Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1906-04-13
ATA DEMOCRATIC BANQUET.

ATA DEMOCRATIC BANQUET.
s. Il. Wilson Writes of Democratic Ban
| quet Where He Heard Gov. Folk.
While s. f. Wilson was at Des Moines
last week he wrote the STAR the follow
ing interesting account of an evenings
mixing with democracy:
"Of the five members of our "Yeo-
man board of directors" which meets
in Des Moines every month, one is a
distinguished democrat of Dubuque,
Iowa, and as his guests the other four
members of the board, (all republicans)
attended the "Fourth Annual Banquet
of Jefferson Clubs of Iowa. given in
the spacious dining room of the famous
old Savery House in Des Moines last
night. Governor Folk, of Missouri,
WAS the guest of honor and the old war
horse of Greenbackism and modern
democracy, General Weaver, who was
once or twice honored with the nomi-
nation for President. sat at his right.
The editor of tine sYeoman Shield"
Harry G. Evans, was the toast master
and his cleverness, versatility, album
dant good humor and Jeffersonian
simplicity kept everything attuned to
the spirit of the occasion, and the
three hundred banquetters, all demo-
Gratis but about dozen of us, were
regaled, refreshed and rejuvenated
with the most delightful and exhilara-
ting exposition of the doctrine of
Roosevelt republicanism that for the
time we forgot we we're in the midst
of q multitude of the great "unwashed''
and enjoyed to the highest degree and
cheered to the echo the ringing senti-
ments of good government announced
by the fathers of the republic, as they
fell from the lips of this SO. called new
democracy of which Governor Folk is
the central figure.
The Governor is medium sized,
dark compleXioned, soft spoken south
erner, Tenneseean by birth, and
when he modestly commenced his
speech by saying, "we are in the midst
of one of the most dramatic periods of
American history" [ was compelled
to mentally accord to him position
of Hamlet in the drama. The Gov
ernor is not pessimistic, he is OPTIC
mistic; he is business. The next SEN
tence. II do not share in the view of
those who see danger to our institu-
tions in the agitations resulting from
the exposures in official and business
life, as the hope for the perpetuity of
our government was never brighter
than now," sounded the keynote of q
truly great speech. 1t was worthy OF
the occasion, credit to a wholesome.
candid courageous man Idon't believe
the democrats fully appreciate this
truly great man. Perhaps because he
has put SO many of them in the peni-
tentiary is the trouble. They're funny
fellows any way. One of them, mem
Der of the legislature now in session
here, in a speech following Folk, aud
in a most dramatic effort of arraign-
ment of the republican majority OF
that body, reached the climax of his
speech, by eXclaiming at top of his
voice that they had ''sold their birth
, right for pot of message" This
break nearly broke up the banquet
everybody roared. A splendid orches
ira had been RECALLING us for an hour
with sweet strains of patriotic anc
/. popular music, but the exquisite exc
cution of America, The Star Spangled
Banner and the Holy City, touched nc
responsive chord of any hungry demo
crat, so far as outward expression in
dicated. 1t took them but second o
time however, to responed to the first
sweet strains of "Dixie" as they floatec
out on the air and the cheers thai
went up and the two hundred eighty
!. eight napkins that waved so incessant
ly and furiously that it looked lik,
wash day had really come, bespake the
sentiment of real democracy as it is
ever has been and ever shall be, worle
without end.
Dan Davis and wife left last eyenins
for Hot Springs, where it is hoped Dar
can get relief. During the past ter
days he has failed very rapidly ant
grave fears are entertained that b,
may not recover.-Lead Register.
The Hot Springs Strollers club cav
q concert in Edgemont on Monda,
, evening. The club did very we'll es
pecially Miss Goddard, whose violi,
music was very highly spoken Of Th,