”THE DINNER.

At six o’clock the gathering was summoned to the dining hall by the notes of a bugle, and so skilfully were the plans made that the company found the places assigned without difficulty. The head table had a bank of roses before Col. Roosevelt, and at intervals along the table were banks of jonquils. Lighted banquet lamps gave perfect illumination.

When each man had taken his position at the various tables in the main hall, the band struck up ‘Lo, the Conquering Hero Comes,’ and Vice-President Roosevelt, accompanied by Hon. George A. Draper, and followed by the other guests, marched upon the platform. They met a whirlwind of applause. Senator Hoar, Senator Lodge, Lieut.-Gov. Bates, Hon. Joseph H. Manley, Bishop Lawrence, Hon. William F. Draper, Rear Admiral Sampson, Gen. Curtis Guild, Jr., Hon. George H. Lyman, U. S. Senator Henry E. Burnham, Hon. George A. Marden, Judge Francis C. Lowell, Speaker J. J. Myers, Postmaster George A. Hibbard, Congressman W. S. Greene and Congressman Ernest W. Roberts took seats at the speakers’ table, on either side of the chief guest. Five other tables on the platform provided seats for more than fifty other distinguished guests.

The following named gentlemen were seated at the tables on the platform, stage and floor:

…Table N

…Justin A. Ware, …”

Reference Data:

The Protectionist, Vol. 13, by Home Market Club (Boston, Mass.), 1902, pages 4 and 9