Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1894-01-03
LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE
Ex-Governor Aphsus C. Fetch
Here 10 Attend Dedication.
GOVERNOR IN THE FoRTIts
The Remarkable OLD esentlssnAn
Chsss With frssnds--flis Rormer
ytsit % Grand Rapids.

The rsssrsbls sx-0ov. Alpheus G.
Fetch. the drst 20 arrive q the GALAXY Of
ergovernors Who are 10 grace the ban
qust tomorrow evening st Sweets. took
up his quarters In that hotel yesterday
afssrnoon- The gentleman was COVER
nor away back IN lSt5-'s7. but he u still
hale and hearty and took brisk walk
about tosn yesterday by way Of COZ
sntutionai bsfore supper. He was
greatly pleased At thu sight ~ the beau
sifui city which has grown from village
since he drst visited il In 1870. Many
citizens called on tho ex-governor 1t
Swset's IN the aftsrnoon but there wss
nothing approaching formal 70 csptioo-
The old gentleman chattsd cheesily With
friends and callers till after 0 o'clock
protesting In reply 20 Ill suggestions
that he should spare himsslf Tor tho
banquet this evening. II am never TOO
busy 20 zee fricndAs In q chat with
TAG HkRALp the ex-governor spolxs
pleasantly OF many citizens Of Grand
Rapids who had been associated with him
In the days when he occupied tbs guber-
Material chair. Il remember well the
good business senss and sterling ability
Of the Hon. Thomas ID. Gilbert. who
was regent % the university ut that
time" said be; che il man that the
state should DO and il proud Of. And
when ] think Of the comparatively
short time since its foundation think
tile state has reason to DO proud Of the
university. even when compared with
these remarkable institutions OF learn
in the old world. Why, do you know
that / myself signed the diploma OF the
first graduate OF Ann Arbor When 1
vas regent or the university some years
ago Judge Campbell recalled that fact
20 my mind and on investigation dis
covered that IL was even So At that
time the governor was ex.ofiicio prssi-
dent OF the university and l signed it in
that capacity In further conversation
the ex-governor said he vas not In favor
Of the annexation OF Hawaii. 1T would
be my judgment that we ought not to
annex far distant islands unless, of
course, q contingency should arise
which would make it necessary for us
70 possess the supremacy OF the Pacific.
With that consideration IL might be-
advisable 10 annex them"
A. o.. and K. A. Crozier last evening
gave New Years banquet at Sweets
hotel 10 their employee The following
guests sat down 10 the banquet: N. q.
Osterhouse, VIM Il. DRUMMER, O. j.
OReilly. A. E YARN. II. Tucker, 8. A.
Steiller and b. j. Colvin. Toasts were
drank in Crystal springs water, the fes-
tvities lasted for more than two hours
and the event was one OF the pleasant
est OF the series OF banquets for which
this week seems likely to DO noted.
James A. Crozief Of Menominse, g. @.
Sprague OF Gieenville and Gen. l. G.
Of the Soldiers Home board
were committee Of three who watched
over the interests OF Ex-Governor Fetch
1t Sweets hotel yesterday.
The annual banquet Of the High
School Alumni association. which will
be held tomorrow evening at the New
Livingston hotel. promises to be one OF
The most prominent social events Of the
week.
Harry G. Carton and II. p. Freear Of
Rochester, New York, are guests at The |
Morton They arc here to buy furni- |
lure and are the first OF the series OF |
ong looked for furniture buyers
Louis Kanitz Of the Muskegon Valley
Furniture company is hero to attend |
he governors banquet at Sweets hotel |
onight. and Is the guest Of Gen. l. G. |
Maj. @. +. Storrs OF Petoskey, state
larry and food commissioner. is at The
New Livingston.
The Gamma Delta Pei High School
fraternity banquets tonight at The
horton.
Ex-Governor J. w. Begole arrived on
late train last night and registered at
|veet's.