New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-07

the organization, which. he said. was largely
due TO the energy and unselhsh devotion OF Colo
mel James p. Curtis, the president.
Colonel John J. MeCOok. president of the
Ohio Society, said that Ohio and Indiana were
from the Same rib, the Great Northwest Terri
tory. He spoke of the great influence on the
result OF the Civil War of the fact that tne
Ordinance OF 1857 kept the state of that terri
tory from being slave states.
A telegram was read from James Whltcomo
Riley.
Meredith Nicholson the author. spoke on Pol
itics in the Pawpaw State" He said thar con-
trary to the usual belief % per cent of the peo-
pie in Indiana were not engaged in literature
but 200 per cent OF them were engaged IN pol
tics He could prove it by the result OF the last
election.
Mr.. Nicholson had something to say about the
mugwunp, including the following:
have heard that in our sister commonwealth a, OF
cratic ticket This is not true of the genus as II
exists in Indiana. Our mugwumps . always 1C,I
both parties right after the nominating convsn I
tiens issue statements TO the waiting masses:
on election day thSy TS In jeremiah haste
to the polls and the straight Republican tlcHet
me next day on the gro"I9 .6 6 are licked they
ton OF the American 2epublc, so called.
Politics in Indian an in 1893. he said. In
! that year the Indian and drew up resoAu-
/ tons advocating tie restriction of immigration
They also passed ire usual resolutions OF sym
pathy with the stricken people of Ireland He'
ferrng TO Tom" Taggart, chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee, he said; his
Indian name is Laughing Water with headquar-
! tiers at French Lick.
He spoke OF the Indiana statesmen or early
days. and the familiar ncknames by which they
/ were known. adding: But now who would dare
to speak of our senior Senator as Tongue-tied
| Albert, or of the Vice President OF the United
States as 'Chu-Chu Charley. the poor mans
| friend? The day has passed when one boiled
shirt will do for the entire Indiana delepation
| in Congress"
Becoming serious in conclusion, Mr.. Nicholson
said: Although a Democrat, am proud OF our
representatives in Congress. NO express COM
pany or railroad has ever sent her agent TO rep
resent her in the United States Senate
I r McCutcheon. the cartoonist. described a
series of caricatures of we'll known Indianans,
which pictures were thrown on a screen.
Among those caricatured were Nice-President
Fairbanks Senator Beverldge, Congressman
lands and Speaker Cannon. The latter Mr..
McCutcheon said. was an Indianan by birth
; II was the first regular dinner Of the Indiana
Society and in his opening remarks Colonel
: James b. Curtis. the POSTMASTER, said they had
got together the largest gathering OF hoosietS
eyer seen In New York. He added:
When You ask. why are they exiles?' each one
may an sWer In his way. but the truth or Inc
matter is that the pace was fast for them out
| There and so they TO New York TO become
] successful business men. You know that out IN
Indiana when a boy OF sixteen has failed to win q
/ medal for proficiency IN the classics. TO deliver
Ciceronian Grafton, 10 be inspired by the muses. o.
poetry have written the best selling novel OF
The his friends begin to think OF
sending him Down East TO stir things up
AS a result many Of US hive hit the metropolis
! and still survive Notwithstanding the deIusion:
nursed by those who inhabtt canyon known al
WAL Street or the fascinating sights OF the White
Light district. AS q matter OF fact IN every wall
Of life in New York you Will find the Hoosier II
the vanguard
I Among others at the guests table were Judge
e Eugene G. Hay David Graham Phillips. w. c
Z Bobbs. Of the Bobbs- Merrill Company; Rober
B. Armstrong. president OF the Casualty Com
5 pany Of America; [. y. Bethel. OF the New Yorl
T; Telephone Company. and Finley Peter Dunno.