The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-17
MEETS STRONG FAVOR AT SEC. oND DINNER GATHERING OF
 HOT SPRINGS BUSINESS MEN.
THIRD DINNER IS PLANNED
Judge Cotham's Stand for Business Administration of City Business by Non-Partisan Business Men Will Be Discussed More Next Time.

A commission form Of government for the city of Hot Springs whereby the business affairs of this munich pality may be placed in the hands of the best business men available through non-partisan selection, as proposed by Circuit Judge Gotham at the second monthly dinner of the business men of Hot Springs last night, met with such hearty approval that at the next dinner given this sub- iect will probably be most thoroughly threshed out, with a view to taking the matter before the state legisla- ture next January for definite action.
 The meeting last night was of the splendid successful type of the first the Eastman hotel. The dinner last night was at the Arlington. and talk. ing the precedent of moving "up the valley" the next will most probably be staged at the Majestic To assure the arrangement of a third dinner, volunteers were asked for last night at the conclusion of the spread, and the following committee will have the dinner in charge: Will Ellis. J. c. Rush, Will Lake. Will Woodcock and Dave Burgaurer.
 Those who responded last night
 were: L. F. Sawyer, John c. Ions.
 dale, Captain Trowbridge, Mayor Me C'endon, George A. Callahan, Mid Wooten, Robert A. Jones, c. o. Eve land, Dr. F. F. Vinegar, ] c. Rush, c. S. Ashbrook of Ohio, Arthur Katz, Hubert Mendel, Phil Levy, John C. Higgins. s. E. Dillon, Charles Rockafellow, Harry Lehman, George Schneck, J. A. Lambeth, John A. Riggs, II. A. Coomber, Leo P. Me Laughlin, Walter Bbel, Gus Strauss, M A. Eisele, Harry A. Jones, Max Meyer of Little Rock, Douglas HOtcl- kiss, Simon Cooper, C. J. Horner, Billy Anderson, Captain links, Joe Longinotti, Jr., w. w. Waters, Syd, ney Mutt, Dr. F. H. Eastman. ] Frank Head, Merrett Biggs, Will Woodcock, Win Ellis, Judge Leslie, Joe H. Klyman, Dr. w o. Forbes, T. D. McCallum. Bert Foote, Judge c. T. Gotham, Al Reynolds, Will Lake, J. H Rigsbee. Dave Burgaurer, l.. Solomon of Little Rock. J II. smiley, J. Fl. Avery, Dr. s. P Ceilings, Dr. A. U. Williams. Dr. c A. Hebert, E. NJ. Cohen, N. w. Durham. R. G Morris. Frank Schachleiter, Dr. Orvis Biggs, Dr. John Proctor Sam P. Me Keehan, Leon Dinkelspeil, George SchmelzeA NJ. I. Hickman, William Parrish, Birkett Williams, Charles Birnbaum, pr. E. H. Ellsworth, A. J. Garen, E. l.. Hewlett, Ernest Latta
 l.. E. Sawyer, one of the leading members of the local bar, and the nominee for representative in the next legislative session, was toast. master for the occasion and enlivened the proceedings with references to the subjects under discussion from his point of view.
 John Gerdis Lonsdale, who was a barefoot boy about Hot Springs with many of the younger set, and who now is one of the prominent men in the financial world of New York, was a distinguished guest of the occasion, and was called on first for few re- marks. His suggestions were timely He called attention to the fact that though he had been removed from the city of his boyhood through business conditions, yet he had always kept in close touch with affairs here and that as a proof he had read with much in- terest at his home in New York or the first "get together" dinner that had been held. He spoke of the spirit of things being made evident, and how when one went to Washing ton. the spirit of the great capitol, that it was the headquarters of the highest courts, of the judiciary, of the legislative, and of the executive, seemed to prevail. In New York one seemed to realize that he was in a headquarters of financial wealth, that New York was the money capital of the country. Hot Springs is the health capital of the world" said Mir Lonsdale "and it should be so strongly urged as such that the very spirit of the fact should prevail as soon as our visitors arrive"
 Judge Leslie had been designated to speak on "rhe Visitor, Our Only