, 1884-10-30
BLAINE B%ANQUETED.
He Dimes With Some Heightened
New Workers,
Who Give Him an Extravagant
Repast.
Flowers and Flows of Soul
and Talk.


DIANE was IN chicago last Saturday h,
received a letter from William NJ. Evart,
and 200 other gentlemen. in which h,
was invited to dine at Delmonico' s som,
night this week. The letter requested
him to Xix a day when it would be most
convenient for him to meet his hosts. In
answer to the invitation Blaine replied:
II accept, with much pleasure, your
kind invitation to dine with you next
week and indicate Wednesday evening as
one agreeable to myself, but shall gladly
leave the assignment of time to your
selves.
Such is the origin of the dinner to
Blaine this evening. The hour set for
the dinner was : O'Clock. At that time
long lines of carriages had left their oc-
cupants at the doors; and 200 gentlemen
We're engaged in %handshaking and prepar-
ing for the banquet. 1t was 20 when
Blaine reached the rooms and a few min
utes later as he entered the ball room,
where covers were laid; he was greeted by
hand-clapping Of Others Of the company,
who had preceded him, and stood at their
respective places at the tables. Blaine
was escorted to the post of honor by.Mr.
William NJ. Evarts and Mr.. Cyrus w.
Field, and took his seat as the room re-
sounded with three cheers for James G.
Blaine, ~ proposed by Mr.. \. r. Whit
ney.
The room was deliberately decorated.
The tables were laden with rare plants III
termingled with delicate and artistic ar
ticles of the confectioner's art. The hand
ONE chandeliers were tastefully trimmed
with smilax, and the air was laden with
the perfume of roses. A monster bed Of
elegant flowers, bearing the initials y.
G. B. in artistically arranged lowered
lettering, rested on the table at which Mr..
Blaine was seated. A handsome banner,
bearing the national shield and repre-
senting the American Eagle holding in its
beak a green garland, was suspended from
the wall behind the presiding officer, Mr..
VIM. NJ. Evarts.
The distinguished guest Of the evening,
Mr.. Blaine, sat immediately on the right
of the President Levi p. Morton,
United States Minister to France, sat i'm
mediately on the left of Mr.. Eyarts. The
other guests at the principal table and in
the order of sitting were: On the right,
Judge Noah Davis, Presiding Justice of
the Supreme Court of New York, who
sat next to Blaine; ex-Governor Cor
nell, Of New York; Governor Hoyt, of
Pennsylvania, Cyrus W. Field and
Charles +. Coon, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury. On the left were Rev.
Henry NJ. Field, D. d., ex Ex-senator
Thomas c. Plat, ex-Judge John +. Dill
lon, William Dowd and Addison Brown.
Among the more prominent of the other
gentlemen forming the company were:
Whitelaw Reid, Henry Clews, Cornelius
n. Bliss, Jacob d. Nermilyc, L. NJ.
Bates, j. NJ. Bundy, Sinclair Tousey, d.
A. Hawkins, jesse Selingman, Brayton
Iyes,.Aug. Kountze, Clarence Il. Seward,
David BOWS, Jr., William II. Robertson
and D. S. Babcock.
Cyrus w. Field, from whose office tick
cts of admission had been sent out, re-
ceived letters regretting absence from
John Jay, who is out of the city in con
n%ection with business of the civil service
commission, from John Sherman, who is
speaking at Springfield, Mass. from John
G. Whittier, who hopes the coming
election will call your honored guest to
the high place he is so well fitted to fill.
Eugene Hale was also away to Il am
paign engagement
The various tables were supplied Will
dainty designs intended to illustrate tn,
character of the industries of the country,
and in which the citizens were for tn,
most engaged. One table was devoted t,
sculpture and to arts, letters and science
and one to the iron interests,
The menu was printed on heavy bristo
board. On the front appears W Ma
tional flags with their stats crossed
Binding the staffs at the point where the.
meet is n crimson ribbon, the folds o
which are tossed by the wind so that tn
streaming ends are borne upwards owe
the crossed flags and form the initials y
G. b. Immediately below this desigi
appears the inscription: Dinner to tn
Hon. James G. Blaine, Wednesday, Dc
tober %, 1854, at Up. IN. Delmonico's
Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street
When the guests were seated grace wa
said by Rev. DIR, Henry NJ. Field, of Ne'
York.
A very long speech with tariff as tn
main topic, was made by Mr.. Blaine. A
its conclusion, without further speeches c
delay, the company left the room an
proceeded to the p%arlors, where for a
hour Mr.. Blaine was surrounded by HI
friends engaged in friendly conversation.
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