Show to ex senator brown and wife WEKE PRESENT prominent people of all parties I 1 grand social success SALT LAKE march 23 the reception ex senator brown and wife exceeded even the mot sanguine expectations of the committee which had it in canil it was to be the largest and most distinguished dacial event he slate capital has ever witnessed between five and six hundred eni people of the state participated aej the number was in no wise limited to one political party hon george Q cannon could be seen conversing with john T caine and prominent b alters il like angus M cannon with brunch mckinley men like K R ers the leaders of both factions of tha republican party were present and also many prominent democrats but politics did not enter into the reception all called out of personal for the ex senator and his amiable wife it was auch a high class tha the bait lake tribunes predictions that simply a few beakers would be present was made to appear indeed if the office seekers wore there and no doubt many were the crowd was 30 large and contained so many people of the state that the place seekers were bat a conspicuous minority the reception was entirely informal yet managed so skillfully that one would thins a well arranged program was carried out the principal feature wab of cauree the greeting of the distinguished guests in whose honor the reception was piyen they arrived at p m and were at once kept busy lor an hour or so receiving tha throng of visitors the ex genitor was looking a picture of health and his bright wife gave evidence that social life of washington in which ebe played so prominent a part well with her there was the usual general handshaking among the guests and an elaborately decorated refreshment room where cold punch and ware served by colored waiter and in the large dining room there was dancing the social affair lasted until nearly midnight and all present were untiring in their praises of the committee that planned so pleasant an ebent almonr the guests ware the following hon geo Q cannon judge celiaa smith and wife mrs joseph L baw lins hon J E dooly W a mccornick mr and mrs james chipman Chip mau hoap L williams E B gritchlow mr and mrs geo ln therland L R borers mr and mrs H B clawson Ol awson Pio nJohn T caine and wife hon A G campbell hon hoyt sherman jr hon presley dinny W D candland G S holmes hon and mrs H P henderdon Hend ereon congressman W H king angus M cannon ellas morris hon A 0 bishop hon jas T hammond col J ford kent major geraid among those present from utah county were J C graham aeed smoot jamea clove mr and mrs hugh dougal J B whitehead george webb W L webb newton brown S W mose evana and george evans |