Arizona republican., 1911-12-19
Democrats Meet at the Hotel Adams to Gloat Over the Spoils Won on the Occasion of the Late Conflict.
MARK SMITH TOLD
 ABOUT NEW STAR
Reese M. Ling Was the Postmaster and the Hon. Carl Hayden Was One of the Orators of the Happy Occasion.

democratic jubilation is at hand, and
 as people hereabout are fast finding ont. no part of that good hour is be- ing allowed to go by default The construction of the new democratic
 state machine began with the disseml- nation of election returns. and the first Sabbath was devoted to con structive planning by the designing ard consulting engineers of the demo- cratic party The pie counter IS, ol course, the central part of attractlon'
 and there is nothing unnatural Tn expecting a pronounced rush Tor II;
 but it has transpired that the brethren
 were mostly too hungry to be trusted
 to the pie counter without some pre-
 liminary preparation. Over-indulgence
 is sometimes worse than starvation.
 Appreciating these facts, the demo-
 cratic territorial central committee ar
 ranged little dinner last night at
 the Hotel Adams for the benefit of the
 state offiers-elect, the members Of
 the central committee. prominent can
 didates who were worsted at the pri-
 nlaIy and other well-known party
 leaders, along with their wives and
 friends. And it wasn't such d little
 dinner. either, for near half hundred sat down at the banquet board and with S5 a plate or thereabOut. there was plenty to eat and all that was ncedful to wash it down with.
 The buffet dining-room was gorg
 eously lighted and the tables were adorned with a wealth of carnations
 At the head of the table sat Reese M.
 Ling of Prescott, who might have been senator if things had turned out differently. He had the honor of being toasmaster anyhow and of in r. uoducing as a real senator Hon. Mar GUS A. Smith, who sat beside him. Others who graced the head of the table were Eugene Brady O'Neill. an other man who has the distinction of nGt being a senator, and l. F. Wolpe Vho regards it no mean honor to be treasurer of the state central commit tee Of the party that now lines upI next |" the plunder
 The tOastmaster called upon Sen ator Smith to respond to the toast Of the "Forty-ninth Star" and he did SD very fittingly. W. P. Geary. of Northern Arizona, corporation commits 5ioncr-clect who took such an interest in the campaign it was charged that Ee even went over into Nogales, Mex ico. and organized a democratic club. was called upon to tell of the progress of democracy below the American line.
 Governor Purdy described the ad- 1 vantases of having an automobile as the same is appreciated by an attor- ncy general. and Sheriff Carl Hayden. a redoubtable trailer, described the process of intercepting Jack Williams, | who was understood some time back 1 to be on his way to congress.
 There were a number of other short 1 speeches and the affair was quite in- | been served. Let it be recorded that i the sociability of the occasion was | surpassing fine. It was no less not | able as a social event than as a po- litical function. and those who en- joyed it were:
 MT. and Mrs. F.. B. O'Neill. Edward | Rainey. J. J. Birdno, MT. and Mrs. S | J. Nicholson. Reese NJ. Ling, Marcus | A. Smith. w. T. Webb. J. C. Callaghan. 1 Joe P. Dillon. Ed Thompson. E.. A. Sawyer. w. F. Geary, A. w Cole. | David Johnson. George Babbitt. Sid ! P. Osborn. MT. and Mrs. George Purdy | Bullard. MT. and Mrs. Carl Hayden. c. | M. Zander. B. F. Thum. Mir. and Mrs. | Alfred Franklin. MT. and Mrs. F. A. i Jones. MT. and Mrs. I. F. Wolpe, Col | John R. Hampton, George p Sampson. Walter Brawner. w. w. Stovall. Mir. I and Mrs. Lewis T. Carpenter. c. A. Taylor. E. J. Trippel. Ben Estes. MT. Barnum. MT. and Mrs. Stone. Mir. and Mrs. Frank De Souza. Paul Kruger. Col J. E. Breathitt. Mir and Mrs. J. O. Dunbar. Vernon l.. Clark.