Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-04-14

Following is a stenographer's re-
port of the address of Hon. II. Z.
Foster which was delivered before
the Seattle, Washington Genealogi-
cal Society, at the Chamber of Com
merce building, on January 10:
Meeting called to order by Judge
I'll. d. Moore, president. After the
minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved and other busi-
ness transacted the president ad-
dressed the society as follows:
CAS- the members well know, and
those in attendance may learn, 1t
has been the custom of the Seattle
Genealogical Society for many
months last past at the regular
monthly meetings to have an ad-
dress on the early settlement of
some state. We have been favored
with numerous speakers and have
had some very interesting talks
which the society has appreciated
very much on the early settlements
of different parts of our country"
sThe committee appointed with the
president to select speaker for
January made requisiti'on on the
Ohio Alumni Society of Seattle for
speaker on the early settlement or
Ohio for this evening, and the alum
nj society made report that Mr.. Fos-
ter was more familiar with the MS
tory of Ohio than anyone in Wash
ington, and we have this evening the
pleasure of having with us the Hon.
HI. E. Foster, who will address us on
the early history and settlement OF
Ohio" Before introducing the
speaker I wish to call the society's
attention to the fact that the state OF
Ohio has furnished large number
of very able statesmen and has fur
nished many president. 1t is to be
hoped that the speaker will digress
sufficiently from the subject that he
will discuss, to advise us, how that
has been brought about. At every
National Convention for period of
more than 60 years. Ohio has
always had formidable, and, fire.
quently successful candidates, whose
names have been presented before
political conventions as presidential
candidates. We well realize the fact
that the State of Ohio Is very i'm
portant part of the American union,
and no doubt, we will hear many
things tonight that will be of spe-
cial interest to us all. Have among
our members many who were for
merly residents Of that state, and,
no doubt, are familiar with much of
the early history of that wonderful
commonwealth. without further
observations it is now my pleasure
to introduce and present to you the
speaker of the evening, the Hon. H.
E. Foster. practicing attorney of
this city,
Mr.. Foster Speaks
ssMr. President" members
of Seattle Genealogical So
ciety, ladies and gentlemen:-It is
quite a pleasure to have the oppor-
tunity to address the Seattle Genea-
logical Society on this occasion and
the subject assigned to me is very
entertained by the observations of
the president about the great men
that Ohio has produced and offered
to the world. To the average person
the observations of the president
would lead us to understand that
the great men of Ohio were either
great politically. financially, or,
were distinguished statesmen. While
it is true that Ohio has offered to
our country and to the world at
large many great men who were,
and who became great politically
+. and were great statesmen and men
F., of great executive capacity in many
avenues, yet the greatness of the
people who have lived in that great
commonwealth was not confined to
those who became great on account
of political activities, creatures of
circumstances, or on account OF be-
ing possessed of great executive
ability, but thousands of others
have been equally great whose
names have not adorned the pages
of history, magazines, or not active
nationally in literature or art.
The president has referred to can
ditions existing at the time OF the
convening of the great political par
aies of this country assembled fot
the purpose of selecting presiden-
,tial candidates, and that Ohio has
frequently furnished the winner at
such national meetings. These
events were as a rule a result of con-
ditions that then existed politically.
While Ohio has at all times possess
ed an abundance of presidential tim