Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1915 — Jackson Club Banquet Held Thursday Evening at Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

Jackson Club Banquet Held Thursday Evening at Lafayette.

The Jackson Club banquet was held in Lafayette Thursday night and 460 democrats were there, including U. S. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois; Senator John W. Kern, and Representative John A. M. Adair, prospective nominee for governor. Democrats were there to pay tribute bo these men, yet the fact remained that .the 450 were there more to hear and see the Illinois senator. The dinner was served in the Fowler hotel. Senator Kern kept open house in the afternoon to poeboffioe candidates. Disappointment was expressed that Thomas Taggart and Governor Ralston were not present. Senator Wilson aroused much‘enthusiasm with his speech and was given an. ovation at the end of his address. He paid tribute to the memory of Andrew Jackson and referred to President Wilson as another Jackson. Senators Kern and Lewis made tender reference to Senator B. F. Shively, who is dll in Washington. The consensus of opinion among the democrats attending the banquet was that Adair, will be their nominee for governor, and for this reason they were much interested in hearing his message. Senator Lewis was applauded loudly when he expressed the opinion that “America will return Woodrow Wilson as President of the United States.”