Vol. XIII.

No. 145.

dinner of the

Club was held in Mechanics' Building, Boston, on Tuesday evening, April 30, and in point of attendance was the second largest ever given by this organization, there being sixteen hundred diners and nearly three thousand spectators.

THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S ARRIVAL
IN BOSTON.

Vice-President Roosevelt arrived at the South Station at 3 o'clock on Monday, the 29th. By mere chance Governor Allen of Porto Rico and Mrs. Allen came on the the same train. At Providence the train was boarded by a committee from the Home Market Club, consisting of President George A. Draper, Secretary Albert Clarke, Messrs. C. H. Hutchins, Charles A. Stott, Francis H. Manning, and E. H.

On arrival of the train the party were met by the Lancers under command of Captain Frank K. Neal. Although the crowd at the station was a big one, a large force of police prevented any confusion. The squad of buglers sounded "To the General," colors and lances trooped, and a great shout went up as the VicePresident passed to the street. Here carriages were taken, and preceded by the Lancers, the procession passed up Summer Street, which was well filled with spectators, but at the corner of Washington Street all available space was occupied. Another crush awaited the procession where Winter Street faces Tremont Street and the Common, and Boylston Street was lined about three deep with admiring people up as far as Arlington, where the

crowd diminished slightly. Bunting was not lavishly displayed along the route, but along Summer and Winter Streets quite a goodly number of flags were swung out, a big one at Shuman's corner being especially prominent. The cheering was frequent along the route.

The Vice-President was escorted to the residence of Hon. George H. Lyman on Commonwealth Avenue where he was privately entertained during his stay in Boston. In the evening he dined with a private party at Mr. Lyman's residence.

On Tuesday forenoon, the VicePresident visited Harvard on special invitation, and addressed the students on some problems of government; and in the afternoon he went to the reception and luncheon, prepared in his honor, at the New Algonquin Club. There was a distinguished company present, but the speaking was entirely informal.

AT MECHANICS' BUILDING-GENERAL

ARRANGEMENTS.

The arrangements for the great dinner were on a scale commensurate with the requirements of the great attendance, and were successfully carried out in every detail. Those in principal charge were Manager Albert Clarke; George A. Draper, President; D. Webster Dixon, Treasurer; and Messrs. Charles A. Stott, C. H. Hutchins, Francis H. Manning, Walter E. Parker, and Edward H. Haskell, Executive Committee.

The execution of the plans was committed to Mr. Joseph W. Pea

body, who had so efficiently performed the duties of marshal on two former occasions. He had the following capable assistants: Deputy Marshals, Edward D. Emerson, George E. Richardson and Capt. Franklin A. Shaw; Assistant Marshals, George E. Brock, Henry P. Smith, C. S. Ober, T. Wallace Travis, Arthur E. Brown, Lucian E. Bates, Charles G. Schirmer, Henry M. Putney, Harry Haskell, Frank G. Newhall, C. Warren Dillaway, Thomas A. West, George A. Sweetser, Seldon L. Brown, E. D. Bliss, W. F. Dillaway, Everett L. Stevens, Charles A. Sibley, William H. Partridge, Winslow A. Parsons, Henry D. Winton, H. L. Peabody, Henry L. Sanderson and Thomas F. Phillips.

The marshals performed their difficult task in a systematic manner, and to the satisfaction of all concerned.

The arrangements for caring for the hats, coats and umbrellas of the guests were in charge of Charles S. Cabot and twenty-four assistants.

The seating of spectators was performed by E. B. Hartshorn and eight assistants.

There was a detail of nine policemen under the command of Sergeant P. Houghton.

THE DECORATIONS.

The balconies and rafters of the auditorium were elaborately decorated with flags and bunting. At the back of the stage was a big canvas painted with the portraits of President McKinley and Vice-President Roose

velt, and underneath the three words, "Protection, Prosperity, Progress." This was a reproduction, on a large scale, of the plate used as a frontispiece in THE PROTECTIONIST during the campaign last year. At the opAt the opposite end of the hall were excellent portraits of Benjamin Harrison and Roger Wolcott. Emblematic designs hung above the dais, and opposite was a portrait of George Draper, founder of the Home Market Club. The decorations were the work of the New England Decorating Company.

In addition, statistical information in tabloid form greeted the gathering from the decorations around the balconies. There were six of these legends, as follows:

THE RECEPTION.

