Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-23
VISITING STATESMEN.
The Senate and Assembly
Committees Arrive.
AND FEASTED.
The Citizens Of the Angelic City Dis
play Their Customary Hospi-
tality Once More.

pldy IuclE CuSlOWdry hOSpl-
tality Once More.
The Senate and Assembly COMMITTEES
on Education, Public Institutions, Mill
tary affairs, etc., etc., arrived in this city
by the evening train yesterday. They
were met at the depot by Sidney Lacey
Captain A. w. Barrett, Henry T. Haz
ard, G. II. Dunsmoor, F. P. Kelly, mem
bers Of the press and others of the citi
zens. The military wing of the visiting
delegation was taken to the Nadear
where General Fl. H. Boyce, Colonel W
H. III. Russell and other officers of the
N. q. G. were assembled for the purpose
of rendering them banquet. Another
contingent took their dinner under the
guidance OF Mr.. Lacey and Captain Bar
rett at Dol's. Following are the commit.
toes:
Senator's. D. Byrnes, San Mateo
E. w. Crandall, Santa Clara; J. Spell
lecy, 7. ]. Pinder, j. Welch, San Fran
cisco; Frank MCGOWAN, Humboldt; w.
w. Bowers, San Diego.
Assembly Committees, Education-C.
NJ. Crawford, Chairman, Lake county
II. M. Black, San Francisco; g. w.
Wear, Kern county; w. N. Petrie, Sac
ramento; II. K. Turner, Sierra; j. r.
Briefly, Los Angeles.
Public Buildings and Grounds j.
Staude, San Francisco, Chairman; J. A.
Mullany, Solano; Henry Wabler. Ell
Dorado; ]. Davis, Placer; G. H. Porter,
Butte; Philo Hersey, Santa Clara; E.
Farrell, San Francisco, Clerk.
Military-Edward Murray, San Fran
cisco, Chairman; Thomas Learey, John
Mccarthy, San Francisco; E. w.
Holmes, San Bernardino; K. s. John
son, San Joaquin.
State Hospital-F. B. Mulgrew, So
noma, DR.. Lewis Burwell, Butte; J. W..
Atherton, Marin; j. G. Murray, Hum
boldt; ]. nj. Damron, Los Angeles Thos.
Simmons, Tehama, clerk; DR.. Matthews,
of Tehama, chairman, will probably be
here this evening.
Ladies accompanying the committee
Mrs. III. X. Turner and daughter, Mrs.
Petrie, Miss M. L. Crawford, Misses
Bowers, Rev. DR.. J. Sims, chairman Of
Committee on Public Morals. from Ne
vada, Ralph Lowe, Jr., of San Jose,
clerk of the committee, and J. d. Long,
of San Francisco, also accompanying the
party.
lie Military Committee will go from
here to San Bernardino and San Diego.
The Edncation Committee will visit the
Normal School to-day, as the members
will go in parties with their friends Oh
excursions to several parts of the valley.
THE MILITARY BANQUET.
The Senate and the Assembly Com.
mittees on Military Affairs, who are here
for the purpose of looking into the needs
of the militia in this locality, met with
General Boyce and the other members of
the staff Of the brigade at the Nadeau
last evening. After some time spent in
getting acquainted in the parlors of the
hotel the party adjourned to the dining.
room, where an excellent dinner was
served. Besides the Legislative COM
mittees, there were present the offers of
the staff: Brigadier- General H. H.
Boyce, Brigadier- General E. Z. Johnson,
Major l.. s. Butler, A. Q G.; Captain J..
Blosser. A. D. c.; Colonel w. H. H.
Russell, commanding Seventh Regiment I;
Captain A. M. Green, Adjutant; Lieu
'enant- Colonel A. T. Palmer; Major E..
R. Smith. surgeon; Lieutenant Theo.
Freize, signal officer, and a number of
prominent citizens.
After the bill of fare had been prop
erly punished, General Boyce called
upon H. 2. Osborne to signify to the
members of the Legislature who were
present the welcome which was rendered
to them by the Off ;ers present and the
citizens Of Los Angeles, which he did in
q very happy manner.
Mr.. r. T. Murray, the chairman of the
Assembly Committee, was next called
upon, who, after few remarks, intro
duced Colonel Henser, OF Santa Clara.
He spoke Of the State militia and the i'm
portant part which it plays in the pro-
tection OF the State and nation.
"There may at any time come," said
he, IAN occasion when we need men
who have the patriotism to meet any
emergency that may arise. 1t may not
happen that we shall ever again be com
PEELED to take up the sword to preserve
the unity of the nation, but if no other
way can be found TO maintain the dig
nifty of the nation in its place among
other nations we ehall have in our
militia resource OF infinite power.
Every man thus trained to service and
Infused with he courtesy of gentleman
and the patriotism Of soldier is worth
hundred of the hired mercenaries ol
some tyrannical government"
Captain w. H. Seamans was then
nominated and chosen to serve as the
toast master of the occasion, and after a
few appropriate remarks called upon
Senator Frank McGowan, of Humboldt
county, to respond to the toast of the
National Guard, which he did in very
witty and entertaining speech. Referring
to the consideration to which Southern
California was entitled from the rest oi
the State, he said that that section took
more lumber from the ports of the
county which he represented than did
San Francisco. "In o government oil
this Sort" said he, "it is pre-eminently
necessary where the people may at any
time be called upon to defend their
rights, that a part at least should
be trained to military service. Had
France citizen instead of q
mercenary soldier, Napoleon the
Third could never have executed his
coup d'et0t. The Legislature has come
to appreciate this need, and we have en-.
dorsed a number of plans for the inn
provement OF the institution. We have
increased the number of companies by
ten, and tf that increase the southern
part of the State will receive it's proper
share" In conclusion Mr.. McGowar
expressed in very hearty terms the graft
fsou fiov, of tho <or, ~, iffoan ot Tho v,fa,o