Evening star., 1916-02-13
Achievements Told at Sixth
Annual Banquet Of Their
Society at Capital.
SPEAKER CLARK PRAISED
BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS
Former Governor Declares That Peo'
pie of Country Have United
Sentiment.

found adventure and life careers else
whore vho Dragged of the "Show-A1e"
state to those who are now part and
parcel OF it, last night, at the meeting
of the Missouri Society Of Washington
held in Rauscher's. The occasion was the
sixth annual banquet and dance.
Jerry Smith. chief clerk Of the House
OF Representatives, born in Missouri, bred
In Kentucky and developed in Arkansas.
told of his grandfathers acquaintance
with Daniel Boone in Kentucky. and said
that the doughty pioneer had emigrated
to Missouri for a better hunting ground.
Kit Carson was another emigrant from
Kentucky to Missouri known to his child
hood.
Tribute to Speaker Clark.
Champ Clark. Missouri's favorite son.
he eulogized as a man as close to the
heart of the people as Abraham Lin
coin, whose birthday anniversary was
Simultaneous with the night of the
meeting. He predicted that history
would do him justice as a great Ameri-
can, and he suggested that 1t would be
fitting that the first President chosen
from west of the Mississippi river
should be from Missouri.
Representative Howard Switzerland
Of West Virginia, another son of Mis-
souri,. was introduced as the husband
of a Missouri woman. Mr.. Southerland
told Of his childhood in Missouri and
his experiences as a young man, his
education in Missouri institutions, and
explained that his present residence in
another state was due to special op-
portunity.
The third and last formal speaker
was Representative Scott Ferris of
He called attention to the fact that
Missourians hold the chairmanships of
five Of the fifteen important committees
of Congress, and that much Of the big
legislation has been initiated. fostered.
favored and effected by the persistence
of national legislators from that state.
Declares Pride in State.
Former Gov. A. M. Dockery. third as
sistant postmaster general. who cele-
brated his SEVENTEEN birthday anniver-
sary Friday, presided as POSTMASTER.
He declared his conviction that no Mis-
sourian in the halls of Congress has
ever advocated any measure to the ad-
vantage of his own state at the ex-
pense Of other states of the Union. He
declared his pride in his own state, and
in every state in the Union. He also
said that he had seen the line of sec
tionalism die away when. in the Span
ish-American war, Confederate vet
Grams put on the uniform of the federal
army, and the bloody shirt" was for
ever buried.
The people Of the United States. he
declared. have since been one people
with a united sentiment for a united
country. and the flag has been run
up forever
The banquet committee consisted of
W. N. Holmes. chairman; Gov. A. NJ.
Dockery. James T. Lloyd, John F. Beal.
Hubert Newsom. Otis w. Wyatt, Otis
Deane.
List Of the Guests.
The guests were Mrs. Edith L. Adams.
Charles s. Albert. E. H. Andrew. Mrs.
Andrew, Herbert Applegate. Harry
Barstow. Mrs. Barstow. John F. Beal.
Mrs. Beal. John F. Beal. jr.; J. D. Bow
man, Miss Anna Bragg. Miss Josie
Broan H suseh claude w cavin
Miss Leota Castle. Mrs. r. B. Campbell,
Senator Thomas B. Catron. Bennett
Clark. Miss Mary T. Clark. William j.
Cochran. John S. Collins, Mrs. Collins.
Miss Edna Cooper. Miss Gertrude Cot
Mrs. Deane. Representative c. c. Dick
inson. Mrs. Dickinson. Miss Payton
Dickinson, Miss Lola Dickinson, Sedon
Dickinson. Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General A. NJ. Dockery. Joseph F.
Doyle. Miss Gertrude Doyle. Mrs. Mary
B. Ducarron, Mrs. L.-C. Dyer. Miss Martha
Dyer. Miss Catherine Dyer, w. Fl. Eagle,
Mrs. Eagle. c. /: Ebaugh. J. +. Edwards.
