Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-26
RENDERED To
LEGISLATORS
THE LIQUOR DEALERS BANQUET
FRIENDS OF THE SEVENTH
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
IN HONOR OF PASSAGE
OF HOUSE BILL NO. 80
Evening Was Spent in Feasting.
Speechmaking and the Enjoyment
of Excellent Music.

ii was the dining hall of the Helena no. !
thought this So but that was later in
the evening. The illusion would have
been caused by the faces the same faces
that made the Legislature a thing dis
tinctive from any other body of men at
the state capital.
AT ihe head of the table. enthroned in
al his glory, sat Honorable Tom Kill
ga Ian. the father of house bill No. so. On
his right sat President William f. Deem
ey of the State Liquor Dealers associa
ton, postmaster of the evening. AMI
Secretary Gus Nissem of the Silver Bow
Liquor Dealers association. On his left
sat Mrs. Deeney and his two charming
daughters, the Misses Laura and Katie
Kigallan. In front of him sat the great
and only P. j. Gil lisan 0hero of the s,eep-
ing fiddle). Dan Mcdonald Chero of the
Helena oratorical Vase) and host or
other heroes, while around the hall were
scattered city and county officials, men,
bers of the Silver Bow delegation to the
seventh Legislative session. legislators
from other counties of the state and in
vited guests who We're neither legislators
nor officials.
Several handsome specimens of odd
Glory ornamented the stage, while red.
white and blue bunting festooned the
walls and streamers of the same tri-color
were pendent from the ceiling. giving
the spacious hail most patriotic APP
! pearance. On the stage Professor Ros-
ner's orchestra rendered lively and pleas
ing music for the occasion.
| Tom ki'galan ought to feel proud to-
day, for while the banquet. which was
7 DIV b,-tI a
association, was supposed to be in honor
of the Silver Bow legislators on account
of their support of house bill No. so, the
measure requiring grocers selling intoXi-
/ cants to pay regular saloon license. il
was really in honor of the father of the
measure. Covers We're laid for almost
2t0 people and fully $50 We're in attend
ance. 1t was a ga a occasion, an even
! ing of toast and jest. qu.p and song, and
| the gentlemen who worked so earnestly
for its success deserves much praise for
the manner in Which the happy affair
| was conducted.
| Toastmaster Deeney led off with a few
! Introductory remarks of a character be-
fitting the time and place and then ask
! ed all present to seek good positions and
look pretty" a photographer was
ready to snap them. Two views We're
|
from the gallery. Mr.. Gi.ligan managed
to spoil the first picture by getting in
front of Mr.. Mcdonald and Mr.. McDon-
a,d managed to get even" on the second.
Then Secretary Nissem was introduced
as the first speaker of the evening, who
would make the address of welcome
Il feel tonight like the proverbial
Young lady" he said, "thls is so sudden.
But l can go her one better, because I
am bashful. The liquor dealers form a
class of men who are little understood.
The public has never tried to lind out
who or what they are. They pay their
licenses, try to conduct legitimate
business and are law abiding; further
than that l will not speak at this time.
other than to say we are trying to make
others do the same. We are here to-
night to celebrate what we have accom-
p,ished along those lines, and in the
name of the Silver Bow Liquor Dealers
association l wish to welcome you one
and all We owe our heartfelt thanks &c
adj the members Of the Silver Bow dele
CATION and in many instances to mem
bers of other county delegations for the
support they gave house bill No. So ant
especially to that genial and great-soulet
man, Hon. Thomas Kilganan-a better
friend I do not wish Appause) l here
ask you all to fill your glasses and drink
| to the health and prosperity of the rep
resentative from Silver Bow county.
The toast was cheered to the echo an
drunk with every manifestation o
friendship and good will. Major Deene!
then called for an address from tina
Old wan horse, Hon. Thomas khgalan.
When Tom mounted the rostrum tn
applause was deafening. He pretace'
his address, which was brief but to tn
MONT. with the statement that Repre-
sentative Lannn had promised not t.
pull a parliamentary manual on him. II
said that he did not desire to take an.
particular credit for the passage o
house bill No. so; al he had done was
acleae to the reque / of the association
committee and permit the use of hi
name.
Il promised to do what could for tn
biz" he asserted. land / fulfilled m
promise The remainder of the Silve
Bow delegation promised the same thin
and so did representatives from Othe
| counties l had a race for a short tim
with Brother Quinn on another bill, bu
/ out that fight and made this bill m
, pet. (App.ause and shouts of Goo
| boy.'D When you, gentlemen, sent owe
that competent committee composed q
>. ,Messrs Nssem, Deeney, Fitsch an
Schmidt, you made our road easy I
travel
An error was made in the origina
bill, which was discovered in time
q eN ade multiplying the work OF getting TN
G proposed measure through the leslsia
t ture. The man who discovered tina
/. error was your secretary, Mr.. Nissen
v and he is the man who really deserve
70 the most credit in the affair"
II AS soon as the applause greeting tn
:. recounting of Mr.. Nissem's perform
e ance had died away, Mr.. kilgallan ex
n planned that all he ever tried to do
y a speech was to say what came to hin
3, whether it was of an ethical natur
S. or not, and that when it came to vOtin
he cast his own ballot exactly as h