The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-31

DISTINGUISHED ORATORS WHO
WILL BE HERE TONIGHT.
Arrangements All Completed for the
Columbia Club Dinner-Lfst Of
Toasts TO BE Delivered.

All arrangements have been completed
for the great banquet at the Columbia Club
tonight, which will be followed by the ex-
ercises Of the dedication of the magnificent
new clubhouse. Covers will be laid for five
number put In appearance they will be
cared for with true Columbia Club hospi-
tally. The banquet will, however. be an
event OF minor Importance compared with
the ceremonies which will take place i'm
mediately after its termination. The dedi-
cation Of the new building Will make an oc-
casion of genuine historic significance,
since II will bring together group Of nota-
bic men, Some Of the distinguished men
who will be present tonight and take part
in the dedicatory exercises are Gen. Benja-
min Harrison, ex-President Of the United
States; James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet; Gen. Lew Wallace, statesman. soldier
and author; Charles w. Fairbanks, senior
member. and Albert ]. Beverage. junior
member of the Indiana representation in
the United States Senate; Jesse Overstreet.
representative in Congress from the Sew
enth district; Gen. George Il. McGinnis.
postmaster OF Indianapolis, and one Of In
diana's most gallant soldiers in the civil
war; Gen. Robert s. Foster, who bears the
proud distinction of having been one of the
bravest and best brigadier generals in the
same great conflict; w. II. III. Miller. ex-
attorney general of the United States; Gen.
Fred Knefier. another. veteran Of the war;
Hugh H. Hanna, to whom belongs the
credit Of originating and promoting the
sound-money movement; Gen. Alexander
Med. McCook, noted soldier; Admiral
George Brown, recent acquisition TO this
city's list of notables. by grace of an order
placing him on the retired list of the navy;
Gen. John Coburn and many other eminent
men; Others who , Viii De present are John
Cockrum, James A. Hemenway. represent
alive in Congress from the First district,
and Col. Daniel NJ. Ransdell, ex-president
of the Columbia Club, and now sergeant
alarms of the United States Senate. a
complete list OF the toasts and those who
will respond follows:
THE House Built on a Rock" Franklin
w. Hays.
"The Directorate" John L. Grifiths.
Monument Place." James Whitcomb
Riley.
''The. Future of the Republican Party"
''The Nonresident Member" James E.
Statesman.
1.-The Business Man in Politics." Hugh H.
1.-The Present Congress of the United
States" Jesse Overstreet.
THE Twentieth Century" Albert ]. Bev-
eridge.
Hail. Columbia" Gen. Benjamin Harri-
son.
John B. Cockrum, president of the CO.
lumbia Club, Will act as POSTMASTER. The
responses TO the toasts given above Will
constitute the ceremonies of dedication of
the new club building. All members who
do not care to attend the banquet will, of
course, be cordially welcomed TO the dedi-
Al
addresses which will be delivered tonight
will be heard by more than thousand peo-
pie. Arrangements have been made to pre-
serve each and every speech made and
have them all printed and bound, to be de-
posted in the archives of the club.
Messrs- Hemenway and Ransdell arrived
in the city yesterday, accompanied by
James Knox Taylor, supervising architect
of the Treasury Department, and all took
apartments at the clubhouse, which will be
their home during their sojourn in the city.