Morning journal and courier., 1893-12-14
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A BANQUET

A BANQUET.
 Of course the we'll arranged and we'll carried out banquet given in honor of Brother Byxbee at the headquarters of Connecticut Democracy had no political significance Such events never do have any political significance. They are simply efforts to show successful man how much his success is appreciated by all his friends and how friendly all his friends are. But one who was not at the dinner and did not come under the hypnotic influence of the choice grub, the choice lubricators that went with it, and the choice merrymaking that forbade all thoughts of political ma neuvering, might amuse himself by guess ing what the notable affair might have meant If it had meant anything but what it really did mean-a hearty and deserved compliment to Brother Byxbee.
 For instance, the Hon. Lynde Harrison, not long ago the leader at Republican ban quets of no political significance, now leads at the most impressive Democratic banquet of no political significance that has been given since hs joined the Democratic party. Of course the central figure of the banquet WAS Brother Byxbee, the conquering hero who has been made the representative of the Democratic administration in these parts. But Judge Harrison was noticea- ble. So was Broker Benedict, the personal friend of President Cleveland and Judge Harrison, and who is, 1t is said, trying to decide whether he shall or shall not refuse 8 call to be the Democratic nominee for governor next year, if he and his able assistants and fosterers can bring about the utterance of such a call. It will dict gave what the reporters call the key note to the meeting. This key note was Constitutional Reform. It added dig nifty to the meeting and made plain that Broker Benedict was thinking of the well fare of the State. Benedict and Constitu- sound. Governor Morris, too, is heartily for constitutional reform, and that of . very radical kind. Broker Benedict will find it hard work to exceed him in zeal in this direction.
 But 1t Is ohurlish and uuprotitsble to be vainly imagining what political signifi- cance there might have been in banquet which had no political significance, and
 we turn from this folly to notice that gay and glorious moment when the banquet reached its climax, and the How of soul found full and fitting expression in that noble ode which beth reveals and fosters the true spirit of Monticello club
 Democracy. Few more inspiring sights
 have been seen in all Connecticut's his tory, and no more inspiring sounds have been heard, than when the Governor of Connecticut, the man who could perhaps hear a call to be governor of Connecticut, Judge Harrison and the other conspicuous
 heavy-weights of the Democratic party in
 the State joined in singing that noble ode to the classic tune of "Mag9ie Murphy's Home." When Napoleon wanted to in- spire his soldiers he said things to them that stirred their imagination and spurred their valor. When the Democracy of Con- neoticut is to be planted more firmly on the Jeffersonian rock and made more ardent in the advocacy and practies of Jeffersonian principles the Monticello clubs ode is sung. It does the business. Perfect In construc tion, grand in language and sublime in tone, 1t fills the hearts of those who sing It with an unquenchable desire for more of ! the spirit which its verses so loftily and graphically celebrate.