Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-24
MASONIC VETERANS DINE.
"A Notable Gathering at the Annual
Dinner of the Association.


The manhood of Masonry in Washington,
minus that part which is suffering from the
grip, had firstclass dinner last night and a
jolly good time at the National hotel at the an
nuai dinner Of the Masonic veteran association.
1t was the eleventh birthday of the organize
ton, and the occasion will stand out as memoir
able one, even in the long list Of similar enter
tainments in the past. The great table was sur
rounded by fully hundred repre-
sentative Masons, most of them gray
and bald and rosy-cheeked, with eyes
! full Of membranes and whetted APP
| petites. At the head of the board sat the
venerable president of the organization, Gen.
/ Albert Pike, whose flowing white bair and
venerable form lent peculiar dignity to the
event. The menu was delightful, embracing
every delicacy afforded by the markets, and
Stewards Vim. s. Roose and John R. Thompson
| beamed with satisfaction as the courses came
and went Brother Mason Crosby, one of the
| proprietors of the hotel, kept a watchful eye
over the proceedings with a solicitous air and
| tender care that smoothed things along
wonderfully.
THE GUESTS.
! On the right of the president sat the grand
master Of the District Jas. A. Sample. one of the
| guests Of the evening, and on his left was Rep
resentative Richardson of Tennessee. an honor
airy member of the association. The other
| invited guests were Representatives Allen OF
Michigan, Boothman of Ohio, Peters of Kan
| sas, ex-Assistant Postmaster General Stephen
son of Illinois, ex-Representatiye Mckenzie Of
Kentucky, Elwood E. Tborne of New York,
James ii. Pudney of Indiana, II. 8. Lubbock Of
San Francisco, Alex. McMaster of Buffalo,
Hon. George III. Moore Of Alabama. Campbell
II. johnson of Kentucky, C. c. Isaacs of Balti-
more, Mont. II. Smith of Pennsylvania and c.
Wilmer, l.. Goldschmitz, Geo. II. Liiibridge,
Il. I. Hieston, Prof. Holer Chas. Newell, Chas
Childs, Jacob Childs, W. n. Wood, Frank
Schwart. l. z. NOyes, III. A. Whallon. w. p.
Davis and Chas. c. Stouffer Of Washington.
THE MEMBERS
of the association present were as follows:
George b. Abrams, Thomas Adams, Algernon
A. Aspinwall, George W. Balloch, H. W. Bar
rett, Joseph Barton, II. W. Birge, Asaph L.
Bliss William b. Brown, Vim. w. Case, Robert
F. Crowell, Vim. W. Davis, NJ. A. Dillon. A. L.
c. Dodge, Thomas Bowling, Anton Eberly,
Samuel Emery, Chester r. Faulkner, o. s. Fir
man, Robert l. Flemming, Lambert I. Fol-
lansbee, Adam Gaddis, William Gaddis, John
Gibson, I. F. Green, Hamilton 1. Gregory,
Charles w. Hancock, Robt. w. Hardy, DIR.
Thomas E. Hatch, George W. Hascall, Robert
b. Hamilton, VIM. Helmus, Geo. J. Johnson,
Jefferson H. Jennings. Andrew w. Kelley, John
Jay Little, Granville Mason, Jas. Ii. Mcintosh,
Frederick Mohl. James W. Moore, W. II.
Myers, Charles Neal, Myron NJ. Parker, Albert
Pike, Charles II. Perry, William s. Roose,
Valentine Ruebsam, VIM. III. Sibley, William L.
Spencer, c. b. Smith, Thos. Somerville, John
r. Thompson. William w. Upton, John L.
VOgt, Peter Vierbuchen, Frederick Weber,
William III. Wetzel, William P. Wetherell and
Spencer ]. Willis.
THE SPEECHES.
1t was about 10 o'clock when President Pike
raped on the table with huge soup spoon
and formally opened "the feast Of reason and
the flow Of SOUL" Speeches were called for
from Grand Master Sample, Representatives
Allen, Boothman, Richardson and Peters, Hon.
MIR. Mckenzie, Gen. Stephenson, Mr.. Thorne,
Mr.. 1saacs, Mir. Parker and Mr.. johnson ken
tucky). Brother NJ. NJ. Parker acted as toast
master Whenever the occasion demanded the
services of such an individual, which was not
often, for il was with difficulty that Chairman
Pike Disseminated among the host of toast pro-
posers who sprsng up whenever speaker sat
down. There were no set toasts, but the ora
tors present managed to carry 1.-The feast OF
| reason" along until midnight.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
The worlds fair, of course, formed favorite
topic for discussion and the claims of the vari-
Gus city candidates were ably presented in
order. Mr.. Allen said he favored Chicago in
| his allegiance to his own state, Michigan, but
that he should propose an amendment to the
pending bills providing for fair in Chicago in
| ton in 1852 and another in New York in 1892
Washingtons side of the question was ably pre-
sented by Mr.. Parker. Music was rendered
| during the evening by Messrs. Herndon Nor
sell, Geo. II. Lillibrdge and G. p. Hancock, ac-
companied by Prof. Holer.
WHAT THE ASSOCIATION Is.
The Masonic veteran association is composed
of all Masons in good standingin the juTisdic-
ton of the District Of Columbia who have been
Al
lied and is conducted solely for social purpOses
The present officers Albert Pike, president;
William W. Upton, vice president; Clement W.
Bennett, second vice president; Abner T. Long
ley, secretary; Ezra L. Stephens, treasurer;
William S. Roose. John Il. Thompson, stew
| ards. Last evening just before the banquet
| the following additional members were elected:
| Francis A. Reed of Alexandria; Job W. Angus
| Moses NJ. Bane, Fredk. VIM. Mitchell. VIM. N
Wood, District of Columbia; A. Z. Stephenson
| illinois, and CampbelI II Johnaan KantuoLy