Show I Ban Banquet n Honor of A AW AWl AWI W Ws WOne I l I McCu s Support rs One Oe of the te prettiest banquets ever direr I given in Sat Salt St Lake was S that tat th at at the fh e i I Alt Alts At club test J Ia night by A A W V McCune in i honor of te the members memer of the te lature l J tu ture w who complimented him hi toy by ty their votes vote In the Mut t session tiO for United States senator t A 4 number of t f other ther t r friends frends participated tc in the te festivities and a 8 jollier crowd was W never ever 1 as around and 1 a festal fet board loard In the te absence tC ii ills his s father who no was w un unavoidably t avoidably detained in New York E V McCune acted as a host hogt bo t and right royally royly did he b play the Che te part The Te tables taWes te were laid l ld in the th form of ofa ofa ofa a hollow square in Ia the te m mn dining room rm ro of the te club In tiie te centre of ot the square quare a ae a great bank of palms and andI I America beauty roses Around A und the spotless cloth doth carnations were sprinkled and a at each e plate plat was wu a Ma al Niel Kiel I boutonniere In Jn the ordinary Christen Christens s na nd orchestra gave a be between between I tween toasts and a the te music contributed I much to the success of the event I I The Te guests suc took tok their places pLat at I 1 I As soon son as u they had bee be seated Mr arose ar and an in a few wen well chosen choen words explained e Jaue that his bis father could not be present pre ent He introduced Fisher Fishel Hari Harris toast tot master and ad amid great i the eloquent Virginia VIrnia gentle gentleman gente genteman gentleman man wis w assigned alge the te seat set of honor Colonel Colnel s was in his happiest veins He He called le on guest alter after ater guest gest for responses to toasts totS introducing earn each in his own inimitable style yle The Te talks were all I felicitous and a were re received with wih round after ater rund round of ap applause paus and laughter During the course cour of the evening Mr McCune read these rd e telegrams hI I 1 have received Invitation t hav your Yr to be b present at the banquet t to be given in honor of the Democratic members of the Utah Uta legislature to hom I wish to express my profound gratitude and esteem I regret exceedingly that I am unable nale to t be b present less le although I am not in Salt Sal Lake with Uh the Democrats I am up Salt Sal river with wih them t and that tha is some con consola consolation sola ion because if bus I we ve were marooned on Senator Kearns newly discovered Islam Islan of Alaska A we never would get I back whereas tir mr craft is certain to toI I sail sn back into Ino the te waters of success two hence bence God years bless lec you youA youA V A W V Accept t greetings geUng and ad good go wishes J Regret cannot canot be present prent J T L RAWLINS I I Senator Orson F P Whitney was the I first called cale on to respond to a 8 toast i His text was Our Absent Friend 1 and he handled bandied bandIe it i In i most eloquent style Senator Whitney said aid it i had been his pleasure and his privilege to toca cast ca his vote for A W V McCune on every VeI ballot balot two years Yea s ago and he hept pot not pt ashamed ashamed of it i He H considered Mr still si the Ur leader i 1 of the th De Democracy Democracy and hoped the day would come when he would be elected to the United States State senate senate County Treasurer W H I Dale was asked aked to respond to t the toast A Close Shave This reference r e to to his narrow majority for the office he now hold holde brought forth a shout of laughter Mr Dale made the most of his Secrets of the McCune Campaign was wa the subject of an exceedingly clever talk tU by B S Young Mr Young handled handle his theme teme in a manner marner that convulsed his hearers at times and at others other he lie held their most serious serous at attention tenton He tell tel any secrets but buthe buthe buthe he Harris Hards had had lots lot of fun with wih To T Moses Moe Thatcher was w s assigned the toast tot The Future of the the Democratic Party in Utah Mr r Thatcher thought the future of the party in this state wes was W most p if it I would follow Mr leadership lead Abel John Evans was asked to tell tel Why W Utah Uth County Went Republican In a talk that caught the he said sid the only reason he could assign was wa that John Henry Henr Smith had gone down there and camped too long dur during durIng ing log the late campaign Why William Glasmann Was Sent to the Legislature fell fel to Senator Kiesel Kiel of Ogden The senator con confessed confessed that tat here was wa a mystery he had never been ben able to Continuing ContinUing ing he spoke of the virtues of A W McCune and predicted that when an another another other Democratic legislature is elected he would be chosen for senator Other speakers were D H Morris Moris on Why Wh Washington Wahington County Count Went Demo Democratic I cratic F H Holzheimer on The Boxers of Juab Purity Purit in Politics by R RV W VT Sloan Why the Bars Were Vere Let Lt Down Down and the Republican Re Got In by State Chairman John ohn W Bur Burton Burton Burton ton There were also appropriate ate re remarks remark remarks marks mark by former forer Senator R C Cham Chambers hers bers William ONeil O ei of Vernal and others Among those present were E V McCune Fisher Harris Harrs A J Evans EvansJR J JR JH R H R Murdock William ONeil R K KThomas KThomas Thomas Thoma J G M 11 Barnes Barn s Representatives I tives McGregor Holzheimer D H Morris MorIs Van Hatch Redd Langton Maughan Lambert Lambert Pond Pond Harmon Fry Fr Billings Senators Whit Whitmore Whitmore more Kiesel Smoot Smoot Tanner Whitney Whiney William ONeil Henry McCune McC ne B S Young A N McKay W H Dale E EW EW W Wilson John Q Critchlow Crichlow W P I Reed S H Lynch T R H Ellerbeck John A Groesbeck sr ar John A Groes Groesbeck Groesbeck beck jr John W V Burton J G By Bywater Bywater Bywater water Land Commissioner John F Howells A A J Scare H H Barnes Blood Blo Arthur F V Barnes R H R W tW |