, 1889-09-29
EMILE.

The banquet rendered TO the member
of the constitutional convention by the
Laramie delegation at the Cheyenne club
last evening was in every respect one Of
the most couspicuously pleasant gather
ings ever held in the city. The hour SET
for the banquet was s o'clock. By that
hour tables had been arranged about
three sides Of the room. They glittercd
with all the bravery of cut glass and sill
verware and we're beautiied with roses
displayed in lavish profusion.
The menu, which had been arranged on
short notice by the steward, Alexis, was a
pretty gem of ~gastronomy. A few min.
utes after the appointed hour the guests
filed into the handsome dining room.
At the center Of the main table sat
Hon. NJ. q. Brown, of Laramie, who has
presided over the deliberations of the con
v%ention. On his right was Delegate Ca
rey, on his lett. United States Attorney
Campbell. Then in rotation sat the new
chief justice, Hon. Willis VanDovanter,
Mr.. Harvey. of Douglas, q. d. Clark, OF
Evanston. Surveyor General Richards,
w. G. Irvine. Thos. X. Reed,
Geo. w. Fox. Henry G. Hay, W. f.
Chaplin. G. A. Campbell. G. N. Potter.
II. 4 Teschemacher. the POSTMASTER,
Frank NJ. Foote, C. II. Burritt, John
A. Riner. A. Gilchrist, Maj. II. Glafcke.
D. p. Yelton, II. G. Nickerson, Russell,
Of Sweetwater. Il. A. Slack, Il. j. Morris.
ex. Governor Hoyt, Mr.. Colleen. Of Sher-
idan, 4. s. N. Morgan. NJ. N. Grant,
Geo. w. Smith. Norman B. Dresser Of
the Rocks Springs Lndependeat, Territor-
ial Engineer Mead, j. A. Johnston. d.
N. Preston. Judge A. B Conway, j. A.
Casebeer. member of the convention
aud editor of the Casper Mdi,
H. s. Elliott. John NJ. llish.
j.. G. Baird, Territorial Geologist
Ricketts,, Jno. z. Carroll, Hon. c. p.
Organ, City Treasurer A. d. Kelley,
Mark Hopkins, Thos. b. Adams and
Louis j. Palmer, the latter the youngest
member of the constitutional convention.
The menu was discussed with a great
deal of assiduity aud yet with much Incl
dental by play between the courses. Two
hours were very pleasantly passed in this
way before the coffee and cigar period OF
the repast had been reached. Then
POSTMASTER Teschemacher announced a
new set OF ruleS which he had formulated
Tor the occasion. They were very rigid
on the point ola five minute limit to
speechmaking but not quite SO binding on
the three other points covered.
The opening overture with which the
feast Of reason and flow of soul was it,
troduced consisted of an exquisitely rem,
dered song by the glee club under the
leadership of Mr.. McCandlish, the other
members being Messrs. Elliott, Palmer
and Adams. This was received with
great applause.
POSTMASTER T~eschemacher with a few
happy words in each case called upon the
president to request certain gentlemen to
resond to certain toas.s. lnterlarded
were glees by the glee club.
The first toast proposed. Our Guests
was responded to by Mr.. Potter, Of Chey-
enne. Following were THE President Of
the United States" United States Attor.
ney Campbell. wyoming" Ak Gov
ernor HoyL, The Future OF Wy.
oming." G. d. Clark, OF Evanston,
Fremont County" "Deronda" A
Preston, OF Lander, Constitutional Con-
vention," NJ. G. Brown of Laramie,
The President of the Convention" II.
=. Elliott. Buffalo, Future Legislation, -
f. S. N. Morgan. Cheyenne, THE
Downtrodden North" Fl. A. Coffeen,
Sheridan, The Governor of Wy
oming." Delegate Carey. The Judi.
ciaiy," W. s. Harvey, of Douglas, THE
Ladies'" LOUIS J. Palmer, Of Rock
Springs, the only delegate in the conven.
ton who voted against woman suffrage
and is still unreco instructed. The Point
Of Order was the topic as.
signed to c. H. Burritt of Buffalo. He
quickly made the point of order that the
time when graveyards yawn had arrived
and the Sabbath's holy calm was within
hailing distance. The point of order be.
ing well taken he requested that Riner,
of Cheyenne, be allowed the privilege Of
moving an adjournment, which he did
with grace and s%uavity. The motion was
earried nnanimnnslv
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