The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-01-22
PARTY MAKES
SHORT STOP
IN DAYTONA
DIGNITARIES FROM CAPITAL
PASS THROUGH ON SPECIAL
DAYToNA CITIZENS WHO ARE AT
DEPOT WHEN TRAIN ARRIVES
LISTEN 70 SEVERAL SHORT
SPEECHES.

Enroute to Key West to attend
I the celebration incident to the open
J ing of the extension OF the Florida
East Coast railroad the special train
bearing the distinguished party of
| United States senators, congress
men, army and navy officers. per-
| sonal representatives of President
| Taft, representatives of foreign gov
ernments, and a number of other gov.
/ ernment officials, members of the
| Jacksonville board of trade and prom
inent citizens of Florida, arrived In
! Daytona shortly before 5 O'Clock Sun
!! day afternoon and stopped at the de-
| pot for ten minutes.
/ In spite of the fact that 1t had
| been announced the special train
would not stop at Daytona there was
a good sized crowd of citizens of
| this city at the depot when the train
arrived and they were treated to a
number of short talks by some well
| known men. The crowd had been at
| tracted mostly out of curiosity to
| see the train in which the party of
/ distinguished men were travelling, and
/ the short talks came as AN unexpect-
| ed pleasure.
! Immediately after the special came
] to a stop Congressman Frank Clark,
i who represents this Florida district
| in the lower house of congress, an
/ nounced from the steps of one of
i the cars that the schedule of the
i train would not permit long stop
4 here, but that he would do every
4 thing possible to arrange longer
stop for the party on the return
trip from Key West Congressman
i Clark has practical charge of the ar
\ rangements for the special party and
, the Daytona people may have an OPP
portunity to entertain the govern.
ment representatives the last part
of this week
Congressman Clark introduced Con-
4 gressman Ezekiel S. Gambler, Jr., OF
], Mississippi, who spoke for a few
T minutes, and who was followed by
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher Of
Florida. Congressman Clark made an
) effort to have Gen. Robert Shaw
. Oliver, assistant secretary of war,
who is making the trip as the per-
! sonaI representative of President
Taft, address the people, but Gen.
Oliver was indisposed, and Capt.
John r. Slater of the engineering
corps of the United States army, who
+ has charge of the harbor in Jackson
vile, spoke a few words, promising
|, the people of this vicinity and the
! whole East Coast a much better in
land waterway when the canal work
is finally completed his summer.
| Included in the party were the
! Representatives Of the president, the
I army and navy, several senators, all
members of the house rivers and
harbors committee, all members of
the house naval committee, all mem
{ bers Of the house committee on
? military affairs, number oil
members of the house not members
? of these committees, representatives
T Of the governments of France, italy,
= Brazil and Guatemala, the sergeant
: at arms and the clerk of the house oi
Representatives.
y The party was entertained In
; Jacksonville from noon Saturday tC
6 10 o'clock Sunday forenoon, then the
! trip the full length of the state was
= begun on the special train, seyera
stops being made before Daytona waE
reached
2 At Miami tomorrow the specia
e viii be overtaken by the Oversees
IS Limited train. which went through
K Daytona last evening, and will follow
the limited train over the completed
: extension into Key West, making ths
= railroad in daylight to give the mem
bers Of the party an opportunity t
see the completed railroad.
The members of the party vii
remain in Key West to enjoy ant
AXE part in the big celebration unit
about Thursday, when the returl
trip to Washington will be started
The special is expected to arrive Il
Daytona on the return about Frida
or Saturday. Among those who az
a0mpanied the special were J. E
1 Conrad of DeLand, and T. E. Fit
3 gerald OF Daytona.
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