Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-06
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to the dining saloon below, and were seated
lis in number. They included all the at.
taches of the Bee office and large number OF
gentlemen Of this city. and some from abroad.
The tables Ia the main room were there Ia
number, two being longitudinal with the
room, the third uniting them at the upper
end Of the hail In the front room and ran
ming back to the main tables was fourth
one, and in room opening off OF the main
hall, the carrier boys and boys employed
about the Bee office occupied specla! taoie.
The banquet was under the immediate oil,
rection Of w. F. Peterson, the caterer, and
was in all respects creditable to his reputa-
ton as such. It was served promptly and
efficiently, and was varied, ample and In
keeping with the importance of the occasion.
The bill Of fare was printed on neat tinted
cards, each bearing on the first page steel
plate yignette. and on the fourth page these
words: 200.
1857 1889
February 8.
Quarter Centennial Anniversary OF the Fouhda-
ton OF the Sacramento Bee.
Ga the inside pages appeared thu Dill OF
fare, the dishes being served in that ORDER:
Eastern oysters, half-shell (Sauterne).
Soup-Chicken, la Refine.
Chicken and crab salad (Sauterne).
Fish-Baked Tahoe trout, potato rissola
(Sauterpe).
Entrees-Chicken friccasee. mushroom
sauce liver brochetts ia Resell (Roman
Roast-Turkey, stuffed with truffies: sir
loin of beef, English style green peas. (Cham-
pagne.)
Cold Dishes-Turkey, with jelly; tongue,
en- Bellevue; decorated ham.
Sweet Dishes-Inperial pudding, claret
sauce; English plum pudding, rum hard
sauce. (Champagne.)
Observation-Disclosures russo, ice cream, ap-
pies, oranges, raisins, coffee, tea.
At the middle of the cross table, which
faced all the others, james McClatchy, the
senior proprietor and editor-in-chisf of the
Bee, presided. On his right hand sat Mayor
John Q. Brown and Rev. J. FL. G. Bonte,
Secretary of the Board of Regents, Berkeley.
On his left VIM. II. Mills, manager of the
RECORD UNION, George F. Parsons, editor
in-chief of the RECORD UNION, John ID.
Carroll, of James [. Felter & Co., and DR..
G. G. Tyrrell. AT the foot of one Of the
tables John f. Sheehan, business manager of
the Bee, presided, and at the foot OF the
other c. K. McCIatchy, junior proprietor OF
the Bee
After the dishes had been duly discussed,
James McClstchy called to order and formal
ly welcomed the guests again.
Mr.. Mills, of the RECORD UNION. then
arose and said he had been honored with the
privilege of proposing the first and principal
toast of the evening. He gave 1.-The Occa-
sion we Celebrate-the Quarter Centennial
Anniversary of the Sacramento Bee.
He called upon "its veteran editor"
James McClatchY. to respond. Mr..
McClatchy arose amidst warm applause.
He said that some of the invited guests were
unable to be present, a number had sent
E 4b,ao h., sfa1 Mr.
Sheehan to read before he himself responded
TO the toast. The letters were accordingly
read Among these was a letter from Loring
Pickering, of tie San Francisco Call, and
whose health Mr.. Mills proposed. pro-
nounciEg him the Nestor of the Press
of the 2 c1fc, and the company drank
his health with o will. Letters were also
read from Philip Roach, of San Francisco
Colonel Jackson, of the San Francisco Post,
and M. H Day Dung, of the San Francisco
Chronicle. and the health of these gentlemen
was honored each by separate aad hesrty
toasts Letters were read also from 3. b.
Redding, D. NJ Burns and others, and dis
patch also from Governor Perkins, regretting
his absence The letter Of Mr.. Redding was
in an exceedingly witty vein, and provoked
much merriment.
Mr.. McClatchy then, in response to the
first toast, spoke at length. He gave a con-
else history of the Bee, its trials and its tri-
umphs. In the course of his remarks he said
he had never attained satisfactory financial
success with the Bee until he hao associated
with himself John F. Sheehan in the man
agement of the paper. He also referred to
the fact that in the earlier history of the
paper the proprietors had more than once
after paying off all the attaches Satur'
day night, gone home without cent to show
for their labor But they always paid off,
knowing that if they couldn't do it one week,
it would be all The harder to pay at the end
of two weeks. He sketched the course Of the
Bee, and warmly pronounced its attachment
to Sacramento and its devotion to her in
terests
Mr. Mills proposed three cheers for the
Bee, and they were given with will, and
then three more for MIR. McClatchy, who re-
turned thanks for the compliment and said
that if he had ever differed with Mr. Mills it
was because he was right and Mr.. Mills was
wrong. Laughter. The latter obtaining
the floor responded that he was present to
rejoice sincerely with the rest in the success
of the Bee. He had differed with the Bee,
but it was because the Bee was wrong. Under
no other circumstances would he have diff.
fered with it. Laughter. He had realized
how difficult it mad been TO keep our con-
temporary in the right path, and he pre-
sumed it had given his neighbor great deal
of trouble to keep its contemporary straight.
Sometimes the Bee had been with the RECORD.
UNION, and then it was when they were
right. Laughter But whether sweetened
by the Bees honey, or wounded by its sting,
we have always been able to exercise toward
it the sublime charity of the prayer:
Father forgive them, they know not what
they do" Laughter and applause
Mr.. McClatchy then assured the guests of
the informality of the occasion and that the
tonsts would be few and that no man had had
any notice of intention to call on them for
response. He gave 1.-The State of Califor-
nis,n ana called on Attorney-General Hart
to respond, which that gentleman did in
happy vein, though suggesting that the theme
was too exalted for impromptu effort. He
then proceeded to pay an eloquent tribute to
the State, her industries, her people and her
representative men.
Mr.. McClatchy gave 1.-THE City of Sacra-
mento," and Mayor Brown was called On to
respond, which he did, referring to her past
trials her late rapid advancement aud her
beautiful homes, and paid compliment to
the Bee as one of the institutions of the city.
Mr. McClatchy then gave The Cheat
Transcontinental Railroad, Whose Heart is
Here" and called on J. r. Watson to re-
spond, which he did, prefscing his remarks
with frank compliments to the Bee. He
ceived and accomplished the construction of
the railroad, and sketehed briefly the history
of that great work.
The toast-master then gave 1.-THE Political
Press" and called on DR.. McKaig, of the
Stockton Independent, to respond.
DIR. McKaig said he had come out Of Curl
osisy to see what manner Of men they were
who could make newspaper live quarter of
q century through all the vicissitudes OF Cali.
fornia life. He said men may deny it SIS they
will, but they all read the newspapers make
mistake as TO name, or put In line that
can be construed into slur and you'll hnd
out if the paper is read. Laughter. The
power OF the political press is manifest In the
unearthing of all manner of frauds. 1t was
the spark that came from the loyal press that
ignited the universal enthusiasm which saved
this country. Applause
Mr.. Sheehan here announced the presence
of the orchestra of Emerson's Minstrel troupe,
which had called to compliment the Bee with
music, and the band then played march
composed for and dedicated to the paper.
The Chair then proposed Education, the
Bulwsrk of Liberty" and called upon Mr..
Bonte to respond, which he did. After some
humorous sailies, he spoke at length upon the
sentiment Of the toast, the entire thought be-
ing that true education is not the stufing of
men with knowledge, but the drawing of them
out. That is the great fundamental principle
of all true education. The University Of
California has produced no dreamers, but her
graduates are found, almost to man, il
practical callings that make them independ
ept and leaders IN some practical business.
He raferred Unrmlv tn the career of tha man