The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-10
COKE CLUB BANQUET.
AN ELEGANT SPREAD AT THE
GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL.
History and Objects OF the Club
Music, Speeches, Toasts and Flo
Quent and Witty Responses.

One of the pleasantest milestones
or oasis in the desert of every day
humdrum life was the annual banquet
of the Coke club of Salt Lake city
given last evening at the Grand Pa
ciic hotel. The Coke club derives its
name from the famous English jurist,
Sir Edward Coke, and as might
naturally be inferred the members are
gentlemen of the legal profession.
The Coke club in this city was
founded just year ago and it was the
first anniversary which was celebrated
last night. 1t has about fifty members,
mostly law students and younger
members of the bar, whose object in
aSsociating themselves together is TO
aid each other In the study of the law.
Meetings are held every two weeks In
the Third district court room at which
papers are read and discussions had
on legal questions.
The banquet last evening was quite
an elegant one, spread in first class
style by mine host Whittemore, of the
Grand Pacific hotel; the banqueterS
were jolly and thoroughly fraternal.
Besides the members Of the club a
number of the older members Of the
bar by their presence showed their
friendliness and encouragement to the
club by their presence.
Some of the Bnnuetters.
Among the more prominent of those
present were Judge Grant II. Smith,
Judge Bowman, Colonel M. NJ. Kaighn,
H. Backman, A. T. McMaster, r. D.
Earls, ]. H. Murphy, D. G. Jenkins,
Fred w. Milverton, J. w. Cherry, A.
B. Elder, Professor John p. Meakin,
W. r. Fou1ger, f. G. Lea, NJ. E.
Kaighn, Morris Levy, Jack May and
others. John James presided.
The Menu.
The menu was as follows:
Old knickerbocker counts.
Green sea turtle soup, la Anglaise,
Bay state crackers,
Steamed Tahoe trout, a la colbert,
Sardines, nanasse dressing,
Red pickles, Queen olives,
Lobster salad, cream potato,
Baked young Utah" turkey, currant
Braized ttHolly's' home-cured ham
Champagne sauce,
Pine apple slice,
Chicken coquettes, a la Macedonia.
Boiled California quail on toast. cram
berry jelly,
Banana fritters, rum flavor,
Cayiare salad.
Desert-Pudding, Ice cream, cakes,
fruit. coffee, milk and cigars.
Wines-Sherry, claret, champagne.
During the banquet music, both Vo-
cal and instrumental, was enjoyed,
especially two songs by Mr.. John
James rendered in very fine style.
The TOasts.
Judge Grant H. Smith acted as toast
master and on behalf of himself and
the other guests expressed his pleasure
at being present. He congratulated
the club on the measure of success it
had attained and commended the
members for the fraternal and friendly
feeling which existed among them.
He thought it would be good for those
who occupied places in the higher
temple Of the law to emulate the Coke
club in that respect and hoped that
when its members reached that higher
temple that they would still preserve
their fraternity.
Mr.. A. T. McMaster in responding to
the toast of ''the barr referred to the
custom OF painting lawyers in very
black colors, but he was Of the opin-
ion that such was a great measure
undeserved. The speaker referred to
the many great names in the legal
profession who had left their mark in
delibly impressed on the history of the
world. The legal profession had given
the world many of the greatest and
I best men. The bar has produced the
greatest orators, greatest statesmen
and most learned men of the world.
He referred to the great prestige which
England and the great jJrists of that
country had in the legal world, and
prophesied that the time was not far
distant when that prestige would be
transferred to this great country,
where justice and liberty should reign
as nowhere else.
Professor MealSin.
Professor John P Meakin responding
to the toast of 1.-The ladies'" said that
it was woman's influence which had
made the world as good and as fair
as it is today. Woman represents all
the finer elements of nature-truth,
purity, friendship, fidelity charity and
all that is good. a good mother. sister
or wife is the greatest blessing in the
world. Friendship is personif1ed in
women. God bless the ladies'"
The Law Student was responded
to by Mr.. F. c. Lea, who referred to
the trials and difficulties in the path
OF him who would climb the pinnacle of
fame, and told some amusing Incl
dents which had come within his own
personal experience as law student,
and in conclusion thanked the mem
bers of the bar for the encourage
ment they had given the club.
A. 3. Elder made a humorous speech