Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27
SEE DELEGATES
At BIG BANQUET.
pleasing standardization Of the
exuIoitation Of CONNER.
claI Club Work.
MANY COOP SPEECHES MADE.
r,.co,ernor Wells Was Toastmastcr
And Responses Covered Wide and
,,,eresting Range OF Expression.

4. ,he Commercial club banquet last
"a, IN celebration Of the successful
.s.,,ration OF the See America Con-
,..sncoa the confessions OF delegates
v,re many, and they all served to indi-
,o,a that the movement Is a pooling OF
,,,uss which singly have been fought
=. he many live thinkers Of the west
The banquet will long be remem-
,..aa nv those who were there as be-
ns an outflow of American thought
sns principles seldom before suggested
a. Salt Lake gathering. The gospel
~ seeing America, that Americans
nav know their country, and learn
NV TO appreciate what 1t stands for,
was preached.
II was asserted that new civiliza-
,icn Is due to grow In the west.--a CIV
,lyatIon OF square living and big
.rSieyements. The day of graft is
ssad n was declared. and a type of
stiyen is being made in the west who
vii live for his country instead of for
N. marty machine, and the state will
Consequently soon cease to be loot for
nsmocrato grafters or Republican
srsfters lust which ever happens to get
rs hands on the coin,
DREAMING BIG DREAMS.
The See America movement seemed
n have appealed to a class of men who
dream large and hope for much in the
tolntry's future. for In their confu-
,iona which were often much on the
Aesrt-to- heart order. they told how 1t
made them better Americans To stand
ACE 10 face with the great mountains.
Or 10 LOOK up into the skies at the foot
q the giant Sequoias. and to ride
homewaId into the harbors of Puget
Sound and see Mount Tacoma rising
Ike guardian mother behind the
COAST towns. Their message to the
east was that the west had that within
Il which would make them expand till
The flag meant more than ever they
now realized.
BRILLIANT SPEECHES.
Some Of the speeches were witty,
some exceedingly patriotic. and one
nat OF Fisher Harris carried with ii a
meaning OF what the west can do
which was perhaps In a deeper vein
than most Of the speakers reached. Mr..
Harris comes from Virginia, and as
sonic Of the speakers had mentioned
the rebels and the unoonVerted SOUTH
and. Harris sketched briefly his cart
he IN Virginia where the country was
20 devastated with war that most OF
,he people were camping out for lack
Of houses and everywhere were motn-
ers weeping for their husbands and
their trstbon Then" continued Mr..
Harris 'becaase Of the great west, ana
It's bolndless territory and it's free
dom Of thought and hope learned to
know that Abraham Lincoln was the
greatest man that ever lived, and wha
i vas tnat ne preserved IN holding tn
union together
WELLS TOASTMASTER.
The postmaster Of the evening was
Fresdent HeDer VI, Wells. At his right
'ai Dr. Roland D. Grant and Mai 8.
n Hooper wE,le at mis- left were Gov,
Mead Of Washington, Gov, Chamber
aln OF oregon, Gov. Cutler of Utah,
and former Gov. Black Of Utah terri
iofy' Other distinguished visitors filled
ne banquet tables 10 their capacity.
shd rom O'clock when the banquet
commenced, TO midnight. when II dis
banded IN time to let the guests catch
lue last cars 10 their homes, il was one
'ouhd OF laughter, interspersed with
ssnument and sense. Maj. Hooper
set'el things with a song. There's
yhe More River TO Cross" and Mr..
Flau ol Tacoma followed with another
,ons' after which everybody sang with
uls eIchestra, whenever a tune caught
lhelr fancy.
sNeInes were made In response to
nass by o. II, Blackman OF New York.
'.ase I, {. Goodwin, Emerson De Puy
Ies Moines, Fisher Harris, Gov.
"sLa o. washington, Judge ]. III. Rich
%ss OF Boise, Herbert Cuthbert Of
naa, a, c. Morrison Of PhIladelphia.
Dy0uslas " bite OF Los Angeles. and /
= Klnyar az Missouri Following
s.sse, ne assembly sang The star
'pSnsed Banner" In closing the feast
SEE AMERICA NOTICES.
The doctrine Of See America First
~ worked out In the convention was
.Apessed m a series of notices hung
Ground the walls, Some of them were
as follows. ''e'" "e'e
"a Movement Comprehensive in
'1gpS ouI Definite in Detail"
d.. ~ questions Of Continental Concern
summary Lines Should Be forgotten"
america Can Make Good in Scenerv
World" sNA''' the "hole
N. american Scenery and Climate ara
Made IN America"
ASH. ss,e''sSry ana Climate Are Tangible
ar. 20, SaPaDle OF Conversion Into Dol
r.. american Money Spent Abroad Is
G raraa,sa. 70 Full Appreciation of Her
',nsrn s and Beauty
Ia ~ GREATNESS and Beauty OF Amer
WboA 10 Better Appreciated by Those
Nh ,'Tse seen America"
ho c onted states, Canada and Mex
"Aeat American Triumvirate.
Devsior'Oah Money Spent in America
ga america for Americans"
Aneri,dI qrEope II You WIN, but See
GIVEN AN OVATION.
,,a when Gov Wells arose 10 introaroo
ana rhtansIs' he was given an ovation,
any mas ne announced that he wished
Aner,ca n VINO did not think the see
now q, " movement a success. to sneak
glys, lofeVer hold his neace. he was
YorL tt,'u'ner Mr.. Blackman az Now
vi, gI,N +, me FIRST speaker, mentioned h, vm
Ansr,o, an early convert to the ses
tack 10 az, isuoNement who wished to 70
siora,v .ne benighted east as a mis-
more bArtoA carry It's message TO It's
spprecogta,s n,eq people, who did not vet
Of their our S',u know the possibilities
THE GREAT REPUBLIC.
.,roS SiV' ,o Alma Adams. who WINS 70
public" va ,"c toast, THE Great Re.
Goodwin r.o absent, and Judge G. G
he pospIor 's called upon to substitute
q NE t5or., lie spoke of the beauties
shd o. the Sran oehlnd the movement.
fNn. wy great dpgfin,. A,nS..i - t''.t