The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-26
WINSTON BANQUET
In Honor of Cyrus B. WATSON
and Clement Manly.
AN ELEGANT AFFAIR
The Winston Democrats FulI
of Faith and Courag3
THEY SEE SUCCESS IN FUTURE
The Spirit of the Unterrified Demo-
cracy Finds Expression in Coed
Fellowship and Good Stories.

Fellowship and GOOD St@ries'
Winston, n. O.. Nov. 25.-( Editorial
Correspondenee)-It may be possible to
bring together in some spot IN this world
ss goodly a company of Democrats ~
stretched their legs under the banquet
board in the Phoenix Hotel last night
hut if SO it has never been my good pleas
are to see it. More than hundred OF
the flower of the population of this city
aud of Salem participated in the ban
suet given in honor of Cyrus b. Watson
ESQ, Democratic candidate for Govern
or. and Clement Manly, Esq, chairman
of the Democratic State Executive com
mittee. 1t was an elegant affair, and was
as enjoyable and as brilliant as it was
unique.
1t is common enough for men to pro-
vide banquets and receptions and great
demonstrations i'll honor of men who
have been victorious. Those who join
in such entertainments are often prompt
ed thereto by desire to secure official
recognition from the successful party
leader, others by the natural inclination
to throw up ones hat in honor of the vic
for it is rare to give n banquet to unsuc-
full leaders-as rare a compliment as in
this case itfwas deserved one. Of one
thing we may be sure: no honors to
defeated leader can be attributed to
selfish motives. They must spring from
vi OF
prompted the active and successful lead
ers in all callings in this city to give a
BANQUET to Messrs. Watson and Manly
was purely to show some appreciation of
their services to the commonwealth.
1t is often true that you hold neighbor
in warm esteem. You are anxious for
some opportunity so that you may give
tangible evidence of the regard you feel.
And when some occasion presents itself,
Won surprise him by showering upon him
the long pent-up love that has often desir-
ed an outlet He, surprised at its warmth
and glow sees in the immediate cause OF
your evidence nothing, IN his
public or private career, that
quite makes him worthy of it. lie
does not know that you have seized upon
this occasion as a long desired chance
to give him unmistakable tokens of your
personal friendship as well as to attest
your pleasure in knowing thae in him
blazes the bright fire of pure patriot
ism.
1t was the popularity Of Mr.. Watson
and Mr. Manly in their home that made
their recent eminent public service the
most fitting time to fill up the cup Of
public attestation and regard, and to
make it full to overlooking. And the
spontaneous enthusiasm that their en-
trance called forth, the warm applause
which greeted their speeches, the tender
solicitude in regard to Mr.. WatsonS
health, and the affection that this peo-
pie bear to Mr. Manly was worth tray
cling a thousand miles to witness
thought this must be a happy home for
these two gentlemen, returning here
without visible trophies or other eyl-
dences of victory, to be received with
all the honor and pomp and glory OF re-
turning victors. And it was not the less
a happy home for the fellow citizens
who took genuine pleasure in showing
that though overcome by numbers,
they do not regard their distinguished
citizens in the light of defeated leaders.
They were merely repulsed, and victory
was denied them by means that these
they were scandalous.
There are two ways of taking defeat.
One is by sitting down in the darkness
and in gloom, repining and sorrowing and
seeing no bright drift in the clouds. Men
who regard defeat in that light usually
quit work, and their lives are perpetual
SUGGESTIONS of revulsions and failures.
Another and better way is to meet it
r. =
one of the accidents that will happen in
the best regulated families, and go for
ward to convert defeat into victory.
These men are on top nine times out of
ten. This is the type of men who gave
the banquet here last night. As matter
OF fact, while realizing the temporary
setback their party received on the third
of November, and deploring the defeat
OF Mr.. Watson, the Democrats of this
Twin City do not take any gloomy view
of the future They are full Of faith that
the party will march to victory in 1893,
and in that faith they are hopeful and
courageous. There has been no Demo-
cratic gloom here. The "unterriied"
have permitted no imported victorious
host to crow over them, or to boast loud
ly over their ill-gotten gains, and visitor
who had not heard the result of the cleo
ton, would gather from the cheerfulness,
defiance and determination Of the Demo
Gratis here that they were the victors in
the struggle. Keep such men as these
down? You might as well attempt to
dam Niagara with a bridge of straw.
A banquet given by men of the temper
have thus described could be moth
ing short OF a great success, whether re-
ference is had to the elegant menu, the
hloduence that met a hearty response,
or the good fellowship that fingered over
good stories, the aroma of the fragrant
cigar, and the feeling of perfect content
that bounteous repast produces.
This is the third banquet / have at
tended in Winston in ten years. Each
one is an improvement on its predecessor,
and just as long as Chairman G. A. Fol-
lin Mai Young Col BefOrd, John