The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-06-01

last night In the arena Of the coliseum
In she Ez!n=l.inn hnilhimE Errry ara,
~ the !, ,t2D at the table, was taken at
so p, m. The serving 81 the dinner
began ~ Z y. M. the laud, directed
hy senator Owrn Miller playing The
Stars Bnd Stripes Furryrr' ls the frat
course was served.
The tables were arranged lungltudi-
naily In long rows, running rast uuh
west, the entire length ul thn arena.
There were 20 uf thcm, OF am average
icnhth Of 80 frrL The sprahrrs liable
was so feet long and was located i'm
u,diutcly in front of the boAr- uu the
north end ~ the hall.
Some Notable Guesis.
Those who occupied plncrs NJ this
irblr, beginning az the EASTERN end,
were Hcutrnunt-Nu,crnur \. A. iiolic.
sum u. Cook. chairman of the National
ways and means committee and ot the
state committee. viii 4. Buihvrll, Of
/ Mchcrly, Mo; John a. Knott Of Han
nihul: Alfred a. Lewis. uf New York.
rGitur Of q. u. =. BrImout's papar The
party from New York: oliver II. T..
belmont, NJ New York: Harvey W.
Salmon. of Clinton Mo: jaime. Il.
Naddill, ~. Louis, p 4. BAIL, Louis.
iruu. Mo-. Acknowledgement E {.
Grow. of jefferson tity; Col. Irn r.
Lafayette. Of the Indian territory;
Mutcrnos T.. benton. Ncushu, Mo-, rN-
/ GOV. William j. Stone. Of 81. Louis.
( iiutry H. iiawcs, president uf the
I Jefferson club and tunsimastcr; Wm.
Jennings hrynn. uf Lincoln, Nrh.;
Champ Clark. Of Bowling Green Mo-:
David ". Cnruth, of st. Louis.
G Il. Farls. Of PcmiEcot county: Moses
| {. Wetmurc, of ST. Louis: u. 4. Dear
moud. Of Butlrr. Mo- Norman j. Col
man. Of ST. Louis; 4. NJ Dockpry, Of
Ghllatin; John r. Aligrld, of Chicago;
I y. 4. Noonau, of ~. Louis; G. u, Me-
Z Lure, OF ST. Louis; Judge Henry W..
| Bond. Of ST. Louis, aud W. H. Harvey.
of Chicago.
The Coliseum Decorations
The coliseum was decorated with
red white aud blue bunting. stream.
crs Of flags. aud behind the speakers
later were presented to Prmiscut cuun.
wvn' displayed the twU l.an.:;Tr witch
~ and 10 the Fifteenth congressional
district. The latter was of blue satin,
/ insrril'cd In gold lettering. "Fiftccnih
Congressional District Banner. won in
contest election, 1898. Presented by
| Benjamin y. Lafayette"
The other was 81 rcd satin. insrTib-
ell In gold letters. "Drmncrutic State
Hammer, won les prmiscut County ia
Contest, Election 1898. Presented by
David ". Cnruih."
Immediately IN irpu' uf the speak
ers' table WIS table No. .. at which sat
many invited guests, Hmoug them n
large number Of members Of the state
committee.
The ~. LuuisIns, especially the
members of the jefferson club. were
scattered promiscuuusly nlsout the ta.
/ bleh, with a view to entertaining the
| guests from ont Of the city.
Dlnsrs aaa Spectators.
Diners were admitted through the
hig entrance ON ST. Charles. near Thir-
/ tcrnih street Cloak and hat rooms
were provided nj the entrance and ush-
c-s were within the nTrnn to direct
diners to their tables.
Not q single hitch occurred ia the
serving uf the dinner
When the walters were removing the
coffee cups and serving the cigars. q
ilcral stand of pink aud red roses was
/ brought 10 the speaker table hy Vice
I President Ilawes aud presented to Col.
Bryan. u was the gift Of Mrs. Wirth.
I president of the Woman's bryan club.
/ which was established in the cam.
paign Of 1890.
The spectators, contrary to cxpecia-
tions, were admitted az seven o'clock
/ to gallery, hOxes and dress circle Long
I before the diners had completed the
last course, all the most desirable
seats In the building had bcen occu-
| pied. Those Immediately in front Of
ard immediately behind the speakers
table were most in demand. BEFORE the
speaking began the coliseum hall was
packed above. and below.
Fashionable parties occupied some
! of the boxes.
immediately after the dinner the
center planks were taken from the
spJakers' table, leaving n free rosirum
20 feet In length for the speakers. The
diners, who, during thr dinner. had
had their backs turned toward the
speakeFR' table, switched their chairs
around to fnce the speakers.
The spserhmasinE.
1t was shortly before nine o'clock
TINT the guests, after moving their
chairs as close as they could TO the
speakers table. settled into quiet and
waited for the opening address. Harry
II. Hawes, who acted as toastmasier,
arose and. after rapping for order,
made the speech of welcome, on the
tGpiG. why We Are Here"
Mr.. Hnwes was followed by Hon.
Champ Clark. ON whom ievotvcd the
task of presenting the banners TO Penn
iseot eodpty and the Fifteenth CON
gitssionnl district. which he perform
ed In a happy and eloquent manner,
Senator fnrriS, Of Pcmiscai county, re-
RIinndlng for the county, and Hon. NJ.
Il. lsenscn for the Fifteenth district.
Col Moses c. wetmore. Of st. Louis.
was the next speaker. taking for his
subject. TRUSTS and Democracy" In
the course of which he declared that
the next president OF the Unitesi
States will be a democrat; an old
fashioned. simon-pure Jeifersonian
democrat. with the fear OF God and
shr lcve Of man Ia his heart. lie will be
elected on platform rIvrfed with
bolts Of steel 10 the eternal truth Of
the equality OF man; and fhe strong
ess plank in that platform win declare.
IN uneqnisocal. unmisirkasie language
than the nefarinns aud xouilexs trust
system shall no longer have plnce in
tbe American Fcpublir.@
! Congrsssmsa psvia " Asnord foi-