Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-28
FAIRBANKS CONSENTS
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
WILL SPEAK AT BANQUET TO
LEGISLATORS
Former Vice President Chooses "our
Country" as Topic-Senators and
Representatives Will Be
Guests of Honor

Former Vice President Charles Warren
Fairbanks has consented to be one of the
speakers at the banquet TO be given Satur-
day evening. April 3. under the auspices OF
the Seventy first Republican assembly dis
trlct in honor of the returning members
from Southern California of the Thirty
eighth session of the state legislature, which
closed at Sacramento last week.
Following a conference between Mr.. Fair
banks and j. f. Seymour, jr. and Lee c
Gates, who committee waited on him
at his Pasadena residence yesterday after
noon and rendered the invitation to address
the gathering the former vice president an.
nounced his Willingness to act Mr.. Fair
banks has chosen the appropriate subject
Our Country"
At a meeting last night in the offices Of
j. F. Seymour jr., chairman of the execu-
tive committee, the plans for the banquet
were practically completed, and the pro-
gram prepared, with the exception oil
the choice of two of the speakers Ad-
dresses will be made by the following citi-
zens, as we'll by two others. one OF
whom, if his health permits, will be Former
Governor Henry 7. Gage: Lee c. Gates
What We've Been Doing While You've Beer
Away" Joseph Scott, Progress of the
South" Edward Meserve. THE Legislators
John Mott, THE Legislation"
The committee has completed arrange
ments for the decorations of the banquet
room at Levy's and the plans call for gor-
geous surroundings. A speakers table vii
be stationed at the front of the room facing
the long tables Al THIS there Will Dt
seated thirty-six persons, including those OF
the program and the honored guests of the
evening. This table will be laid out as q
bank of flowers, and the other tables vii
be trellised, while the walls will be decorated
with flags.
For Honored Guests
At the speakers table will be seated tn,
members of the legislature in whose hono
the affair is being held Headed by Speake
Phil A Stanton the party will consist o.
Senators H S. G. Mccarthy, NJ. w. Thomp
son, Henry NJ Hurd, William H. Savag'
and c. b. Bell, and Assemblymen j. N. o
Rech, j. p. Transue, Prescott F. Cogswell
Walter F. Leeds. William j. Hanlon, Harr,
Barndollar, Percy " Harmon and H.
Cattel
Taft Vice President Sherman, Oscar Law
Ter and the United States senators and rep
| resentatives in congress. The invitations
are handsomely engraved, and one of tn,
features of the affair Is the handsome sou
venir program which is being prepared
This is embellished with engraved lkenesse
of the Southern California lawmakers anc
a list of the committee acting for the ban
quet. final meeting of the executive com
mittee will be held Thursday evening, ant
tomorrow afternoon the program committed
will meet to fill out the two vacant places
on the list of speakers.
Chairman Seymour vigorously denies th'
statement that the affair Is planned as
political boost for Speaker Stanton.
THAT is absolutely untrue" says Seymour
This banquet is a strictly non political af
fair, and is got up solely for the purpose o.
welcoming, home the Southern California
members of the legislature, and expressing
our appreciation of their work for the south
during the session just closed"