Show AT al to LID coir memory RELIEF FOR RUSSIANS A committe Gom mitte appointed to raise funds meeting with good progress naw nsw YORK feb 13 the manoal dinner f tha union JL isaRua club of berclyn waa iata at the slab house last night hen john 8 wise the principal aptaker rhondel ry ondel to the toast abraham lincoln he said in part as one who while yet a boy em biked enthusiastically in confederate cause the nomination of lincoln I 1 in my boyish fancy as the elera tiou of a bad man by an ia aana faction with cruel quixotic purpose I 1 laughed in y heart ia the of 1863 at tha that anything cruel could uproot and destroy tha social and political fabric by which I 1 was surrounded within biye asars from that time I 1 ethod upon tha tame a paroled prisoner of the army of the confederacy mr lincoln linc oln had an unquestioned cigut to proclaim the freedom f slaves aa a war measure none but a bold strong independent katurd would have assumed all sibil itse for danger which the edep in to himself his friends and his abid tuat it nas iho stroke of ft master band great applause lincoln will beg remembered fer all time to aeme by friend and foe alike as the bad almast lonely helmsman of the union in the hour of ltd peril wha steered by the unfailing light af a single constellation wh never a point waa always guided jy hia aeu made chart gilb malice towards leae and charity for all othe ohio leagea of republican clubs held ita KB bual convention here last in point oratory and it coa pared favorably with the slate convention of last spring governor and ex governor foraker made eloquent speeches governor mckinlay said the democratic house of has paid they would root out the tariff law root and branch he pr cd they would not eliminate one item in the next twenty five years governor foraker regretted that that matchless leader james G 1 blaine bad withdrawn from the contest but was certain all ohio would support the candidate of the minneapolis convention BO teatter ti atter what it might be the present or chios great statesman willlam Yil llam mckinley r js lincoln banquet was given tonight A engrain of regret waa read from M deew expected t be present and respond to the toast abrahah Abra haa lincoln oae also from a 0 ackson ark son who wag from attend OK by illness aan storer mr place and ox congressman ailed reB to clarkson Clark aon toast the camink campaign governor mckinley responded to ohio and waa greated with great applause |