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 Utah
was that rendered TO Senator Clark at
the Commercial club last night. There
were something like 800 guests pres
ent and all did homage to the Montana
mnltl-mlllonaire 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 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
n large life size likeness Of Senator
Clark. About o'clock the guests re-
paired to the banquetlng room which
was almost bewilderingly 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 j. Ross Clark,
brother OF the senator. came in on
belated train from Los Angeles, His
reception was extremely cordial and
very gracefully did he respond TO the
welcome.
POWERS AS ToAsTMAsTER,
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
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 banquetng hall he launch
ed Into a dissertation upon the true
mission OF wealth which he argued was
not to treat humanity as though It
were dependent upon It's bounty, but
rather 10 greet men as equals and with
them engage In cooperative effort 20
make the barren places more habtable
and build W communities where none
before existed. Both the miner and the
farmer were world henefactors he main
tanned and wealth thus gained was un.
tainted by usury. and as II was thus
gnined there spring into existence towns
and 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 honorcd
guest or the evening by saying:
II feel that | may say that although
man may drape your shoulders with the
toga OF senator, and while you may
become the official head OF a great
tTanscontnental ana oceanic transpor-
taticn system, that neither public place
nor corporate power viii add greater
luster than your llfe-work has given
to the name which you have stamped
upon the mountains Of the west. and
which viii endure through time-the
name Of great American William A.
Clark"
GOV. WELLS HIT.
The POSTMASTER then introduced Gov
Wells who responded 20 the toast our
Guest" The governor Immediately got
ntc touch with his auditors and was
Interrupted frequently by applause as
Re iande a happy hit. But Il was when ,
be proceeded TO recite a home made
lonnet on the Man With the Golden
INhlskers" that the laughter and vo-