Printers Banqueted

The members of the Ann Arbor Typographical Union and a half dozen invited friends, the party nnmberiug in all 43 persons, were entertained at a banquet at the Portland cafe, on Tuesday evening by Hon. A. J Sawyer, in honor of his election as a member of the state legislature from the first district of Washtenaw oounty. Mr. Sawyer's handsome majority was helped along in no small degree by the nnion printers of Ann Arbor, and beft of all ne had the assurance of getting their votes.totally uusolicited by him, before the day of election. Ia recognitiou of this important service to him Mr. Sawyer invited the boys to take supper wirh him, and the nutnber present testified fchat the invitation was geuerally accepted. The bill of fare provided was an excellent one, and when the edibles had been puuiehed to the entire satisfactiou of the knights of the stick and rule, wheu everyone's "form" was full and each line tightly "spaued," oigars were passed arouud and lighted and the flow of oratory began. Ae a rule printers are more handy with the pen than glib of tougue, but some of the speeches made on this ocoasion were really good, althongh few of them stuck to the text of their toasts. Mr. Sawyer oconpied the toastmaster's ohair and introduced each speaker with a merry jest aud a well turned phrase. He explaitaed his reasous for extending his hospitality to the members of the union, cordially thanked tne boys for the support they had given him, aud assured them one and all that if at any time it lay in his posver to do anything for them he should be pleased to do it. He then introdaced the first speaker, George R. Cooper, president of A. A. T. ü., No. 154, vho briefly tendered the tbanks of the oiganization to their entertainer. Sid W, Millard was uext bronght to the front and asked to teil "Wnat he knew about job fonts. " Ed. Wells, pressman of the Inland Press office, was asked to speak of "Irnpressions, " and was obliged to confess his inability to ruake any impressions when ou his feet before au audience. Harry E. Parr, the man who turned pale when he weut to the bat, was asked to teil what he knew about "Baseball." He discarded that subject entiiely and gave a talk on printers who have riseu, that showed considerable care in its preparation, windiug it up witb a compliruentary allusion to our frieud, Converse G. Cook, and his flshing cabiu on the Huron (better ïnowu as Camp Comfort). He was folio-wed by Mr. Cook, who urged Mr. Sawyer to kaep a sharp look out for socalled "cospiracy iaws"' when he got to Lansing and wound up his remarks by wishing his host success in pleadiug his causes both in this world and the next. Karl E. Harriman responded tu the toast of "The News Gatherer. " He told a couple of good stories and some of his own experience as "a uniou mau on the Toledo Commercial, incidentally hiuting tbat an editorial unión was not ia it, but that tbe priDters' union got what it wanted. T. W. Mingay coufessed nis iuability to teil bow "a red bit republican can run a red hot democratie paper, " ccngratulated Mr. Sawyer on his election and qnietly sub-, sided. Glen V. Mills, who is an honorary memoer uf the union, made a characteristic speech and was followed by Alvick A. Pearsou, wbo spoke of the trials of the "The City Editor " He appiopriated a well known story told by oue of themembers of the uuiversity medical faculty aud reoited it to the great amusement of his hearers. Robert Stevemson was totally uuable to do justice to tbe toast of "The Ladies" (it had been origiually set down for Editor L. J. Lisemer), and he gave place to Clyde C. Rerr, who replied to the sentiment "The Devil." He thauked Mr. Sawyer for the good "fat take be bad hnng on the hook" and assured tbat gentleman that the boys had "left no onts in their proofs." J. B. Saunders spoke on "Sobriety among Printers" and conflued bimself to that topic in a capital manuer, coutrastiug tbeir conditioa in that line now aud 30 years ago. M. D. Corbin gave a well tnought oat talk on newspapers in general in response to his toast of "The Pree Press" and snggested that a suitable candidato for congress two years frota now would be the genial host of the eveuiug. It was now -12 :80 a. m. ánd tne bauquet broke up with a few closiug remarks by Mr. Sawyer who wished all his gaests "God-speed" and they responded with three cheers. ".' There will be a "swap social" at the First Baptist cbnrch ttais eveniog.