The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-24
BANQUET TO MR., JONES
MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS WILL
EXTEND THEIR HOSPITALITY
The Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee VIII BE Dined
at the Ryan TOnight-WilI Be
State Affatr-A Discussion of
Those Questions of Interest to the
Voters Has Been Arranged For.

Senator Jones will be rendered ban
quet tonight at the Ryan hotel that
will make the chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee feel what
Minnesota hospitality means. The fact
that the gathering will have the aspect
of political Importance is not to be
considered as detracting from the COM
pliment that is paid to the distin-
guished visitor. That it is to be polit-
ical in character will not make it OBJ
jectionable to the gentlemen who will
be present, and Senator Jones under
stands that the occasion will be taken
advantage of by the leading Demo-
Gratis Of the state to get together and
discuss without the trammels of
convention those questions in which
they and all Of the people of the state
are vitality interested.
1t is quite certain that the oratory
that will follow the feast will be IN
the variety Of the topics discussed and
in the eloquence of the orators quite
Guido anything that has been heard
in one gathering in the state of late
years In assigning the toasts the COM
mfttee took great pains to so place the
responses that the speakers will be
talking on the topics in which their
hearts or their brains are most inter-
ested.
7. D. O'Brien, an entertaining and
gifted speaker in any capacity, has
been chosen to preside. He will be
called to the chair by Chairman l.. A.
Rosing, of the state central commit
tee. Mr.. Rosing will deliver the ad-
dress Of welcome to the guest of honor
and the guests Of the evening.
James Gray, one Of the cleverest af-
ter dinner speakers in the country,
candidate for the mayoralty Of Mime
apolis will respond to the toast POL
itics and Reform" Mr. Gray is a.
newspaper man and thoroughly con-
versant with public life, and he will
not only entertain but inform his hear
ers. John L. Townley will tell some
thing about the bank examiner whose
examinations of shaky banks are so
largely ex post facto, and something
good may be looked for from the chair
man of the county committee
There is not a better informed man
in the state on political questions than
A. T. Ankeny, of Minneapolis, and he
will respond to 1.-THE Political Situation
in Minnesota" Maj. Bowler will talk
be expected that the great speech of
the evening will be made In response
to the toast Of the candidate of the
party, John Lind. The response will
be made by the most gifted orator In
the fusion ranks, Charles A. Towne,
and his remarks on the candidate will
be the more worth listening to from
the fact that he is the very close per-
sonal friend Of Lieut.. Lind and knows
him intimately. A great effort is look
ed for-one Of the speeches that have
made the fame of the former congress-
man from the Sixth.
Patrick Fitzpatrick, Of Winona, will
speak on the judiciary, and with such
a subject his speech should be an in
structive one. c.. W. Stanton will dis
cuss Democracy, and H. H. Gillen may
be depended on to tell some interesting
facts when he responds to Senatorial
Elections in Minnesota"
None Of the speeches will be long.
All Of the speakers have placed their
own limit on the time required, and
the long list Of speeches will not be
permitted to become tedious
The reception committee will meet
the guest of the evening at the hotel.
There will be no forrlality about the
arrival Of the senator, and the public
reception will begin at o'clock in the
parlors of the Ryan. 1t is anticipated
that many ladies will be present, and
the function will be extended to an
hour in order that everybody may meet
the senator from Arkansas. At
o'clock the banquet will open.
The committee on decorations have
arranged to beautify the banquet hall
with colors and flowers, and the scene
when the guests fill the hall cannot fail