The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-04
EDITORS At A FEAST
Enjoyable Banquet Given at
The Kenyon.
SPEECHES WERE GOOD
QUILL PUSHERS HAVE A MERRY
TIME.
sixty-two Guests in All Were Enter
tanned By Don Porter, Who Pro-
vided For Them Royal Spread
Judge King Separates Judge Good
win and President Snow.

Judge King Separates Judge Good
win and President Snow.
Sixty-two guests were entertained by
Host Don Porter last night, the occa-
sion being the annual banquet of the
Utah Press Association. The large din
ing hall was tastefully decorated for
the occasion with palms, carnations,
tea roses, ferns, smilax and candelabra
which were dotted upon the huge u
shaped table which occupied the major
portion of the room.
By $50 the guests began to arrive
and were ushered into the parlors on
the second floor, where they were re-
ceived by Mrs. D. P. Felt and Mrs. Fred
Nelson. In due course the Springville
Independent came cavOrting up the
stairs with the Beaver Blade a hot
second, the Ephraim Enterprise and the
Logan Journal making a grand stand
finish in a dazzling rush under the wire
Then the press from Idaho on the north
to the Stateline on the south came
rOmping ina blanket would have COW
cred the bunch. The pencil pushers
came in squads and battalions, accom-
EolAlEA W tlCll lC0HENlAhC
and were duly ushered 10 their seats.
John Ladysmith James and D. Phin-
cas- Felt Of the evening contemporary
UP the street piloted some Of the back
ward ones TO their seats and the ad-
vance call sounded calling upon the
quill drivers to Danish dull care in the
form of delinquent subscribers and fall
on, as Johnny Bull said to the Boer
when he fixed his bayonet.
Judge Goodwin introduced.
skirmish had cleared away Judge c. c.
Goodwin was observed toying with a
glass of ice water, with President Lo-
renzo Snow Journalist pro tenn at his
right elbow, while Fred Nelson
thoughtfully chased blue point around
his plate with a miniature harpoOn.
Nelson impaled his bivalve and Presi-
dent NJ. F. Murray rose TO his feet sim
ultaneously. Sanpete did itself proud
as the Ephraim Enterprise worked off
5000 ems of eulogy regarding the edi-
tor of the rural contemporary and pro-
eeeded to introduce the toastmaster of
the evening.
Judge Goodwin then replied in his
well known vein for half a double
loaded column and the programme
started.
Soup and a bass solo re adered by
Fred Sands, were then en- regele with
the advent of turkey stuffed with chest
nuts Fred Nelson arose and informed
the assembled knights of the rule that
he had a bad cold, but the country edi-
tor was the most maligned of men; he
proceeded TO indorse his remarks by
reading a clipping from the morning s
columns of the most worthy Tribune
and eventually resumed his seat with
the clinching assertion that the coun-
try editor exercised more influence than
his less fortunate city brother
Miss Bessie Edmunds sweetly sang
Thou Art Mine"
After the applause of the love-born
editors, typestickers ct al. had died
away Major E. A Littlefield stood UP
and held a little quiet conversation
with those at his end of the table on
the topic Of Newspaper Legislation
Dresser Reads i'Pome."
The climax was reached when n. B.
Dresser Of the Mercur Miner proceeded
TO read 153 StanZas dedicated TO The
Editor in Heaven" His description of
the meeting of Penrose and Goodwin
trans-Styx moved the festive ones TO
salty tears.
James A. Glove then pulled out his
little rule and proceeded to measure
nations by their journals and incident
ally related some missionary expert
ences in Turkey in which a press cen
SCR outclassed Butler and Otis and won
out hands down.
After Mrs. Annie Lewis Johnson had
recited Fireman. Spare NY Child. -
George E. Blair assumed an Irvinesque
attitude and told the belated newspa-
per men from the lands of one night
stands that he recently saw a show in
the east Nobody cOntradicted him and
! then he told a story about a certain
scene shifter, who to quote Blair play
ed ell and spoiled the e. bloomin
show" Georges witticism was sternly
frOWned down while John Robinson
tunefully informed the guests that The
Silent World is Sleeping"
Judge King, who, at II o'clock. had
separated President Snow and the edi-
tor of the Storm Starter by sitting
down between them, was then intro
duced to the guests.
He preferred to talk about the ladies'
and incidentally startled his hearers
with the assertion that Judge Goodwin
had a mother, also a wife; further than
I that, his hair was thin on top. THE
world was maid up of pairs (voice
from the crowd "deuces").
Judge King said he was glad the
women Of Utah had vote, for this was
the age of political equality.
he also trod on some corns by max
ing some salient remarks regarding the
establishment Of peace in Utah.
After the guests had united in sing
ing America" the pleasant, instructive
and gastronOmic entertainment wac
voted a success, and vote of thanks
rendered to mine host Don Porter.
Those Who Were There.
Among those who were present at the
banquet were the following:
l. E. Diehl, Mammoth Record: M H
Graham, Provo Enquirer; Charles v
Worthington, Tribune; z. a. Littlefield
State Journal; James Glove, ENQUIRER
Provo; Warren Foster, Living Issues
y. 3. Dresser, Mercur Miner: George
f. Blair, The Political Farmer: John
James, Deseret News; D. P. Felt, Des-
eTet News; Fred Nelson, Democrat
Provo: z. G.. ROgnon, c. England, Lo-
gan Journal; NJ. T. Murray, Enterprise
Ephraim; c. c. Goodwin. Tribune: Lo-
renzO Snow, Mrs. NJ. J. Snow. Annie
Lewis Johnson, lie ROi Snow. MabeIle
Snow DR.. Mary P. Silver. Charles S
Wilkinson. J. =. Graham, Miss Bes-
sic EdmOnds Martha Dunn. Jamer
Dunn, Mr.. and MIS-. D. 5. Spencer. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph J. Daynes. y. H. Felt
Springville independent: White. Beaver
Blade. W. NJ. White. Beaver. Blade. C
J. Fisher, Fred r. Sands. Miss Jennie
Sands Mrs a G.. McAlister. Afrs. IF
fie Dean Knappen. Miss Julia Jones. U
V Jones, Mary L. Graham.