Salt Lake Herald | 1891-03-04 | Page 2 | The Banquet

THE BANQUET The Plumber Union Fins Spread at the Hotel Tem le on i The banquet extended to President Gompers by the plumbers union at the Hotel Templeton last evenlngwas a testi monial to the benefits of highpriced labor I I The 200 guests dressed in apparel equal to that worn by the best of the professions i and with faces as intelligent marked anew a-new era in the realm of labor The tables were sot in the form of across a-cross and the elegant dining hall of the Templeton presented a grand picture Ate th At-e head of the cross sat President Gompers with Governor Thomas to his right and Judge Powers at his left At the end of the right arm of the cross sat Mr R B Harper who propounded hollowing ho-llowing toasts TOASTS Our Guests and the American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers Utahs Governor nA L Thomas The Organized Trades of Utah n R G Sleatc Master Plumbers Association of Salt Lake n J W Farrell Master Steam Fitters Association n P J Moran The Oldest Labor Union ot Deseret J A Kavanaugh Salt Lake City E M Bynon Labors Silver Lining uPhl Corcoran Some of the after dinner speeches were Aery happy and even felicitlous Many were the healths drank and the plumbers in the banqueting hall are very royal entertainers enter-tainers and they can stand it As the governor said lthe men about this city Know how fast business is progressing they feel itevery time the plumber presents pre-sents his bill