New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-18
FRANKLIN'S MEMORY HONORED.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE TYPoTHETE.


SPEECHES BY JOHN BIGELow. c. A. DANA, JOE"
HOWARD. MAYOR NEwITT AND OTHERS.
If il were a living being and not o weak and an
tiquated repro uc'ion of the real form of old Ben
Franklin that looked down from his dusty frame
on the wall. over the cbairman's seat. at all the
master printers last night he would have said-and
If he wouldn't. he should-tbat in the pamlest
days of the last century Jefersonan simplicity"
would have telt outraged at the culinary exiraya-
gance visible on all hands 1t was the sixth annual
diuner of the Typothete in celebration OF the
1Ssth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Frank
lin. The place was the large dining-room of
the Hotel Brunswick and the number
of this defensive and not aggressive
orgaDzation.' as it was described last night
reached $50. The "hippodroming, as ex-Jud0e
Russell at the dinner Of the New-England Society
humorously described the reciprocal courtesies
that are going on for some time between MAYOR
Hewitt ana Mr.. Deoew and which seems to be
feature whenever the Mayor is on hand. was not
wanting last night. The chairman ioked at a
good many persons. Charles A. Dana Joked
at the chairman and his Typothet@
which he maintained was ty-po-thay-tay, and
Joe" Howard loked at them all and closed by
hkening Mr.. Dana to Franklin for he designated
both of them somewhat irreverently az 'his royal
and imperial Nibbs," whereat the company laughed
loud and long John Big low labored hard TO
prove that Franklin was moral man, while Isaac
II. Bailey acknowledged with mock gravity how
charitable it was the part of Mr. Bigelow to
make so earnest defence of the great philosopher
and to "let him down easy"
In the absence of the regu ar president. William
C. Martin. who is ILL., Douglas Taylor occupied the
chair aud surrounding him at the guests taDe
were F, ID. Harmon. Charles A. Dana, Joseph
I II IL Hntr III
Blakely. Chicago; +. Andrews, Rochester; 7. Rus
sell, Cincinnati; John Bigelow. the Rev. DIR.
Deems. Colonel r. W. Knox, Horace TAYLOR, Isaac
II. Bailey: II. 7. Roc we'll. Boston William j.
Hill and Colonel w. L. Brown. AT the other tables
there were among others William Ho per, William
T. Atkin, John F. Baldwin, j. Z. Swain, Henry
Bessey James A. Coffin. w. G. Hedge, Theodore L.
De VInne Peter De Baum, W. b. Dlusmore ADher
Harper James w Pratt, Howard Lockwood and
John Medole
After brief Introductory speech by the chair
man ex- Minister Bgelow Responded to tne toast:
1.-The Day and the Man we Honor. benjamin
Franklin. the Printers Patron SAINT ana 'he
Benefactor of Mankind" He SAID III part:
Franklin is decid' dly without superior ana II IL
were not for great and practical training he re-
ceved at case it is safe to say that he would never
distinguished personality that America has yet pro
duced Many Of the great men IN the various wal" Fo
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instance, physicians had E,culapus philosophers
Hlppocraes, lawyers have their Ciceros and Vokos,
men evolved from his own brain nnaded such
great productions as Franklin, Who vas the most
| popular Journalist, the most renowned philosopher,
ihe most skl ana successful diplPmast and q,
think may add the most isslgsied statesman S ar OF
| Isaac NJ. Barley spoke for Our Country" and
had the company laughing all the time. lie said
that the Boston man spoke Of the snpeIonty OF ms
! city, the Chicago man usually referred 70 the HnD
in the past tense. while the New York man proudly
avowed that he was menber OF the STOCK Elk
! change proving upon his fellow beings.
"Chares AID Drab,e Dana" as the chairman re-
ferred to him. and the g maker OF Mayor and q
as rh OwarI bs Il neri
stood up 10 respond tor y ne fresS Ills IL part
of what be SAID:
Franklin was great writer and in the conception OF
that day he a journalist Of import ance HIS lab9rs
as a journalist principally more than anything else
gave him that public standing and position which pn o
the United States and enabled him render th>e dip
omac services which Will make MN I NO ia
know him Is d,fiernt sort o, per.otn nr hir
may be writer or he may not IL Is oetter ior mn
expressing his ideas in LANGUAGE that reaches the pup
| lie cal and remains In the public heart But m'
Franklin and the Journalists Of today is in the force
which these latter apply to- the public mss go for
greadt Qopans ei The greatness Of Franklin
shown I' in the ability with which he applied the re
foundations of the Nation and constructing It's p3lltl
cal power rPoH grounds 1has eould never anu
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Then came "Joe" Howard with his frolicsome
bumor and wirtv stories. His royal nlbbs,
here" he SAID referring to Mr.. Dana, who sat be-
,st and that am a mere worker CLaughter.l Now.
while l was running the gauntlet of dynamite
| in Chicago laughter, writing mp the Aparch
| lists how was our maes &c friend, with his
lofty CONSCIOUSNESS Of sef-importance laugh
teri. engaged 1 will tell you lie was i,s en-,
| aged probably with nv friend hewitt
drinking champagne, and reading over those un
published letters of Franklin llaughterl TO whlct
our friend Bgelow refers as having been crlC
,c,sed az OF doubtful nurity llaughterl and
which assuredlv would have n larger circuIa
ton, if printed. than even my. friend pam
would swear TO lloud laughter. although. thans
God the swearing is not in The sun Office but else
where" Continued laughter
The Rev Dr. Deems responded for "Literature'
| Mavor Hewitt for "rhe CITY of NewYork" amf
II. r. Rockwell, of Boston, Colonel Thomas W
Knox and C. H. Blakelv, of Chicago, had eaci
something to saw and said 1T well about II,
Publisher The Author" and The Typothet@
William j. Hill sang