Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
.ABANQUET WITH WIT
The Supreme Council Of the Royal.
Arcanum Well Entertained.
AGRAND FINALE TO THEBIENNIAL.
Members and Their Ladies, Numbering
300, Sat Down to Dinner.
JUDGE GOLFERS SPARKLING SPEECH

The biennial convention of the Royal Ar
canum was ended last evening by a banquet,
given in honor of the Grand Council of the
Order. at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
Plates were set for 300 people in the large
dining hall Of the hotel. At one end OF the
room on raised platform was seated
Toerge's orchestra. In the window case
ments, in all the rooms and cornices, were
banked choice cut flowers and pots of rare
exotics.
Grand Regent Joseph A. Langftt, of this
city, presided, seated in the center of one OF
the large tables. On his right sat ]. j..
Miller, Esq, who was Toast Master.
After the viands were discussed, and the
gentlemen were unconsciously wishing for
the cigars, but not unmindful Of the presence
of the fair ladies, the toast master called for
the first speech of the evening. 1t was by
S. NJ. Lindsay, Supreme Regent of
Utica, N. Y.
A COSMOPOLITAN BODY.
1t twas on the Supreme Council" and Mr..
Lindsay said that they had in the Supreme
Council bank presidents, physicians, 5
| importers of goods. 4 brokers, book publisher,
officers of land companies, 6 manufacturers,
2 professors, 1 Lieutenant Governor. 2 ex-
judges, acting judge and lawyers, goodness
knows how many.
The Supreme Council is made up of intelli-
gent men. Your interests are zealously and
| faithfully guarded. The great progress of our
| organization shows that wise men were the
representatives and officers of the council. A
rrynn hod hoor1 in n
| me that he had never seen more conscientious
| body of men than the Supreme Council of the
| Royal Arcanum.
Past Grand Regent b. K. Lathy, of Phila-
| Council" He said: II would like to say some
| thing of the members of the Grand Council,
| but am afraid those present here would not
stand the test. True merit is always modest:
| If would say anything of their makeup 1
would bring the blush to their cheek
JUDGE CoLLIER's SPEECH.
Hon. F. H. Collier, Judge of Common
Pleas Court. responded to the toast Sra
ternity:" II am not one of those royal mystery
fellows, nor of the secret mystery fellows
either. 1 am too young to belong to the show.
But if the Royal Arcanum or the Mystery Ar
canum means the fraternal beating of hearts,
| then l am not too young nor too old to be a
member of such an organization.
IF, as my predecessor has said, that you
a lot of good fellows in it. They always pay
their dues, too, but where they get the money
| the Lord only knows.
Why should it be a mystery? Why should
| anything be mystery that is founded on fra
| ternity, on benevolence and brotherly love?
There is no reason why it should be mystery.
IT you get all the judges and lawyers in the or
| ganization; If you get the poor men in also
then you will have an organization that is
| founded on the love of Christ.
How about the sisters? 1 heard a story
given the toast "Women." He had Just had a
spat with his wife about a little matter. He
| got up and said: Gentleman: Woman
| There's no living with her-or without her,
| next convention pass law that all the bachelor
| members in it get married. If they refuse to
do it, then they should be forever expelled
from the organization"
AWAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
| Colonel A c. Tuppe, Past Grand Regent,
responded to "Our Southern Brother" He
said: while coming up to your city met a
man in the cars who was talking about your
city. He said that the natural gas was playing
out, ana the first thing the people here would
know the earth would just collapse and you
| would sink into the bowels of the earth. am
| glad that got here on time and have the Op-
portunity to speak to you before you go down
| with the collapse" 80
the toast, THE Working Members"
Major Chill W. Hazard, of Monongahela
City, a member of the Grand Council of the
order, responded to the toast, "The Press" He
was presented with gold-headed cane before
beginning his speech. He said:
| Sometimes man is caught in a fix like
| that, but he feels little qualification away
| down in his toes when he is thus honored.
| wish that somebody else who did not get a
| cane could respond to the toast better than
can. The press needs all the praise it can get,
and can hardly do it justice.
Look what the first printing press has done.
Why every family in Pfttsburg can have af3ible
now. You may possibly find them in Utica, N.
Y, and Baltimore. They have also been cheap
ened so much in cost that even every Judge
! can have one.
What factor the press is! Look what an
important part it plays in the history of the
| countrys affairs. For instances the great war
at Samoa. The newspapers fought the bat
ties. There was nobody hurt, and everything
| passed of pleasantly. Everybody was satisfied.
If every war could be fought by the press
would it not be grand thing for civilization?
'The press has also settled the matter rs mar
| riage failure? !? 1 can imagine how Adam sat
| down in the Garden of Eden and said: If 1
had been single man, this would never have
occurredr"