The Washington bee., 1907-02-09
REGISTER rVerDOnHOnOred
BANQUET TO HON. w. T. YER
NON, REGISTER OF THE
TREASURY.
WASHINGTON'S LATEST AND
GREATEST SOCIAL FUNC-
TION

Much NTcQlt Is Duc 10 the commit
tee Who Arranged, and to the Cit
izcns Who Attended and Who Hon
ored Themselves in Thus Honor
ing q Man Who Is Proving Him
self Worthy of the Confidence of
the Citizens Who Endorsed and the
President Who Appointed Him to
Position of Trust and Honor in the
Nation
Washington is the center of polit-
ical life Of the nation, but it is no less
the center of the social life and ac-
,iyitv. Here meet and mingle the
best men and the brightest minds that
the country can produce, and here,
in the last analysis, must be wrought
out the final result in all the great
oprstions which confront the Amer
ican people,
Tt IS but natural then, that ali the
great national characters should, from
choice or from necessity, select the
nation capital as the center of their
active operations. Here have these
characters worked and struggled, and
here have they been crowned with
success or crushed by defeat
Not since the days of Douglas,
however. has there been a function
So propitious in its harmony and una
nmity, and at the same time so wide
in its scope, representing so we'll in
lis personnel all classes OF citizens
and al sections of the country, as the
banquet rendered the 3Ist ultimo TO
the present Register of the Treasury
Hon. w. T. Vernon of Kansas.
The Odd Fellows Hall, in which
the function was held, was resplend-
cnt with patriotic decorations, among
which were tastefully interviewer the
rmblcms of Kansas, while cOnspicu-
uus among the beautiful table dec
orations smiled in majesty the sunlit
hues of the golden sunhower opening
wied its bloom in a consciousness of
freedom so characteristic of the spirit
Of Kansas and the Great West.
In the center OF the South end of the
hall, from a raised platform and con
cealed by palms, the Lyric Orchestra
of Howard University discoursed
sweet music throughout the evening.
Reaching from this platform as an
apex the table, in the shape of a
huge " stretched away to the
northeast and northwest corners OF
,hc hall At the apex of the ""
and thus in plain view of every guest
sat the guest of honor. On one side
was the POSTMASTER, Mr.. William /.
Houston, Grand Master of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows, and
Rev. Oscar J. w. Scott, one of Mr..
\crnon's staunchest friends, deliver
cd the welcome address, instead OF
DR.. Z. w. Lampton who, all regret
ted to learn, was confined at home
ilI. and on the other side of Mr..
Vernon sat Hon. John {. Dancy,
Recorder of Deeds, who spoke to the
subject Our Guest" Around the
table. grouped by States in alphabet
lcal order, sat the banqueters, repre-
Scnying twenty-five States, the Dis
lrict Of Columbia, and Canada. They
represented States from Massachu-
sCus TO Arizona, and from Michigan
TO Texas. Many came with their
grips in their hands direct from the
station, but every participant was in
the hall by eight O'Clock, the hour
announced for beginning.
a. each plate was a beautiful COM
hincd menu and souvenir program,
unique in its conception and beautiful
in its workmanship. It represented
a bond of the United States, and
was done in the colors of the United
States Treasury notes. The vignette
in the center was a likeness OF Hon.
". T Vernon, while the panels on
either side contained the menu and
the program. To the right and lett
below the vignette were scrolls, one
containing a full-blown sunhower, the
other ripened ear of corn bursting
from its huck in the fullness of its
iruitage Above an arch supported
by TWO Corinthian columns was the
inscription Bond Of a United Peo7
pie, and below the motto of Kansas,
Nd Astra Per Aspera" Below the
Wr,arc was the signature OF Mir. Yer
aaa The Printing Committee. under