Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-07-11
CONGRESSMAN cox HONoRED.
He Spends the Night in jamestown,
Makes a Speech, and Holds Pub
lie ReceptiOn.

MAKES SpecC0, anu I1Olus " W.
lie Reception.
Apparently everybody in jamestown
knew that Hon. S. S. Cox and wife, of
New York, we're due here on last even
ing's train from Oakes,for when it pulled
in on time large per cent of the popu-
latlon had gathered at the depot to well
come Dakota's champion. Mayor Fuller
and his committee were on hand and, led
by Captain McClelland, entered the dis
tinguished statesman's private car and
invited him and Mrs. Cox to become
their guests during the stay in the city.
They readily consented, and when Mayor
Fuller led him ont on the platform, his
first appearance was greeted by a tumul
tuous hurrah and the startling report OF
one of the forty-t two guns which we're
being fred in his honor, and over all
waved Mr.. Klaus new radiant American
flag, bearing upon its sky blue back
ground forty-two glitteriny stars. Mr..
Cox and jamestown s mayor walked from
the train to the Gladstone through an
avenue formed by the respectfully GU
rious throng. Mrs Cox followed on the
arm of Captain McClelland, the recep-
ton committee coming next. There was
but little delay, when DR.. Cloes stepped
upon the horse block in front Of the
hotel and introduced the veteran con-
pressman. Before three sentences were
uttered, his hearers regarded him as the
giant he ls-intellectually. He spoke
briefly of the part he had taken in sA-
curing the division aud admission of
| Dakota, e)oquently OF our territory's
grand domain, boundless possibilities
and progressive people, He sustained
his national reputation tar being an
humorous talker by relating one or two
| poin ted comic anecdotes, and closed by
stating that be was merely on a vacation
| pleasure trip and, like the star of empire,
was travelling towards the ''sunset.' The
crowd was IN a remarkably good humor
| and allowed him to escape with his life,
even after the perpetration OF that horri-
BILE gag.
The little talk lasted not more than
| ten or fifteen minutes, at the close OF
which the reception committee escorted
| him to private parlor in the Gladstone,
where several bottles and numerous
Jokes were cracked. In the general con-
| versation which ensued, he glistened and
sparkled like the wine he held IN his
hand, but scarcely tasted. Every one
present was surprised at the intimate
knowledge of this country he displayed,
from the time Mckenzie traversed the
trackless waste a century ago to the pres
ent time. He gave as one reason for hav-
ing paid especial attention to the mat
ter, that he read Clark & Lewis report
to the government owing to the fact that
the former was relative Of his, and thus
becoming interested in the ''creat Ameri-
can desert followed up the subject.
The presence of Captain Mcclellan, his
old congressional friend, seemed to be a
particularly pleasant surprise to him.
| A large number of ladies called on
Mrs. Cox, who created equally as pleas
ant an impression as did her famous hus
band. They were joined here by
Lewis Baker and family, OF the St. Paul
Globe, an old time friend, and the party
will proceed to the Yellowstone park and
spend week or more there.
And, as to politics? Well, the great
democrat said he was not thinking about
that sorely perplexing matter for a few
weeks, and professed dense ignorance
! as to the rumored intention OF the ma
tional committees to conduct spirited
campaign in the four new states this fall.