The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-27
NOTED VISITORS
ENJOY BANQUET
Eloquence, Song and Music Combine
to Make an Affair to Be
Remembered.
THREE GOVERNORS THERE
WHAT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS
SAID AND DID.

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were expressed at the "See America"
banquet rendered by the Salt Lake Com
mercial club last night 1t was in truth
a feast of reason and flow of SOUL
Former Governor Heber NJ. Wells acted
as POSTMASTER Before the menu had
been finished Governor Wells introduced
Major S. K. Hooper, general passenger
agent of the Denver & RIO GTSnoe- MI MI
jor Hooper sang There's One More
River to Cross" and the banqueters
Joined in the chorus,
Judge c. c. Goodwin was introduced
next. He delivered one of the prlncl-
pal speeches of the evening His toast
was entitled 1.-THE Great Republic Ma
Cor Hooper in his speech had paid q hlgh
tribute to Judge Goodwin, and When the
latter was introduced he was greeted
with great applause. Judge Goodwin re-
piled in kind to jibes which Major Hooper
quent tribute to the grandeur of Ameri-
ca and to the patriotic motives winch
inspire the See America First move
Governor Albert E. Mead of Washing
ton, after paying a tribute TO Judge
Goodwin, responded to the toast, Ell
feet of Western Development Upon the
East" Governor Mead argued for unity
OF action between the various states OF
the west, and pledged that his state would
be in line with the see Amerlca FITss Il
his conclusion.
Emerson DePuy of Des Moines, Ia, was
ready to take off his hat to the man
who Matched the See America FIRST
idea He admitted that Fisher Harris
had a good incubator under MS nat
He said thew had no mountains in Iowa,
but they have pTair1eS and RAISE nOSs.
He found one Of the hogs occupying Two
seats in a car, and asked him II any OF
his ancestors ever rushed suddenly down
into the sea. 1t would not be right TO
have ell the states filled with scenery:
Icwans are prosperous and win come out
if they are invited IN the right way he
believed in advertising, but thought TINS
might be carried too far. he FOUND NM
self on a street car in Boston ,When ne
was the only man aboard. All the others
were Colonial danes returning from a
meeting. He read the advertisements and
was Mortified to read: Most than half
the people on this car wear PRIDE OF the
East pants"
Fisher Harris responded to vOciferous
demands for speech He spoke IN an
eloquent vein concerning the movement
that, he said, held in its grasp the
Americanization of the continent
1--WE need the eastern money that IS
now paid to European landlords or IN
dividends to European gambling heIls'
he said: we need 1t to develop western
America"
The sentiment was loudly, aPplauded
Referring to the march Of the c. \. R
30 600 strong in Denver at the reunion
an illustration of patriotism used by a
preceding speaker, Mr.. Harris said that
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that his part of the country was rem
dcred desolate, that sorrow was brought
to the homes; yet he had come 10 real
ize especially since coming west, that
Abraham Lincoln was the greatest man
whom God ever raised up to lead his
people. Loud applause greeted the speak
er. The address was declared by many
one Of the best he ever made.
What Makes a Man Great.
Judge ]. H. Richards of Idaho respond
[ Tr11f1 ATact q
stirred the gathering to great enthusf-
asm. He said that men are influenced
by their surroundings; that as they think
GIVE q man wealth, without an idea
or a proper knowledge as TO how to use
il, and you destroy the man. the speak
crafty their lusts. Man is great, not
because Of his money, but because he
renders service to mankind Abraham
Lincoln was the greatest man since
Christ because of the service he rem
The Judge said that the western man
is an Individual; the eastern man is an
atom in an aggregation. If all think,
act and dress alike, they will be China
men and not Americans. The nome life
in Idaho was described and a tribute was
paid the women because of what they
are doing for the state.
Herbert Cuthbert was called upon to
speak for Canada He s loudly ap
piauded. He said he was born under
the Union Jack and was Just as proud
of his flag as Americans were of theirs.
He laid special stress the relations
that exist between the Americans and
the English, and upon the debt that
America owes to England. He insisted
this country secured from the mother
country her language, her laws, her ideas
o? liberty and the Father of the COun-
try. He told Of the effect produced in
London by the blowing up Of the bat
tleship Maine in the harbor Of Havana,
when the English felt almost as ready
to fight Spain as were the Americans.
He told also Of being taken to a little
church by an American general and
shown a tablet on the wall. At the
head OF the tablet, instead of a crest,
was an American flag and underneath
were the names Of the ancestors of
George Washington, with a blank space
left for his name. Mr.. Cuthbert struck
q popular chord. His remarks were we'll
received.
Why Colborn Stays at Home.
Judge E. F. Colborn was introduced as
the Little Human Electric Battery of
Utah" He delivered a speech that con-