Show it S 1 1 I 1 visited by b a party part ot of S supporters group of the pictures Fic of those the who I 1 voiad for him arts artea ly by senator rideout A fitting dealt to thi tha great struggle ZI 4 1 NY I 1 res or of the twenty nine n e supporters or of moes thatcher in the contest I 1 roused grouped in a I 1 irge arge fiame around the central i portrait of their candidate were I 1 presented last to mr thatcher hatcher I with avowals of u n end ine ing friendship the presentation I 1 incurred at his residence which asb sad aggi dortly after 11 oclo L and was thoroughly F after a ot the usual social emall alk senator rideout arose and oe aegan can art an address ostensibly of ai ewell SENATOR ts wo we have invaded the sacred precincts of your home and my companion have designated me to ufler the explanation dug dua to you the second session of the legislature of the state of utah is nearing its close a few ferr brief cloura are left and then we shall ahall return to our homes ii ornea some of us may return others will not we ve have while here formed ties lies of friendship which I 1 am alire will not be torn a under asunder as an the days go by memories or of child childhood houa days are ever with us no matter where here our lot is cast whether beyond the mountains or beyond the ocean in sun aline or in shadow surrounded by wealth or amid scenes scene of poverty the recollections of the lanes in which we sported the fields in which we played the brooks at which we drank and the boys who shared our childish joys are ever fresh in memory lind ind this benti ment h independent of reflection for it his hag grown witla with our growth and strengthened with w th our strength while the friends friendships bips formed in youth are la lasting eting there are others as enduring theoze we havo have fr iniel in our association with you air shall live and burn brightly in years to come we have come to say farewell the dearest associations are rent asunder and men drift anait two leaves hang hana side by side during the summer autumn comes one is caught on the breeze and is birne away tho the other lingers a raiment rac ino ment then drops in silence to the earth mid and ia is forgotten the poet has taid aid that friend after friend departs who has hag not lost loat a friend there ii no reunion here bere ot of hearts I 1 clial bat has not heie an end 1 lire hen since all that is 3 not heave amit fade 1 lic i nt be the hard of ruin laid on on i 0 love brutus on the eve of the hattle of phillipo received news of the death of portia his wife I 1 and shakespeare puts these beautiful words into his mouth farewell portia we inget all die and knowing that you must die once I 1 have patience to andu endure r e it tow and ami I 1 add fare farewell el 11 friends tri ends we must all part a and d since WP we must part once I 1 ha have e patience pi tience to endure it now sir while we have been together in the leol legislature slature ate e rought fought to elect you to tile the office of united states senator we used r ur to that rind because of your ability your our purity and your worthiness our efforts were futile but sir if we WB had elected you aou ou would have brou brought alit honor to tile the office and the office would not have added ded any dignity to the name of more thatcher your name sir air is s written on the hearts of th ahn people of this tate and they associate e it with purity honor and nobility tv of character in order that the scenes of the contest may mav be perpetuated tinted we have taken the liberty to fro frame me a photograph of yourself v and further to group others namely thore who cast their votes for your election around yours vours and we now present it to 10 you yoa as a momento moment 0 and trust you will accept of this slight token of our regail in the spirit of brotherly lov lore e in which it is tendered trus ing in further that our elloris for the cause defor for which we havedon have con tended tt may mav prove to be one more in tile tiie great temple of justice and love whose dome ha hall ll 11 be bolty as the firmament of heaven a as a broad za d a arid r aex expansive pans ive as the uni r A er wire alent for 7 a 1 moment and then began falteringly my friends it is no often t that 11 at I 1 am over surprised so BO that thai lor for once it may be said that I 1 am utterly unprepared for a greeting ot of this thia nature there are times in the experience of every person it is difficult to control the emotions of the heart enough to choose words appropriate for such an occasion I 1 am deeply moved at this unexpected expression of devotion to me who am greatly greata Y unworthy but from the inmost depths of my heart I 1 appreciate this gift which which by me and mine i shall be prized greater than all for it seems i to hs he a gift of the heart I 1 believe the greatest emotions of tile soul are brought out when the heartstrings heart strings are aie stretched over the keyboard of human misery that which is most worthy to endure and most fit to survive comes from th tho test when the soul gout is tried then are great friendships formed next to the love of husband and wife and the paternal al lection of father and child there is nothing in human life so closas a friendship such euch as his haa been formed by me and mine for you yon 1 I shall never dever forget the action of the loyal bind band who supported me if you would continue to be what you have been my support eri erf seek to allay the feeling of animosity which has arisen from this contest in all political tr lr t r encee which may arise let it be the part of us lis to pour oil on the troubled n waters aters and I 1 beli that it shall be the destiny of the men who composed comp OBed the legislature of utah to fee aea her march ever forward and be always a land of the free he alluded to his controversy with the church chur cli anil and said that lie he had always been a democrat and at tile the same tinte endeavored to live up to his bis obligations to the church to lie be dishonored I 1 felt was continued on ath fag apty SURPRISE continued from rage page worse than d ili th ith itself I 1 was conscientious and never dreamed that the would bo be the attempted destruction ol of a character I 1 had bad built lor for forty 1 years it was made to appear t that bat the head and front of ni offending was not in the failure to sign siga the but something else dut but brought to the uran it is the fact that that was my off ff ne I 1 am willing to abide the I 1 i i asserted rn mv rights as an american citizen closing mr thatcher said thia picture shall be a sacred shrine to us and we shall ever think thin of it as a bright oasis in a real desert light refreshments were s served arved durin during a the evening under the supervision per vision aion of mrs thatcher and her dau daughters liters mrs S A langton it and miss katie thatcher and her neice miss itallie P Ti thatcher atcher those present were senator J T and mrs robison Ilo bison senator rideout and mrs Eide hideout out Seed tors mattie matte hughes cannon chim chambers harbour monson Ni onson and ghita ker representatives anderson creer dresser forshee Fo rehee gibion gib ion 0 G kimball mangan obrien ray bay roylance thomson Thore een and wheeler mrs R E M miller mis hattie thatcher major an and ol 01 mrs S A langton of losan logan tribune and herald Heral ld |