At five o'clock Vice-President Roosevelt and George A. Draper, President of the club, led the way to a little draperied platform from which the general reception went on for an hour. With them stood Admiral Sampson, Gen. William F. Draper, former Ambassador to Italy, and Curtis Guild, Jr.; and Col. Edward H. Haskell and Francis H. Manning, of the club's Executive Committee, introduced the long line as it trailed slowly by. After a while Congressman William S. Greene of Fall River, and still later Bishop William Lawrence, joined the receiving party. The reception committee which introduced the various persons to the distinguished guests were:

Charles H. Hutchins, Worcester, chairman; George H. Lyman, Boston; John L. Bates, Boston; Samuel W. McCall, Winchester; Ernest W. Roberts, Chelsea; Samuel L. Powers, Newton; George A. Hibbard, Boston; Rufus A. Soule, New Bedford; James J. Myers, Cambridge; A. H. Goetting, Springfield; Henry E. Burnham, Manchester, N. H.; Edwin C. Burleigh, Augusta, Me.; William F. Draper, Hopedale; James Phillips, Jr., Boston; Henry A. Marsh, Worcester; Julius J. Estey, Brattleboro, Vt.; Morgan G. Bulkeley, Hartford, Ct.; L. D. Apsley, Hudson; Joseph H. Manley, Augusta, Me.; William H. Bent, Taunton; Charles A. Stott, Lowell; William B. Plunkett, Adams; William M. Wood, Boston; Arthur H. Lowe, Fitchburg; Frank W. Cheney, South Manchester, Ct.; George G. Davis, North Andover; F. P. Holden, Penacook, N. H.; William Grosvenor, Providence, R. I.; George W. Russell, Boston; Augustus P. Gardner, Hamilton; Henry O. Houghton, Cambridge; C. M. Cone, Hartford, Vt.; Eugene N.

Foss, Boston; Walter E. Parker, Lawrence; Simeon B. Chase, Fall River; Edward T. Pierce, New Bedford; J. R. McColl, Pawtucket, R. I.; George W. Wells, Southbridge; I. W. Springfield, South Wolfboro, N. H.; Robert H. Stevenson, Boston; George R. Wallace, Fitchburg; H. N. Turner, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; W. H. Chase, Leominster; John Hogg, Boston; W. M. Spaulding, Worcester; Joseph Metcalf, Holyoke; Edward H. Haskell, Newton; A. G. Pollard, Lowell; George M. Whitin, Whitinsville; John L. Hobson, Haverhill; W. F. Perry, Bridgton, Me.; Francis H. Manning, Boston; D. S. Plume, Waterbury, Ct.; A. B. Daniels, Adams; Charles H. Child, Providence, R. I.;

A. F. Bemis, Boston; Frank Hopewell, Boston; Jacob P. Bates, Brookline; A. R. Turner, Jr., New York; George H. Maddock, Boston.

THE DINNER.

At six o'clock the gathering was summoned to the dining hall by the notes of a bugle, and so skilfully were the plans made that the company found the places assigned without difficulty. The head table had a bank of roses before Col. Roosevelt, and at intervals along the table were banks of jonquils. Lighted banquet lamps gave perfect illumination.

SPEAKERS' PLATFORM.

TABLE A.

Ex-Governor Smith of N. H. Dr. Edward L. Parks.

Gilbert A. Phillips.

Col. Isaac M. Potter.

Edward J. Ryan.

Hugh Gorden Miller of Va. John Shaw.

Col. Charles H. Child.

J. W. Crooker.

J. W. Crooks.

TABLE B.

Col. A. H. Goetting.
E. H. Haskell, Boston.
George E. Smith.

Wilson H. Fairbank.
A. B. Valentine.

J. P. Rinn.

James D. Gill.

Charles H. Litchman.
Winthrop L. Marvin.
Elmer H. Capen.
W. B. Phillips.
Charles R. Putnam.

When each man had taken his

position at the various tables in the main hall, the band struck up "Lo, the Conquering Hero Comes," and Vice-President Roosevelt, accompanied by Hon. George A. Draper, and followed by the other guests, marched upon the platform. They met a whirlwind of applause. Senator Hoar, Senator Lodge, Lieut.-Gov. Bates, Hon. Joseph H. Manley, Bishop Lawrence, Hon. William F. Draper, Rear Admiral Sampson, Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr., Hon. George H. Lyman, U. S. Senator Henry E. Burnham, Hon. George A. Marden, Judge Francis C. Lowell, Speaker J. J. Myers, Postmaster George A. Hibbard, Congressman W. S. Greene and Congressman Ernest W. Roberts took seats at the speakers' table, on either side of the chief guest. Five other tables on the platform provided seats for more than fifty other distinguished guests.

The following named gentlemen were seated at the tables on the platform, stage and floor:

Col. G. B. Stoddard.

A. A. Maxwell, Councillor. A. P. Gardner.

Walter E. Parker.

Lucius Field, Councillor.

Henry Parkman.

Henry E. Cobb.

J. H. Appleton, Councillor. Edward F. Blodgett.

STAGE.

TABLE A.

Joseph Byers.

John M. Deane.
M. I. Deane.

J. D. Chase.

D. Webster Dixon.

J. E. Cotter.

L. M. Darling.
H. H. Sawyer.
James C. Poor.
Morton Cobb.
B. B. Humphrey.
George S. Evans.
Marvin V. Putnam.
J. H. Parker.
Charles H. Nelson.