, 1922-12-06
DEMOCRATS MAKE
MERRY At BANQUET
Better Organization OF Party
Urged By Speakers-Precinct
Committeeman Discuss
County Plans
(By one who was there)

blear-eyed Melancholy, in the pres
ence of seven and eighty men and
women, took the count at the Dem.
ocratic post-election banquet held
tuesday night at the Irma hotel.
Good fellowship and side-splitting joI-
~lihcation held the boards. 1t could
not have been otherwise, under the
smiling, not to say stimulating leader.
ship of h Democratic County Chair
man, John Cook.
Raising solemnly and portentouslv
from his chair, Mr.. Cook, after a few
pat words of greeting, presented the
initial speaker of the evening, Geo. T.
Beck The hearty applause told how
well Mr.. Beck stood with the audience.
Casting aside all trite stories, Mr..
Beck cut direct to the heart of hf-
message.
First tracing b meagre beginning
of Park county democrats when q
band of eight constituted their CO
horts, the speaker pointed out various
evidences of growth in the party.
Stress was then laid upon the value
of unity of action. It was a stirring
plea for organization loyalty. True to
his southern n of chivalry, Mr..
Beck closed his remarks in the nature
OF a rose-tinted compliment to the la
dies. He sat down amid long and Wig
orous applause.
By this time the dining room doors
Were closed Chairman Cook saw to
it that his flock was safely corralled,
with np possible chance for a
Then upon that unsuspecting COM
pany, thereEwas- turned loose one of
Cody's s%kppilots, DR.. D. r. Blaske.
John Cook was barely seated when
the parson laid bare to the gasping
audience several of the innermost
secrets of Johns early life.
First it was told of how John
BILE, Mo-; and that he possessed
in himself the heroic qualities of that
ancient general after whom the town
was named Then, amid uproarious
laughter, the speaker related the story
of Johns first wooing and how he
won the heart and hand of his wife.
Paul Greever, next took the plat
form. Few men ave been so finely
favored by notable gifts. In addition
to an extensive law practice, Mr..
Greever possesses he manly form
and the o~ratorical voice. Then, too.
he is one of those persons who has
me proper thing to say at the riL hi
moment. All agreed that Mr.. Greever
made one of the %top-notch talks OF
the evening.
A sturdy delegation from Powell
was present at the banquet board.
Two excellent speeches were given
by Mayor Ide and DR.. Ice. by this
time the audience was well prlmed
and ready for some solid meat. Chair
man Cook appropriately introduced
the Rev. Mr.. Shepperd. This man
of the people, this parson who convic-
tions are clear as crystal, gave n
of the most stimulating addresses
ever heard in Cidy. In spite OF the
dryness Of the night, the Presbyterian
minister was not lacking in wit.
His ponderous voice, his irony, his
intimate knowledge of men and poll
tics, put argument after argument
across with compelling power.
Seventy-seven men and women, nap
by and smiling, then filed from the
festive board, resolved that the sal
walton OF Park County lay in the ac-
ceptance of the principles of the Dem
ocratic party.
Precinct committeeman met after
the supper and transacted business
pertaining to the county's share OIL
the state patronage.
The storm kept many out OF town
guests away, who otherwise would
have been present. Among the
Powell visitors present, were the toi-
lowing good democrats: A A. Key
ser. Eugene Ide, w. H. Loomis, w. II.
Ea1av and rlay Cherry.