, 1890-07-24
THE BANQUET HALL
Commissioner Stone, of the Land
Office Entertained at the
Hotel Spokane.
He Makes a Happy Speech and
Praises Washington and
Spokane.

The banquet given to Commits
sioner of the General Land Office
stone Friday night at the Hotel Spo-
kane, by Register A. w. Strong and
Receiver j. II. Hughes, was one of
the most pleasant affairs In the his
tory of the city. Those presentwere:
Attorney General w. G. Jones, Reg
lister Strong, Receiver Hughes, Hon.
A. M. Cannon, Frank Dallam, the
newly appointed receiver at Water
vile; Professor w. II. Turner, Il. c..
Cove, Special Agent Denison, of the
land office; ri. Il. Allen, Judge Dun
ming, G. ID. Ide, w. II. Taylor, presi-
dent of the board of trade;
Judge Millard II. Harrison,
Judge Fl. Il. Houghton, w.
A. Mears, ID. ID. Oliphunt,
secretary Of the Portland
board Of trade; S. A. Wills, clerk
of the United States court; A. j.
Shaw, the newly appointed post
master, j. f. Carrere, and N. w.
Durham.
Judge Houghton acted as master
of ceremonies, calling on the speak
ers of the evening In felicitous
manner.
Attorney General Jones was the
first speaker. He said that he had
been called upon to do II little bragg
ging for Spokane and Washington,
but he preferred to speak of the
needs of the new state. He wished
that the distinguished guest could
go as he had gone, i'm canoe up the
rivers of this country, and
could see the majestic mountains
and the beautiful meadow lands
stretching away in the distance.
He would like to have General
Stone meet the brave and indus
trious settlers upon unsurveyed lands
and see how they have built school
houses and churches, and all this
with the fear that their homes
might be taken from them, and to
learn that these settlers roll up big re-
publican majorities. Then he
would realize that in some respects
the West had not been treated with
fairness.
MR.. CANNON.
Hon. A. NJ. Cannon was next
called upon. Mr.. Cannon spoke Of
the surprising changes that have
come to Spokane Falls since his ar
rival here thirteen years ago. At
that time there were not more than
a dozen whites in this vicinity, but
the pioneer settlers even then be-
lieved that by the falls of the Spo-
kane river they would build great
city. He was glad to see distin-
guished visitors like General Stone
visit Spokane, because it was only
by such visits that they could be
enabled to appreciate our resources
and understand the needs of the
West. He then illustrated this fact
by citing his attempts in New York
to induce capital to build the first
branch line that went out of this
city--the Spokane & Palouse.
Just when matters looked the gloom
lest Mr.. Billings, who had been in
Spokane, and who had an abiding
faith in the future of the city, came
TO the rescue and persuaded the
Northern Pacific board to build the
line. Now Spokane has seven dis
tinct railroads. In three years she
will have ten, and in ten years Il
population of 10000. Mr.. Cannon
told how he went to Denver thirty
three years ago, when the town had
only a cabin or two and half dozen
tents; how he was offered half the
original townsite for 81 900, but re-
fused IL because he believed the town
would never amount to anything.
He closed by declaring that for
every resource then possessed by
Denver Spokane to-day has twenty.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Mr.. Houghton then called upon
Ex-Governor Cole for a comparison
of the Washington of 1858, when he
represented the territory in congress,
and the great state of to-day. Gov
ernor Cole responded in a happy
manner. He came to Oregon forty
years ago, when that territory In
cluded the present states of WASH
ington and Idaho, and as a member
of the Oregon Legislature was the
only member south of the Columbia
river to draw up and sign a
memorial praying congress to
make a separate territory OF
Washington. He came to the
new territory in 1860, and in 1853,
when he ran for congress, only l62
yotes were pollcd north of the Snake
river, and not II single vote in the
Spokane and Palouse countries.
Governor Cole spoke of the varied
resources of Washington-the coal
and iron of Pennsylvania, the lead
of Missouri, the precious metals of
Colorado, the fish and lumber of
Maine and the agricultural re-
sources of the middle West. He
only wished that he were young
man, instead of being middle-aged
The was born I'm lS26), that he might
see more of the wonders of the fu-
ture. In those early days IL re-
ouired more money and determina-
ton to reach the Pacific coast than
are required now. 1t was
custom then, when an odd look
ing specimen struggled into the
to ask 'How did he get
here?n The answer to this was,
"Oh! he followed II wagon" Now
anybody can get here. Mr.. Cole
spoke of the large Indian reservA-
tlons of Eastern Washington that
ought TO be thrown open to settle
ment, and touched briefly upon the
Panhandle annexation movement.
that had become an issue
of the past, u democratic gentleman
Cleveland he believed was his