was brought to the stand an'
4 todched playfully upon the tender feelings o
his Republican colleagues, as did also Hons
S. N. stockslager and W. G. Colerick.
Dick, "the Republican wheei-horse OF Ind
l ana,) closed the speaking In one Of his mos
superb hits.
The Dancing Commenced
Se mos
beauty; the music was charming; the gentle
men, OF course were happy, and the "nimbl
toe ana dainty heel were tossed until long ag
it was said the midnight hours ayant th
Elbow Shots.
, To Messrs. j. Z. Shepherd, j. A. Sample,
, II. Butler, Il. A. Durnan, and Clinton q. Rtle
I Is due goodly portion OF the credit for tn
, elegant decorations. They worked like Tr'
, jams.
Among those present were the irresistibl
\ Col. Bangs. Assistant Secretary OF the Treasur
, New, ID. y. Alexander, Fifth Auditor OF tn
a Treasury; Gen. George d. Williams and wifi
/ OF Lafayette, Ind. E. W. Halford, OF the II
a dianapolis journal; Senator Saunders, OF NJ
a braska; Lieut.. Daugherty and wife. Mrs. Ger
a Harrison, Miss Harrison, Russell Harrison
K Mrs. and Miss Dorrel, Mrs. Sample
q James N. Tyner, ex-Assistant Postma
n ter-General; Representative Cannon,
n | Illinois; Mr.. and Mrs. Burnett NJ
a and Miss Fitzgerald, OF Wisconsin; Mr.
o William II. Calkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Capt. NJ
q Kee, Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Gorgus, OF indiana
i Russell Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Cowing and daug
a ters, Judge Hayden and wife, Chief Clerk
a Internal Revenue Holt and wife, Mrs. Neal
n Mr.. and Mrs. Kimball OF Portsmouth, N. II
Joseph Fletcher, OF Indiana; Marshal Russo
and Marshal Norton, of Texas; Judl
Lawrence, Comptroller OF the Treasur!
"A Miss Katie Frye, Miss Helen Kimball al
N Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kimball, jr.; Mrs. W. A. A
o derson, the Misses Foster, Mrs. Major Fare
e Miss Eva Little, @. II. Butler, Mrs. ]. f. Haw
n ins, Mr.. and Mrs Byron Andrews, Mrs. Ros
n Mr.. James It. Collins, OF Boston; Miss He
- man, Mrs. Holman, Mrs. Stanton.
> Peele, Representative Neal and wife,
h Ohio; Gen Hazen, Gen. Thomas Be
q nett, Col. Beauchamp, Mrs. Lawren,
= aud Miss Lawrence Mrs. George
y Steele, J. j. Barker and wife, and Mrs. Finle
3 'sThere were Just enough ohioans present
give the occasion salt" said a Buckeyean,
he departed from the ball.
The Hoosiers are as successful In reception
as they are In offce-getting.
National Hotel Arrivals.
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