The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-05
William Fortune
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William Fortune
The Guests.
those who were identified with the conven-
vention movement. included the gentlemen
who will be officially connected with the
effort to capture the Grand Army Encamp-
ment
The table was choicely decorated with
fruits and flowers. and the chandeliers
were garianded with vines and fragrant
blooms. The cement of the table
was. indeed, beautiful. and brought forth
ordinations of admiration from all the
guests. The menu was as follows:
Blue points.
Celery. Sliced tomatoes. Olives.
Haute s~auterne.
Green turtle, q rAnglaise.
Amontllado. Pomines de torres, serpentine.
Poulardes. a la cheyalier.
Chateau Ia rose.
Filet de mignons, aux champignon.
Beca.sines, bonnie bouche.
fommery ct Greno. sweet potato patties.
Frogs saddles.
Chicken salad. en- casse.
Glace Diable Rose.
Fromage- Gateaux.
THEY HAD MADE An IMPRESSION.
After coffee Colonel Lilly arose at the
head of the table and remarked:
Gentlemen congratulate you that tho SYM
posiarch or this occasion Is not the orator but
commands the speech OF others. 1 remember q
circumstance which happened In my business
ssrSe = good Iunrposs here sent a wIa m man
Into a region In which my business had not been
previously represented 1 instructed him how
j lad reports from him but o great
scarcity Of orders When he returned he gave
"I made very few sales. but made a magnificent
Impression. tapplause and laughterI. and the
time VIII come when you VIII reap 3 great bene-
story will 10 established as the evening pro-
crosses Here, gentlemen. are the missionaries
VINO have LAID tile foundation for orr future sue
cess. We must note with sorrow the absence of
Jewett, Sheerin. Rice. shanklin ana Lamb and
We will drink their health standing and in ST.
lence.
After thus drinking the health of 'the
absent mission aries Mayor Sullivan arose
10 respond TO the toast indianapolis" He
spoke as follows:
Yol. gentlemen. are the leaven In this city that
Will, IL Is hoped, In "a short time leaven this en-
tire community. You are OF that class of citi-
zens who are willing 10 give your time, and your
mans. and yonr best effort to endeayor to sc,
be for It's benefit The gentleman who has or
ganized public opinion into a club, into the Com
mercial ClnD. 10 president OF that club. 1 could
almost say that he IL president aud also the
club. although tt IL true that one thousand
naines In aaaiIion 10 MS are upon the roll OF
vitation. not because you secured for the city of
Indianapolis that which you desired to obtain,
bur you male your utmost endeavor earnestly
and sincerity. lt Is not required that they
should succeed All that Is required III order
s sna1 snsi Is T ihss RI tSeg gp sRnif traIy and M i lsalou usyV em-
deasor To do the best they can in that which
they believe to be for the benefit of the city in
which they live. lArplause.l
Nh. MoRss's food HCMoR.
The next speaker was s. 4. Morss, who
spoke to the toast. "The Democratic Ma
tional Convention; Going After It." Mr..
Morss made a cleve speech. wholly inn
promptu and quite unreportable. I'VE
could have got that convention said Mr..
Morss. las easily as not The trouble was
owing to a Misunderstanding. We only
neededed twenty-ive votes. We had some
twenty-five in our delegation, and il was
arranged that each one should secure a
vote. It turned ont after the balloting
that we had each got n member. but it was
the same member. But we are not at all
ashamed OF our record. When we started
we recognized that we had at the best only
one chance in eight. and that Indianapolis
was the smallest city entered in the contest.
We impressed the people with our
else. We sounded the praises of
indianapolis for several days; got a hear
ing In all the great newspapers and showed
that this city was alive, that IL had energy
and enterprise and was reaching out for
great things i doubt If any money was
ever better invested than the small amount
put into this enterprise Applause.
ID. L. Erwin responded briefly TO The
Newspaper interviewer and bis expert
ence with that parsonage in Washington.
New York and elsewhere. Mr.. Erwin. who
Is a stalwart Republican. was mistaken for
q Democrat while n Washington. and d
few casual remarks were twisted and dis
torted IN q manner that gave him great
anxuish OF sDirit. though o matter OF IN
finite amusement TO his friends.
John X. Wilson followed Mr.. Erwin in q
long and eloquent eulogy upon the ~favorite
subject Of State Pride.D Sterling X. Holt,
the local chairman of the recent Demo-
cratic national convention committee.
made n short speech. in which he recalled
with becoming modesty the efforts his com
mittee had put forth In its attempt to catch
the prize.
Thomas Taggart. the celebrated organ
fZer: Albert Lieber, o man who did as
much as any other one man to MAKE the
journey to Washington endurable: Will
lam Fortune. the energetic and able secre-
rsry OF the Commercial Club and the man.
ager en- tour of the trip. and Austin II.
Brown followed IN the order named. each
making pleasing littlo addresses contain
ing happy phrases pertinent TO the oc-
casion.
cHAsE's
Governor Chase was then received with
prolonged cheers as he arose to speak to
the toast Indiana" The following is the
Governors speech in full:
! am more than happy 10 meet with you to-
night and have this theme given to me. IL
affords me On opportunity 10 speak in other
lines than | have spoken on two previous occa-
sicns 10 the same toast Our State has
had a varied experience. IL was new about
the same time that the century was. At
sweet sixteen &c became the fifth new
State IN the Union. It seems but a little while
ago-only three years before / saw it
that two men came TO this State to transact bust
ness and In that year or 1882 manufactured two
wagons. Last year that firm manufactured
sixty thousand wagons I speak of IL only To
show the growth IN one lice. In 1870 We had no
plate-glassi Industries. Now we have the largest
n the world We have the largest plow-works
N Tia world We cau almO.f halt fha world Wi IN