Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15
Brilliant Affair Brings Forth Both
Light and Serious Talks by
Distinguished Guests; Sec.
McAdoo Praises Money Act.
Calls Measure Protection to Both
Business and People; Lauds
President and His PrincipIesj
Williams Sees Boom for South

After a strenuous two days of serl-
Gus argument. there was relaxation
a-plenty for President Wilson's re-
gional bank commission in the bril-
liant banquet at the Capital City Club
Saturday night rendered the three
distinguished visitors by the Clear
ing House Association and the Cham
Der of Commerce.
For gathering associated with so
serious a matter as a reserve bank,
the banquet was singularly unevent-
full. The Atlanta business men who
played the hosts to the Presidents
Cabinet members intended that 1t
should be a social gathering alto
gether, and so 1t proved There was
good music and good speeches-from
a standpoint OF entertainment--and
an excellent cuisine-and that was all.
Best Of all was the speech of Sec
rotary OF the Treasury McAdoo, q
mastery epitome of the Democrats
administration, and warning to all
Atlanta and to other contenders for
the regional banks to be reconciled IL
their appeals are not rewarded.
Be Good, He Says.
II Atlanta does not win, he said, the
city's loss must be accepted philoso-
phically, and 1t must be regarded that
the Commission members acted, as
they saw, for the best interest of all
the nation.
That warning and the exposition
of the Wilson principles by the other
speakers, Secretary of Agriculture
Houston and John Shelton Williams,
Comptroller OF the Currency, were the
only serious notes of the evening.
Otherwise there was only pure en-
joyment Of the repast, and a sports
mans concern regarding Atlanta's
chances for the bank.
Early in the evening a small party
of women came to the balcony over
looking the banquet hall. Among
them were Mrs. John X. ottIey, Mrs
Robert F. Maddox and Miss Isma
Dooley The central table, where sat
the guests of the evening, was elab-
orately arranged.
A number OF prominent Atlanta
men sat there. They were: Boiling
IL. Jones' John Temple Graves, w. j.
Blalock, ]. r. Gray, ]. X. Ottley, Nell
r. Wilkinson, J. X. Orr, Colonel Rob-
ert j. Lowry, Robert F. Maddox,
Joseph A. McCord, w. L. Peel Judge
w. T. Newman. Frank Hawkins. j. s.
Floyd, General r. X. Evans and A. P.
Coles
Distinguished Assembly.
From the expectant moment when
Colonel Bob Lowry announced in his
flexible baritone a toast ito the Pres
ident," standing, to the rather hazy
moment when the dark brown taste
Of the bill o. fares Mocha had been
allayed by the strains of TOO Much
Mustard" from a delectable orches-
ira, it was an occasion to be re-
membered.
1t was a distinguished assembly.
Even the versatile ballroom of the
Capital City Club was distinguished
by the red, white and blue Of the fes
toons over the window. and post and
pillow; by the red, white and green
Of the carnations and the narcissus
decorations; by an eminent, an ex-
ceptionally eminent, gathering of ev
erybody in Atlanta worth while.
When the canvasback duck and
the French endive had been elimi-
mated, speeches began under the
sponsorship Of Colonel Lowry.
Tribute to Senator Bacon
There was solemn tuu wfssu
Robert F. Maddox read jettsr FROM
Governor Slaton explaining that his
absence was due to the death Of Sem
ator Bacon. Governor Slaton paid
high tribute to the dead Senator and
proposed a silent toast to his mem
Dry
Mr.. Maddox declared that the weak
banking and currency system of for
mer years needed relied, but no par
W. IN seRsF he'd no easRnG1 - -