The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-13
Reasons Feast and Souls Flow.

Reasons Feast and Souls Flow.
Guthrie. o. T.. Jan. R-The banquet
given last night by the Guthrie club in
| honor of the legislators was an event of
great interest to Kansan. I do NOT
| think that I ever saw, even in Wichita,
| more swell affair. The Guthrie club and
people fairly outdid all their previous eff
| forts in the line of hospitable entertain
ment. The members of the club worked
| increasingly at great expense to get up
something that would be memorable and
| they succeeded beyond doubt. In addi-
| ton TO the club. the two daily papers-the
| Leader and the CAPITALIZED something
| handsome for the newspaper boys. At their
own expense Mr.. Leslie Niblack and Mr..
| Frank Greer contributed their purses to
| give their fellow journalists seats at the
tables next in Importance to the judges Of
| the supreme court and the other dstin-
| guished people. The swell people of Ok
iahoma were present and brighter lot Of
men and prettier array of women are
| seldom seen around a banquet table. They
| came from Ell Reno, Oklahoma City, King
| fisher, Enid, Norman, Newkirk, Woodward
and, in fact, from every city Of importance
in Oklahoma. l think the costumes worn
| by the ladies. as well as the ornaments,
would compare favorably, in style. taste
| and value, with the costumes and jewelry
| worn al any similar banquet in the west.
| The menu was very elaborated and the
wines served were Of four varieties, end
! ing with basket after basket of champagne.
| The decorations OF the hall were very uni
| que and the table decorations were simply
| superb. The dinner was served in seven
courses. Two hundred and fifty guests
| had seats at the first tables and $50 at the
second tables, making, in all, 400 guests.
| Previous to the banquet reception was
| held in the large hall OF the United Work
| men, which had been decorated for the
occasion. The judges of the supreme court
were the first to be escorted into the BAN
quoting hail. These were followed by the
members Of the legislature. the newspaper
men other territorial officers and the invited
guests in general. Hon. Cassius NJ. Barnes
was the master of ceremonies and after
bright and witty speech he introduced ex-
Senator o. r. FegaH, who welcomed the
guests in eloquent language. He welcom-
ed them from Oklahoma City, from Enid,
from FL Reno, from Kingfsher and, in fact
from everywhere except Taloga, which
place he had forgotten, much to the regret
of Judge Tarsney, who takes special in
terest IN the towns andsc.ties of his short
grass district. In mentioning the name
of every town he paid it the tribute of
some pretty compliment and thus enhanced
the spirit of that good-fellowship which all
sections contributed. The response TO this
welcoming address was by ]. w. Johnson
OF Oklahoma City, who will be president of
the council He spoke for the legislative
visitors and in doing so he outlined some
features of the anticipated work of the ses-
sion. 1t was indicated by him more than
once that the coming session viii go into
history characterized by conservative
methods of procedure and the application
of business principles to everything done.
He also foreshadowed economy in the man
agement of all institutions. Governor
Renfrow followed with speech on the
subject: Oklahoma" which brought forth
storms OF applause as he paid tribute after
tribute to the Land of the Fair God. Presi-
dent William Bolton of the Press Associa-
ton of Oklahoma, responded to the toast
1.-The Press" and acquitted himself admir-
ably. Needed legislation was the SUBJ
ject of an address by Hon. w. R. Berry,
who kept the banQueters in roars of laugh
ter and storms of applause for ten min
utes. Horace H. Hogan responded to 1.-THE
Flag" in language inspired by patriotism
and replete with eloquence. After some
other pretty speeches Judge John c. Tars-
ney responded to the toast "Our Judiciary"
The eloquent and extremely popular jurist
INDUCED not in his characteristic with but
on the contrary, treated an important SUBJ
ject in very serious manner. His adj
dress. for dignity and ability, was out of
the ordinary and must deservedly be class
ed as a great effort. He treated the en-
actment, Interpretation and execution of
law from what might be termed scientific
standpoint and for ten minutes he held his
auditors spell-bound with the charms of his
eloquence and the logical soldity of It's con-
illusions. He illustrated the difficulty of
the work of the Judiciary of Oklahoma, be-
cause of the newness of the territory, the |
conditions incident to its settlement and |
the fact that an immense population pre-
coded the law. He urged continuance of |
public respect for the Judiciary in order |
that it's work might reach the maximum of |
success.
Senator Gould closed the ortaoricaI fea- |
ture of the banquet with a fine tribute to |
the ladies. |
After the banquet all adjourned to the |
opera house where a ball was given that |
was in keeping with the swell character of |
the banquet. The hall was deliberately |
decorated for the event and the music was |
of high order. 1t was delightful social |
function and one that will long be remem- |
bered.
Politics were entirely lost sight of, be- |
cause the social events eclipsed everything |
else. The only thing of a startling nature |
that occurred was the private tip given out |
by Colonel Johnson that the employees steal |
will be done away with. There were some |
street boasts made by number of men to |
the effect that they would be I'm the APP
preparation bill for services, regardless of |
appointment. but Colonel Johnson stated |
tonight that bill will be introduced at the
very beginning of the session designating
the number and character of every Office |
under the control of the legislature and pro /
viding that no money shall be paid TO any
body whose services are not included in |
this bill. There viii be safety lines thrown |
around the appointment of employees that |
will foil any and every attempt at a steal
At O'Clock this morning al least so |
people were without beds. They slept on
dining tables. chairs in hotel offices, on |
benches in saloons. crap tables in gambling
houses and on everything else where they |
could rest their weary bones. Everybody
that Guthrie has not seen such a
crowd since the big opening
DAVID d. LEAHY.
Howe, Humanity and Atchison.