Evening star., 1911-01-28
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
Representative Gardner's La
Dor for District Lauded.
PLANNING A TESTIMONIAL
Commissioner Johnston Addresses
Committee in Charge of Dinner to
the Michigan Representative.

Giving the highest praise for the work
done by Representative Washington
Gardner of Michigan for the District of
Columbia. Commissioner Johnston ad-
dressed in the board room at the Dis
trict building today the general commit
tee which is planning for public dinner
to Representative Gardner. Commissioner
Johnston urged the members of the COM
mittee to see to it that the token of the
city's gratitude to the chairman Of the
House subcommittee which has handled
the District appropriation bills should be
monumental in it's perfection.
Commissioner Johnston made his speech
just before the adjournment of the com
mittee' meeting which was called by John
Joy Edison, chairman of the general COM
mittee. MIR. Edison outlined a program and
suggested committees and members, all
of which was voted for by the general
committee. The date for the dinner will
be about February IL, the place and other
details to be arranged by dinner COM
mittee.
Commissioner Johnston's Tribute.
Commissioner Johnston stirred the en-
thusiasm of the committee by referring in
terms of warmest praise to Representa-
tive Gardner, who is about to retire from
Congress. He said in part:
lin the short year we have been
brought into association with MIR. Card
ner we have found him the one man who
has gone here. there and everywhere to
learn the conditions in the District.
did not until the last three or four days
appreciate what that means. But for the
past three days l have been attending
the hearings in the House of Representa-
tives. l have never seen any one made
such a target. 1t may be a common prac-
tice. but it is my first sight of such a
drilling. as the chairman Of this COM
mittee is put through.
''Then 1 saw why it is that he busies
himself in order to ascertain knowledge
at first hand and what a tremendous
value it is to the District of Columbia
for him to have that knowledge.
1T Is a peculiar thing that he was
christened Washington Gardner, for had
he been christened something else. we
might attach that name to him. There
Is nothing more important before the
Commissioners today for our considera
ton than the matter of giving a BAN
quet to Mr.. Gardner. l hope that the
dinner rendered to him will be the finest
dinner ever given in the history of this
community"
Frank p. Reeside has has been selected
secretary Of the committee and William
M. Shuster, treasurer.
Special Committees Appointed.
Committees appointed today are
Dinner, Scott c. Bone, chairman; Frank
d. Millet, D. ]. Callahan, Milton E. Allies,
A. c. Moses, A. T. Hensey. NJ. 1. Weller
Executive. DIR. George NJ. Kober, chair
man; Charles J. Bell, Ira E. Bennett,
James F. Oyster George H. Harries,
Edward Mclean. Thomas w. Smith, Ben
Jamln w. Guy, Thomas c. NOyes and A.
Lisner.
Reception-Corcoran Thorn. chairman:
missioner John A. Johnston. Commits
sioner William v. Judson, Justice Seth
Shepard. Justice Job Barnard, Admiral
Sns.e! Charles lis H; Stockton: Theodore W.
Toyes JOSIAH c5ap,n R.
Markham. Thomas w. sidwell, Charles
c. Glover. A. s. Worthington, A. F.
Fox, Hennen Jennings, A. B. Browne
w: F. Mattingly and B. H. Warner.
baugh. chairman; John B. Larner. Maj.
w. Y. Judson, Gilbert H. Grosvenor.
Edward J. Stellwagen and Gist Blair.
Music-F. p. Reside. chairman, and
]. Nota McGill.
The General Committee.
The members of the general committee
are Commissioner Rudolph, Commissioner
JOnHStON, commissioner JuQSOn, Judge
Seth Shepard, Judge Job Barnard Judge
H. NJ. Clabaugh, Gen. George NJ. Stern
berg, Admiral Charles H. Stockton. Theo-
dore w. Noyes, Gilbert H. Grosvenor,
Corcoran Thorn, Rev. William T. Russell,
John B. Larner. James Rush Marshall,
Frank D. Millet, Edward D. Mclean,
Hennen Jennings, DR.. Wallace Radcliffe,
DR.. George M. kober. Thomas Nelson
Page, ]. j. Hemphill, Ira Bennett, George
Truesdell, e. ID. Shaw, Rev. DR.. Abram
Simon. A. S. Worthington. Scott C. Bone,
Judge Alexander Mullowny, Glenn
Brown. George H. Harries, Thomas c.
Moves, James F. Oyster, Charles j.
Bell, D. ]. Callahan, w. F. GUIDE,
George E. Hamilton, M. !. Weller,
Thomas w. Sidwell. S. W. Wood
ward, Hally L. West, Milton E. Allies,
Clarence Moore f. 8. Grandin, Chaplin
Brown. B. H. Warner, w. F. Mattingly,
w. Nick. Clayton, Fl. 3. F. Macfarland,
A. c. Moses, Edward Stellwagen, j. Nota
McGill, b. W. Guy. A. F. Fox. Gen. Ellis
Spear. Thomas w. Smith. Clarence Nor
ment, William NJ. Shuster, j. H. Small,
George w. White, A. B. Browne. Gist
phane. B. F. Saul, Byron S. Adams,
w. T. Galiher. A. T. Hensey. A. X.
Paris. r. N. Harper. W. a. Mears. D. J.
Kaufman, Frank p. Reside. William
rindal. Capt. E. NJ. Markham, Capt.
Mark Brooke, w. C. Woodward, .Alonzo
Tweedale, n. H. Shea, W. S. Hoge, Ar
thur Peters Asa E. Phillips, Thomas
Grant.