The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-01

The fifty-fourth anniversary reception and
supper of the Michigan State Association at the
National Hotel Monday night was one of the
great social events of the week. The banquet
was given In the dining-room three rows of
tables running its length. The chandeliers
were festooned with smilax, and folded in each
napkin was q boutonniere. The menu COM
prised all the delicacies of the season, but the
real feast came when Hon. Martin V. Mont
gomery, master of ceremonies, made felicitous
opening address. The toasts were: ''The Presi-
dent of the United States,'' response by Hon.
Francis B. Stockbridge; "Our Country" by
Hon. Julius G. Burrows; "The Union and the
Constitution" by Hon. j. Logan Chapman;
''Our Beloved State" by hon. James Mcmillan;
"Michigan's Chief Executive" by Hon. Justice
r. Whiting; ''Our Association by Hon.
Edwin Willetts, Assistant Secretary Agricul-
ture; 1.-The Day We Celebrate" }" by Hon. Edward
T. Allen; "The Supreme Court of the United
States and of the District of Columbia was
responded to by Justice Henry B. Brown, of
the United States Supreme Court, in a speech
of great dignity and many happy illustrations;
'Michigan, Her Patriots. and Her Statesmen"
States Senator; "Michigan's Finances, Public
and Private, Past and Present." by Hon. Ed
ward Lacey; "Michigan's Volunteers 1861 and
1865 Living and Dead, response by Col. Charles
"Michigan's Loyal Civilians" by Hon. Omor
D. Coneor, ex-United States Senator; "The
Obscure Heroines of Michigan's Early History"
by Hon. Mark s. Brewer; ''Michigan's Unsur-
passed Educational Facilities" by Hon. James
O'Donnell; 1.-THE Worlds Fair,' by Gen. Oliver
L. Spalding; "The Nations Gratitude to Her
Defenders by Hon. Charles e. Belknap; "Our
Five New Sister States," by Gen. Byron M.
Cutcheon; "The Twentieth Century, by the
Rev. Professor John M. Gregory; ''Woman,"
by Hon. John Ii. Mciowan; 'sThe Press,' by
Hon. Frank Ell. Hartford, of the Detroit Free
Press Long as this list of toasts was it was
none too long for the assembled Mchiganders,
and when the banquet ended at the stroke of
the midnight chimes everybody was happy.
None enjoyed this sfeast of season and flow of
soul'' more than the ladies present, although
they were not allowed a single toast, and, as
one lady remarked, "some one Of us should
have been assigned the toast Michigan Men,"
and begun at P M. sharp. Col. William B.
Thompson, chairman of invitation committee;
Col. Charles P. Lincoln, chairman reception
committee, and Capt. Richard w. Tyler, Maj.
G. G. Townsend, and Judge B. A. Harlan,
committee of arrangement, and right royalty
did these gentlemen perform their respective
duties. The address of welcome was made by
Capt. Richard w. Tyler The music was by
members of the Marine Band. Among those
present were Justice and Mrs. Brown, Senator
and Mrs. Stockbridge, Representative and Mrs.
Burrows, Congressman and Mrs. Cutcheon,
Congressman O'Donnell and Mrs. O'Donnell,
Congressman and Mrs. Belknap, Hon. and Mrs.
Brewer, General and Mrs. spalding, Hon. j..
Logan Chapman, wife and daughter, Mrs. Leg
gett, Mrs. Snow, Miss Cynthia Cleveland, ex-
Senator and Mrs. O. d. Congor, Col. Lincoln
and family, Comptroller and Mrs Lacey, Mr..
and Mrs. Pepper, Mr. Hartford, Judge and Mrs.
Harlan. Judge and Mrs. Montgomery, and Mrs.
Doan. About two hundred and fifty guests
were Drasant