New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
DIX CAPTURES oH|OANS
Governors Praise of Buckeye
State Women Makes Big Hit.
AMBASSADOR REID SPEAKS
Hearty Applause Greets His Ref
erence to President Taft
at Annual Dinner.

Ohio, which, in pronunciation AZ least.
means good morning" in japanese. was
the password to a fine evening at the Wal
dorf last night, where son sons of the Buck
eve state and their guests gathered for
their twenty-ffth annual feast. Under the
soft though inspiring gaze Of countless
Ohio daughters. natural. foster and STEP
the diners expanded into a state Of great
cordiality toward all after dinner speak
ers and were still in fine fettle when Gov
ernor Dix arrived at If o'clock after at
tending two other dinners
Mr.. Dixs address, we'll advertised be-
forehand by the entrance of his resplend-
ent staff, was brief and pleasant. but not
weighty with the affairs of state since
even the endurance of a post-prandial
orator has its limits He considered that
the state so ably represented, though given
to a plethora of politics of late, had
made a decided impress upon the nation
and upon New York, not only through its
men, but through its fair and estimable
women. The latter bit made a great hit,
and when the paudits subsided the Gov
ernor continued:
1--WE arc very fond of Ohio in this state.
never could understand. unless 1t was on
account of his thirst. why Mr.. Penn should
have penetrated to the lakes and separated
US. But we welcome her sons just the
same as the children of our next door neigh
Dor.
The mingling OF Ohio with New York
makes New York better and the minglins
of New York with Ohio, l hope, makes
Ohio better As chief executive OF this
state. l extend to you her cordiality and
hospitality"
Before indulging in any general intro
ductory remarks William S. Hawks. the
toastmaster, introduced to his fellow COM
patriots Ambassador Reid, who greeted
them with few friendly words.
Proud as have been" said he. ito rep
resent this great republic on the other side
am equally proud to come back after so
long an absence, and receive so royal and
generous a welcome in this city. which Is
my home. and from the state to which |
owe all my early experiences.
The Ambassadors reference to Mr.. Taft
a fellow son OF Ohio. as that great and
successful, and TO be more successful
statesman. our President" elected hearty
applause.
o. II. Hughes. chairman of the Ohio
Railroad Commission, who represented
Governor Harmon at the dinner. said that
the Governors absence was due TO the fact
that he was at present up tree-a plum
tree, which many Ohioans are shaking"
and could not come down.
Congressman Martin W. Littleton also
spoke on transportation. and remarked that
between Long Island and
Washington was by air line, sometimes
hot and sometimes cold"
Other speakers were Walker d. Hines,
chairman OF the executive committee OF
the Santa Fe Railroad; John Kendrick
Bangs and the Rev. DR.. Henry Lubbock.
Among those at the presidents table be-
side the speakers were Paul d. Cravath,
Colonel George Andrews, Ex-Governor
Myron T. Herrick. R. E. McCarty. super
intendent OF the Pennsylvania lines: Col
gate Hoyt, Frank A. Munsey Ralph Peters.
president Of the Long Island Railroad:
Frederick II. Underwood, president Of the
Erie; Daniel Willard. president of the
Baltimore & Ohio; Postmaster General
Hitchcock, President TTuesdale Of the
Lackawanna, Clarence II. Macksy, George
Westinghouse William r, Wilcox, George
B. CorteIyou, Jacob H. Schiff, Henry W.
Taft, District Attorney Whitman and ex-
Justice Morgan J. O'Brien.