The San Francisco call., 1905-06-28
EMPLOYEES BANQUET
SUPERINTENDENT.
A. H. Stephens Honored
by Government Mail
Clerks.
Gather From Every Run
Between Coast and
Rockies.
The run IS good. the lay-of good,
Good pay day comes all kinds OF weather:
The cher is good the boys are good,
And We're all good fellows together.

The run IS good the lay-off good,
GOOD pay day comes all kinds OF weather;
The chfeI is good. the boys good,
And were all good fellows together.
Railway mail clerks galore, two hun
dred ana fifty Of them-ail who could
leave through any excuse, good or bad
graybeards and the cubs, not an or
eanization, merely good fellows all, for
sook the service Of Uncle Sam for five
hours last night 10 gather around Del
monico's banquet table. there to do honor
To their long time chief and longer time
friend. Alexander Hamilton Stephens Of
Oakland. superintendent of the Eighth
Division. Railway Mail Service
From everywhere they had eome-Alas-
ka, Yukon. Seattle, Spokane. Portland.
Ogden, Salt Lake. Albuquerque, Los An
geles. Sacramento, Oakland and San
Francisco-untu there were gathered
around the board representatives from
every run" between the coast and the
Rocky Mountains. Those few who could
not come, for the mails cannot stop even
Tor so unusual an occasion as this sent
IN telegram after telegram, a veritabie
shower of them, expressing their sorrow
al not being there 10 grasp their chief by
The hand and personally wish him many
more years of success
The dinner was given by the men To
show their appreciation of the work of
superintendent Stephens. A man reared
On California ranch, Stephens had en-
tered the mail service as young man
and by persistent effort rose from the
ranks to the position he now holds He
Is loved by the men under his direction,
and when Mail Clerk J. ]. Buchanan,
running out Of Sacramento, rose at the
head Of the long table and plainly told
IN his Introductory speech the admira-
Hon they all felt for their chief, ear burst
ing applause followed and kept up until
Superintendent Stephens raised his hand
that he might be heard. In a few words
the superintendent thanked his men and
told them, in turn, how he had appreci-
ated the earnest way in which they had
all worked under him.
The banquet hall was beautifully decor
ated. In the foreground were two i'm
mense American flags and under them
the blue banner of the mail service
Postmasters from many States had sent
IN flowers and ferns, and they were
strung IN great profusion above the table
These decorations We're in charge of J. J.
Carroll, Portland Division, William Nc
ManUs, Ogden Division. and Homer A.
Swaney. Los Angeles Division. whose ef-
forts made the affair the success that it
was. The programme of toasts and enter
tainment was as follows:
Toastmaster, c. l. HOBBS: selection, orches-
a H stephens; cornet solo, J. H Bromberger:
our Absent Brothers," E ]. Turner; ssThe
LADIES A. ". Watts; barytone solo. George
Drumm; Postal Laws and Regulations II.
& McGregor; Our Duty the Superintend-
snt 2 McGrath: Echoes from the South
u E Pearson; The Origin OF the Herring
FRANK Lorey; The Eternal Fitness of Things -
Il z Elwell: Between the Devil and the
Deep Sea. H. c. Schmidt; The Railway Mail
service From a Aelperis Standpoint, - H N.
Bright; Relations OF the Railway Mail Service
10 the Public" T. W. Hardy.