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Show Ci,:: CTSiGUESTS LAUD HQ3SEVELT 0P EVE ' I :m SENATOR'S. DEPARTURE FOK'CMfAL Great Future Predicted For the Apostle in the f. Senate, by Speakers Who Responded to ; Toasts at Provo Ban-i) Ban-i) ... J '. Quct. 7 BY J. B. MILLER. - "' . SPECIAL TO TELEGRAM. , - PROVO, Utah Feb: 7. President v- Roosevelt 'and Senator-elect Reed J- Smoot were pralsedin glowing tributes' - during the entertainment of the legls-lators legls-lators yesterday 'by the citizens, of Provo and the apostle, prior to the lat-' lat-' ters departure for Washington to be- gin his career as United States Senator from Utah. ' ; The President was lauded for. his : t, . bravery, for being a typical Westerner, . for his wise and statesmanlike admin-, admin-, ' lstration, of national affairs. The apostle was complimented for bis business ability, for the honor he had brought to Utah, for the career in the ' broader field of national life just opening open-ing for him, which It was asserted would show that he was made of that ' material out of which distinguished statemen are forged. Bouquets for Provoi Incidentally and Indirectly a few bou-i bou-i quets were thrown at Provo, which the ' town well deserved, for the hospitality, ' - - the courtesy and the kindness with I " - which the guests were received were all , that could be desired by the most fas-I fas-I tidlous, and everything was free to the 250 who wore the "Provo day" badges. Tributes to the apostle were Inaugurated Inaugu-rated by Mayor Taylor, in the Brlgham Young academy meeting, who in his1 address of welcome Bald: "Provo has already furnished Utah with two United States Congressmen, and she now has the distinguished honor hon-or to contribute a Senator of the United States, the Honorable Reed Smoot." . Secretary of State Hammond, -in response, re-sponse, echoed with elaborateness the same sentiment and declared: "Reed Smoot has "been a distinguished distin-guished citizen of Provo. By your recent re-cent action you have made him a distinguished dis-tinguished citisen of Utah, and by his work in the Senate of the Nation he will become a distinguished citizen of the United States." More Praise for Smoot. If any present entertained adverse opinions they kept silent. Senator Love, spokesman for the upper house, asserted: : . "Reed Smoot will be one who will take the lead when be gets to the United States Senate. He has been represented as & tall, lank, long-coated preacher, but when he takes his seat and Congress finds that he is Jke other statesmen, a plain, blunt, practical, open-hearted, open-faced citizen and business man, he will receive a cordial welcome into the Senate." After the speeches and music at the academy were concluded and the city's guests had returned from an inspection of the State insane asylum, where they j were shown every courtesy and served with refreshments, the apostle's banquet ban-quet in the opera-house was the event to which the legislators looked forward with keen Interest. Welcomed by Mrs. Smoot. ! There, while pleasant words of greet ing Trom Apostle and Mrs. Smoot a delightful de-lightful merro, good service, and catchy music entertained the visitors .for an , hour and a half, tributes to President Roosevelt, the apostle Senator-elect, the Fifth Legislative Assembly, to Utah and to -Provo came as one toast succeeded suc-ceeded another. When Toastmaster Allison. President f the Senate, was Introduced by Chair-i Chair-i ' t man James Clove of the citizens' com- " . mittee, he took up no time with speech-making speech-making himself, but almost .without preliminary remarks proposed the first toast: "The President of the United States. Hero, Statesman and1 Able Executive," and called upon Representative Fish-burn Fish-burn to respond, who said, in part: -. 'Well ought I to be proud to respond i to the toast, 'The President of the United States,' because Utah is of the West and on the field of battle and in ' the chair of the Nation's Executive our i President has proven that he belongs to I and is of the West. Longlive the Pres ident of the United States, the hero of San Juan hill. Long live Theodore Roosevelt, our President now, who by his wise administration of national af-. af-. fairs has made It certain that he will ' be our next President there is no ques tion about that." The Toast to Utah. following the toast to the President was the one to "Utah, Boundless in Re-i Re-i sources. Unlimited In Patriotism," to i which in the absence of Gov. Wells, ! Secretary of State Hammond made re sponse. He reviewed in terse language the great resources of the State of " which he declared the greatest was the young men and woirien, and cited the answer to the call ftrr volunteers in the ! late war with Spain as a demonstration i of Utah's patriotism. "The Fifth Legislative Assembly, Its I Wisdom. Wrt and Wlnsomeness," was . replied to by Speaker Thomas Hull of i the House, who In some manner entire- ; ly overlooked the third division of his subject. His address was. confined almost al-most entirely to a play on words, using . the odd names of various members las' j , a -basis. Concluding he said: "Now that the Senatorial contest has ended, men of. all parties are working bard for the Interests of all parties." y The final toast, "Provo City, Its Prestige. Pres-tige. Pretty Girls And Pure Water." was answered by Judge Booth.. After recounting some of the educational and and financial institutions of the city, he said,: "And we have another Institution here which we do not use ourselves. We maintain it for the accommodation of people from other counties, the State Mental hospital. But Provo has more than this of which to be proud. She has- produced such legislators as I Charles Edward Loose, such Congress men as William H. King and George ' Sutherland, and now she gives you ! - Reed Smoot as United States Senator. true, an ordinary man with us, but still . a better man than his colleagues." "Royal Princess." . . .. Following the toasts Miss Marian Nelke recited Rosetti's "Royal Prln- 1 . |