New-York tribune., 1912-02-12
TAFT CHIEF FIGURE
FOR LINCOLN DAY HERE
President viii Begin Day at Noon
in Newark as Luncheon
Guest.
SPEAKS AT WALDORF DINNER
Republican Clubs Throughout
Greater City to Hold celebra-
itons in Honor of Mar
tyred President.

lincoln Day the 103d anniversary Of the
nortvred Presidents birth will have more
e. I, ,hsp It's usual quota Of dinners and celebra-
Z. +Ions to-day. President Taft will be the
.c ,r,ncipal figure at several of these celebra-
t,ons in New York and New Jersey.
The President will leave Washington at
.,c,ock this morning on his special car and
.o 70 Newark, where former Governor
rranklin Murphy will give a luncheon for
.ir, at noon Afterward the two will motor
- the Borglum statue OF Lincoln at the
Fss4x County Courthouse. The President
,,iII place a wreath on the statue and then
..on st the dedication Of another Lincoln
r,onument on North Parkway, East Orange
This will be on the road TO the Essex Coun-
~ Country Club. where Mr.. Taft will hold
an hours reception.
r. reaching New York about 6 p m. the
President will speak first at the Republican
.'@cfDb's Lincoln Day dinner at the Waldorf
Va Astoria From the hotel he will go TO the
!. graduates Clubs Lincoln dinner at the
= citv Club. in 44th street Other speakers
a. this dinner will be Mayor Gaynor. for
roAr Senator Spooner. Of Wisconsin; Presi-
dA,t Richmond Of Union College. John II.
pprrouehs. president Of the Empire state
society Of the Sons of the American ReVo-
luton, and Frederick j. Murphy. Admiral
Reese who was with Admiral Dewey a.
Manila Bay, will be a guest.
Many District Celebrations
Another dinner the President will attend
vii be that Of the National Retail Dry
goods Association At the Hotel Astor
= 0tbeI speakers Will be Representative
Wleks. Of Massachusetts, and Controller
p-eDdereast Later the President may
6rcp in at some Of the entertainments the
various Republican Assembly district clubs
are holding.
Tho organization Of the 29th Assembly
District, jocularly referred 10 as the SIX
ckiDg crowd, will have vaudeville ana
hall at Lexington Opera House. 5Sth street
and Lexington avenue. Among those VINO
have engaged boxes are Andrew Carnegie,
Otto T: Barnard, Earl Dodge, Senator Root
Herbert Parsons. Ogden L. Mills, Seth Low
and Pbilip J. McCook The Park Republt-
can Club. Of the 35th Assembly District
also will have a vaudeville and dan"e ~
Nsblo's Garden, Third avenue and l1Oth
street. Douglas Mathewson, president oi
tle club Thomas W Whittle executive
bonmittee member Of the district Sarnuei
< Eoenie Frederick G. Tanner. Collin Il.
Woodward and many others are expected
% he present A similar entertainment VIII
be given by the 30th District Club az the
Harlem Casino. President Taft has prom
ised 70 drop in for few minutes. William
Barnes, jr, will lead the grand march
The Saratoga County society's dinner
uill be az the Hotel Manhattan, with the
Rev. Dr.. George Alexander, James 9. Can
non, J. s. LAmoreaux, James W. Hough-
ton, Senator Edgar T. Bracket and others
as speakers. while the Catholic Club will
honor James Butler, John F. ORourke and
John g. Manning the three new knights
Of ST. Gregory, with dinner al the club
house, No 40 Central Park South. Justices
Victor ]. Dowling, John ]. Delany, Michael
Mulqueen and others will speak.
Western Statesmen to Speak.
In Brooklyn Senator William E. Borah,
Of Idaho, and Representative Victor Muir
dock. Of Kansas, will speak at the Union
League Clubs dinner. The Women's Henry
George League will have dinner at the
Cafe Boulevard, with the Right Rev. c. D.
Williams. Bishop Of Michigan, Dr.. W. Z.
Burghardt Du Bois, John s. Crosby, Miss
Rose Schneidermsn and others as speakers
Major George Haven Putnam will speak on
Abraham Lincoln at the Central Branch
bf the Brooklyn Young Mems Christian AS
Fociation.
Columbia University alumni reunions be-
gin to-day and tonight there will b. the
varsity Pennsylvania basketball game and
dance afterward 10 start the prom
week. 4 convention OF the men al the
= head OF the l 200 Methodist Sunday schools
in New Jersey. Southern New York and
Western Connecticut. will begin two-day
congress in Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church, West l04th street. The Municipal
Art Society will have meeting al the
National Arts Club No. 1l9 East 18th street
President John ". Alexander, Of the Ma
tional Academy Of Design. and Edwin II,
Blashheld, president Of the National So
2 elety Of Mural Painters. will make ad-
dresses
SAVS LINCOLN WAS CHRISTIAN