Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United StatesHarrison, Benjamin
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Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; United States -- Politics and government
During the morning the President and Vice-President Morton, under the
guidance of Mr. Ferd. Peck, visited the Board of Trade and were tendered
an enthusiastic reception by the members of that famous exchange. Then
followed a reception and lunch at the Union League Club, as the guests
of Mr. Peck and President Bissell of the Club. Other prominent citizens
present were Governor Fifer, Geo. M. Pullman, Marshall Field, Joseph
Medill, S. M. Nickerson, J. R. Rumsey, N. K. Fairbank, Sam. W. Allerton,
A. A. Sprague, H. H. Kohlsaat, Wm. Penn Nixon, A. L. Patterson, Adolph
Caron, C. I. Peck, A. L. Coe, John R. Walsh, J. W. Scott, John B.
Carson, M. A. Ryerson, V. F. Lawson, and O. W. Meysenberg. Later in the
afternoon the President and Mr. Morton, accompanied by Governor Hoard,
of Wisconsin, General Alger, and Judge Thurston, visited the Marquette
Club--of which the President is an honorary member--and were received by
President Revell, Secretary Gould, H. M. Kingman, C. W. Gordon, and C.
E. Nixon, comprising the Reception Committee.
The dedication of the auditorium hall in the evening was an event of
rare interest in the history of Chicago. President Harrison and his
party and Vice-President and Mrs. Morton were the honored guests of
the occasion. Other distinguished out-of-town guests were Sir Adolph
Caron, Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick, C. H. McIntosh, and Mr. Wells, of Canada;
Governor and Mrs. Fifer; Governor and Mrs. Merriam, of Minnesota;
Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin; Governor and Mrs. Larrabee, of Iowa; Mrs.
Governor Gordon; ex-Governor Morton, of Nebraska; General Alger, Judge
and Mrs. Walter Q. Gresham; Mr. and Mrs. House, of St. Louis, and Mr.
and Mrs. F. J. Mackey, of Kansas City.
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