The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-17
EVERY CITIZEN WAS A
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
"reminiscences Of Oklahoma,
vii, HnmOT and ElOQuence
al Banquet
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Sapulpa, Okla. Nov. IT. Following
the splendid entertainment OF the day
given by the people OF the city. the
St Jafes hotel was last night the
scene Of a great banquet where the
viands We're all that material man
could desire and where eloqueuce. wit
and humor followed one upon the
heels Of the other as rapidly as the
hundreds In attendance allowed the
spirit of good fellowship to make the
last event the crowning pleasure Of
them all
Mayor McDougal for the citizens OF
Sapupa. and Greek county declared he
had nothing to talk about bH a min
ute, but, having just returned from
Tennessee, told what the people OF
that commonwealth thought of the cit
liens In the great new state; elucidat
ing as to the sort of treatment pro
hibitlon was receiving IN the metro
polls of Tennessee. difference IN man
ner and customs, etc.
Gimer Responded
Representative w r Gilmer OF Ard.
more responded. stating he had luopea
the loop at Sapulpa, predicting Tulsa
viii become a suburb OF Sapupa, the
latter to be second only TO Ardmufe
among Oklahoma's cities.
Mr. Gilmer also invited the assocla
tion to hold the next meeting Al Ard
more and his invitation was later ac-
cepted
Jones In Friendly Mood
Representative G. @. C"Gfstmill) }
Jones OF Oklahoma CiE admitted be
was willing to be stepfather to Sa.
pulpa; adgitted being the minority
leader In the First legislative assembly
and. as a proof Of confidence in those
present, declared he was not really to
blame for not having been speaker
Graham Still Eloquent
Senator ] c. (CllnJ Graham re-
sponded to the toast Of "On the Band.
wagon The Marietta member was
eloquent and reminiscent, as well as
somewhat humorous. lie told Of the
bandwagons that are useful and why
they are worth following: described
the difference between band aud wa
Ter wagons, and related that water ma
CONS ale not always OF the same con
struction, nor made by the same con
cern.
Leaving those topics. Graham
launched into a history OF Oklahoma
since statehood. told OF the struggles
for the rights of men in the constitu
tional convention and closed one of
the best addresses ever made In OK
lahoma amidst prolonged applause
from al present
Statement From High Official
Chief Justice M ] Kane respond
ed to the toast, "a Patriot First, A
Partisan Afterwards Tnastaster Ia.
Wis paid the Justice splendid trlb
ute IN introducing him and Mr. Kane
did not disappoint those who expected
him to deliver masierly address, al
though brief
The chief justice outlined the dis
tnctlon between honest partisan feel
ing and wild devotion to whaleYer
might be a momentary delusIon or fad
Some Brief Toasts
N. Holeomb of Oklahoma City. e.
J Hobby OF Blue Jacket. and Speak
er Ben +. Wilson also made fespons
es to their assignments Of a pleasing
nature.
Toastmasler Davis called attention
70 the regrets sent by the absent mem
bers as the third banquet Of the so
oiety drew to close
Officers Selected
Senator Clarence Davis aud f. N
Lsndrum were respectively feelect-
cd president aud secretary; the exc
cutive officers, Ben n Wilson, VIII
liam Duraui. Fred G. Branson and Eu-
gene Natrous were also reelected, but
&. G. Jones was chosen 10 take the
place on the executive staff Of Sen.
ator Harper s. Cunningham because
TIE latter win probably spend most
Of his time IN his new Masonic field,
New Mexico bn
A Hospitabie Multitude
During the entertainment Of the Wis.
itors Tuesday the entire population OF
sapulpa seemed 20 take prominent
and voluntary parts. From Sapulpa 70
the famed Glenn oil pool. seven miles
distant, the visitors were CARED .sa-
pulpa automobiles and carriages be
ing driven by their owners. that the
visitors might be shown the points or
interest Business and professional
men in the Frisco city we're hosts IN
fact and msde all praise the courtesy
aid attention shown Those who de.
sired lodo so. we're taken to the Glenn