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Show 1 RECEPTIONS TO SENATORS SYE I AbD S i EWAKT. The dinner and rrc-'ption by the Ne-, vadans in town to Senators Nye and , Srewiirt of that Siate, was a whole-' j.-outed .'iff-iir, and only lacked the pros- j enee of Seuaror Ne, whj did not ar rive in time to participate, though rep i resented in proxy in a speech by Mr. Fitch. M nuie details are always wearisome, so we will simp'y state tin hall was handsomely decorated with national banners, an 1 feaiooned aud garlanded with delioute-scenied sage-Oiu-h, there being plenty of that attractive at-tractive th ub which rapidly wins 'the love of those who reside within the range of its odors. The fljgs represented repre-sented the Republic; and the sage brush Nevada, with Utah as a side i--ue for the occasion. 44 Nevada" in large letters met the company at the head of the stairs as they arrived; and " Welcome to Nye and Stewart" greeted their eyes surmounting th west end of the hall. Messrs. Leihy & Yeomaus furnished the cuisine unu , bibulants; aud both were of the choicest choic-est description. Ranged at two tables were about sixty of a company, with General Buel, Chairman of the occasion, occa-sion, occupying the head of one, flanked flank-ed by Senator Stewart on his right, and General Morrow on his left. Hon. fhomas Fitch occupied the head ol the other table; the goodly company being ranged in elegant recklessness of place or position. How the edibles disappeared and how genial conversation conversa-tion flowed freely amid the rattling of knives aud forks and popping of corks, -t must be hurriedly passed by, to come to the more interesting portion of the evening, when the 1 'feast of reason and , the flow of soul " mingled with the ac- j companyiug " irrigation." j The first toast was j "Our Guest, William M Stewart, i The old citizens of Nevada have a jtisi j pride in his career. The new citizen of Utah look to him to guard theii ' rights and advance their public in-j teres ts." General Buel made appropriate in-1 troductory remarks, and the toast was received with all the hon rs. Senator Stewart responded. It wa ; gratifying for him to meet so uuex peeled ly so many old friends, whom hi hadujet in tho past under other aud varied circumstances. Life in the greai west develops a man's ideas, and widens aud deepens bis views of life and of Irs fellow man. The men ol Nevada and California had come we.-t when life was buoyant and youth prompted adventurous deeds, Thev had found a gieat country, and had grown with its development, their ideas and sentiments becoming broad and liberal. And here iu Utah tinmen tin-men from California and Nevada can meet the men recently from the east on common ground. Referring to the -age-brash and the " Sage-bru.-h State" Nevada he spoke of past -ccues and past experience in carliei years; and he d that a man hadn't got hi full growth who had not snufiVd tho pago br ush (applause). The Mormons, he eaid,bad peculiari ties like other people. He had reau otories concerning them in the past which had made him mad; but when be came here and saw what they bad done, and saw his old friends living with them, good feelings abounding, his views and sentiments were changed. The best way for Mormons to make converts to their way of thinking was to set an eximple worth followiug and present the evidences of enlarged views; and the bct way for Gentiles to remove Mormon prejudices aud convert them, was by pursuing a similar courso and winning them by kindness. (Applause.) Example is tbe great liberalizing liber-alizing agent; and if the Gentiles wished to influence the Mormons for the benefit of all, let example be the means adopted. adopt-ed. Show the people of the United States that Utah is capable of self-government, self-government, and Utah can be admitted1 as a State. (Applause.) But efforts on the part of one portion of tho people to persecute another were no evidences of self-government. Each should respect res-pect the rights of every other; then, with all enjoying the blessings of a free exercise of their rights, and republican government, tho path of prosperity was an open one to travel. (Applause (Ap-plause ) Nevada had exported twen-y twen-y millions annually; and Utah, with a broad foundation of agriculture ag-riculture and rich miues being opened, need not be behind any of her neighbors. Then let her manifest her capacity for self government, the high-eat high-eat aim