New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
UNION LEAGUE 1863-1913
Clubs Fiftieth Anniversary Gel
ebrated with Reception.
CHARTER MEMBERS ATTEND
Combined Ages of Five Sur
vivors Almost Reach Total
of 4oo Years.

The Union League Club celebrated its
efieth anniversary last night with re-
.ertion for It's five surviving charter mem
hers. its surviving past presidents. its
present officers and distinguished guests
The charter members who have been in
,be Clue since 1888 are: Colonel Henry
B4Glow. Henry C!ews, Horace ". Fuller.
Charles Lanier and Salem Tovne Russell.
,rhev were all present. and their combined
o.es nearly reached the imposing total Of
f,gr hundred years Colonel Bedlow adj
r,tted nc was nincty-one years old. and
his four associates on the earliest club
LET were an said % be we'll ON toward the
eighty mark.
The past prc,i tents who We're at the
,rbuee were. Joseph IT, Choate. Cnaun-
cev NJ Dcpew. Senator El!hu Root. Cen
eral Horace Porter and George L. shell
don. Samuel W. Fairchild. president Of
cub. gave q dinner Tor the guests prior 10
the genera! reception which began at .
o'clock and AZ which several hundred
r,ambers Of the clGb were presented 10
the guests Of the evening. After the re-
certion speeches were delivered M the
assembly hall.
Henry Clews. representing the surviving
enartcl members. reviewed the history Of
the club il his address. The other speak
ers were senator Root, Nj. 'hoate. Gen
eral Porter. ex-senator Depew and Mr..
Tairchid The addresses were reminis-
cent IN tone and without politicaI flavor.
The clubhouse was deliberately decorated
with the national colors intermingied with
a rrofusion OF jonquils. Lady Ellington
roses ard other flowers harmonizing with
the celebration Of The jubilee.
referring 10 the purposes Of the found
ers Of the club. Mr. Clews said;
The original intention Of the founders
WAS 10 call the organization The Ma
ronal Club as II was organized TO help
Inc national government in the great
,risis then upon II, but il was afteIward
decided 10 call IL The Union League Club.
s being more appropriate, as We stood IL
hose TRIMS Gays--when some were striv-
iUe 10 make two nations out Of One-as we
have always stood and always will stand.
for me Union. one and iudivisible. now
md forever il was TO Srapple with
treason and make IT power!ess and con-
temptible that the Union Leagu Club was
formed. To bs a member Of the club was
10 he a patriot. and marked a mans
LOYALTY and devotion as absolutely unim-
reachable.'
Among the guests were Major Genei al
Thomas IT. Barry, l.. :. A: Captain Al
bert Gieaves L. :. y: William T. Tilden,
resident % the Union League Of Phiia-
Gelphia Thomas J. Jeffries vice-presi-
cent Of the Union League Of Philadelphia
William T. Sidley and Judge McSurelY, OF
III Union League Of Chicago Robert ..
mcfarland. president Of the Union
League Of Brooklyn; Colonel William \.
Mann. L. : A.: Commander NJ NJ. Tay-
l.. L. :. y. Lieutenant J. II. Newton.
T. : y: Colonel William Jay. Colone'
Iau.cI Appleton. Colonel Augustus G.
T..ne. Charles t. Eushmore, George I.
Wilson. David r Simpson, Dr.. John A.
v~eth Austin =. Fletcher John w. Ait
ken. =. Seaver Page. District Attorney
whitman. II z. Britain and Sir Ernest
Sfackleton. Q. V. ..
some of the prominent members Of the
club present were Charles :. Brooker, OF
trsonia Conn. Judge Z. y. Hinsdale'
I.r George 7. Kunz. J. Edgar Leaycraft'
,,drev Mills. president OF the Bowery
Savings Bank: Bayard Dominick, eX-Con-
FRESHMAN Olcott. Frank 4. Munsey. eX-
Governor Quiuby Of New Hampshire x.
d. C. smith. Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy
81 New Jersey and Judge Clearwater. OF
Kingston y. Y