Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-04-24
DeCorah's Jefferson Day Banquet.


About $50 democrats drawn from all
over the state, attended .the Jefferson
Day banquet given at Decorah last
Saturday evening by the democracy of
Winnesheik county. Those in attend
ance from Cresco were John McCook,
Hermann Kull, David Ferrie, c. A..
Marshall, John Klein, D. A. Lyons and
F. D. Mead. G. T. McWilliams and A.
H. Breedlove, from Chester, were also
In attendance.
DR.. j. F. Conover presided at the
banquet as toastmaster, and the speak
ers of the evening included Judge Wade
of Iowa City. John T. Hamilton, of Ce.
dar Rapids, Congressman Connolly, of
Dubuque, G. A. Meyer, Of Calmar, F..
A. O'Connor, of New Hampton. and
John McCook and Hermann Kull, of
Cresco.
Of the two latter speakers the De-
corah Journal makes the following
mention:
s'The first speaker was IHon. John
McCook, of Crysco, who spoke on ''De-
mocracy, a Conscience" Mr.. McCook
called attention to the fact that men
prominent in the work of the Republi.
can party in its early history now are
clamoring for its destruction, and the
reason is that the party has deserted
the interests of the general public and
was in the last years of its success the
instrument of special privilege. He
urged Democrats, now firmly entrench-
ed in power, to stand for good things
in government and to labor for the
welfare of the people.
He announced to the assemblage that
Hermann Kull of Howard county had
yielded to the opportunities of numer-
Gus friends and had consented to be-
come candidate for the senate in the
Winneshiek- Howard district. His
record in private life and as state
representative of Howard county, he
said, was one of which Howard county
Democrats were proud. If elected
senator, he would be servant of this
district of whom Winneshiek county
also might be proud. ~
The speech of Hermann Kull was
very we'll received. The impression he
made on his auditors called forth some
extremely flattering comment. MIR.
Kull possesses very pleasing pres
ence, an unusually good voice, and is q
speaker of ability. His topic was "A
Year of Democracy" He praised the
Underwood tariff law, which has re-
duced the tax on life's necessities The
currency law, he said, was marvel
lous reformation of the most vicious
money system among the civilized ma
tions of the world.
Himself farmer, MIR. Kull's re-
marks on the prices of farm products
were listened to carefully. He cited
current high hog and cattle prices and
compared by Cresco examples the in.
crease in certain grain prices.
He expressed pleasure that popular
election of United States senators here
after would compel candidates for the
legislature to stand on their own
merits. In 1912, he said, senator Ken
yon told Cresco people that the defeat
of the republican legislative nominee
would result in democratic United
State senator from Iowa, and demo.
cratic United States senate would re-
suit in low prices for the, farmer and
soup houses for the people of the
cities. He reminded his hearers that
farm prices were higher and the soup
houses had not materalized it the city.
The Democrats of the 4th district
are under great obligations to the ag-
gressive Democrats of Winneshiek for
the enjoyable occasion in which they
were given the privilege of participa.