Evening journal., 1889-02-15
RECEPTION TO HIGGINS.
The Rooms of the Union League crowa.a
With People Eager to do Him Hone.

oehalof-elect higgins had much to feel
grateful over last levening He received
not only great personal compliment. bnt
the compliment of the generous response
to Joseph Wharton's invitation to a re-.
ception in his honor at the Union Leaqne
house last evening The handsome rooms
of the League house were thronged with
men prominent in law, finance and poll.
tics. The rooms were handsomely deco.
rated, and the delightful odor Of potted
plants peryaded the whole building.
Fully 600 persons were present Shortly
after o'clock the Senator-elect took a
position on the east side of the Leagues
reading room; on his right was Joseph
Wharton. William G. Houston and Colo
mel Theodore Il. Wiedersheim occu-
pied positions ON his left. A
long stream of persons filed past
the party and for over one hour and
hall they shook Delaware's Republican
Senator by the hand. At the conclusion
Of the reception the doors of the large
dining hail were thrown open and tables
surrounded the room from which an ele-
CANT supper was served. At the west end
OF the dining ball Senator elect Higgins
was seated, on his right we're Daniel B.
Cummins, president OF the Girard Bank
d. L.
minis of Smyrna. On his left there were
Judges Wilson, Fell, Allison. Breezy.
PennypacSer, Reed and Chief Justice
Paxton.
The supper was ended about 10 o'clock
and Mr.. Wharton mounted the rostrum
in the room with Sanator- elect Higgins
and in response to loud calls the latter
gentleman responded in a short and elo.
quent address upon the Republican party
George " Massey and Jonathan l.. Willis
followed in humorous vein that kept
the visitors in roar Of laughter.
Charles II. Treat made a good speech and
the veteran Republican of Delaware,
Judge George r. Fisher closed the even.
ing with short address
Deiawareans were there in force
Special cars attached to the Delaware
train took up over 100 persons Among
those present were: senator Moore, Rep
resentatives Hotlecker, r. A. Davis, W.
p Davis, Clark, Hynson, DR.. Richardson
Masten, Sackett Lingo. Downham
Short, Maui and Wallace, Job II. Jack
son, General James H. Wilson, J. Taylor
Cause George w. Stone, John Abbott
Watson X Sperry, II. G. Mahaffy, George
w. Whitaker, j. Frank Bacon, Edward
Bacon d. p Barnard, j. Paul Lukens J.
Colby Smith, DR.. Leonard Kitten
ger George w. Bush, Charles Warner.
Alfred d. Warner. A. G. Conner, Henry
Cause, Lewis Thompson. DR.. +. g. Short
lidge, DIR. j. r. Wales, Walter H. Hayes
Austin Harrington. George H. Hollis
John Cannon, G. Triehler, James r. Lof-
land, John Heitshu, Dr. Hiram r. Bur
ton, William Stuart, John @. Higgins.
Daniel w Corbit, Washington Hastings,
Henry g. Robinson, John q. Baker. w
+. Knowles, Horace g. Knowles, Hiram
Reedy, Colonel George w. Marshall,
Frederick +. Bach, Henry L. Hynson,
William Gum, George b. Hynson, ID. nj.
Wilson, s. G. Holmes. Daniel
Burton, Thomas Curry Eli r. Sharp,
G. p. Swame, Alfred Gawthrop. Henry @
McLear, II. l.. Sanders. James l.. DeVou,
Theodore Townsend, Frank Richards, j.
II. Hotfecker Frank H. Hoifecker, viii
liam G. Spruance, George S. Capelle,
Benjamin Nields, Joseph Bringhurst.
George II. Hall, Bradford Murphy, r. r.
Murphy. Walter o. Hoffecker. Alvin b.
Conner, Edward Belts, Beniah Watson,
J. Frank Alice. Joseph ID. Truxton. H. l..
Paige, w. J. McClary, w. w. Pusev.
Frank Pyle John Fritz, Edmund
Mitchell, David Lank, George q. Lobdell.
George w. Todd, r. X. vannemann.
Joseph NJ. Davis, W. T. Warburton,
John f. Mowbray, +. H. Beck. Charles
NJ. Curtis, Edwin W. Head. r. Chal-
lenger, + Cowgirl and Clement b.
Smythe
Among the prominent Pennsylvanians
present there were
Judges Wilson, Fell, Allison, Breezy,
Pennypacker and Reed, Joseph B. Alte.
mus, Edmund Lewis, f. c. knight, John
l.. Lawson, Thomas Dolan, James Dob
son, Thomas M. Thompson, John Lucas,
Alexander p Colesberry, j. @. Straw
bridge, Joel j. Baily, Joshua L. Baily,
Rudolph Blankenburg, Richard L. Ash
hurst, Colonel A. Loudon Snowden, vii
liam Wharton, Colonel Silas W. Petit,
DR.. James +. Garrettson, Isaac H. Cloth
Ter, Nathaniel L. Janney, Wharton Bar
ker, Abraham Barker, Senators Boies.
Penrose and John f. Reyburn, Represen-
tative John NJ Scott, James A. Freeman,
Samuel Baugh, G. s. Bement l.. +.
Barry, George w. Boyd, Charles +. Ber-
wind William NJ Blakesee Edwin n
Benson, +. p. Borden, John T. Bailey,
Francis G. Yarnall, A Wood, Stuart
Wood. NJ. Redwood Wright, General
LouisWagner, Charles Thackara, District
attorney george >. Nfaham, city S0ltcl-
tor Charles f. Warwick, Colonel
Wendell p Bowman. Joel Cook,
Frederick W. Taylor +. A. Han
cock, J. RAYMOND Claghorn, Coleman
Sellers, William Sellers. Wayne Mac
Veagh, Adolph Spreckles, Winthrup
Smith. Samuel r. Shirley Lindley
Smythe, NJ. Hall stanton, John Sellers,
Jr., Charles r. Rogers. Simon n. Patton.
Gibson Peacock, Henry Phillips, Charles
F.. Pugh, }, N. DuBarry, Julian Shoe
maker Alexander Brown, Joseph T.
Bailey. f. Carroll Brewster, Joseph Il.
Brazier, +. 5. Buckley, Thomas
Cochran. Hampton T. Carson. James
Butterworth 9 f. Claghorn, Theodore
Cramp. William Cramp, T. Russell Daw-
son, w NJ. Burgin, William r. Ellison,
Convers Button, A. d. Fell. Colonel Nor
ris E. Pagan, II. f. Garrett, James r.
Gates, George T. Barnes, Or. F. H..
Getchell, Thomas L. Gillespie, William
Gillespie, DR.. H. f. Goodman. Isaac
Haugh, William H. Hurley, Henry Carey
Baird, Ex-Governor Henry NJ Hoyt, Rev.
Charles Wood, Frederick NJ Bissell
The parents Of Thomas McCafferty and
Richard Tierney have secured permits
from the nropar ant horifias tn ntape them