Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1905-01-26

The seventh annual banquet of the
now famous Gridley Club will be held
in Ionia at Maccabee hall on Friday
evening, February 3rd, and every in
dication points TO one of the best
feasts of wit, humor and wisdom in
the history of the club. Some of the
best and wittiest speakers of the
country have been secured for the
occasion and # you intend to go you
had better get your ticket as soon as
possible as the demands for them are
very large and the capacity of the
hall is limited to 600.
Fifty tickets have been sent to this
city and can be found at the store of
w. A. Wilder. The committee hav-
ing in charge the allotment of ta-
bles have been very generous with
Belding this year, and have given the
delegation from this city one of the
best in the house, our allotment con-
sisting of table No. 8, which is locat-
ed directly in front of the platform
and adjoining the speakers table on
the left
The banquet is in the hands of the
ladies of the Disciple church of that
city and this is enough to assure all
of our readers of the character of the
spread to which they will be invited
to sit down and that there will be
ample provision for the inner man
goes without saying
The committee on music have an
excellent program arranged for the
banquet and aside from the feast Of
good things there will also be feast
OF music and song. The toasts for
the occasion will be good ones and we
give below a few Of the speakers and
their subiects!for the occasion. If
Belding readers desire to ascertain
the location of their table they will
find chart of the hall given eise-
where on this page
Hon. Edgar G.. Ellis was elected to
congress from the Kansas City dis
trict in Missouri. He defeated Wm
5. Cowherd, chairman Of the Demo-
cratic congressional committee, and
one of the leading members of the
house. Mr. Cowherd's majority two
years ago was over 5000 Mr.. Ellis
is member of one of the leading law
firms Of his state. He is a younger
brother of A. \. Ellis, of Ionia; is
splendid speaker. His subject will be
Missouri, the Mysterious Stranger.
Hon. Edwin DENLY, of Detroit. will
speak upon the Hay Doctrine. :"
His address will be a discussion of the
foreign relations of the United States
with the far East, especially.in China.
Mr. DENLY has made a study of the
questions growing out of our rela-
tions with that country, and there is
no one better fitted to discuss it.
Hon. VIM. A. Norton, of St. Johns,
is one of the best speakers in Michi-
gan His response to a toast at the
recent banquet of the Ionia Bar AS
sociation made the hit of the even
ing His subject will be ="Abra ham
Lincoln y
Andrew L. Moore, of Pontiac, will
respond TO the toast "Under the
Flag" Mr. Moore is an eloquent,
cultured speaker. He did excellent
work in the last campaign, and good
reports were uniformly received from
his meetings.
Another good speaker has been Sc
cured for the Gridley Club banquet.
Hon. Charles T.. Whelan, of Madison,
Wisconsin, will respond to the toast
"Our Country" Mr.. Whelan has
served as mayor OF Madison, and as
assistant attorney general of his
state. He is one of the very best
speakers of the northwest, and no
more eloquent speaker will be heard
at any political banquet in Michigan
this year. Ionia people are fortun
ate in having an opportunity to hear
him.