The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-19
HUGHES CHEER
DEAFENING
No Doubt Where New YOrk'S
Governor Stands
WITH FISH AND GAME MEN
Splendid Banquet at ArmOry Hall, Mont
pelier, Last Night, Attended by
400 People--Not a Dull
Moment.
WITH FISH AND GAME MEN

About 400 people-sportsmen, logisla-
tors and others-sat down TO the ban.
quet of the Vermont Fish and Game
League in armory hall, Montpelier, last
evening, The banquet, prepared by out.
side caterers, was Of high grade and
was nicely served by corps Of rs
mattresses. Maxwell Evarts Of Windsor
and New York was the toastmaster, and
at every point Of the game he was able
and apt. He was given a spontaneous
tribute during the evening that took
form in shouts and cheers for the toast
master. Toasts were drunk to the late
Senator Redfleld Proctor, the founder Of
the league, and to Governor Hughes of
New York, who, the toastmaster said,
was more responsible for the success Of
the Republican candidate for the presi-
dency than any one man in this eoun-
try.
The great feature OF the evening, and
there were many features, were the vivid
stories Of moose hunting and salmon
fishing by that king OF sportsmen, Dr..
Heber Bishop of Boston, who held his
audience for over an hour and left them
shouting for more. He illustrated his
story by moving pictures which we're
taken by himself and others for the
hograFh.
The banquet was not like some others
that have been held and there was not
n dull minute. There were songs print.
ed and left at every place, and the halls
rang during the evening with, Pm
Afraid to Go Home in the Dark" Oar
hing Nellie Gray" "Harrigan" (which
was turned into Hartman the raii-
road king, for the special benefit Of the
toastmasterl, and Dixie" The singing
was led by Messrs. c. F. Lowe, 2. T.
Pope. w. S. Smith, b. NJ Shepard and
H. d. Hopkins, and with the excellent
accompaniment of Whittier's orchestra,
the 400 male voices kept in perfect time
and the volume was something wogtay
Of bunch of college students. The or
ehestra Of twelve pieces was a gem, and
+. II. Whittier, the director, was at all
times quick to catch the desires of the
tanqueters for all grades Of music.
The arrangement Of the tables was
better than usual and the speakers table
ran at one side of the room at right
angles to the others. Those at the
table were the toastmaster, Dr. Bishop,
Hon. Dwight Huntington Of Yonkers, N
Y, Game Commissioner Thomas Cover
nor G. Fl. Prouty Lieutenant Governor
Mead, Congressman d. J. Foster. Speaker
T. G. Cheney, Hon. Nelson Fisk Col. F.
L. Greene, President John M. Thomas
OF Aiiddlebury college J. w Titcomb OF
Washington, D. G., Senator Oryis OF
Bennington county, and S. S. Ballard of
Montpelier.
They Get Enthusiastic.
The dinner was six-course affair and
among the specials was some moose
meat donated by DIR. Bishop it being the
meat of his 3lst moose. Early in the
evening Toastmaster Evarts proposed
toast to the late Redfeld Proctor, whom
he termed, chat great statesman and
splendid sportsman" When the name
of the late founder was mentioned there
was cheering When the name of Cover
nor Hughes Of New York was sounded,
there was all sorts of enthusiasm, "a
Governor Hughes attended as a guest
the last banquet of the league, long be
fore the political conventions.
Mr.. Evarts' toast ran something like
this: Here's to the man who was re-
nominated and reelected governor Of
New York by virtue of his standing in
the whole country Here's to the great !
who did more to elect the
Republican candidate for the presidency
than anyone in the country He stirred |
the people in his speech making tour
through the West as they have not been
stirred since Lincoln"
There was SO much enthusiasm at |
times that the toastmaster had great |
difficulty in making himself heard, but /
he made a speech just the same, and /
a good one, standing upon the table. He |
said that if he were member of the |
legislature he would be an unpopular
member, for he should present bill |
putting a close season on trout for two /
years. He also commended the work |
lone at the Roxbury fish hatchery and
said that more trout had been turned /
put from there than four hatcheries in
put together He would /
have talked some more, but pandemoni- |
nm had been let loose and he could not /
be heard in all parts Of the room.
On account of the smoke in the hall, I
he pictures shown by Dr. Bishops ope-
-ator at first were not very distinct, but
after the windows had been opened in
he gallery the atmosphere became clear
ID and the audience was as still as a
mouse the remainder of the evening, lis
5ening to the stories Of the moose. the
zig game Of the country since the prac.
.ieal extinction OF the bison He de-
,eTibed the various methods of Turing
he moose into range Of the rife, de-
icribed the crows nest from which the
yuides sounded @the long call" and the
hort call, showed pictures Of q moose
Weighing ,250 pounds, which he shot
nmself, and told of the adventure he
lad in bringing it down and how 1t
harged upon him with all its might.
He told Of listening to a combat be-
ween two moose from the crows nest,
rhich lasted from 8 o'clock in the morn
ne until about $780, and Of giving
haze to the conqueror in the battle after
k had shot the other. He produced an
.ntler Of the animal which he found in
he path tangled in the underbrush and