The Sentinel=record., 1913-03-16

The greatest surprise Of the day
 came to Brothers Wescott and Saw
 yer when, on entering the stage, they
 beheld the desks they had used in the
 House. They were quite overcome at
 the committees thoughtfulness for de
 tails.
 Directly over the center of the stage
 hung their portraits. that of Brother Sawyer being embelli shed with the state fair colors and tue beautiful
 monogram Of the Anheusei-Busch Brewing Company, done in red, while the portrait of Brother Wescott was trimmed around the sides with tick cts used in the now fimous raffle of the $5.000 car. which constituted an important and most interesting ex- hibit at the recent state exposition. On the stage were Mayor Waters, members Of the recepi ion committee. "Old Folks and Superintendent Har- ry Myers. arm-in-arm with Medical Director Hallock, the latter carrying a new set of surgical instruments .e- gently purchased for him by an indui- gent Interior Department, 1t being an- nounced they were for the purpose Of later conducting an investigation of the acts of Brothers Wescott and Saw yer with view 10 determining the physiological and therapeutical effects of the same on Hot Springs, Mayor Waters presided al this meet ing. He wasted no time in introduce | ing Brothers Wescott and Sawyer. Whats the use of speech from me?" asked the mayor Ton know what these distinguished representa- | tiyes did"
 You bet we dol" yelled the crowd. which had been cheering for ten min utes.
 Think Of the state fair!" cried Geo. Bedding
 And the felony gambling bill.'' yelled Butch" Wright. "Also the nineteen senators act. shouted l.. D. Cooper.
 "You'se are the guys what showed dem rummies somethinu" screamed Tom Doherty.
 Brother Sawyer was the first to speak. He did so only after Mayor Waters had broken two gavels in Nenzied effort to maintain order. In
 part Ny S' fTissd., ss's sAes he moments in q mans life when one must pause,
 unable to voice the feeling, feeling
 that language cannot adequately ex-
 press, and this Is one of them. What
 can ] say to show you how grateful 1 amg Little did l dream when fought and fought making nine speeches a day, in wonder legislative halls that our reward would be as great as fl. has been. Aye. little did dream that such welcime would be mine. Ii cannot continue. This Is too much. I am overcome.'
 He stopped For an instant there was the quiet of death in the great throng. The emotion of the man held his audience spellbound. Tears glis- tened like the veto axe or the "kibosh' of negative committee report. and powerless to continue, overcome with a wave of emotion, he took his seat. Some one started applauding. It WITS the happy thoueht that saved the day and another tribute of cheers and ap- plause swept like q mighty storm through the big theatre.
 Wescott was next That is, he was the next speaker. Protiting by the ex- perience of his colleague, Brother Saw yer. he steeled himself against q bred down and launched forth N a mighty pration.
 The Rsster regrets that it has not the space h quote his speech In full
 Here is a synopsis of the same:
 He began with the signing of the
 Declaration of Independence and told of his coming to Hot Springs, of his change of political faith and the wis dom shown in selecting men of means, who were good movers" willing { Q furnish the coin for entertainments. to say nothing of automobiles. in as- sisting with legislation desired by ones constituency Then he branched down into the rice fields of Arkansas and discussed crop conditions, touch ing on the pari mutual system. after which he reviewed Schedule K of the tarin bill. concluding with resume of Kirby's digest and it's particular application to Hot Springs. It was
 masterfnl effort
 The ceremonies of the day conclud- ed with tho presentation to Brothers Wescott and Sawyer of two giant sQ- yer loving cups, both of which were lined with gold Each cup bore the name of It's new owner, with this in- scription:
 Presented in grateful tribute by your constituency for doing Hot Springs good
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