New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-04


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MENU.
Huitres
Graves superieur.
tasa,ei . sFSiei.s,s-s.
Raids Olives. M MSelett Amandes saIee.
Fet de sole sauce de crabes dhutreA
saade Dc coneOmbres.
Champagne. croustade de ehsmpignons frais-
paroasss 2a nle' dc 1gas sav ea:ss!a5 -..
'|' sorSet,, ohio style II ''S'''''
canards. ,ete rouge salade de laitue.
Apolnaris. Gaces de ia.1 faHtasie Gateux assOrtis
c. H. Mumm 6 Co. Extra Dry.
veuve Clic9uoS Very Dry. Yellow Label.
March 3. 1900. The WaIdorf-AstorIa.
Before the dinner a reception was held In the
Astor Gallery. where opportunity was af-
forded to the members and guests OF the society
TO meet the President.
Shortly after . O'Clock the President
corted to the banqueting by Milton l.
Southard, his entrance being marked by the
playing OF Hail TO the Chief" Seated with
Mr.. Southard and the President at the guest
table Henry r. Towne. Julien T. Davies,
Tunis c. Bergen. John Barrett. Charles Dick
Pension Commissioner H. Clay Evans. Adtutant-
General H c. Corbin James II. Hoyt Lieuten-
ant Governor Woodruff ex-Vice- President Nor
ton, Governor Roosevelt, Governor George K.
Nash. OF Ohio; Cornelius n. Bliss, Senator Han
ma. Ex-Governor James E. Campbell OF Ohio
Solicitor General John X. Richards. Judge Addi-
son Brown. George b. Wilson. General Wager
Swayne. General Thomas H. Hubbard. the Rev
Edwin II. Krans, Judge James A. O'Gorman
and Charles G. Dawes Controller of the Cur
rency.
THE ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
In his address of WELCOME Mr. Southard, as
toastmaster, said among other things:
Gentlemen: 1t is my, pleasant duty 70 welcome
OF New-York. And this welcome is extended to the
ladies also who grace US with their presence l
mothers at the first Fourth of July celebration. IN
of our delicate pleasures
are ortunate gentlemen M in having E rSihe with us
Of the United States We honor him as the Chief
Executive of the Nation. as a native Ohioan, and
for his genial GharaGter and ggeat @
" sa6 10 Sncere and % most corda our
And to the first lady of the land. who has seen
,end our most hearty greetings We feel hSn9red @ ed
We are tOld that the pioneers Of ohio spread
'''''' Bear meat. johnny cake and whiskey."
I ,ba f d diet heT gf wer s saTa IN
brain end Prawn and ate @ and , wrought S sb
repelied the savages, and they founded State,
with hearts as CHEEKY and souls as free as ever
d generous hospitality OF such as they had, and
made apologies for their crude surroundings.
Indeed, they proud of the buckeye cabin.
They joyed about Its ireside, they set II TO poetry
they made II the party shibboleth OF Presidential
campaign.
oh, where tell where.
buckeye cabin made?
Twas built among the merry boys
Who Who wiz WELD a. the D1 plough n,sa% and spade
In the bonnie buckeye shade,
This buckeye tree 10 remarkable in many ways
II possesses aesthetic, medicinal and utitarian
properties well large nomenclature. 1t is
"hetuck' in Indian, "Ohioensis'' in botany, buck
Behold in our souvenir what superb Presidential
frutage it bears! 80 -,
But gentlemen occasion like this is fruitful
of more serious thought. AS we assemble to COM
menorate our native State. the great deeds of our
pioneer ancestors come up before us and awaken
Inquiry How the great Northwest Territory
acquired? How 1t settled ana reclaimed TO
ticipants In It? From whence did they come? How
has II grown ano developed into vast empire of
wealth and population? How has II influenced the
history and destiny OF the United states? What
will be its potency the future welfare of our
beloved country? How will ii speak as a factor on
the great problems thrust upon us through the
acquisition of far distant island possessions1 AL
these inquiries and more crowd upon the mind and
struggle for utterance But they cannot be
swered within the limits allotted to me Permit
me. however. TO state in word the four cardinal
features upon which this magnificent structure
rests. They union liberty, education and re-
ligon. These benehcent principles were nrmly es-
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