of men, and especially of mountain moun-tain men;, for among the mountain peaks the spirit of liberty reigns. To 1 the mountains of the west liber'y wdl look, and should a call come f )r soldiers to defend its integrity, the mountain hoys will respond with sinewy arms and hearts beating high for liberty and freedom, fclis friends were in Utah as missionaries, not of prejudice and hate, but of liberal ideas. He advised them not to discuss religion, but to i discuss tho development of this country. The Senator was loudly cheered at the oloso of bis speech. The next toast was : Our absent guest. James W. Nye. God bless him. Won't ho be mad that he stopped so Ion in Chicago. MY Fitch responded. Our leading phonographer had a kink in his left elbow and couldn't write solidly, and uothrng but a full phonographic report, with all the imitations thrown iu, would do justice to tbe speech. The bonora blc gentleman put on the stjle, voice and manner of the honorable Senator, and was as felicitous in his remarks as he was happy in his imitation. It it needless to say he was giceted with bursts of applauso and warmly cheered. In proposing the next toast General Buel al.udcd in warm and complimentary compliment-ary terms to General Morrow, on his left. The toast was : The army of the United States. The men of tho frontier who have ehand its perils and enjoyed its protection, know how to appreciate its services to tbe country. I General Morrow res-ponded. He was r fta'.ly unprepared for a speech, but he I was pleased to be present, and be surrounded sur-rounded by the bone and sinew which had done so much to open up and de- j vclop the great wcsL It was a mercy to an army officer to be stationed here, and if he failed to win the respect of tbe people it was his own fault-There fault-There should be perfect unity among . all, for the object that should animate; all the development of the country ; wis, one rt quiring united efforu 'lhe, General's remark, were brief but elo-1 qui nt, and breathed a warm spirit of interest in U ah aud its future. The next was : The bar of Nevada, always lo.eieal, nay they continue to deduce etjtcts irum C(iu-'S. Jude Hajden, for six years district dis-trict juage in Nevada, responded. Tbe tilth toaat was : Nevada, the litde, old, sagebrush d;ate, we created out of quartz and iMl.-cd uu expectations; her sons will always remeiiiDer her with afiectiuu and pride. 1 Judge Cooper responded, but in-! in-! timatcd first, that as Nevada was a dry State, it was imperative they should '"irrigate;" aud thc "irrigated." The proper degree ol moisture having been secured, the Judge opened the sluices of his eloquence, elo-quence, for on this occasion he knew no north, no south, no east, no west, neither creed nor difference of views; they were Nevadans, now interested in-terested in Utah. His speech was loudly applauded, as they all were. The next was: Our mining interests in Utah. The -ons of Nevada have helped to discover and dcvelope them "May we all make our pile." General Buel responded, in his usual liberal spirit and eloquent style. He spoke of Nevada as having been first a part of Utah, and said tbe present State Capital of Nevada, was once a Mormon setdemenL The General ex pressed himself warmly with regard to Utah; dwelt on miniug in Nevada, its trials and difficulties; and said that here in Utah were some of the richest mines on the continent; closing with the happy remark : " Brother 1 Riff-ruffa, Riff-ruffa, ' wo have come here at the right time." "The Bar of Utah," was responded to by Major U- H. Hempstead, who recognized the energy and iaith of the people who had built this city aud settled set-tled the Territory of Utah. He once tiad a kind of a half idea that the Mor uious bad horn-; but they had treated lnua as well as he deserved; aud better than he had any reason to expect, Still ne held that straightforward opposition oppo-sition was not per.