Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-18

Probably the most pretentious BAN
quet ever given In the State of Utan
was that rendered 10 Senator Clark at
the Commercial club last night There
were something like 800 guests pres
ent and all did homage to the Montana
mnlti-milionaire who has finally re-
moved the last lingering doubt that
may have existed with reference to the
building Of the San Pedro road from
here to Los Angeles, and then on to the
coast. Altogether the occasion win be
long remembered and should really
mark the beginning OF new era OF in
dustrial growth for Utah.
Senator Clark made his appearance
about 5 o'clock, and for a time he was
kept busy shaking hands with the men
who had met to do him honor. The
coInmodious and deliberately decorated
room OF the club house presented a
most animated scene. Occupying
prominent place IN the decorations was
4" iaibc, lilt STU ilhtileSn VI oNfotvi
Clark. About o'clock the guests re-
paired TO the banqueting room which
was almost bewideringly beautiful.
When Senator Clark appeared he was
cheered to the echo and when Judge
Powers was introduced by Joseph A.
Silver, vice president OF the club, as
POSTMASTER OF the evening, there was
general approval; and a most excellent
POSTMASTER the judge made. Then for
more than three hours the feast pro-
ceeded. About II o'clock ]. Ross Clark,
brother OF the SENATOR came in on a
belated train from Los Angeles. His
reception was extremely cordial and
very gracefully did he respond TO the
welcome.
POWERS AS POSTMASTER.
Judge o. w. Powers was in his hap
piest vein and from the time he rose
10 his feet until Senator CLARK led the
singing Of the Star Spangled Banner
some four hours later, whenever the
POSTMASTER essayed TO introduce a new
speaker he was the recipient OF much
applause, After Mr. Powers had in
dulged In some preliminary remarks
upon the occasion OF the organized
expression OF the people OF Utah toward
Senator Clark as presented by the gath
ering In the banqueting hall he launch
ed Into a dissertation upon the true
mission OF wealth which he argued was
not to treat humanity as though IL
were dependent upon It's bounty, but
rather 10 greet men as equals and with
them engage In cooperative effort TO
make the barren places more .habitable
ana build W communities where none
before existed, Both the miner and the
farmer were world henefact0rs he main
talned and wealth thus gained was un.
tainted by usury. and as II was thus
gnined there spring into existence towns
ana marts OF trade incidentally he
paid glowing tribute TO the self made
man and the force OF sheer pluck. He
concluded his eulogy OF the honored
guest Of the evening by saying.
II feel That ! may say that although
man may drape your shoulders with the
toga OF q senator, and while YOU NAV
become the official head OF a great
transcontinental and oceanic transnor-
htion system, that neither public place
nor corporate power will add greater
lnster than your work has given |
to the name which you have stamped |
upon the mountains OF the west and |
which VIII endure through tlm,-the |
name Of a great American. William A. |
Clark"
GOV. WELLS HIT.
The toastmaster then introduced Gov |
Wells who responded TO the toast "Our |
Guest" The governor Immediately got |
ntc touch with his auditors and was |
Interrupted frequently by applause as |
ae laade a happy hit. But II was when !,
&c proceeded TO recite a homemade
lonnet on the Man with the Golden
Whlskers" that the laughter and vo-