Arizona republican., 1914-04-14
Three Hundred Gather ill Pythian Hall to do Honor to Memory of Third Pres ldent, Author of Declara- tion of Independence
DEMOCRATS ARE
 OUT IN FORGE
One Speaker Refers to
 Their Never Resigning But Is Probably Wholly
 Ignorant of Actual Case In Arizona

The hall of the Pythians was filled and to overfloWing last night when several hundred disciples of Thomas
 Jefferson, third president of the United
 States and author of that school of
 political belief known as Jeffersonian- ism, met to do honor to his memory in
 banquet celebration of the anniver-
 sary of his birth. The affair was well planned and the arrangements made so that had they gone on to the extent
 that the performance kept pace with
 the intention, there would have been
 no lessening of the audience on ac- count of the late hour when the princi- pal speaker of the evening, Senator
 Mark Smith, completed his excellent
 discussion of the life of the man who's
 only monument is in the hearts of his ! followers. AS it was, although the courses Were supposed to be set at 7:30. it was nearly o'clock before the first
 one was served and then after 10 o'clock when Toastmaster Cole an
 nounced the first speaker the guest of
 the evening
 From that moment on, events moved
 as lastly as speaking events usually do when there is long list of speakers and they each have topic to discuss that leaves considerable unsaid. Any who went expecting to hear declara- tion of foreign policy as a bid for favor from either the lips of Senator Smith or from his announced opponent, Reese M. Ling, were disappointed, while Ed L. Shaw, another announced candidate for the office sat with the rank and file of the audience some distance from the speakers table listening carefully , for any thing upon which he may in the future hinge an argument calcu- 1 lated to benefit his chances for the fed eral toga.
 While the banquet was advertised as d wholly partisan affair, open to all the followers of Thomas Jefferson irrespective of political party affili2-
 tion, still very early in the session the democrats claimed the whole thing and took occasional sideswipes at the other parties by way of gentle reminder as to who were in the majority, and one speaker of the evening went so far as to invite other partisans, if there were
 such, to forsake their former ways and join the ranks of the free and untram meled, and thereafter joyfully walk therein
 | It was a glorious gathering from
 many viewpoints. One particular witty i democrat upon entering the crowded l place, and taking a good view of the
 assembled throng, was heard to say. Lord what splendid gathering of we office holders, while Hon. c. B. Ward.
 one of the distinguished speakers,
 naively referred to the occasion as one i upon which all good democrats gath | cred to honor the memory of the only office holding democrat who ever re-
 signed office, hinging this statement in. | refutation of the oft repeated charge
 Democrats die but never resign" He adjured his office holding friends that should any of them ever resign, it is 1 quite within the bounds of possibility that some hundred years hence other who come after will celebrate probably the greatness of them. HereupOn one | young man was heard to whisper to his friend that Governor Hunt-Who by the way was not present-had that morn ing received the resignation from the
 Arizona legislature of Hon. Powhatan
 J. Wren of Constellation, Yavapai county This information, however. was not transmitted to MT. Ward.
 There was no lack of enthusiasm drring the evening happenings. Sena- tor Smith received an ovation when he arose to speak. and although handi- capped with severe cold caught Tn l coming from Washington to Arlzona, delivered a most interesting utterance
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