St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-09
JACKSONIAN ECHOES.

When the report of the Jackson ban
quet, in the SUNDAY GLOBE, was
closed to make the large edition that
must early go to press. only the formal
part of the banquet was Over-the part
set down on the programme. But the
evening did not end them. Mayor
Ames surrendered the part of tOastmas-
ter, which he had so acceptably filled,
and most of the invited guests retired to
their homes: but the club could not
be content to allow so suspicious
an evening to end thus summarily.
Their spirits had been so heightened by
the SuperlatiVe successes of the even
ing that it took two hours more for them
to simmer down. Consequently it was
a great time that reSulted-aS merry as
those now historic walls ever witness
ed. 1t was not an Orgie, but it was a
way.
Several of the speakers did not receive
full justice in the meager reports. A.
ID. Smith, for instance, made the effort
of his life and covered himself with
glory. Judge Rand was fired with an
Inspiration that spent itself in elO-
quence. Even Titus Mareck, who is
chrOnically adverse to speaking, made a
ringing speech. Of course Ed Stevens
thought of something that had occurred
to no one else and of course the mild
ringing brOgue of John Byrnes and
Judge Donahue lent only spice to the
occasion. But the speeches were all
short and witty and none tired the audi
ence.
While the presence of invited guests
of Republican turn of mind prevented
anything like partisanship, the unadul-
terated Democracy bubbled out when
these guests had departed. Some one
asked: whats the matter with Doc
Ames?" and the chorus came back:
He's all right" Then Titus Mareck
nominated him for vice president and
the crowd elected him then and there.
This brought out Democratic speech
and others followed. DR.. Kilvington
was prevailed upon to speak and then
prevailed upon to stop. A. l.. Lennon
was induced to sing a song, which he
pitched little above his upper register.
scene from the CorSican brothers in
Partisan French, and P. j. E. Clement
son told of the time he made the first
Scandinavian speech for the Democracy
in Hennepin county,
The First ward also withdrew to itself
to celebrate the banner ward, but it's
proceedings drew nearly all the
others about it. E. NJ. Wilson was
forced to make speech, and
taking the tariff he made an
admirable exposition of it, declaring it
would be the issue this year, Blaine the
candidate and Cleveland an easy vic
tor. Lambert Hayes delivered speech
and Mike Quinlan song, intermit-
tently, as they were permitted, and G.
f. Baxter was fined the cigars for in
truding heretical observation. A. G.
Heinrich and Titus Mareck wanted
"Die Yacht am Rhein," while L'Her-
ault chanted the "Marseillaise" with
subdued enthusiasm. The First ward
was pronounced "all right and recess
taken.
An impromptu concert was held in the
assembly room. Solos were esSayed by
j. j. Henry, A. l.. Lennon, NJ. V. Han
ley, DR.. KilvingtOn and Joe Jepson, but
there was too much coaching on the
outside for perfect success. The chorus
work was little more effectual, with
the assistance of the DAM orchestra,
but Ed Stevens and Frank Van DEzen
had organized debating society IN the
parlOrs and soon captured the audience,
not even my Buck Billy Goat" holding
them. And so it went, ad intinitum,
until in groups and singly the party
thinned out and the caterers force was
left in sole charge.