Show THE AGLER BANQUET the banquet tendered general alger at the templeton yesterday afternoon was a brilliant affair it took place in the spacious and beautifully decorated diniro room on one of the upper floors general alger sat at the head of at his right was judge zane while governor thomas sat eat on his left john M zane wiss was seated at the foot of the table upon which there was a most magnificent of edibles and natural flowers in addition to the gentlemen named there here were present about fifty prominent republicans among whom were noticed the following marshal par sons judge miner assistant united ur cited states prosecuting attorney stevens Rt evens hou hon james sharp W H rowe heber M wells arthur brown 8 J kelyon barlow ferguson arthur pratt harmell pratt john henry smith attorney harrington president donnellan of the chamber of commerce judge bartch colonel sells JJ J J geoghegan ben eldredge judge bennett J C graham it was not until the last edition ot the NEWS had bad gone to press that the speaking commenced mr kenyon delivered the address of welcome general alger responded to it in a happy and pertinent manner he re berred 4 the wonderful resources of this most prosperous territory but thought that our citizens could not be really proud and happy until utah was made a state when it became a state it would be one of the brightest stars in the national galaxy and he trusted it would be in accord with republican principles governor thomas spoke interestingly in response to the toast of our country in response to the toast our territory heber M wells read an original and ingeniously written poem ana was loudly and warmly applauded with this the banquet ended and the general was driven quickly to the effice of the utah commission C and not to the executive mansion as stated in a morning contemporary inthe in the meantime the ladies ladles visited the tabernacle where they were subsequently joined by the general and his friends the party here listened to a brief informal concert on the introduction of general alger to the orand grand army Vol volunteers at the rooms ot the utah commission department commander prank frank hoffman hodman add addressed him in so dafft he opened the valves of his storehouse of hate and bitterness towards the mormon I people declaring that they were disloyal to the nag flag disobedient to the mandates of the government and ancl disregardful of the duties and obligations of american citizens general alger replied briefly and boldly coldly and the unhappy affair came to an unpleasant and disgraceful termination at 6 pw pm the party left over the rio bio grande western for their home in detroit michigan |