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DALTON LETTER
A Word About the big Hoke Smith
'Banquet.
TOASTS RESPONDED TO
And the Magnificent Speech
es Maae by Secretary
Sri.ith and North Geor
gia's Favor te son
“Our John."
t»n„ G».. Sipt 15. —(Special)
—AU Dalton is wreathed in emilet*
today over the many happy evi
dence* of appreciation of her
luaictdetß hiiapitality and her pa
triotic devotion, both of which
have been emphasized within the
pa-t twenty-four hours.
That ti*e people of Dalton know
how to entertain has never been
doubted, her citizens being Geor
gian*, yet uhe effort which was put
forth ilaet might to welcome and
entertain ibe distinguished, visi
•or* within her gates will ever re
main in the memory of those so
fortunate as to be present, as one
of the brightest soena! events in
he’ history.
The banquet given by the loyal
citizens of Dalton to Georgia’s
most eminent democrat, the Hon.
Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Inte
rior. was a brilliant success most
generously conceived and grate
fully consumated.
The magu-ficeutdi ling ball of
the beautiful Hotel Dalton, stud
tied with its countless glittering
lights, its decorations of tastily
| arranged evergreens and sub troi
, ical plants and flowers, was indeed
■ a suitable sett ng ter the bri 11lancy
[wit and humor assembleu around
Il he banquet board. And with the
gifted orator. Sum P- Maddox as
I toast master, the occasion became
in truth an ideal though a real
one
Too banquet was personally ar*
ranged by the proprietor of the
Hotel Dalton, Mr. A. G. Hester,
I acting tor the citizens and the ex
ecution of the task assigned to
him was a great success and he
received many well deserved com'
plimeute upon the occasion.
The toasts were most agreeably
apropos and reap nded to in a
delightful flow of oratorical gems
and witty scintillations.
‘‘Our Gunst” was responded to
by Col. I E. Shumate, one of North
Georgia’s most prominent lawyers,
in such a manner as' to add more
laurels to his already crowned
brew. Beginning with the earlier
history of Mr. Smith, and follow
mg hie career with a glowing
word picture, he brought him by
gradual assent from the modest
weeks of private life into the dis.
tiuguiehed position of Secretary of
of the Interior, Col. Shumate wa*
at bis best and frequent bursts of
applause interrupted hie fitting
tribute io “Our Guest.” •
Hon. W.C* Martin, of Dalton,
toasted the city wb ch so personal
iy claims bis citizenship. His re-1
marks were bright and captivated
his hearers • As an “after dinner
speech maker” Mr. Martin proved
himself just what he achieves in
all that h« undertakes—a sue
cess.
The hard task of toasting (more
easily-roasting) “Our Populist
Friends” fill to the lot of Col. T.
R. Jones and he handled the sub- |
ject with great tact and ability— !
as he usually does.
“The Fifty-third Congress”!
caught “Our .John” in his happi
est and best vein and the cheerful
tale he did unfold of his steward
ship as the Representative from
the Seventh district made his in
terested listeners see “the freeman
at the ballot box with[no fear of
Federal interference, the tariff bill
a reality [and not an iniquitous
myth, the affairs of government
so wisely and so economical ad
ministered that even the National
debt took wings and flew away
while the Democratic party le
came perpetual in its tenure of
power and the country knew only
peace plenty and prosperity. Ev
erybody cheered the statesman
from Floyd—the only John W.
THE HUSTLER OF ROME, MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 17 1894.
Mnddox.
The enthusiastic reception which
greeted the Hon. Hoke Smith
when he arose to respond to ‘.'Our
President and the south” was a
most graceful compliment and oil
of the assemblage arose and drank
I the toast standing, alternating
! their cheers fo“Grrover”and Hoke
i.Smith.”
The secretary of the Interior
I made a most profound impression
■ hy his masterful address and all
felt that it was good to be there
and hear such patriotic expres
sions from one so eminent in the
councils of the party and the gov
ernment. If there was any part of
Mr. Smiths speech more vocife
rously applauded or attentively
listened to than another it was
when he spoke, as to a family cir
cle, upon the p» r-tonal of the Presi
dents household —both political
and private.
Thai much worn ami trite say
ing about wisdom emanating from
the mouths of babes was not ex
actly appropriate to what we next
were favored with but when Jack
Cohen, the Atlanta Journals tal
ented Washington correspondent
arose to sjx j ak of “The Press”
some one near me asked can that
boy make a speech?” Before a re
ply could lie made the young man
had settled the question and such
a bright, breezy string of just such
sayings as came in well at that
hour poured out upon attentive
ears and the “speech of the eve
ning was most willing voted to
have been made by “Jack Cohen”
as everybody affectionately spoke
of him.
Thus was closed the “Citizen
Banquet” to the Hon. Hoke’Smith
Secretary of the Interior., and the
recollection thereof will ever be
ch ‘erfully reviewed by the partici
pants therein.
Jno. J. Mickle.
ONE ON THE YANKEE.
An O’d Confed Downs a Union
in a War of Words.
Two old soldiers were having a
friendly talk about the late war.
One was a Confederate, the other
belonged to the Union army. The
social conversational at last ended
in the following hot interchange of
words:
“Wp licked you once, and can do
it again, if it's necessary.” said
the Yankee.
“It took ten of your gang to
whip one of us though,” hotly re
plied the Coined.
‘We killed your men like sheep»
too,” interjected the Northerner.
“Yes, and didn't we slaughter
your soldiers, too? And from the
size of the pension roll, I think we
wounded the rest of them.”
But the Union walked off, and
the affair quietly ended.
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