The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-25
HOTEL men OF INDIANA
ANNUAL MEETING OF STATE ASSO-
CITATION AT THE CLAYPOOL.
Next Year Thomas Taggart Will Act
as Host at French Lick-Bever-
idge mt the Banquet.

idge mt the Banquet.
Welcome, BOniface.
Here's to you. Boniface!
Merry soul Boniface.
Jolly laugh Boniface.
Round, rosy Boniface.
Patron of travellers,
Friend of the homeless!
When hungry and tired
From our journey come.
Though the clerk may be naughty
And the porters be glum,
We know that you'll joyfully
Welcome home
So here's to you. Boniface;
Good cheer to you. Boniface!
Patron Of feasting,
Saint of good cheer,
Well may you fare
While you are here!
And never strike
May the future yield,
Save one that you like,
On the diamond heldl
Here's welcome to Boniface;
Long may ne live!
The best in the city
To him we will give!
Four-score progressive business men of
the State gathered in the city yes
terday for the annual meeting of
the Indiana Hotel Keepers Association.
The meeting was largely of social charac-
ter but it was turned to profit in the inter-
change of ideas and innovations in hotel
keeping, and it was considered one of the
most successful sessions in the history of
the organization. That the association is
substantial footing and that it's value
is appreciated by the bonifaces of Indiana
was shown by the addition of seventeen
new members.
The meeting was called to order at 1870
o'clock yesterday in the assembly hall of
the Claypool by President w. ". Turpin,
of Marion. Aside from the election of off,
GERS and the selection of a meeting place
for next year little actual business was
transacted, but the entire afternoon was
given over to the informal discussion Of
topics relating to the managing of caravan
saries. The election of officers resulted as
follows:
President-Joseph E. Hennings, of An
derson.
Vice President-George Fulwell, of In
ry-treasurer-D. H. Jackson, of
Indianapolis.
Executive Committee-H. S. Dinner In
dianapolis, chairman; Ben F. Turpin, Ma
rion; A. b. Jones, Charlottesville; j. s..
Hall, indianapolis, and A l.. Branham,
Union City.
The association accepted the invitation of
Thomas Taggart to hold the next annual
meeting at his establishment at French
Lick. The date of the meeting was not de-
termined, but it will probably be some time
next April.
Aside from the Indiana hotel men in at
tendance there were several visitors, in
Guiding Terry Cullen, of Cincinnati, former
manager of the Denison House, of this
city; .. III. Barrows, of Paducah KY, for
mer proprietor of the Spencer House at Ma
rion; III. j. Bohn, Chicago editor of the
Hotel World; j. E. Wiley. Chicago, editor
of the Hotel Monthly and F. Melville
Lewis, Cleveland, editor Of Hotel Life.
BANQUET AT THE CLAYPOOL.
Last night the meeting was brought to a
close with banquet served in the ladies'
cafe at the Claypool The menu and ap-
pontments left nothing to be desired, for
catering to the most critical set of men the
Claypool has so far been called upon to en-
| terrain. AT the same time, however, the
| versant with all the details of the catering
business, and were quick to respond to
triumphs in the culinary art and excellent
service.
August Stocker, of Lafayette, presided as
| POSTMASTER. and after brief address OF
welcome by Mayor c.. A. Bookwalter, in
| his happiest vein. the following toasts were
! given: american Hotel Keeping Compared
| to Hotel Keeping in Foreign Countries, "
by Senator Albert j: Beveridge; Learned
! and Unlearned Truths" by F. Melville
Lewis, Of Cleveland, and THE Reason
| Why" by H. j. Bohn, of Chicago.
Senator Beverage in his toast paid
American hotel keepers a high tribute. A
peoples hotels are the markers of that peo-
pies progress, he said, and as the Ameri-
| can people are the most progressive in the
| world 1t Is unnecessary to speak of the Sd
periority of the American hotels. 1t had
been his observation that the hotels in for
| eign countries are best where they have
| adopted the most of American ideas and
methods, and he cited the conspicuous ex.
amples of this in England, France, Ger.
| many, Russia, Siberia and the Orient. THE
senator raised a laugh by remarking that
| 1T was singular fact that hotel prices are
substantially the same the world over and
| leaving the inference that hotel proprietors
were adopts in sizing up the resources OF
| a guest and taking all he had. In conclu-
| sion he said that the American hotel is the
| best in the world simply because the Amer.
| lean people are the best people in the
world and have one peculiar characteristic
| they demand the best and will not have
| anything but the best of everything.