The record-union., 1894-04-30
GUESTS OF THE PRESIDENT.
Heads of Departments Entertained by
G. P. Huntington.
The Bana net Held at His California
Street Mansion-Those Who
Were Present.

The seventh banquet given by COILS Z.
Huntington to the heads of departments
was held at the Huntington mansion,
corner of Taylor and California streets,
San Francisco, Saturday evening. The
banquet was served in the large dining
room of the house, which was beautifully
decorated for the occasion.
The menu was an excellent one and the
appetites of the ninety odd guests were
quite equal to the occasion. There was
no set form of toasts, though w. II. Mills,
who fairly glistened with unctuous hu-
NOR, acted as POSTMASTER, and in that ex-
quisitely pointed and piquant style which
is peculiarly his own, rhetorically cleared
the way tor each OF the many men OF
iron.
1t was after o'clock when the speeches
began and close on to midnight when the
guests proceeded to the drawing room
previous to their departure. The ball was
set rolling by President huntington in
speech of considerable length. After re-
ferring to the lapse of two years which
had taken place since their last meeting,
MIR. Huntington recalled the death OF the
late Senator Stanford.
My recollections of you late associate
and chief" he said, run back over forty
years of intimate association. Few knew
him better than l. That we were not al
ways in accord is only to say that we
were human, but l liked him for many
more things than l disliked him for, and
/ believe that, could he speak to you to-
night, he would say the same OF me.
Whether the action of the one or the
other on seemingly vital points is ulti-
mately to be sustained by that authority
which decides the last appeal is ques-
ton for neither you nor me tonight.
The same breath of fate which chilled his
spirit brushed out of sight any feeling on
my part which did not do him honor.
He was man of most kindly instincts
and of many gentle benefactlons, and for
these he will be best remembered by
those who knew him in the days of his
public honors and triumphs."
Mr.. Huntington spoke at length OF the
financial crisis of last year. remarking
that he had his paper on the market in
1887, in 1857, in 1873 and 1884, but never
had one piece of it gone to protest.
President Huntington then turned his
attention to labor unions, saying: ut
seems to me that the labor union goes
only half way when it instructs its MEM
bers regarding their rights and wrongs
as body, and has nothing to offer in
furtherance of what should be the princi-
pal and proper object of its creation and
existence, namely, the education and adj
vancement of its individuals. Its tend
ency seems to me always to bring its
strongest elements down to level with
its weakest ones, instead of reversing the
process and lifting up the lowest"
The other speakers Of the evening were
A. n. Towne, Captain \. Z. Smith, Will
lam SprOule, j. l.. Frazier, ID. b. Ses-
sions. j. G. Stubbs, w. F. Herrin, E. B.
Ryan, w. G. Curtis, Joseph d. Redding,
George Z. Mills and Major Hanford.
Major Hanford. in a happy speech,
presented the host with magnificent
silver punch bowl, the gift of the South
ern Pacific employees.
The guests of the evening were as fol-
lows: r. r. Anthon, g. W. Baker, II. S.
Brown, &. h. Brown, j. l.. Bell, j. I.
Carothers, A. Center, L. NJ. Clement, C.
l.. Crabtree, w. G.. Curtis, J. w. Dayan,
X. Derby, r. A. Donaldson, F. S. Douty,
Charles P. Eells, Samuel Ewing, J. a.
Fillmore, L. Fillmore, J. L. Frazier. q.
w. Fletcher, A. B. Ford, n. II. Foster, G.
S. Fish, j. f. Foster, S. T. Gage, E. P.
Gerald, L. II. Goodman, r. Gray, G. E.
Green, J. H. Hanford, j. J. Haley, w. +.
Herrin, e. E. Holton, w. Hood, d. w.
Horsburgh. J. Horsburgh, Jr., w. V.
Huntington, II. Z. Huntington, w. II.
Haydock, S. w. Hauxhurst, j. D. Isaacs,
q. L. Lansing, III. S. Lincoln, w. b.
Ludlow, n. K. Masten, w. McAllister,
William Mckay, William Mckenzie, J.
Madden, William Mahl, w. S. Mills
paugh, j. P. Meehan, q. E. Miles, w. II.
Mills, W. Moberry, A. A. Moore, J. c.
Martin. John Moss, r. ii. Pratt, C. II.
Redington, q. +. Richardson, C. J. Rob-
inson, e. B. Ryan, J. D. Redding, r.
p. Schwerin. J. H. Sharpe. A. d. Shep-
ard, II. j. Smell, n. T. Smith, c.. f.
Smurr, W. Sproule, r. Stevenson, d. D..
Stubbs, J. c. Stubbs, D. r. Sessions, w.
Springer, Jr., A. n. Towne, B. L. TuttIe,
W. NJ. Thompson, f. L. Vandenburg, Z.
+. Wade, J. II. Wade, ]. II. Wallace. b.
Welch, w. II. Whlteley, A. d. Wilder.
c. j. Wilder, j. L. Wilcutt, b. a. Worth
ington. j. B. Wright. E. G.. Wright, ]. H.
Whited, NJ. B. Wallach.