The Saint Paul globe., 1902-05-01
SPEAKERS FROM MANY
STATES AT BANQUET
Members of the Interstate Orator
icaI Association Have Pleas
ant Gathering.

Members Of the Interstate OratOrical
association to the number Of about forty
participated In the banquet held last
evening in the ladies' ordinary Of the
Ryan hotel but the Orators-elect, who
will participate in the contest Of this
evening. were conspicuous principally by
their absence, there being a popular be-
lief among them to the effect that late
hours and luxurious fare are not con-
ducive to success IN Oratory-
The menu was an elaborate one. and
when it had been completed an enjoya-
Bile programme Of tOasts followed. 5
C. Fisher, who was to respond to the
toast, THE Small College in the Life of
America and Miss Ada G.. Hunt, Of
Denison university, Ohio, who had been
chosen to discuss the topic. ohio, the
Pivot Of the Nation" failed to arrive in
the city last evening, and their portion
of the programme was necessarily omit
ted Fred E Ewing, of Kuox univer-
sity, Ill, who is president of the asso-
citation, acted as toastmaster.
Prof. E. c. Trueblood. Of Earlham col
lege, Ind, responded to the toast In
diana, the Center of American Litera-
ture-" In place of the address by S. G.
Fisher, Prof Hurley, Of Creighton uni
verslty, Omaha, gave a reading.
To Josiah Kramer, of Kansas university,
was assigned the toast, Bleeding Kansas,
Carrie Nation, the Cyclone" He alluded
to the trOublous early history of his state,
saying that on the present site Of the state
university a former governor was killed,
and within a short distance of that spot
stood a monument which marked the
grave of 125 men who fell in the border
warfare. Carrie Nation, he said. was not
claimed by Kansas IS a resident. for she
lived on the border and m light if the truth
we're known, belong to the territory. AS
to the cyclones, there had been ere in
Kansas few days since but upon in
vestigation it was found to be only a
haiIstorm after all
Under the head Of 'Oratory in the
Pulpit" Rev. c. 8 Mitchell, D. D.,
formerly of this state. but now a resident
of Cleveland, Ohio, made a few pertinent
remarks. The preacher, he said, must
first have something to say and then he
should say it in the most effective man
ner possible. To that end, training in ora
tory was essential, he believed.
"OratOry in Politics was discussed by
James F. Kerr, of Bellevue college, Ne
braska. He referred to the noted polit-
tcaI orators. among them Bryan and
Thurston, and said that in his opinion
the greatest Of all orators had been po-
HticaI orators.
To the toast. "The Gopher State" Prof.
r. Watson Cooper, of Hamline univer-
sity, responded In the course Of his
remarks he said that Minnesota could
not claim much eminence in the world
of culture or political greatness. She
had once had DR.. Mitchell but he had
gone to Cleveland, and she had once had
man whose name appeared second to
that Of Bryan on the presidential ticket.
but Mr.. Towre had also departed for
the oil fields of the Southwest Mime
sofa, he said was in the commercial a ge
and was devoted to the getting Of money.
but he hoped that her residents would
soon obtain the wealth they desired AMI
would then devote themselves to culture
Ike the people of New England