Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-30 | Page 12 | Republicans Plan Big Celebration

PUCE PLI BIG CELEBRATION They Purpose to Observe Lincoln's Birthday With Banquet and Speeches. To remind the local Democrats, before they become too jubilant at their coming com-ing Jackson-day banquet, that, while the Democrats may control the national government, the Utah state government and the sfnl: Lake county government is still safely Republican, the Republicans of tho state plan to hold a big banquet on February 12 In celebration of the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Uncoil). Un-coil). IV. TL Folia nd, chairman of the Republican Re-publican county committee, has issued a call for a meeting of the Republican county committee, to be held at tho office of-fice of the county chairman next Monday Mon-day night, for the purpose of making preliminary plans for the celebration. After the preliminary details have been arranged it Is probable that the Republicans Repub-licans of Salt Lake county will ask the Republicans of other counties to cooperate co-operate In making the banquet one of the most successful ever held by the Republican organization. "While plans for tho banquet arc still indefinite. It is not unlikely that arrangements arrange-ments will be made lo bring to Utah for the occasion a Republican orator of national na-tional fame to be the principal speaker. Several local Republican orators of ability will doubtless bo Included on the speakers' speak-ers' list. Formerly the anniversary of the birth of Lincoln was an event that was observed ob-served annually with a banquet and celebration cele-bration by the Republicans of Utah. Tn inOi! It was celebrated as the birthday of the Intcrmountaln Republican, which was then designated as the official organ of that portion of the Republican party then in control. For three years the officials of-ficials of the Tntermountain Republican took charge of the Lincoln-day celebrations celebra-tions of tho Republicans. Then the Salt Lake Herald and the Tntermountain Republican Re-publican were merged and the Republicans Republi-cans forgot to hold any more celebrations celebra-tions For the past four years there have been no TJncoIn-day celebrations by I he Republicans, Re-publicans, but this year 7h: Folland hopes that the Republicans will revive the old custom and hold a particularly successful celebration, with the result that a Lincoln-day banquet will henceforth hence-forth be an annual event for the Republicans Re-publicans of the state.