New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-19
AFINE TIME FOR JEWELLERS
ENJOYING THEIR ANNUAL DINNER.
SPEECHES BY GENERAL PRYOR. R. B. ROOSEVELT

SPEECHES BY GENERAL PRYOR, r. B. ROOSEVELT
GENERAL PORTER AND OTHERS.
Inc annual dinner OF the New York Jewellers Associs
ton always of the successful of the early din
Ing season. and last nights ut Delmonicos was OK
ception TO tho rule About 200 of the representative
meQs In THE important trade sat down nj the
six long tables which filled the last BIZ
Of space in the large dinng-room- The speeches were
witty and eloquent by turns, and the ready auditors kept
the echoes busy with laughter and applause Tho hal
prettily decorated with French, English and Amer
flags and the tables prousey set with cut flowers and
set floral pieces all from the establishment Of Le Mout
The orchestra played the prevailing tunes In comic opera
all the evening till the diners hilarious fol-
that and insisted substituting jolly sort Of singing OF
their own.
George O. White jr, the president Of the Jewellers
Association sat at the head Of the long guest table. On
his right Chief Justice Noah Davis the Rev. DR.
Wilbur Watkins, j. s. T. stranahan. of Brooklyn; Gen
era Horace Porter and General Roger A. Pryor On his
right sat Judge John r. Brady, tho Rev
Dr. Charles O. Tiffany, John Winslow, Of
Brooklyn; Robert B. Roosevelt. Jackson s.
Schultz and Noah Brooks. Among tho Others
present were Charles L. Tiffany, Thomas G. Brown II.
Hardy, j. Il. Bowden g. W. shieber, A. H. Sloan j. r.
Greyson, Seth W. Hale, W. r. Alling F. II. Mulhone
James Akin, r. N Peterson j. p Snow, Alfred H. Smith,
william S. Hedge. n H. White NJ b Bryant, l. N Miller
A. r. Gcoroy, Aaron Carter s. C. Scott Eugene j. Robert
Colonel Clifford Thomson and Henry Olmsted-
President White raped for order after cigars and coffee
had been served. and made a pleasant Introductory
speech about the age and merit of the jewellers trade.
would caught Rebecca for his wife, he
said il had not been for his presents of rings and brace
lets and history was full OF similar instances Even now
adays there was no more meln0rape ana valued token
than the plain circle OF gold which served for the mar
rlage ring.
Chauncey NJ. Depew to have the first toast. "The
President of the United States but he had been called
toast drunk standing and in silence" General
Roger A Pryor then called speak for "Our Ma
ton" His address was strong and eloquent and almost
every sentence OF it was appauded- He said, in part
should have been somewhat embarassed twenty-five
ton the South, believed that the Nation oonied
Grafton Of State and IN support Of that 6ee many Of us oSs
to break that =, union But iron that , tour our
new repuie and we accept that grudgngy the
are % int The weS Of we s
81 the war was ss only Pos yo one am iYe po
the %Ss cost % OF Te
the not drop rebel brood was taken IN
hS ne aeS IN g sr Of
ton. In vain would search the annals Of history
i%pDiauspe 1'''' The victorious North has taught
tho world that charity as well as courage, is the
OF free peep p HS bu now
Is deliberate ouvictOn that government which carries
the principle of dsunOn within Is aughtw in the poison OF
indi nsabo TO national tranquility and safety.
s ~n sa mere u %o Cling TO- w even reser
Immunity than that which hsraoterze the secession years
thank God to stay and our toast 10 the American Union
Robert Il. Roosevelt then took the toast The Empire
State and humorousy ascrbed its existence to the jewel
ers OF the century without whose thkets the
Dutch could have bought Manhattan Island for
S25 as they did long ago. One Of the places OF
that iewelry he said, was a Waterbury syer-plated
watch OF piece de siStdne', which II took the
worthy sachem who got it all the afternoon to wind up
But for the inherited capacity OF all jewellers TO produce
cheap but costly seeming jewely, he continued, we
should have had the city the State.
was then drunk TO Charles L. Tiffany, who
piled briefly. General Horace Porter followed with talk
on The Great Metropolis" which away from the sub
ject into many funny stories and hits jewellers and jew
ey making He wanted TO encourage the silversns TO
make more plate ware, for then would have fewer
dollars of daddies which we had TO take now with
400 odd grains of silver and many of trust
The Judiciary" was responded to by Judge Brady;
Our sister Cities by j. 8 Stranahan. who advocated
a practical union of New-York and Brooklyn; Liter
AZURE Science and Art" by Noah Brooks; and " Com
merce. Agriculture and Manufacture" by jackson 3.