The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-07
GOVERNOR HARMON
IS GUEST OF HONOR
Ohio Executive Makes Speech
at Dinner of Lotus Club
in New York.
NO POLITICS IN VISIT
Governor Surprised to Learn
Friends Were Preparing to
Open Headquarters.
NO POLITICS IN VISIT
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Governor Jud
son Harmon of Ohio was the guest OF
honor at dinner Of the Lotus club to
night and in his address took the re
cent visit of the western governors to
New York and other eastern cities as
the basis for argument for wiping out
all sectional lines. He urged that il
would be good thing for the eastern
governors TO return the visit.
The address made no reference to the
political situation. Previously, how.
ever, Governor Harmon had expressed
surprise that, coincidentally with his
visit here, he heard friends were re.
ported to be arranging to open head
quarters IN this city in support Of him
as candidate for the Democratic nom
nation for president The governor
declared emphaticaly his visit was
without political significance and dc,
Glued TO express himself in connection
with the Democratic nomination
Praise for the Governor.
In praising the guest Of the evening
for what he had done rs governor of
Ohio and declaring that it was as gov.
ernor that he was being honored to-
night, st. Clair McKelway, editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle, said the occasion
was neither nominating committee
nor ratification meeting,
1T Is an occasion Of recognition, re-
spect and salutation,'' said Mr., Nickel
way. 81 feel authorized to warn
boomers and prophets. For them, an
other time and another place"
Governor Harmon spoke in part as
follows:
"The line between the north and the
south has long since disappeared and
cursed be the mind that conceivcs and
the hand that attempts to draw d line
between the east and west. -
Yet there are still some, he added
who from selfish motives would light
and fan the flame of discord between
them; but he predicted that the dema-
gogue of both regions will fail
"Surely. whether they (the gov
ernors) realized it when they started
or not, their mission was more than
commercial. more than industrial. 1t
mutual understanding aud good will
the governor said "I know we all
foV2d these specimens Of manhood and
c llenship to our liking and that they
S', give good report Of us,
sAedS NOt n0Sblle.
Nobody who met and heard these
typical specimens Of the citizenship of
our newer states can be made to be-
lieve that the Innovations and expert
ments IN government which they are
making there indicate hostility to
American ideals and institutions.
Everywhere they went tho gov
crnors met the men who do things
rather than the men who say things.
They even ventured into Wall street
and sat at meat with representatives
of the money. power, but one of them
lost nothing but his voice. he said,
'apd the others not even that, aud
they did not find the Goddess of Lib
srty displaced by the golden calf.
When we return the visit VIC shall
meet the men of earnestness and energy
who are wor king such wonders of dc.
velopmcnt with the noiseless problems
Of industry and shall judge our lusty
Young commonweaiths by them and
what they have accomplished in good
government instead of by loud and in
tolerant defamation.
81 believe the visit Of the governors
will be remembered as the opening of
a new era Of hearty good will and ear,
nest cooperation among good citizens
throughout the land.'