Arizona republican., 1912-05-04
Dining Room of the Adams Hotel Was Veritable Bower of Beauty
 Last Night
MANY ENJOY
 SOCIAL EVENT
Dinner to State Officers and Legislature Was Followed by Speech
 making

Of all the splendid Danquets of business men that have been held in this city there has been no more pleas ing occasion than the dinner served last night in honor of the governor i state officers and state Legislature, in the large dining room of the Hotel Adams. The idea was conceived by the Phoenix board of trade but it's exc cution was through the cooperation of business men generally. Besides those already referred to- there was also an other distinguished guest in the per son of Judge Julian Mack of the Unit cd States circuit court of appeals and the United States Commerce court
 The dinner was a delight to the 1t2
 guests who assembled around the many tables with which the large din ing hall is furnished, and its enjoy ment was the greater for the wear;h of floral decorations which had been placed with incomparable skill and taste in most prodigal profusion Red and white roses worked into wreaths of greenery and color, festooned the walls their entire length, caught up at the pillars with huge bouquets oi 1 red roses in vases and draped from l the balustrade of the gallery whence came the pleasing notes of the orches- i tra. From the central columns of thy 1 dining room depended gracefully smal- 1 Ter wreatns of roses and greenerE 1 while each table was adorned with a ! magnificent bouquet of Valley Beauty roses as d central piece and monste" i bowls of sweet peas at either end. some of one solid color or another and | some of varied tints. The menu was a reflection of art in culinary, q unique assembling of tempting viands ] over F 900 roses were used in the | decorations which were made unde- l the direction of Dr. Dennett, Mrs. 1 Dennett anu Misses DeMund.
 l The toastmaster was Reese NJ Ling l who performed his functions with 1 graceful and witty speech and who l with Governor Hunt, the presiding of 1 ficers of the two houses of the legislat- | ure NJ. C. Cunniff and $. B. Bradner l Mayor Chriaty. Col McClintock, presi dent of the board of trade Judge Mack 1 and other dignitarieS, occupied places | at a long table on The north side Of 1 the dining room. On the arrival of tEn | cigars MT Ling claimed the attention of the guests for two minute talk iE l which he referred to Arizona's 1ono | fight for statehood her final success the credit the people did themselves in l selecting their chief executive and the 1 members of the legislature whom he l believed to be the most earnest, con scientious and patriotic men who had ever served Arizona in such a capacity
 He called upon Governor Hunt to re | spOnd to the toast Arizona"
 The governor said that he had at
 tended many gatherings of a smaller l kind in recent times, religious. judicial.
 scientific and professional, and he 1 hoped with profit in each instance, but he was never more delighted than in receiving an invitation to dine with such fine body of representative business men. Though now somewhat diverted by the exigencies of politics
 for many years his chief attention had
 been devoted to business lines. as had been the case with many of the mem
 berS of the legislature, and he fef. at
 home with those who have struggled
 and labored as he had toiled and
 wrought Continuing he said that in
 the political campaign for the office
 he held he had made many definite po-
 litical promises which he had fulfilled
 faithfully and consistently but he had
 also promised the people a business
 administration. This lie declared he is 1 carrying out with equal fidelity and 1 enough the time has been brief he be | lieves by the end of the year ne will | be able to show a great saving in the l administration of state affairs. Speak ing of his prison policies he said he had been severely criticized but every
 man has a right to his own opinions
 Thus far he is satisfied that his poi
 tics have been satisfactory and eco
 nomcal and he only asked that judg-
 ment be reserved until they should , prove otherwise He said he wa. ! strongly in favor of good roads anC
 gloried in the work of upbuiiding tho
 promising state rich in it's magnificent < undeveloped resources.
 M G. Cunniff president of the sen a ate was asked to respond to the toast , "The Senate" He said the only troubl, , the law makers encountered was tha
 they had no eight hour day and re
 ceived no money for overtime He be lieved though that in spite of the crit
 cism made that the legislature wa.
 moving slowly, it would be found a the end that it had wrought we'll. H
 said the session is now nearing tn,
 rounding out of it's work which ha'
 been undertaken in the face of al p empty treasury and that while ther, ? had been misgivings in some quarter
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