The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-24
O|NEO AND TALKED
Municipal Officers Banquet at
Carey.
PRAISE FOR WICHITA
Everybody Called 1t Best City
in the State.

The Municipal League banquet at the
Carey was a swell affair and lasted until
after l o'clock this morning. The tables
were arranged in the shape of a L in the
center of the spacious dining room and
were very nicely decorated with flowers
and tiny palms. Professor Sanford's or
chestra furnished a beautiful program of
music. The menu included blue points,
consomme, roast turkey, tenderloin Of
beef, Swedish punch, hard shell crabs.
fresh lobster. charlotte russo, neopolitan
cream, assorted cake, wine, champagne.
Neufchatel cheese, salted waters and
cigars.
Alderman ]. Giles Smith of this city was
POSTMASTER. He made some happy hits.
letter from Mayor Busby of Parsons
was read regretting being compelled to
leave the city before the banquet, but
wishing and hoping that it would oe a
success.
City Attorney Helm welcomed the
guests Of the city in very pretty speech,
full of the sentiments of Wichita hospi-
tally.
The response was made by City Attor-
ney Hudson of Fort Scott. who paid fine
tribute to the Peerless Princess of the
Plains, stating incidentally that Fort
Scott was her friend in the early days
and became connected with her by rail-
road through the enterprise Of a Fort
Scott citizen.
Ex-City Attorney Bird of Topeka made
the great speech of the occasion on the
subject of municipal ownership, giving his
own experience in the agitation of a mum
icipal light plant in his town. 1t was Sc
cured and he stated that Topeka is now
the best lighted town in the state at
less cost than S. per month per lamp. He
gave elaborate data concerning the NUM-
cipal ownership of public utilities in this
and other countries, proving beyond
doubt that where the public owned their
own light and water plants they were the
cleanest and best lighted people in the
world. 1t was great address, but ow-
ing to the lateness Of the hour it is impos-
sible to reproduce it here. 1t was so
literally cheered that there is no mistake
as to the sentiment of municipal officers
generally with reference to their partial
ity for public ownership.
Mayor w. w. Letson of Horton made
an able speech on city taxation. He was
cheered when he said that Kansas had
the cleverest tax dodgers of any state in
the union.
On Municipal legislation City Attorney
Spencer of Topeka made very pretty
speech, devoted principally to compli-
ments for Wichita. He said it was IN
the most clever, progressive
and enterprising city in Kansas. He
concluded by offering a vote of thanks to
Wichita for its great hospitality.
Home, Sweet Home by the orchestra
was the last number on the program and
the banqueters adjourned at exactly l
o'clock this morning.
1nose present from the city were: r. c.
Jackman, John Herrig, George E. Har-
ris, Peter Getto. Henry Schad, David
Smythe, John f. Reese, Fred Van Duyne, /
Charles II. Luling. George NJ. Dickson,
Amos McClain. J. w. Burton, John Klob- {
LAUGH, Clarence Smith, VIM. NJ. CasweIl. /
II. 7. Kramer, II. ]. Harding E. T. AL
len. Pat Y. Healy. J. F. Bellew, w. II. /
Herbig, George Cubbon, Mayor Mclean. /
ex-Mayor Finlay Ross, J. Giles Smith. A. |
E. Helm, Councilman Herman, Council /
man Brakeman, Judge D. A Mitchell. /
Frank Oliver. Jesse Leland, Jesse Nc /
CleeS and the neWsDaper men