Miss Mary Edwards. Representative
Scott Ferris. H. w. Foght. Mrs Foght,
Miss Thelma Foght. Miss Eleanor NJ.
Fowler. DR.. H. c. Frankenfield, Charles
w. Frede, Fred w. Cast, Mrs Cast,
DR.. Norman Glover. Mrs. Glover, Miss
Anna G. Gott. Miss Mary Gott, Dr. c.
P: Grandfield: Mrs; Grandheld. Miss
Helen Grandfeld: W: L. Gupton. Lon
Haines. l. ]. Hall. Clyde NJ. Hamhlin.
Mrs. Hamblin, c. H. Harwood, Mrs
Harwood. w. S. Hathaway, George r.
Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins. George Heb
bard. Mrs. Hebbard. 1. c. Henry. Rep
Hensley. w. r. Hollister, w. N Holmes,
Mrs. Holmes. Gen. r. c. Horne, Fran
els E. House. Mrs. House, DR.. r. H.
Hovey, Miss Hovey, Albert Hupp, Mrs.
Hupp. f. L. Hutchison. Mrs Hutchison,
Mrs. Hyer. Miss Beryl Ingram, Mrs.
P. Johnston. Virgil P. Kalmbach.
Charles P. Keyser. J. c. Rooms, Mrs
Rooms. Edwin A. krauthoff. Mrs.
Krauthoff. Master Vance Krauthoff, G.
A. Leavitt. Mrs Julia w. Leavitt, Mr.
Henry F. Lincoln. Samuel Lloyd, Rep
resentative James T. Lloyd. Miss Mary
Louden. Miss Gladys Loughran, Harvey
Lovetoy, Mrs. Lovejoy, John NJ. Lowe
Mrs. Lowe. Oliver c. McCardell. Mrs
McCardell. Miss Kate McCardell. Miss
vina McGlothlin, J. A. McIlhenny, pat
rick H. McNulty, Lawrence Metcalf
| Miss Sylvia Metcalf. Hubert Newsom
| Mrs. f. l.. Newsom. Mrs. Kate Newsom
Mrs. Ruby w. Nipps. J. S. Parker Mrs
| l.. B. Purl. Mr.. Duncan D. Ransdell
| Mrs. Ransdell, Senator James A. Reed
| Mrs. Reed. Stanley H. Rulings. Mrs
Ridings. Ray A. Roberts, Mrs. Katie
| Roberts, Miss Dorothy Roberts, Miss
Pearl Robson, Lee r. Robson. Otis J.
| Rogers. Mrs. Rogers, Miss Ethel Rog-
| ers. Prof. George A. Ross. Mrs. Ross
Representative Thomas l.. Rubey, Mrs
Mrs. Russell, f. S. Sanford. Miss Eliza
| beth Schatz. Karl +. Schweizer, Mrs
Schweizer. Miss Lalla Scully, Repre-
| sentative D. W. Shackleford, Mrs
Agnes Shackleford, Kenneth A. Shaw
| Mrs. Rose s. Shaw. Leland P. Shidy
| Mrs. Shidy, Miss Jessie Simpson, o. J.
Singleton. Mrs. Singleton. Mrs E. L.
| Sitter, Miss Corinne Smith, Mrs. Jessie
| Stevens. Senator William j. Stone, Mrs
stone, Miss Mabel Stone, Representa-
| tive Tom Stout, Mrs Louise Sumner
Representative Howard Sutherland
William Taggart. Miss LYDIA Taylor. r
| M. Thomas. Mrs. Thomas Mrs. Gene
! veive Thomson, E. &. Tieman, Mrs. Tie
man, w. G. Van Cleve, Miss Mabel E.
Underwood, Gustavus A. Webber, Mrs
Webber. Q. E. Williams, Miss Margaret
winston, Miss Bertha Woodside. o. w.
Wyatt and Mrs. Wyatt.
/ Miss Edna