The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-02-24
REPUBLICANS FEAST
Union Township Republicans Turn
Out Despite the Cold.
SOME EXCELLENT TOAsTs


The Ladies Provide Bountiful Supper In
teresting Ribbon Drill-Mr. Cummins
Absent.
1t vas nearly nine o'clock Wednes.
day evening when Toastmaster II on
George Rae called the republican ban
qneters to order in the beautifully &c
Grated hall at Dow City, and asked
Elder Bntterwo:th to invoke the bless.
ing ofthe All Wise God upon the en-
ioyments and DELIBERATIONS of theevsn
ing. The banquet had been preceded
by an hour Of sociabllitv and music in
the hall above and all attacked the
vands with good appetites. The ban
quet was bountiful and showed how
we'll the republicans of Union township
have selected their wives. No wonder
they are not dyspeptic croakers with
such good cooks at home. The supper
was served by young ladies who looked
very pretty with powdered hair and
dressed mold colonial style.
1t did not take long for the one hum
dred and fifty banqueters to make way
with the good things set before them
and to sit back and enjoy the feast of
reason which followed the feast of
edibles.
Mr.. Rae made Il most tactful and
witty toastmaster. He introduced Mr..
/, S. J Woodruff to respond to the toast
to Alexander Hamilton. Mr.. Wood.
ruff had preceded but little while
! when he concluded that he could not
! do himself iu ;tice and asked to be ex,
cused. lie said that he had ''flunked"
| but those who knew how many hours
of hard work he had put on the prepara
| tions for the banquet, how he had been
IN The go all that day, how he had
worked to secure a substitute after it
was learned that Mr.. Cummins could
not come. felt that toast or no toast, he
had done his whole duty and that the
success of the banquet was to very
great degree due to his hard work.
| The next toast was given by Mr.. w
| f. Fishel, and he had Daniel Webster
for his subject. Mr.. Fishel told of the
great orators early life, and struggle
against poverty, and of the great work
he had done AS the representative of
the federal idea in the National Con
gress. Mr.. Fishel was much hampered
| -, hi y 4 Inv, wi, irh
made it almost painful for him to speak
at all. 1t was nevertheless full of good
thought and treated Webster as one of
the staunch representatives OF the fore
runners OF republicanlsm.
| Mr.. Chas McHenry spoke of Abra.
ham Lincoln. He had certainly grand
subject and he did it full justice. He
did not dwell so much upon Lincoln's
life as upon his republicanism. He told
of the abuse that was heaped upon him
aud quoted from the copper-head
papers of that day to show how viru
lent they were in their attacks upon the
savior of our country. lie compared
these attacks with those now being
made upon President Mckinley. Mr.
McHenrys speech was full of fervld
enthusiastic republicanism. He Is {
natural orator, and he has the striking
power of grasping the central thought
of an argument and presenting it clear
ly and forcibly. He has a great funt
of humor, and we believe he will de
velop into one of our best and mos
convincing speakers.
Following down the line of republi
can heroes MIR. Thomas Rae Responded
to the toast in honor of Gen. U.
Grant. This was the most elaborate
and perhaps the most thoughtful toas
, of the evening. MIR. Rae FOLLOWED
) very closely the characteristics OF TIN
1 great generals life. He said tina
t Grant was in the habit of doing every
1 thing we'll. whether it was tanning
leather at Galena, or tanning rebels a
: Vicksburg or in the Wilderness. III
. spoke OF his marvellous military career
:. how he went from success to success
!. how he took up the badly manage'
army of the Potomac and made it tn
finest fighting machine the world ha
ever known. He told how unassumin
4 the great general was and how char
t. table and magnanlmous he had been t
< h fallen foe. Following his theme h
e spoke of Grants civil life and how hi
e strength and greatness had preserve
s. US during The trying days -of recon
:. :, struction. Later his trip around tt
= world had served as no other thing ha
= done to impress the nations with th
greatness and simplicity of America.