The morning times., 1895-11-21
SHEPHERD THEIR GUEST
Prominen G. ..zens Ente tai the
Ez-Governor at Ba lqu55.
Toasted the Nam who Made the Capt
tai What II Is ana Exchanged
"Reminiscences.


TON was a nagniiIcent afiaIr, there being
present "A nosL notable gathering OF the
! Dcst known business and professional men
| OF the city.
Never before perhaps Ill the history OF
TINS city was there u more truly Representa-
| 1--WE aSSefnDIlyc. Every pIUIessIOn was
| represented, the banker, Jile cUiiege pro
| lessor, tie redi estate man, the lawyer, the
| predcnef, tue IournaiIst-aii were Jnere 10
| 40 honor 10 tue man who, tess Inan u quar-
| Ter ol century ago, began the gpbunuIng
| Tue Brdhucst cIuy oa tue aacr Ur the s.ODc.
| The reception Committee assembled in the
| large pariors OF the hoJei. 1nis committee.
/ Consisted oT Henry A. " Wizard, charuJ;In:
beflan W iikiiis..s- s. BgrdeLJ, DAVID II. Mc-
= hee, Jonh Joy Edson, Ed waru j. . steuwagca,
II. " hoitZinan, william >. koose, Isauure
.7s.i.s, S-ss.SL.,r - .,ViiicnJ, ocUrSc I. uur-
t nam, William b. Guriey, George w. Cueh-
rah, Dr. II. Is DonaiusOI, George W. Evans,
Robert NJ. Larner and Or. Il. l. suwers
Alter brier Interchange OF greetings
! ana introductiuns 10 the ex-governor tue
Iafgc doors leading to the pdn4trt TIA.
( were thrown open and marvel OF sCcnIc
decorative IFi.nipa greeted the eyes UI the
guests.
\ DE wiIdering mass OF verlIre was formed
and t"ined into graceful figures anu
2 SHAPES, grouped ana scattered Iii reckless
.
fortu and color.
Tile liable WAS a longitudinal affair with
-FOUR spurs JuIung or at regular infer
Nais al tbe heau OI winch rjpUs,u Il nIagDl-
fioent bunch OF long stcnnned American
Beauty roses.
l'tnn.u screen OF pending evergreenS
meeting towering palms, was stationed
the. Marine Banu, which uiscours.d The
sweetest strains throughout the evening.
TIE venerable James Il. BcrIett, Il way
back in the '50's the mayor OF this
municipality, in introducing the guest cG
ttic evening, paid trlbutc in the most
eloquent terms TO the n.an who is re-
EdiccG hS ey'ryLcuy as he pioneer ~
the building up OF tie nations capital.
In speaking OF iEe tS-iOvCTnurs achieve
mems, Ar, Eerrett said:
This man Shepherd in The face Of tie
strongest opposition, has trans formed
Tins Guy from mud hole into tie most
beautiful OF all cities" He had no Lard
words 10 say of Nr. Shepherds opponents.
They were, as a rule, men OF The very
highest character. They were simply
mislcd.
kz-Gov. Shepherd arqse amidst q storm
OF applause That prevented utterancc for
several moments.
"A prophet Is, rot without honor, save
in his own lcountry," began nr. shep-
herd, yet what greater honor can come
~ any ~ llest Nlll eutu "A
reception from his school boy friends, his
colleagues in private life, and public
trusts"
He referred to- his boyhood days in this
city as a bread winner, and nIodest.y sug-
E-Sted that iIr rad only done his dCty as an
officer OF the city in carrying ont re-
forms Mnica he Iitu.ght wrI,. necessary
to ma ke the City.
Col. NyTon NJ. Parker followed the Ex-
Governor III "a very handsome address OF
two minutes, extOlling his many virtues
and manly qualities Numerous telegranls
We're read by Cluskey Cromwell from tie
Mexican minister, ! ishop Hurst, Prof.
Glliaudet, Ex-CoDgressnan A rchie Hiss,
ana Bishop kedhe, resTettiug tncif at
sence, and paying tribute 20 the guest OF
honor
Justice Brown arose TO deliver the ad-
dress of the evening.
This man Shepherd" said the Justice
had a mighty task before him in trampliug
down the prejudice Of tbe Old fOgy ele-
ment-that he did 1t, the city is a stand
ing witness. | have never before this
evening had tue pleasure of personally
meeting this man, but he impressed me at
once as being the man for the occasion"
Justice Brown testified TO his affection
for Washineto ton, its mild climate, its beau-
tifui streets, its beautiful location II
have come here not for two years. nor
four, but for life, aud anything pertain
ing to its welfare is as dear to me as TO
any of YOU here present.
II do not know the ante-bellum. or,
might say, the ante Shepherd, Washing
ton. II is TO me what our guest has made
it."
Justice Brown concluded with an eIo-
queut eulogy on Washington, and wished
that he might live to see it, mot alone the
most beautiful city i'll the country, but In
the whole world"
on behalf of the Commissioners. Mr..
Trresdell delivered an address rcma rka Bile
for tie hearty welcome il accorded tie ex-
governor.
Among those present were: Ex-Mayor
James q. Berret, Commissioners Trues-
dell and Powell, Justice Brown. Senator
Stewart, Mr.. W. B. Powell. j. W. Doug
lass. Health Officer Woodward. Thomas p.
Morgan, Judge I. G. Kimball. Justice Cole,
S. E. Wheatiey, Col. John NJ. Wilson. Mr.
James H. Breslin, Mr.. George Quintard.
Mr.. George Dunlop, Mr.. F. Robinson. and
Mr.. James r. Cunning of New York, Presi-
dent whitman of Columbian University. ".
q. Emery. II. A. Willard. s. 6. Bnrdett,
z. T. Sewers. Thomas somervilIe. j.
Maury Dove, James E. Fitch. G. C. Willard,
william 8. RoOse, r. o. Hoffman. ].
W. AIbaugh, Frank Hume. Simon Wolf,
Robert Portner, william Pitt Kellogg,
Henry Z. Davis, James F. Oyster, Vic
tor Kauffmann. Rudolph Kaufman.
Colin Studds, William B. Hibbs. James P.
Willett, F. c. Stevens, Beriah wilkins,
Leroy NJ. Taylor, j.. W. Fl. Moses, william
Wall, Robert NJ. LarDer. DR.. R. B. Donald
son, Chaplin Brown, w. Scott Towers, c. J.
Bell, w. F. Mattingiy, Dr.. W. s. Harlan,
Isadore Saks, Francis Cotton, George W.
Cochran, Charles Baum, James L. Norris. |
David r. Mckee, George E. Lemon, ]. Nota
McGiIl, Cluskey Cromwell. Crosby s. Noyes,
]. w. Ba bson, F. 4. Richardson. Levi Wood
bury. F. C. Newlands, DR.. Frank T. Howe,
C. F. Norment, E. J. StellwageD, John !
F. ChamberIin, John w. Mccartney, George |
c. Gorham, Thomas NJ Gale John F. Wag-
gaman, H. L. Crawford, William D. Rudy,
E. D. Easton, Theodore W. Noyes, Lewis
Clephane. Enoeh iTotten, A. T. Britton.
William B. Guriey, Hallet Kilbourn, T. e.
Roessle, George W. Evans, Harry P. God
win, Frank B. Noyes, R. Ed win Joyce. Byron
S. Adams, T. Lambert, Tom C. Noyes.
Chris Heurich, Samuel NJ. Bryan. william
A. Wimsatt. George E. Hamilton, L. G.
Eipe, J. L. Smfthmeyer, WA Hun gerford,
Ralph Calf, John Joy Edison.