Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-06-27
THE COMMISSIONERS DINED.
The Local Management Banquets tn
Nations Representatives.

The Local Management Banquets the
Nations Representatives
The banquet rendered by the states as
ISOLATION to the national and state COM
missioners took place in the banquetting
hall of the Palmer house last night and
was an event of unusual brilliancy. Be-
sides the special guests of the evening"
who numbered no. representative and dis
tinguished citizens to a total of $50 sat
down to the tables Judge Leroy ID. Tho
man presided at the main table. On his
right were seated Chief Justice Fuller,
Judge Gresham, NJ. II. DeYoung (of San
Francisco, and ex Congressman Harris
(of Virginia., and on his left Bishop Fall
lows, Charles H. Jones (of St. Louis, w.
L. EIkins (of PHILADELPHIA, Ex-Governor
sAsSG Bullock (of Massachusetts,, and A
b. Andrews (of New York;. At the other
tables every railroad entering the city,
every bank and manufacturing industry,
and all the professions were represented.
The floral decorations of the hall were of
the most elaborate and artistic cha racter
Judge Thomsn's Welcome.
Nearly three hours were occupied in dis
| cussing the menu of ten courses and it
was close upon II O'Clock when Judge
Thoman raped for order. In a brief adj
DRESS which was enthusiastically ap-
plauded, he welcomed the commissioners
to the city. The coming fair, he said,
would mark an epoch in the history of the
universe; and its success depended upon
the wisdom and energy of those surround
ing him. He congratulated them upon
the fact that every state aud territory was
represented; that for the good of this en-.
terprise north and south had come to-
gether, all working for one common OBJ
ject, and under Ole flag.
A Letter from the President.
The following letter from President
Harrison, dated June %, was then read:
Il am in receipt of the invitation on be
half of the citizens of Chicago to attend a
reception and banquet to be given on the
evening of the 26th inst. to the United
States commissioners of the Worlds Col
| umbian exposition. 1t will be impossible
| for me to be present, but / will avail my
self of the opportunity to express my deep
| interest in the success of the exposition
| and my sincere hope that the commission
ers on the part of the United States will
| not fail to cooperate diligently and in the
most liberal spirit with the local man
ayers in everything calculated to make
| this in fact, as we'll as in name, worlds
| exposition
A Hint to the Old World.
John Boyd Thatcher. of New York, re
sponded to the toast of 1.-THE Relations oil
| the Worlds Columbian Exposition to In
| ternational Unity" He said that within
the walls of Chicago in 1893 Germany
| might obtain from Great Britain a noblel
| blessing than Heligoland, and England
| might find a thought expressed into form
| by the def fingers of some German me-
| chanic, which would be more valuable to
her than twenty Zanzibars He would
rather be a member of the Worlds fair
commission, and bring about an exchange
| between two free ideas than to effect a roya
| alliance, or negotiate treaty. There was
| no need of Disgusting the fact, that to too
many people the selection of site so fal
away from the coast line seemed unwis,
and untimely; but it is now apparent
that in this election would be found the
secret of coming success, and that in ii
they would have another illustration OF
building better than they knew.
| No Site Yet Determined Upon.
Hon. Thomas b. Bryan, of Chicago, tn,
working vice president of the fair, in re
| 8pOnulng TO Une tOASC OF ne Dual GOV
ernment," took occasion to correct a re
port that had been circulated during the
day to the effect that the Lake Front site
had been definitely settled upon. Hon
Charles II. Jones, of The st. Louis Re
public, who responded to the toast Of
1.-THE Press" was exceedingly compli-
mentary to Chicago. Hon. Henry Elk
all, spoke about the fairs rela
ton to interstate unity; Hon. James A
Mckenzie upon its relation to commerce
and Hon. Mark L. Mcdonald upon its re
lation to labor.
Ex-senator Palmer's Reception.
| Ex-senator Palmer, of Michigan, who
as the probable president of the national
commission, was enthusiastically received
spoke upon the fairs relation to our ma
tional growth. The closing toast to edu
cation and literature was spoken to by OK
Governor A. G.. Bullock, Of Massachusetts,
who declared that the Same forces tina
had enabled the people of Chicago to built
their great city would also apply to tn,
establishment of the exposition without
possibility of failure. 1t was after mid
night when the speechmaking had con
cluded and the company dispersed to tn,
strains of "America."
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No Pent. I'm Utica ControIs Him,