Show mm was born 8 years ago today to day BAI many republican publican Ee clubs of the country are celebrating banquets feb 12 eighty throe years today abraham lincoln after wards sixteenth president of the united states and known throughout the civile lied world as the father of emancipation and the president first saw the light in a little cottage ia hardin county kentucky and in moct cf the large of population throughout tl e united from the erub to the golden gata patriotic amer cans will celebrate the day and the event in this city the republican club will banquet this evening at del moni coe and there will be a notable list of speakers hon L E critten tea who is chairman of the committed commit teo was registrar of the treasury duriac Lincol ns first administration in the early years of ae war he received from the president a photograph representing him aa he appeared at the tima of the inauguration and showing his genial kindly expression before the cares of his great office had given to his fac the deep lines and the stern and rugged lok which appear in all his familiar portraits thid photograph has abot been heretofore reproduced but cna of the best american artists in portrait et chini was recently given to prepare from the photograph a lare and an artists proof will be presented to each one speaking at the dinner camp of the new york division of the sons of veterans of united beatea army willane a banquet tonight to night at the hotel bronswick gen will respond to the toast in memory of lincoln and gen palmer commander com mauder of chief in tha G A R barlow S weeks commander in chief of the sons of veterans and GOT flower will bo among the speakers speak era N Y hon joha 8 wise of virginia and aou of henry A wise who was governor of virgina at the time of the hanging of john brown will to the toast abraham lincoln at the banquet of the lincola club to night tho other speakers will in elude hepburn and hon Z pang born juksar X J the lincoln association will give its twenty seventh banquet tonight n honor of tb birth day of the great the speakers will include gov bstewart ii woodford hon A K McClure of philadelphia aul boo bolja JL blaar CoLUMB CB 0 twelve hundred people will sit down tonight to tha fifth annual banquet olabe ohio laagus of republican clubs ex governor fur aker will ba toastmaster hoa chauncy depew will respond t the tobal to lincoln and the other speakers trill include hon J bloat of new york bev mckinley and possibly exx governor aiger CHICAGO five bandied prominent republicans Republic ane will banquet at the auditorium tonight in celebration of lin coans birthday under the auspices of the marquette club ex oran and hon henry cabot lodge of mas who had gereed to re 0 toasts have ataleg amhad their maui lity to be prea ent me W ineide senator Cullom Hon J P dolliger Doll iyer of iowa benj butterworth and mayor there will also als o he a mass meeting of the national union at which an oration will be delivered by babai hirsch YORK in with gene al order issued by commander bar aws sona of veterans of the united S ates armr all canapa of that order throughout the will this evening hold appt cial observances with IB honor of the f avrohm and U 0 adera dayl K J every local lican and club in this state will 1 to bicht hold a in memorial of the bibb is the farat time in lii atory of new that th haa hcan commemorated in ihie way the observance tb servance ii in to an request from the executive of the bbate republican publican Ke lea sue |