Show ANDERSON HONORED i The Banquet at the Knutsford Last Night An Elegant Affair at Which Representatives of All political Faiths Are Present and Enjoy Themselves The highest compliment that man can pay to man is an honest heartfelt and sincere sin-cere testimonial of his integrity as a man and a citizen Such was paid Judge J T Anderson lust night by moro than one hundred hun-dred of the citizens and members of the bar of Utah and of Salt Lake On Oct 24 the members of the Salt Lako bar irrespective of party affiliations issued the following as a preliminary to the banquet ban-quet and reception that occurred at the Knutsford hotel last night SALT LAKE CITY Utah Oct 24 1893 We the citizens of Salt and particularly the members of the bolt Lake bar learn through tbe press with sorrow ot the resignation of the Hon T J Anderson territorial supreme judge Through tbe past years of the hoforjble gen tlemans citizenship with us and especialiynis labor in his office as judge he has endeared himself to us by his professional and gentlemanly gentle-manly integrity and wishing to show our high appreciation of his services we ofler him a nearly greeting upon his return to our city This was signed by Governor West R C Chambers F S Richards Judge A G Norroll Arthur Brown Bud W H Dlckson as a committee of arrangements The reception and banquet was fixed upon toe a date early in the month but owing to tho fact thai gentleman who desired de-sired to be present both Democratic and Republican ware engaged in the campaign then going on it was decided to postpone it to last night After the big Democratic rally the guests began to arrive at tbe Kcutsford and at 10 oclock tho following gentlemen oat down at the tables spread the regular ordinary of the hotel Judge T J Anderson W H Rowe Frank Knox Arthur Brown Governor West Judge XMorrlll F B Stephens Colonel Kaighn AT Schroeder TAdaros Joe Bache Barlow Ferguson Frank E McGurrin S W Darke John B Anderson Ander-son Judge Henderson L C Grossman J E Dooly E H Parsons John M Cannon Can-non Dr Hunter Marcellus Nelson W E Pattiaon Charles Baldwin C E Pierson James R Anderson Judge Dey Eliaa H Smith J J Rogers W T Jack H J Dinneny J B Morse C F Lootbourow J A Williams Nephi Clayton P E Gregg William Kahn David Evans ofOgden W H Smith of Og den H C Lett W H King C C Richards F E McGurrin E D Egan A Howard Byron Groo H S McCallum J H Moyle E R Leo Joseph H Walker J B McNally W S Demon I M Waddell James M Breeze Gerald G T Jackson J Farren J W Judd W C Hall E B Jones The menu was an exquisite one prepared pre-pared under the skilled direction of Steward Stew-ard Mains of the hotel but it was not until un-til the fruit and coffee had been passed and the cigars came round and corks began to pop that the bauquet was said to be fairly begun Arthur Brown acted as toastmaster of tho evening and in stating the object of the reception bo said I desire to express my opinion in commendation of the ability ot Judge T J Anderson as a lawyer of great learning and attainments as a judge of the highest ability and Integrity and equally or even more strong do I desire de-sire to record my condemnation of an administration ad-ministration that would accept the statement state-ment of a nabob financier as a cause for removal of a member of tho judiciary wno gave such statements merely to gratify personal pique at the loss of a law suit There was not a man but who believed in the integrity j and honesty and unimpeachable standing of the man in whose honor this banquet was given Mr Brown spoke strongly and with great earnestness ear-nestness and in closing again severely condemned con-demned the action of a government that would remove a member of the judiciary upon ex parto statements founded solely upon personal malice Judge T J Anderson In response stated that the greatest honor a man could hope for was the honorable esteem of his fellowmen The greatest profession profes-sion was that of a lawyer and in honoring him as they had the members of the local bar had paid him the highest honor that the greatest of professional mon could pay In an earnest speech Judge Anderson then recited that his whole effort had bean during his term of office to earn the good opinions of his fellowmen fel-lowmen and his colaborers in the legal profession The first toast of the evening was The Judiciary responded to by Judge Render son Ha said that bo had sat for sometime some-time upon the bench with Judge Anderson that the bar of Utah would remember that but a few years ago tho supreme court of the territory was beset with many difficulties That the Congress of the United States had cast upon the supreme court many questions for settlement that should have been settled by the Congress itself A few months after these questions ques-tions had been thrown upon the court Judge Anderson had coma to Utah and taken his place upon the bench He had discharged theduties of his position posi-tion in the highest and most honorable manner by which bo had gained the esteem and respect of every man practicing at the bar of the court Referring to the charges on which Judge Anderson was removed re-moved ha stated that if upon investigation in-vestigation they should provo to be true they should land him in i the penitentiary failing of that they I should exonerate in the fullest manner i possible Ha condemned in the liigneat manner an administration that would remove re-move an official upon the ex parto statement of aman who had loot a case tried before that official without sending him to the penitentiary or completely clearing him of all suspicion in the matter In complimenting Juago Anderson ho said that he did not believe there was a single member of the Utah bar or of the people at the territory of Utah that did not believe in his honesty and integrity in-tegrity as a judge The Bar was responded to by Colonel M M Kaighn Our Territory by exGovernor West Our Banks the Soundest in the Country by J E Dooly The Ladles and the Babies by W H KingThe The Great West by A T Schroeder Iowa the Homo of Judge Andersonby C F Loofbourow AndOur Common Country In silence si-lence by all |