Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-29
CONSTITUTION MAKERS.
TIRE REUNION 81 rRE SURVIVORS.
Gather ed Round tie :;anqUet Hoard They
Indulge Ia spec chnakinE and iinvc
Cloud Iime-EiectlOA Oi OtfceIs.

,atbeI cd Round tie :;anquet Hoard They
| Indulge IL sPeschlnaking and iisvc
Good Time-Eiectiou Of Officers.
| The late trains yesterday afternoon
brought Il number of additional members
Of the constitutional convention. and at
tive oc!oek, the hour set for the business
session ef the association. there were
nearly forty OF them GU hand The menl
oers got promptly 20 work at the hour
named and Gov. Curtin, the president.
called the body t., order s. II. Reynolds
ci this city, ch,is,nau of the committee oi
arvan .aments, read ihs report Of th:..
comm,tteo, and the call If the roll showed
that thirty seven members vt the convea.
tion have died. Ex Governor Curtin was
re elected president and Geo. n. Corsoa
OF Norristown secretary William T. Lit
tietor, Of Philadelphia, was chosen
treasurer. vice Mr.. Cassidy.
The last Thursday in December, 1889,
was fixed as the TIME .:d Altoona as Ss.e
place for the next annual reunion AMI u.
coInniitee consisting Of Rev. .ohn W.
Garry and 4. :. Lsuiis, OF that city, All
John NJ. Bailey, of HuntinsdoIs, WI, ai.
pointed to make arrangements.
the way was then led to the Ginia-;
room, which was handsomely decorated
in honor Of the occasion. Large fOll:;:e
and tropical plants stood roucd the sides;
of the room, arranged by the tasteful hand
OF Scisroyer, the florist, while the :abr.
which was set in the form o; a ''T," WIS
ornamented with beautiful cut flowers.
Dr.. II. \. Lamberton president q.
Lehigh University, ana James Boyd, o:
NorriStOwn. escorted President Curtin to
the seat OF honor, while ~" otl,er meul-
bcrs were aSSi2r. !: IT,. respective
places by Mr.. Il > .,i.!,. ca,:rmIa Of tie
cNmnlittGc.
The fol'owin. is a c,mple;e list Of t.,s
r"ssn:'s participating : II. Reynolds
a;t.; j.,! - d. " PLtt.r~.,:, .i l. .LcasteI:
Ja,,.cJ w. +. White, ". II. Smitl. aud
Malcolm Hay, OF Pittsburgh Charles
B "aihcad, of Bethlehem T. StrutLels,
M Warren ]. G. Friczo, OF E!oomsbur, :,
Josiah Funch, of Lebanon James l.. is.
Of Pottsyiiie Colonel James Boyd, ":
Norrstown ". Z. Little.on ant; Gca..e
NJ. Dallas, Of Philadelphia C!,arIes I,r
seeker. Of Morn o"n; John Price
Wethclill, Of Phiiadc'phia James Il.
Iieysrin, OF Phias!clpha i. W. Curry, "f
Altoona Jude Tho~. Esi"@ OF Pitts;
burgh; John Glib on, OF York JOsl Il.
McCsman>, Poti~v.llc; Il. II. long, ,.s
highton: Joseph B;;i.y, Perry county
Hamilton A:r.chs, Harrisburg; AuGr.w
Reed, Lcwistown; Il A.Lam6eIto,, E.ih-
lciem; \. G. Cur,in, EeIleim,,e
George n. Corsnp, Norristown; J. NJ. W.
New!in. Philadelphia John Stewart,
Chanbershurg ID. W. Rowe, Chambers
burg John n. Bailey, Huntingdon !;
ex- Attorney General Lear, Dor i.s,own !;
Judge w. j. Bacr, Somerset j. J. MeZ z :
ger, Wliian,spolt ii. c. Parsons, VIII
Transport; I. I.D. Patterson, Pittsburgh;
Attorney General .W.Pa!mer, Of Wilkes
barre; II. a. West, who was the s.cn;,-
grapber Of the convention Lucius ls"g. rs
and Frank Manto:, secretaries. The u.!y
guest who Was not associated with tho
convention. vas Judge Livingston, whose
associate Oil ,hs bench, Judge Patte,s ~,
was a member and who Was pTessu' last
night.
Being seated as th3 bauquetiug bo.iI
The visitors wese Welcomed to Lancaster
by Judge Patterson, to which Mr. Strurh
ers, OF Warren county. now c;.hty-tise
years of age, the Oldest meinour oi the
convention, responded in tit:in, term ,s:i.l
from that time OF daring the progress OF
the festivities impromptu speeches, many
of them pungcnt with wit and Ieparier,
were made by scme Of tho gentlemen
) present, among them Attorney General
Palmer, Senator Stewart, Gov. Curtin,
DIR. Lamberton, Mcssrs. Boyd, Reynolds,
Heverin. Littleton, Hay. Dallas, Parsons
. and number Gf others. The entertain
ment continued urti: i am.
Mr.. Dallas, Of Philadelphia, oift,ed IL
resolution EXPIRE ssing the thanks oi Tho
association to the committee Of aI:arne-
ments, Of which Mr.. Reynolds is chairman,
to the proprietor of the Stevens house, aud
to the citizens nf Lancaster, for furnishing
S the haEdsOmest entertainment and mtIe
: liberal hospitality than it has been Ike
t pleasure O! the association to crjoy sirCo
the Adjournment .! the cOnvG GntiOn. Tic
r resolution was unanimously adopted.
There were several impr0mptu tsas' :,
which were responded to By Hon. \. q.
Curtin. Hon. X A. Lamberton, LII. ID +,
! Hon. Samuel II. Reynolds, Hon. Maleolm
) Hay, Hon. George II. Dallas, Hon. j. II.
! Heverin. Hon. James Boyd. Hon. w +. t..
tletOn, Hon. John Stewart, Hon. II. g..
; Parsons, Hon. Frank Hantor, Hon. Geo.
n. Corscn. Hon. ID. ". Patterson, Hon.
> Charles Hunsecker, and Others.