Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-11-20
ANN ARBOR BANQUET
CONGRESSMAN BedkeS Of The Second
Congressional District
GIVEN GREAT OVATION NOV. q
GratIot County Men In Attendance-Governor
Ferris Talked

Messrs. John Sullivan, p. w. Crea-
ser and w. A. Bahlke were in Ann
Arbor last Friday evening IN attend
ance upon the banquet rendered Con-
gressman Beakes of Ann Rrbor upon
his return from Washington. In |
speaking of the banquet the Daily
Times News of Ann Arbor said IN
part:
Like the waters from which came
the fine Lake Huron whitehsh which
were served, the flood OF oratory at
the banquet given last night at the
Light Guard Armory in honor OF
Congressman Samuel w. Beakes was
at times sufficiently agitated to satisfy
the most contentious, and there were
bones to pick that were not in the
| toothsome seafood.
The governor of the state did not
| mince words in serving notice on the
| federal patronage contestants that he
| for one. believed that the selection OF
the most suitable men for govern
ment service should be left to the eX-
ecutive officials in Washington, with
| out pressure being eXerted from any
outside quarter. An intermittent fire
of wit and bandinage resulted be-
| tween Governor Ferris and Toast
master James Schermerhorn from the
chief executives Enthusiastically
positive declaration of his attitude on
the matters that now keep the Dem
ocrats of Michigan in state OF anX-
iety. While the ready repartee OF
the Big Rapids schoolmaster and De-
troit editor delighted the audience,
those who could see beneath the sur
face, jocularity, had no difficulty in
detecting that the governor had kept
his word and had brought his big
club" along, while Mr.. Schemmer-
, horn, taking up the cudgels for the
hundreds Of patriots who had stood
by their party in veal and woe and
! who are now-not one whit averse tc
j., taking their reward, if it comes to
= them, let the chips of his biting sar'
v casm fall, whenever the big club
e made too much noise.
:. For all that it was a great nigh
d for Congressman Samuel w. Beakes
e 1t is safe to say that there were Owe
: 700 Democrats present from all part
e of the state, to honor the congress
n man from the second district Their
t were representatives from such dis
y tant points as Menominee, the post
mastership, of which upper peninsula
city is still hanging fire, from Escan
aba and other northern bailiwickS
] Jackson sent a delegation OF NOR
\ than So From Detroit came ever
] shade of the various hues Of Demo
cracy in that metropolis"
In introducing Governor Ferris
IL Toastmaster Schemmerhorn told tn
la story of the boy who, when he wa
o, visiting relatives began to attack tn
Of yiands on the table, only to be r'
r minded by his uncle that I'VE sa
re something before we begin to e;
st here" You can go ahead, nothin
Id you will say can spoil my appetite
re retorted Johnny.
to After several speeches of repartt
ed with the POSTMASTER the governC
to had warmed up to the task he ha
nd set for himself of handling some SUI
ny iects nearest to the hearts of mar
ct at the love feast without kid glove
he IF you have any notion that CIV
service is to be kept back, you a
ng behind the times" he said. In tn
he connection he eulogized the memo
IS of Grover Cleveland, whose Dem
d. cracy could not be questioned, thout
ms he may not have been an origin
,in Wilson man."
on THE function of a political party
ng he said, "is not exactly a hunt t
spoils. 1t is efficiency. If Dem
A crat can render efficient service, w
Of and good"
20 Congressman Beakes was vocift
,r- ously cheered, when he rose to spes
Ter He said in part:
,ed ."Yo on may ask why did | get into
,tb patronage fight at all, outside of I
,er own district. There are two reasoI
There may have been others, /
two occur to me just now-perha
a' , others will come as | go on talkiI
wy 'n' First, | entered the fight because
-. was requested to do so by memb'
=. of the administration, and that, to
' good administration man, is reas
enough. Second, because the
ngs called state leaders had shown q
icn position to disregard character a
and qualifications in their desire to p'
OF ish the man who had fought for v
oaii sons nomination. And that, too, v
reason enough"
ave