Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-10
THE ALL PERVADING
Ohio Man Has an Inning at the Reid
Banquet in New York.
THE EX-U. S. MINISTER TO
France Banqustsd BY the "Ohio Society Of the
ketrop6liS-Many F,licious Speeches in
Which the Ubiquitous Ohio Man
Figures Most Prominent

New YORK. April 9-Ohio's Sons, resi-
dent in the Empire City, gathered around
a distinguished son of the Buckeye State at
DelmOnico's tonight and feasted and made
merry. IL was an assemblage independent
of party Affiliations or opinions that met to
honor Whitelaw Reid, Minister to France
and editor of the New York Tribune who
had Just returned after three years OF faith
ful service at the French capitol
There were $50 guests present, Gen.
Wager Swayne, presided, and among those
present were Charles A. Dana, Geo. w.
Childs, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Charles
Foster, s. 3. Elkins. A. X. Mcclure and
Murat Halstead. After the dinner Gen.
Swavne said it was with pleasure the ONO
Society welcomed Mr.. Reid back. "One
could have told he was not prophet," ne
said. Judging from the honor he mas az
home. l don't want TO keep you from nlm
and I invite you one and all TO drink 10
the health of Whitelaw Reid"
After this toast had been htungly non
ored Mr. Reid responded.
"NO greeting could touch me more pro,
foundly than this. This is indeed an IDEAL
welcome. II gives the first band grasp
from the Metropolis, which is our home
and our pride, aud at the same time IL car
ries me really home-to that talreSJ OF
lands that lies between the lakes and the
beautiful riyer-to the dear, gracious
mother Of US all. When she stretches out
her hand, the Joy Of return Is com
plete. On one of the last occasions
when had the opportunity to act
with vou. YOU honored me as vice presl-
dent of the Ohio Society. L found
an occasion in presenting TO You a gentle
man who had been dropped from the Sen.
ate, and had thereupon described hlmsei
as a dead statesman to point out tnat
nevertheless he had in him the material 1or
an uncommonly live president. Wen, gen.
tlemen, l have not yet seen the necessllyo ol
anoIo0izinp for anv mistake made in that
prediction as to the future OF the particular
member Of this society.
Now ii is said the other party is looking
about for a candidate. But why should IL
have the slightest difficulty. Here is the
6rst president of the Ohio society ready TO
IFS hand. statesman himself and the son OF
q statesman; and although he has the pro-
verbal shvness of the politician and the
LAWYER. will undertake 10 be responsible
that he will answer quite soon after his
name is called And if, for any reason,
that name O. Ewing is not called, tneni IN
the language Of my friend Mr.. Bennett, l
would like to know Why not CALVIN D
Blfccn Two States claim him, ana ne is
"TheOhio man continues TO be prevalent.
In the present cabinet for example, out OF
the seven member four OF them are from
Ohio. and two of them are here tonight TO
explain the circumstanLo. When these
four cabinet officers vote together and the
President loins with them, the rest ~ the
concern must feel lonely
AT the close of Mr.. Reids remarks, the
banuueters stood up and cheered.
Gen. Swayue then called upon Secretary
Of the Treasury Foster, who said: Il am
here tonight as ranking officer OF Presi-
dent Harrisons Cabinet TO TESTIFY 10 you
of the great success Of Minister keld IN the
discharge of his duties ut the Court OF
France. Mr. Reid has had great deal to
saw about Ohio We never forget to glorify
ourselves, but while / was Governor. 1t
WAS four wears, | was called upon many
times TO respond TO the toast The State Of
Ohio 1t began 10 be irksome. found
myself repeating, and / went into a study
of why OHIO people had so singularly and
beyond all other States Of the Union dis
tinguished themselves.
"Upon examination Of the State, found
a peculiar condition Of things; conditions
that exist in no other States. Our manu-
featuring, our agricultural, our mercantile
and mining interests-four great interests
New York and New Eugland's are largely
financial and manufacturing interests,
PENNSYLVANIA manufacturing, the South
and West agricultural. Now all Of these
great forces opererating upon the minds of
the people OF Ohio so equally produce
level-headedness, while in New York and
New England these forces not operating
equally produce a lOpsidedness.
"Our institutions are peculiar. We be-
Heve them to be the best of any country on
earth. Certainly, here every man, be he
rich OF poor has an equal chance in the
race OF life. We believe in rotation in Of
fee, but not Just now.'
Secretary Of War Stephen B. Elkins
was the next speaker He said: "As
Ohio men, we are proud Of our
Ohio President. He enjoys the conf
dence of his countrymen everywhere.
He has shown to the country and the
world in point OF integrity, intellectual
force power of administration and ability
TO deal with large and difficult questions
that he will stand among the first Of the
great Presidents Of the Republic.
Eloquent speeches were also delivered
bv DR.. Chauncey NJ. Depew, A. X. Nc
Cmre, Ex-senator Warner Miller and
others.
Mrs. Shafer Dead.