The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-13
PANS FOR Gov BANQUET
From Wednesdays Daily.

In all probability the Saulpaugh
hotel will be the scene of the ban
quet and reception to be given next
week in honor of Governor A. o.
Eberhart. Chairman r. E. Brown of
the arrangement committee consult
ed H. F. Hildenbrand, proprietor of
the hotel, and readily gained his
consent to hold the banquet in the
regular dining room. The room will
seat about $50 people and it was
I decided by the banquet promoters
last evening to sell only 200 tickets
to the banquet. III. r.. Hance moved
that the price be $3.50 per ticket
and that the arrangements commit
tee arrange with Mr.. Hildenbrand to
make this cover the cost of the
spread and all other expenses, such
as decorations, music, etc. His mo-
ton carried. 1t is thought that a
three course affair will be sufficient.
The date of the banquet was not
definitely decided last evening and
the affair may be put off until
Wednesday, December IS. Ralph Whee-
lock, the governors private secre-
tary, had promised to call up this
morning and set the date definitely.
In his telephone message yesterday
Mr.. Wheelock said that December II
would be satisfactory as far as he
knew and he would know for sure
this morning. 1t is thought by the
arrangements committee that as
Tuesday, the seventeenth is now
only a week off that if possible the
date should be set a day or two
later in order to have time to get
everything in readiness. If, by
chance, satisfactory arrangements
could not be made for the use of
the Saulpaugh the committee was
authorized to procure such other
meeting place as it should think
next in desirability. r. e. Brown
moved that Chairman Andrews Sc
lect the speakers for the evening
and his motion was carried Ben
jamin Taylor was selected as toast
master and two speakers were to be
chosen. One of these will be F. r.
Ellsworth, who will speak on "The
Spirit of the Tines and the other
speaker will be Charles e. Wise.
The question of inviting. state
senators and representatives from
neighboring counties was discussed
but it was not thought advisable
for the committee as a whole to
extend the invitations and comp1i-
mentary tickets as the banquet is
to be primarily home affair, but,
in order to have some of these
men present, members of the COM
mttee may buy as many tickets as
they wish and invite some out of
town guests personally to come to
the banquet. The financial commit
tee will have entire charge of hav-
ing banquet tickets printed and put
into circulation at once and it was
strongly advised that in selling the
tickets, each ward committee, con.
sisting of three members, go in a
body and canvass only the ward
which the committee represents.
! A public reception will be given
in the Saulpaugh lobby from four
o'clock until $50 in the afternoon.
All the students and school children
will be invited to attend, as well
hands with the governor. The hour
of beginning the banquet was left
with the arrangement committee to
consult Mr.. Hildenbrand about, but
it will probably commence at seven
o'clock or 1880, after the reception.
At the close of the meeting DR..
]. W. Andrews arose and said that
he would have to be out of town
at the time the banquet will be held
and suggested that f. r. Crandall
be elected to succeed him if any
further business should come up.
Mr.. Crandall was unanimously elect
ed Dr. Andrews said that when
he accepted the Craftsmanship he
thought that the banquet would be
held at an earlier date, but from
the 18th to the Goth of this month
he will be in Chicago and Cincin.
natl.