Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-13
OHIO CLUB MEETS At BANQUET
0Hr Hundredth A"nnIversary of the
Admission Of the Buckeye
state observed.

The ono hundredth anniversary Of the
admission ~ ohio into the union was cele-
brated last night by about 100 natives OF
the Buckeye state. who assembled at the
Commercial club. The Ohioans began to
gather NJ 7 O'Clock and half an hour later
an informal program Of music and song
vas held. participated In by Mrs. +. W.
slabaugh ~ South Omaha. Master Robert
Mccormick. Deimar Cheney and Elmer
Umsted Following this program there
vas p social s%esslon. which lasted until
. o'clock. when the banquet was served.
The rooms In which the meal was served
was decorated In red and white. The party
was seated at tables IN groups Of ten. the
tables being decorated with palms and
cut flowers. The oldest native who sat
down was W. W. Cones Of Council Bluffs.
Who was born at Cincinnati February 1.
1890. While the oldest native Of the state
resident in Omaha at the banquet was Mrs.
Eleanor y Hobart. who was born in Lam
caster. o.. January I. 1923. The youngest
native Ohioan was Master Robert McCOr-
mick.
n was f0.55 when the feast was ended
and ". W. slabaugh called for order and
in = few words. In which he gave a brief
history Of the Ohio club Of Omaha. intro
duced e. A. Goss. who responded to the
toast "Ohioans by Marriage" Mr.. Goss said
that In spite Of having such a subject. he
l. a native Of ohio. lie paid high tribute
10 ohio men and Ohio women. Ohio scenes
and ohio incidents Of the homlier kind
the sugar camp, the fields and the marts OF
trade.
Mr.. Goss was followed by Mrs. W. p.
Hartford who responded TO the toast Ohio
80 90 a. U.-N- $780, a. a..
Carey sisters. the Beechers. the Misses
Troilope and others. either natives or resi-
dents Of the state. who have become
famous in literature and art; Of Ohio wo-
mems work during the wars OF the coun-
try; Of the wives Of distinguished Ohio
statesmen. naming Lucy Webb Hayes as
the typical Ohio woman.
ohio Men" was the theme Of John L.
Webster. who said In part:
Ohio r. not only the mother 81 provi-
dence. but since 1850 has been the mother
Of more influential men than any other
state n the union. Let me divide the his
tory. I speak now Of the last nifty years.
Fifty years ago there passed from public
life the men who had settled the question
~ whether the United States Is to be a
natioH or a federation. In 1S5O-51 Of the
old statesmen there were Clay. Webster,
statesmen who moulded the n~ation-but
when these were to pass from the stage
and slavery became prominent new men
stephen A. Douglas. JEFFERSON Davis and
Joshua Giddlngs, BENJAMIN n. Wade,
and Salmon p. Chase. Then there have
been Thomas Corwin. Thomas Ewing, whl
had stepped aside, and then came the men
who were to guide the nation through the
war. Chase's genius rivaled that Of Ham
iltnn when he conceived the system Of
internal revenue TO bear the expenses Of
the war In the senate then was John
sherman. economist. statesman, hnancier.
OF all the men on the public stage then
Ohio furnished the foremost. The war was
over and new questions must be settled.
A. lenders there came from Ohio s1ch
leader Of the house Of representatives.
On early times the presidents came from
Virglnia-in later days they came from
Ohio-Hay~. Garfield and Mckinley. II I
fame Z would not have time To more than
reCite names. IL was an Ohio president
whose hand guided the shin Of state
through the spanish war and the com
To the time u Mckinley TO pronounce his
euloRy. FITS fame will increase with time.
and so will II be with Ohio.
This was the last set speech on the pro-
gram but others we're called upon, includ-
ing Jonathan Edwards. C. d. Thompson.
upon whose motion a vote Of thanks was
extended 20 the newspapers; W. A. Kuhn.
sho spoke OF Ohio soil, Frank Barrett. r.
y Hodgin. who explained the entire mat
ter and how "a happened; N. NJ Howard.
h told of early life IN Ohio. where he
spent forty-six years, and paid high trib-
ute 20 his native state. and also TO the
state Of Nebraska and Omaha. the home
OF hts choice. The banquet closed BY the
singing Of America"