Willmar tribune., 1911-02-01
N. Y. G0PAERS HOLD REUNION
GOVERNOR EBERHART GUEST or
HONOR AT BANQUET.
Gov. Has Good Time.-Hammond
Declares East Must Stand BY
West and West BY East.

the sunparlOr of the WaldOrf-Astoria
for the tenth annual dinner of the Min.
nesota society of New York. It was
the occasion for many fond greet
ing between friends who probably see
each other about once year at the
annual dinner. The room was artisti-
cally decorated and throughout the
dinner the Colonial quartet rendered
selections which were we'll received.
Just before the guests sat down to
dinner all sang America. Faces Of
many prominent men were seen at
the different tables and some had
come from a long distance to, attend
the dinner. Governor Eberhart, the
guest of honor, Travelled 1850 miles
to be present.
Hammond Presides.
John Henry Hammond, the presi-
dent Of the society, acted as toast
master and seated with him at the
guests table, besides Governor Eber-
hart, were Timothy Byrnes, vice presi-
dent of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad; w. H. Eustis,
ex-mayor Of Minneapolis; Henry L,
Stimson, the defeated candidate for
governor Of New York; C. A. Sever
ance, E. w. Winter, Of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit, F. M. Cutcheon, the
new president of the society and
George H. Partridge.
In his Introductory remarks Mr..
Hammond declared he was sorry to
see that the West considers Eastern.
ers a crowd of Wall street robbers
and that the East looked upon the
West as country of Jays. The East
must stand up for the West and the
West must stand up for the East, he
declared, for we are all common
country, men working for one common
interest, the welfare of the nation.
Last years president, Timothy
Byrnes, was the first speaker intro
duced. Mr.. Byrnes was loud in praise
Of the self made man and was glad to
see such high state of morals in the
nation.
Eustis Of Minneapolis spoke in his
usual humorous way He provoked
much laughter and his speech was
very well received. Mr.. Eustis claim
| ed that the West was the hope of the
country and looked for the United
States to lead in the universal peace
movement, and sincerely hoped that
the government would not find it ad-
visable to fortify the Panama canal.
When Governor Eberhart rose to
speak everybody present arose and
cheered him heartily. Governor Eber-
hart Drought with him the greetings
of over 100000 Minnesotans and
said that his state was proud of her
sons in New York who made such en-
viable regulations.
Just before adjournment the follow
ing were placed in nomination for off,
GERS for the following year and were
unanimously elected:
President-FrankM M. Cutcheon.
Vice President-William P. Clough,
George McNeir, Ogden H. Hammond,
H. c. Knox.
Treasurer-Willis B. Richards.
Secretary-Henry G. Ingersoll
A complete list of those who will be
present follows:
Governor Eberhart, guest of honor;
! G. w. Dumont, DR.. Harmon Smith, H.
V. Rutherford, Ansel Oppenheim, A.
Benton, Henry w. Brown, F. w. M.
| Cutcheon, John Henry Hammond, H.
G. 1ngersoll, H. G. Knox, w. G. Pearce,
George McNeir, Nelson E. Clark,
Thomas S. McNeir, F. Kingsland
Smith, Carl Taylor, w. H. P. Veysey,
E. w. Winter, L. Kimball Stone, P.
J. Payne, w. B. Richards, M. v. Rich
ards, w. w. Stevenson, J. D. Brown,
Joseph King, Frederick Swift, w. NJ.
H. Lynn, c. B. Deacon, S. c. Stickney,
J. @. Adams, Norbert R. Pendergast, 0.
H. Hammond, H. o. Havemeyer, Ste.
phen Birch, N. G. Thrall, DR.. Albert
Shaw, E. G. Handy, Timothy E.
lByrnes, Walter S. Morton, Conde Ham.
lin, Charles A. Towne, A. M. Wick
wire, Thomas B. Scott, w. P. Clough,
A. M. Knox, w. M. Weber, C. A. Sew.
erence, F. ]. Chapman, R. F. kellogg,
Sherman Finch, H. L. Stimson, Noel
Gale, o. H. Cutler, W. R. Begg, r. D.
Cochrane, c. c. Fairchild, C. S. Gug-
genheimer, DIR. Williams, Marion j.
Pike, Albert Clark, William M. Lynn,
S. M. Jarvis, H. j. Horn, Will Rice,
George H. Partridge, r. F. Kirk, M. A.
Hayes, Frank R. Atwood, w. H. Eus.
tbs, Eugene Hay, Max Toltz, H. D.
Dabney.