Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-20
THE REPUBLICAN BANQUET.

The Republican Union Club ban
ouet at the Windsor hotel, Denver.
Tuesday night, proved a decided sue
cess in both point OF attendance and
enthusiasm. 1t plainly indicated that
Edward o. Wolcott is still highly es-
teemed by the Republicans of the
state There were speeches by
Hon. Frank c. Goudy, Phillip B. Stew
, art the personal friend and acquaint-
ance and friend of President Roose-
welt, and others. AS prelude to
the speeches OF the evening. the
Denver Republican says:
That the Republican party of Den
yer at least. and OF large part of
the state of Colorado. is united in the
determination to bury the dissensions
of the past, in the determination to
redeem the state, was shown by the
banquet of the Republican Union Club
at the Windsor hotel last evening.
That Edward O. lWolcott will stand
by the men who stood by him, but
will stand first by his party, and that
the recent efforts to create discord
over the federal appointments have
failed; and that they are only a scott
ing and a by-word among the loyal
members of the party. The event
of the evening was the speech of Mr..
Wolcott. 1t was full OF dramatic
incident full of straightforward cour-
age and delivered in ringing voice
which filed every corner of the great
banaueting hall and echoed through
the corridors of the hotel.
One significant event of the even
ing was the reception OF A. Nj. Steven
son. He arrived late, between the
roast and the salad. but from every
table rose a salvo of applause. He
had to go around the tables to reach
a seat, and the applause continued
for two or three minutes.
WoIcott's Speech.
Believing the voters of La Plata
county are interested in what the ex-
Senator had to say, The Herald re-
produces his remarks in full, as fol-
lows:
"I have no manuscript" said SEN
ator Wolco,t, when thu cheering and
waving of handkerchiefs had subsid-
ed. Il came here only to speak out
YOU how glad and how grateful /
am too for this opportunity to look
my fellow-Republican in the face, to
bid him success and God speed.
congratulate you on this splendid
meeting, and that it did not need the
stimulus of a campaign to get to-
gether this room full of people.
Let others hail the rising sun
bow to him whose race is run.
THAT noble. upright. glorious man.
who by his life and characior did
more to uplift the standard of Amori-
can manhood than any leader since
the days of Lincoln. AS | said to
many of you, before this grief came
upon us, no man ever entered his
presence that didn't come out a bet
ter man. The memory of his high
craftsmanship, of his gentle Chris
tianity and of his splendid achieve
ments will live in the hearts of
Americans as long as our republic
shall endure.
An Eye to the Future.
81 am not here to talk of the
achievements of the past The work
of the Republican party is before us,
1t is not only our duty to extend to
every person of this hemisphere,
from ocean to ocean, the benefits OF
enlightened, pure. upright govern
ment, but our path of duty has reach
ed out across the oceans, unto the
children of ignorance and oppression.
We must take our places with the
other nations and do our share Of
the duty of carrying civilization and
Christianity to every part of the
globe And here l want to voice the
humiliation that must come to nine.
tenths of the people of this great and
glorious state of Colorado, that it
should have been one of its repre-
entatives-formerly Republican,
who upon .ne first day of the session
of a Republican congress offered a
bill proposing that we give the Phil
ippines back to Spain.
81 am not here to discuss the pol
icy or policies of the Democratic
party. What policy can be formed
by any piecing together of any in
that long string of negations? l was
trying to think as I came here to-
night OF something to say on this
point and the only thing I could
think of was a story about one of
the comic papers in New York. It's
editor told one of the writers to go
to a performance of the Black Crook
and write take-off on the play. He
came back and said: I saw the
play. but I couldn't find anything to
take on
Difference in the Party.
Il have not time tonight to talk
of the policies of the Republican party
in a national way, but it is fitting
time to talk of welfare of our own
party in our own state of Colorado.
I want to speak to you with the ut
most frankness and the utmost
friendlinless. ! am not conscious of
any enmity toward any man who
votes the Republican ticket In Colo
l. L.,