Telegram-herald., 1890-12-05


tas ste saF, altho0gh circumstances
ever vnleh he hza ~ eoEtEoi sna4tly .
h= age h2d prevented alu froED loln-
AK tnAt grand, gF4aa zrmy. hs I'D
tceDats soBNaced tnxs tae Loyal
Leeions Foundation as lal1 Aos0
tast nfst sap sailed up the river ~
tels. carry ~ 10 q carEo of stoien saves
from Afrie2. The order Nas coul-
Hem0Fshss Of TIE same liberty whien
existed Ia alleges. he closed sish =
brilliant peroratl0n 70 tas Loyal
Leg GA, touching upon the ssntlmeat
that the Legion had stil before q the
work of preservation Of the privileges
- dearly touzht. Ihe younger genera
ton wexe inspired by no nobser inspir-
alton than % walk ia the sIeps IL the
generation represented IN the L0Fal
Legl0a. NJ. PsEt0n's eloqueBce WAS
electrical Ia effect, ana a hearty toast
was drank 70 the speaker, standing.
Corgressman-Eiect Ford responded
70 "Alebig4D's Record" IN place or
Gen. Aiser, Who VAS On the program.
lie said he san no reason Tor his nlilng
that vacancy, except that Gen. Aiger
had az one Tune, while acting as Cover
nor. appointed him Though opposing
hIm politically. 81 an office which took
him periodically - the military acad-
envy Tor 4 threesdays' stay At his own
expense. Mr.. Ford, ia illustrating hls
own feelings. told humorous expert
ence which Don. NJ. Dickinson had st
BANQUET OF the Clover Club OF news
paper men Ia Washington. Mr.. Dick
Ius0n did not know the pench-
ant OF the club for roast
ing. and when he arose, stating
that me hardly knew What 10 tax
about, the members shouted, "Talk
shout a minute lie eulOgized the
record OF Michigan in the war, on ac-
count OF the number of her sons sent,
and their conspicuous bravery at the
front, as well as in her civil history.
He directed attention TO the navy, IN
which he had had some little expert
ence himself, and which ne believed
was not equally given It's proportion of
credit FOR It's share IN saving the union.
The present officers of the Michigan
Commandery, which was organized tiye
years ago, are;
Communicates. Israel C. Smith,
OF Grand Rapids.
Senior Vice Communicated. Samuel
+. PIttman, Detroit.
JUNIOR Vice Commander-Lieut.
Ebenezer b. Fenton, Detroit.
Recorder-Major George w. Chand-
Ter, Detroit.
Register-Charles Larned Williams,
Detroit.
Treasurer-Silas r. Coleman.
Chancellor-Commander Oscar f.
Heyermsn, Detroit.
ChapIain-D. Burnham Tracy, De-
troit.
Council-Joseph T. Patton, Orrin
Bump, Henry G. Christiancy, Harrison
Sould, Everard B. Welton.
Members of the order are called COM
psnions, and are of three classes VIZ:
First class, all commissioned officers &C
tually engaged IN the war, or eldest
sons Of deceased officers; second class,
eldest SONS of surviving officers; third
class, civilians of emnence, who, dur
ing the war, were distinguished for
loyalty.
The admission fee is S25, and the
annual dues 50. The insignia of the
order is a cross of eight points, gold
and enamel, with rays forming star.
and pendant from a silk ribbon of the
national colors. In the center on the
diverse side is the motto, LEX Right
Arma fuentur" CLAW, rules, arms,
defend")
In point of wit, hilarity, jollity,
ridiculous, side-splitting humor, Col
VIM. Ludlow's answer to 500 As You
Please" Will take the cake in the line
of humorous oratory. 1t was funny
IN its periods. funny in its
sentences, funny IN Its phrases, funny
rr,s fn d.
funny III the dotting of the rs and
reproduction would be sacrilege, unless
the speech Was given verbatim. The
applause that went with this speech
like an compartment. might have
made guilty of dsoTderly conduct
every member OF the Legion.
Looking Backward, !" by Col. George
Z. Sandford, of Lansing, abounded in
humorous illusions to the grandeur of
the city of Lansing, notwithstanding
the political earthquake, and ended IN
words OF touching pathos.
Gen. l.. ). Trowbrldge responded to
the toast, "After the Battle" the
touching alluslons of which were rem
dered more pathetic by the strains of
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground"
with winch the response was intro
duCed.
The last regular toast was "Taps,"
by Gen. c. II. Smith.
1t was now hslf-past o'clock, and a
movement on the part of some one like
pulling away from the table,
brought the tosstmaster to his
feet with the announcement
that the intellectual part of the ban
quet would now begin, which brought
forth volume Of cheers like the shout
of victory. The Master sald that Mr.
Watkins and Mr. Weston and Messrs.
four dozens of others were vet
10 be heard from. Charley Watkins then
waded IN and made a speech thst would
have borne him into Congress If be had
made it "befO' the wah." As the TILE
GHAN-HERALD goes 20 press the Morton
House dnn ng-rOOm Is still ringing with
the eloQuence Of men whose sources Of
inspiration sre deep with profundity
well nigh infinite.