The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-23
GAVE A BANQUET
WORKNEH MEET AND INDULGE IN
GOOD FELLOWSHIP.
ONE Sixty Lodge Men Discuss Roast Duck
and Quail on Toast-Many Speeches
Made, All Eulogistfc of the Order
Which the Boys Love SO Weli-The Flo
quent Senator Gordon That is. and /. to
be, Presided as Toast Aaster-James
Mccoy Voted TO lie the Henry Grady of
the Meeting.

s"c H1CCAsu6.
One Of the most delightful events of
the year was the banquet given last
night at Zeininger hall by some sixty
members OF Inc Ancient Order of United
Workmen. The banquet was given I'M
der the auspices of Wichita lodge No.
p, but a great many of the most genial
members of Peerless lodge No. 121 were
present and added largely to the success
OF the feast.
About four weeks ago Mr.. A. D. Nc
Nichol, custodian of the government
building. al meeting of ''22,' suggested
that two captains be appointed 10 go
out into the broad field of young and
respectable citizenship, to find new tim
Der for the lodge. The proposition was
made that which ever one of them got
the least applicants should pay for the
supper. The two captains appointed
We're Mr.. McNichol and DR.. Cave. the
master workman of the lodge. Both OF
them worked like Trojans and at the end
Of the appointed time each of them had
secured twenty-nine new members, max
ing, in all, fifty-eight. The result of
their work being a tie, both Of them
combined and gave the dinner.
Mr.. Robert Mccain of the Elite res
taurant was the gentleman appointed to
furnish the dinner and it was as neat
and pretty a spread as one could wish
for. 1T was much better than many Of
the so-called banquets given at much
greater expense. II consisted or quail
on toast, roast duck, oysters, fish, cei-
cry, salads and great many other
things pleasing TO the palate, including
some light banquet drinks.
The guests assembled a the hall as
early as O'Clock, although the dinner.
was not served until 10 The intervening
hours We're occupied in playing whist
ard other agreeable pastimes.
Senator Harry Gordon was elected
POSTMASTER by unanimous voice of the
guests and a more brilliant selection
could not have been made. In accept
ing the position he paid beautiful and
eloquent tribute to the principles of the
A o. L. w. Senator Gordon is filed
with the spirit of the order, the spirit
that should pervade every benevolent
order, and every one of his touching re-
marks was punctuated with great APP
plause.
He first called on County Clerk Denny,
lflelllDcI Oh 81, WUO uSlINtftu IL SpISl-uiu
address, replete with the spirit Of fra
ternad feeling that exists between the
two lodges. He was followed by George
P. Locke. assistant postmaster. Mr.. A
A Reside of the Missouri Pacific, D. ID.
Leahy of the Eagle, Henry Huffman,
Internal revenue collector. Alderman
Giles Smith of the city council, DR.. Cave,
master Workman of Wichita Lodge No.
%, Judge Wyatt of the probate court,
James Mccoy OF the postofiice depart
ment. and many others. Among the
eloquent addresses made were those of
Alderman Smith, Judge Wyatt and
James Mccoy. The latter proved him.
self to be an orator of eloquent tongue
and it is very seldom an after dinner
speech such as he made has been heard
in Wichita.
Taking the dinner altogether, it was
one Of the most pleasant events imagin-
able. 1t inspired the members of both
lodges with greater ambition and spurr-
ed them to greater effort in strengthen
ing and building up the order which
they all love.