-ecution. The next toast, proposed by Judge Cooper, was : Tbe health of the late Representative Representa-tive in the lower House from the atute if Nevada Hon. Thus. Filch. Mr. Fitch responded. He alluded to his former residence in Nevada. As vjiS well known by all Nevadans, after vears of earnest solicitation he rcluct-uirly rcluct-uirly c.'pscnted, in 1868, to permit hem to elect him to Congress. (Laughter.) He had endeavored lo -erve them there to the best of his .bili y, and was proud to remember that he bad received from his party friends the endorsement of a unani- Tkt i. leafed for ro-elecrion was because a majority of his fellow citizons differed with the party whose candidate he was, on the issues presented to the people, le was not defeated, as had been intimated, in-timated, because of his speech on the Cullom bill; on the contrary, ho believed be-lieved that nineteen twentieths of the citizens of Nevada, both Democrats and Republicans, endorsed his course on that notorious measure. (Gieat applause,) Finding himself out of ! employment on the -1th of March last, (laughter), he came to Utah not at all in search of similar employment, for he desired no more of the same kind. (Laughter.) He came here to practice prac-tice his profession, and since his residence resi-dence here, now of about two month's duration, he had been endeavoring to aueuu io nis own ana nis cucnts ousi-uess, ousi-uess, and permit others to do the same. (Applause.) Some persons had tried to make this troublesome to him, and had endeav ored to identify him with matters in which he had never participated directly di-rectly or indirectly, even by a suggestion. sugges-tion. He was glad to find himself sur. rounded to-night by old friends and constituents who knew him and would not misunderstand and misrepresent him. He had his own opinion about pub jic affairs in Utah. He was probably more opposed to the peculiar institution institu-tion of polygamy than some of the leaders of the liberal party; but he iiccorded to others the same right he claimed for himself, to worship God or any qu mtity or quality of Gods, as they pleased. He did not believe in continually meddling with other peo pies affairs. The "riff raff" (cheers) were not here in Utah on missionary work altogether. (Laughter). They were here to develop and work their mines when they could not sell them to eastern capitalists. (Laughter). The asked nothing but justice and the pro tcction ol Lhe laws; and they proposed s to be just to all others, whether Mor- i mon or Gentile. (Applause). There J was no danger of being too magnani , mous. for charity is usually only jus ' tice in a fit of generosity. Probably , the Mormons made a mistake in nnt meeting new comers especially from Nevada and offering them all tho payinc offices in tho Territory on arrival, (Laughter). The Republicans, Republi-cans, when they had control there, always al-ways made haste to give the offices to Democratic politicians (laughter) ; and tho dcw Democratic governor of Nevada Ne-vada had been insisting upon appoint ing Republicans to place ever since he was sworn io (laughter), irtill, they were not used to these things it) Utah. They would be all right after a while. ! He recognized, in the meantime, tbe j perfect right of the Gentiles to obtain political power if they can, and the perfect right of the Mormons to retain power if they can (applause.) He did not, however, believe that a party i founded upon a platform so narrow and so ephemera as opposition to Mor-: Mor-: I moos could succeed. Ke did not believe be-lieve that a local party distinct from . I great national political organizations would be enduring. They must all, Mormon and Gentile, mix together, j and when the time came divide inio, different parties and not foster religious j strife or d-x'trinal or narrow-miudi-d factions. Only so could they haTcj peace and order, aud good govern 1 ment aud piosperity. 0;i iy so could the State of Utah j 'il) tbe Federal Union, as she would join it ere three years had passed away (cheers. ) He cave in conclu-ion the toast, "Every man mind his own business." (Drank with applause.) "The Press of Utah" was next given, and was re ponded to by Mr. Sawder and Mr. Caine. Mr. Caunou was subsequently sub-sequently called for and met the demand de-mand by a brief speech. Then came : The Tenderfoot?, may they by per severance and steady irrigation soon be worth v of being numbered among the "RiffRaffs." Mr. P. W. Wadsworth, of Chicago, responded in a few happy remarks. "1 he Dramatic and Histrionic Art" drew a response from Mr. Couldock. The reunion was brought to a close by a genial speech from Mr. Majors at tbe call of the company. The occa-j occa-j sion will long be remembered for its genuine good feeling and libera. ity of sentimenL A happy, hearty band of good fellows met to do honor to an honored guest, and a spirit of frankness, frank-ness, warmheartedness, real western freedom and kindly feeling prevailed during the entire evening. |