The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-24
CRIPPLE CREEKERS.
They Dine and Talk at Mining Ex-
change Banquet.
Some Picturesque Incidents of the Unusual
Occasion.

mining delegation thht CahS hoAo eo'"
days ago TO help open the new Mining
Exchange was banqueted last night at
the Metropole by the Mining Exchange
The banquet was unique in many re-
spects. II was out OF the ordinary run OF
New York banquets, Colorado was boss
from start TO finish, and colorado men
did most of the talking. Colonel X. "A,
Ammon was marshal of the affair, ana
sat at the head of the table. EX-Con-
gresham Lafe Pence was one OF the dis
finguished guests alongside OF him.
Portland Jimmy Doyle, Erwin Mann,
"who's better man than Dan Webster
ever thought of being, Judge McCart, ana
Judge Dean and about one hundred
equally distinguished gentlemen, SAT at
the long tables. There were a number OF
ladies in the party. The programs, as
the menu cards were called, were printed
in French, and were promptly discarded,
and the walters began at the top and
worked down to cheese and coffee.
When the soup came on Colonel Ammon
introduced Judge Mozart, who declared
that he came from a camp that had
changed beef to bullion and had gone from
raising cattle TO raising gold. Then he
told the story of Cripple Creek. Judge
McCart talked through the ''hors d'oeu,
yres, - the "poisson, ~ and the "entrees"
to the "roti, - and then Judge Dean was
introduced He comes from Aspen, Col.
"we are not suppliants," he declared,
ssand we don't beg you to take our prop
erty of our hands or 10 lend us money.
We have got resources of our own TO de-
velop IL. III you go TO Cripple Creek with
your pockets full of money you can't
dictate terms with the poorest miner IN
the district. II you want the commodity
you pay his price or get out.
Judge Dean talked TO the end OF the
dinner, ana chairs were pushed back.
There was a commot ion up near the head
of the table. Colonel Ammon got up and
announced: "Ladies and gentlemen,
Pm goin' TO call on one OF the boys now.
He's corker from Corkerville. You
don't any of you want to be introduced
10 Portland Jimmy. '1ain't necessary for
me TO say anything either about the pay
dirt o. tn Portland mine Portland
Jimmy can speak his piece without any
help. Ladies and gentlemen, Portland
Jimmy, and want to say right here that
j didn't check my gun, m the first man,
woman, or child that interrupts I'm GO
in 4 chuck il at 'em."
Mr.. James Doyle, short stocky man
with black hair, a black moustacbe, and
determined look, responded. and wild
cheers went up from the crowd. "Pm a
talker,n he said. "You all know that Pm
worker. We used to be silver State, out
in Colorado, but we found that you folks
in New York wouldn't have It, so we
dug the gold for you, and it's there.
Out In my camp we produced two mill
ions for you last year, and when we get
the facilities for carrying 1t that are on
the way now, you'll see that we have
brought back the old days of '4e"
s.Hoop, hoorayl" went up from the
crowd, and "Bully, for you, jimmy"
"From Colorado" resumed Mr.. Doyle,
"must come the gold TO replenish the
binks of the East, the government of
the United States, aye, and the Bank of
England"
right stuff" cried the crowd, and the
applause made ii impossible for Mr.. Doyle
to proceed for a full minute.
'eWe're calling on some of your geniuses
to help US out-Edison and some of the
rest of them."
UEdison's PLANS no good cried a
young woman who owned mines. "No
good sNo good Edison's patents no
gooo, we've tried II.
Mr.. Doyle continued for 10 minutes,
and when he had finished the crowd
cried, "What's the matter with Portland
Jimmy Doyle? He's all right" Alex
ander Lassen was trotted out by the mar
shal next, just for the purpose of propos-
ing toast He seized the opportunity
to make speech, and was called down
by Col. Ammon when he had finished.
The Colonel said good noturedly: "He
is onesof these Eastern dudes" and then
he demanded the toast. Lassen gave it.
1t was to Colorado, and il was drunk
with gusto. Then the Colonel announced
the next speaker like this:
"Judge McCart, you just let up talking
to your best girl there for a minute aud
we'll hear wnat Lafe Pence, God bless
him, has got TO say to us. No offense,
you know, but there's too much talking
going on outside the speakers"
Ex-Congressman Lafe Pence took the
Colonel's place at the head of the table
He walked around n minute and then de-
clared: "Say, I'ye forgotten all the fun
ny things was going to say"
"Then go on, said voice at the end
OF the room.
81 will,u said Lafe, 'and first want
to say at the start of that whoever it is
in this establishment that cut the Rogue
fort cheese served here in the shape OF a
piece ot. pie ought to be discharged on the
spot. We may come from the West and
be fair game, bat cutting cheese TO make
1t look like Missouri pumpkin pie is one
too many. One of my friends sitting
next to me went after IL, and he swears
he'll never eat another piece OF pie I've
had to hold him from going after the
man who made II. "Well, gentlemen" ."
went on Dir. Pence, dropping the pie
episode, "pve got no stock to sell, but /
want TO tell the Easten people some
things: When you buy actOry you get
the most expert mFn in that line. When
you start a bank you get the finest and
most experienced banker in the worlo TO
operate II. Now what do you do when
you go into a mining enterprise?"
"Don't roast them," said a voice iu the
middle OF the room.
"Will you keep still; I've got the floor
now," said Mr.. Pence, pointing TO the
man who owned the voice, and who
promptly subsided.
"What do you do?" resumed Mr. Pence
"Why, the first thing you do is 10 90
10 the list OF your relatives and 90
through IL. Then you pick out a broken
down dude nephew, who has been ex-
PEELED from society and send him out West
as superintendent OF the mine, and YOU
look for dividends and kick. n he ever
sees the property at all he goes 10 livery
stable and wants a bob-tailed pcdigreed
horse 10 ride over a Colorado mountain. -
The crowd howled with delight. Mr.
Pence went on 10 say that the object of
establishing the exchange was 10 bring the
capitalist in touch with the miners.
Colonel Ammon said be had :" let more
good things up has sleeve and he d "pull
'em out and blow 'em quick" lie in
tro5uced a half dozen more speakers