Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-02-11

Aberdeen has a faculty for doing
things, and the legislative excursion
Friday was about as well done as was
possible. Governor Mead and family,
nearly all the state officers and members
OF the Legislature, 2S9 in number, OF
whom 65 were ladies', came in on the
special excursion train at 6 80 Friday
evening. The brass band, and almost
all the carriages in town met the train
at the depot, and the guests were at once
conveyed to such hotels and private
residences as had been arranged fer.
The excursion was arranged by the
Aberdeen Chamber OF Commerce, and
was accompanied by President Finch
and a committee. Notwithstanding the
large number OF visitors, all were enter.
tanned without difficulty.
It was made rule of the evening that
no lobbying for county division be made
among the members, which was rigidly
adhered to, it being the desire of the
chamber of commerce to entertain the
guests, not to talk "shop."
When the train drew into the station
at Aberdeen the brass band was playing
for dear life, "There Will Be Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight" and the pre-.
diction came true. Hacks were on hand
and hackmen were shouting "a free
fide!" Everything was free all the
time, and Aberdeen men were. out by the
score to give hearty welcome. There
was a grand rush for the Washington
hotel, where everybody registered who
had not previously been assigned.
"Here's to Aberdeen, she's the bet
we've ever seen, drink her down, drink
her down, drink her down, down, down"
that was the song Of crowd OF the
Younger members OF the legislature
gathered at one OF one of the ten long
banquet tables in the Washington hotel
dining room, and the old fellows joined
in the song and the request to "Dlink
her down." too.
At Hotel Washington nearly 800 sat
down to the banquet, which was OF a
character to fully sustain the reputation
of that hostelry. The tables were loaded
with flowers and ferns and smilax and
palms and with glasses that were filled
as fast as they we're emptied. The house
committee ON public morals was present
and. OF course, was like the rest OF the
legislature, for local option tonight. The
first speaker at the banquet was Governor
Mead, who said that when he started to
Aberdeen he had some idea OF the pur-
pose of the excursion, but now he was
not sure whether it was to advance a
proposition for removal OF the state cap
ital, the county seat or county division.
III the bill for county division passed, he
hoped the people of the Grays harbor
country would feel free to. call on the
chief executive before the expiration
of the ten days which he had to con-
slider the bill. He said the 'harbor
country" had an honorable name, Grays
harbor, and possibly, although he could
not saw as to that, an excellent name for
a county, too.
The following was the program of the
evening:
Edward G. Finch. President Aberdeen
Chamber OF Commerce, Toastmaster.
Eugene France. Mayor OF Aberdeen,
"Our Guests"
Albert Meade, Governor, "The State
OF Washington"
AL. Mcintyre, Mayor of Hoquiam,
t'The Sister Cities"
Charles E. Coon. Lieutenant Governor,
"Citizenship in the Pacific Northwest. "
Senator Paulhamus, of Pierce, "About
Railroads."
W. B. Mack, Aberdeen, "Our Lum-
ber."
J.A. Faconer, Secretary of the House,
"The Humorous Side Of Lawmaking."
j. B. Bridges, Aberdeen, "Grays Har-
bor."
Joe Smith, Spokesman. Review, "The
Press"
w. L. Adams, Hoquiam, "the Bank
ing Interests Of Grays Harbor."
John II. Shively, Olympia. "Reveries
Of an Old Campaigner."