The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-28
THEPRESIDBNP MAKER
Banquet Of The Ameriic,uis i Club
HonorIng Grants Memory
A NOTABLE GATHERING.
Speaker Reed iststade tho, Hero of
the Observation-Disclosures ON tho !
: rrresen. aud lIsutura o. ]
licpublicanism.

PIrTsnuRGH, April o7.--The fourth M
rual banquet Of the Americas Club, Ii
commemoration OF General Grant
birthday, was held at The Seventh Ave
nue. Hotel last evening. Tho chief feat
tres were tic presence at the same
table OF tho rival candidates for Cover
nor, and the !oratorial efforts Of Speaker
Reed and First Assistant poatmater Gen.
cral Clarkson.
The Americus Club Is exceedingly
fortunate in the selection Of patron
snint. ltsis not every banquet tha,
has the memory Of as great o soldier as
Grant to, inspire its orators with burn.
ing e!oquence. PHs u beautiful custom
to thus perpetpate the nan,e. of the
American hero, and more patriotic
club could not have been selected for
this purpose, but since President iiarri.
son made his fapousN speech, two years
ago, which practically nominated him
for tho Presidency, ther'nb has ass,med
National political importance that can.
not be discounted, and has earned for
itself the sobriquet OF l"tle President
maker. r! 3t,,.l,s.ylr-. .tryi!..t -
The objective point was the guests table
where this visitors were arranged on the
right aud left Of President Harry Paul,
and opposite him. On his right ap.
peared the massive frame and large head
OF Speaker Reed, He, was. arrayed In
the customery spike-tail, and his shirt
front WIS ilnmaeulate. The old sarcastic
smile played around his mouth. lie
wore a red rose in the lapel OF his coat,
aud this was his only ornament. His
white necktie was pulled awfy, but that
was only III indication that he hat been
at work and was ready for more 81 it,
Next to the Speaker, on his right, came
Colonel Bayne and Attorney General
Kirkpatrick. 3On the,lefti of President
Paul sat tho newspaper orator OF the
evening, James S. Clarkson, of Iowa,
now the First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
etal. :. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay,
bis colleague Oh the NATIONAL Commit
tee, sat adIacsnt to him. Tho two chat.
ted together during most ofth evening,
except when the national chairman, at
one stage OF the game, got tired OF eat.
ing and retired for a rest, The chair
man didn't look worried, or as ii he in-
tended, to resign because OF the attacks
recently made onihim. III r)!+rsta
Governor Thomas, OF Utah, sattat the
eud OF the guests table. On Ills right
was Robert ". Taylor, OF New York, aud
on bis left appeared the sad, serious face
OF Lieutenant Governor Davies, He oc.
casionally slipped Il little bit of wine, but
the kind Goldman acted ,as.if helwasu',
well. Governor Beaver Occupied seat
close to Mr.. .Clarkson, and they OCCASION
ally exchanged rcmnrks. -
Speaker Boyer was assigned place
between Senator Delamater aud Gen.
eral Osborne, two rival candidates for
Governor, but5 the Philadelphian was |
absent, and only nSchair$ separated the |
political aspirants. However, that was |
sufficient. They didn't claw each other,
but came away intact. T =; -
At $3.50 O'Clock, the ice cream and COZ |
lee having been properly inspected,
President Harry Paul arose from his |
seat aEu raped very energetically upon !
the white table cover with the handle |
Of one Of Mr.. Wilson's knives. When
quiet was secured, he, said: "The time
has come when the oratoricai feas. OF the |
evening should begin, and I will intro
duce to you the Hon. John DAlzell, the
toastmaster OF the evening" '''
AS Congressman Dalzell arose from, his |
seat, Immediately across the table from
President Paul, he,wes saluted with the
most emphatic clappine of hands and n |
number Of cheers, The applause in.
creased in volume until one enthusiastic
gentleman, standing upon his feet, yell
ed: whats the matter with John Dal.
zell?" From several hundred mouths
the answer came, "He's all right"
Colonel Sclioonnaker read the letters
Of regret. .......
4 HARD NATTER TO DETERMINE.
Ifapplause be any measure of the re.