Show Echoes of the Ball Allen didnt dance The stags were Moore Tolton and Hart Tolon ant C W Bennett enjoyed several of the milder dances The members from the cow counties surprised some of their colleagues T G Webber was an interested spec tator He didnt venture on the floor It was very late before the last weary member put the motion to ad journ The floor managers saw that every thing was arranged so that no one was disappointed Seely astounded the boys by show Ing them how to dance a jig He did it well too lel I Surveyor General Snow was among the Democrats who were in the camp of the Philistines Beautiful young ladies in becoming costumes and well groomed gallant men were out in force Marshal Pratt was in attendance for a few minutes but he did not manage to take any active part A W McCune was seen unti about midnight He dd not say much but seemed to be enjoying himself Moore did not even get on the floor but sat only during the first part of the performance in the front row Parsons was warned that i he didnt keep off the floor he would be put off They said that he was getting too old Late this morning several of the members sang After the Ball and vowed they had never had a better time Hon R C Chambers seemed to en joy being among the Republicans at such a time aid was an Interested spectator C W Bennett led the grand march in an artistic manner and was ably seconded by President Breeden and Speaker Emery One Democrat wanted to know if the purchase of a ticket to the ball would put anything into the Republican Republi-can campaign fundS W fund-S McCornick was one of the indefatigable in-defatigable dancers He wore a red rose but was careful to explain that he is not a Democrat The supper table was not patronized so well aswas expected But still the charitable ladies cleaned up a neat sum to aid them in their labors Seely who bore the great distinction of being the heaviest man on the floor selected for his partner one of the most splrituelle of the fair sex Seely must be put on record a the one man of all men who was attired in plain clothes Among the guestsin swallow tails he showed up in a striking manner Before the dance Nebeker had sworn that he would take in every thing but as time went on he flunked even going so far as to sit out the first waltz SergeantatArms Snyder of the House stalked across the floor with his cane in his hand evidently thinking think-ing of war times He met several comrades on the floor Powers sported on the front of his vest a pin on which were the words Tammany Hall in large letters He said that Me was prouder of that pin than he was of his dress coat Chief Justice Merritt renewed the pastimes of youth and acted pastmes as gallantly gal-lantly in the quadrille as his southern birth would permit of He attracted the envy of many a younger man Charley Stanton enjoyed himself immensely im-mensely and when he would roar out the announcements in stentorian tones he attracted general attention to the excellency of the voice of the chief clerk of the House I was worth the price of admission to see S J Kenyon dance the Mascotte He was warned by no less than a dozen men that he hadnt better attempt at-tempt i but he did it and attracted more attention than anyone else on the floor Presidents George Q Cannon and Joseph F Smith were present during the evening and were seen on the floor during one of the square dances They seemed to derive a great deal of quiet enjoyment from the occasion Hon John T Caine was a conspicuous I ous figure on the floor He explained his presence by saying that while he is a strong Democrat and believes in nothing Republican yet he can get over his scruples once in a while for charity Williams Varian Seely and Pigman formed set in the first landers Abe Hatch Hatch Tolton and Hoyt Sherman were in another while Chief Justice Merritt Speaker Emery C W Bennett and L 1 Earl were in another an-other Varian said to Sears Why dont you part your hair a little farther back and received the sharp rejoinder rejoin-der I I had your head and face I would go into the hairraising business busi-ness This ended the matter During some of the dances quite a T I H nn + I + h + buu vu bUu u U tU u proscenium box on the west side and talked over everything in general and nothing In particular commented on the dudes admired the pretty women wo-men and generally had a good time Among those who were in this crowd crowe were Nebeker Hatch Hubbard Seely Seaman Parsons IvIns and McBride One of the dances not on the pro gramme but not lacking in the elements ele-ments of fun however went on behind be-hind the flag at the rear of the hall Powers the lightest man in the House and eely tKeavywelght from Castle Cas-tle Dale engaged In an oldfashioned stag dance in which both showed an r 1 I unlocked for grace of movements This attracted more attention than any feature on the programme Mrs Fox Mrs McCornick Mrs Carter Car-ter Mrs Cummings Mrs Webber and r Wendell Benson presided over the refreshment tables in a dignified and gracious manner and the wants af every guest were attended to The bevy of young ladies who assisted performed I I formed wonders wonder Ito I I H 11 Wells said that the expense to which the committee has been put will more than swallow up the receipts from both the ball and the matinee that is to be given today This will be cheering news to those Democrats who were thinking that i would be 1 frame if the proceeds from the entertainment enter-tainment would allow the Republicans I to buy any votes at the next election |