Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-04-24
DEMOCRATS ENJOY FEAST
Record Breaking COUd Attends Big Democratic Banquet and
Listen To Many Excellent Addresses.
MANY NOTABLES PRESENT,
Campaign Pledges HaUe Been Kept" Declares Goueor Geo.
Hodges "No Apology On Record Is Needed"

odrUOn county Democratic Banqu0,
Club was held in the basement of the |
congregational church on Monday
evening Of this week, and was dec d.
edly more Of a success in every way
than even the most sanguine OF the
members Of the committee dared to
hope for. Fully three hundred and ti
ty men and women attended the ban
quet and listened to the various ad-
dresses and at least fifty more were
turned away on account Of the bui'd'
ing being packed to the limit. When
it Is considered that at the recent
banquet and gathering at La n;d,
which comprised the entire Seventh
district, only 514 plates were served,
it will be readily seen that the affair
Of Monday night, which was strictly
a Barton county affair, was even a
far greater success than the CATHERINE
Of the Pawnee Braves and the mem
bers Of the Democratic party Of the
Big Seventh.
On account of the slow demand for
tickets during the first days thy
were placed on sale and up unt ! al
most the very day of the banquet,
the committee had informed the lad
les in charge Of the preparing and
serving of the banquet, that they be-
lieved that 225 plates would be an
ample number to prepare, and the
preparations of the ladies were made
with this number as bass, But t
demand for ticke's becaue 20 great
on Monday that it was scen thlt this
was not going to be suffi lent mum
Der and small tables were crowded in
to the corners of the room, but even
with this extra preparation the de-
mand for tickets was SO great that
chairs were placed around the s'dss
OF the room and even In the clo9k
rooms where lap sIppers were serv'
ed, and still il was necessary 10 turn
between fifty and sixty away On &C.
count Of the crowd being so great
that they could not even ct into the
building.
For the banquet part Of the pro
gram, it is only necessary to stat,
that it was served by the ladies d
the Congregational church. Thy have
on many similar occasions, pres der
as hostesses in a manner which 6D
titled them to much creditable ccm
ment, and their reputation in thu
line certainly did not suffer en- this
last occasion. The meal was sub
stantial, excellently prepared an(
served in admirable fashion, and tbs
ladies were the recipients OF many
flattering compliments from both tht
home people and the distinguished
guests. The Democrat man has at
tended a number of banquets Ct
similar nature, but has never attcnd
ed one where the meal was mr.
enjoyable or the service more promp
and pleasing, even at places whe.
the cost was seyeral times. as 6 ct.
After the supper, Mayor D. c. Lus
was introduced and spoke a few al
propriate words to the guests, a.
then w. P. FEEDER was introduced a
, toastmaster of the evening in pla
Of W. L. Smythe who had been o
the program to act in that caga ity
but who at the last minute found
impossible to be present. Mr.. Fede
is always equal to such an emergenc
and while the place of toastmastr
a trying one and has much to d
with the success or failure Of NEE
ing Of this kind, yet the program Wa
carried through by Billy with h
usual snap and vigor and showed tn;
no preparation on his part was nee!
sary for him to most successfully di
chere these duties.
Judge A. B. Reeves, of Dodge CIT,
was the first speaker on the progral
and made a most able address on Ii
% subject Of the Non-Partisan Judiciar
telling of its conception and Of Il
merits and its demerits, The Jude
is g fluent talker and his speech wa
Interesting and instructive.
senator Jouett Shouse, Of Kinsle
!, and whom it can truthfully be said
: the loading candidate for the nomin
ton for congressman from the B
7th. spoke on the subject "Thirtes
Months Of President Wilson, and