New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-17
JOyIAL NEWSPAPER MEN.
HUNDREDS AT THEIR ANNUAL FEAST


"','Nu 10 v,s recently elected president OF
,h, o,n, There was a large and representative
,..a,oa 81 men more or less directly connected
t., ..ooner work For obvious reasons, taui
r.. ,ho 6rst vice-president of the CLUB, was not
nrcsent: and in his absence Ashley W. ooie' INC
second vice-president, presided. Oh ms flsn' ""'
the r,Iest of the evening, ana on MS lei' "o>'i
ain There were also at his table Chauncey M
Dcncw. General W. I. Sherman, eX-Nlayor W. H.
Grace Congressman Amos D. Cummings eA-Oon
rrc.sman Roswell =. Flower eX-Congr ssulan
non;el Doucherty. Charles H. Taylor, of Boston;
ey-Judcc Henry Hilton, Colonel Alexander IL.
Mcclure. of Philadelphia, and eX-Postmaster Cen
eIal Frank Hatton.
Among those vino sent their regrets were Presi-
lent Cleveland. Mayor Hewitt, R0coe Conkl'hs'
Tie Rev Dr. 1almage and Max OReL WINE
the dinner in progress member OF the ciuo
took an instantaneous photograph OF the seem,
which VIII form interesting souvenir Vi ''io
occasion. ~, ., +bo
ASHLEY Coles Introductory address from tne
ch2ir was brief and to the point HIS eNpfeS S'
of The hope th5t by ana ss indorscd by loud
app,ausc Colonel CocSerN IN responding TO Ine
toast Of the evening spoke encouragihev VI
American Journalism and its future
GOVERNOR HILL PREPERs TO FOLLOW MR. DEPfw.
Tbc chairman announced that Governor HUI
prefcrred 10 speak to the State of New-lork after
Cbauncev Depew had spoken about The United
States ~ as no considered the latter tie more i'm
rortant Accordingly Mr. nepew arose, amid
long and loud cheers and said:
suppose that bouleversng laurhterl this programme
there n something behind high personal compliment to
rset uaurher1 have noticed in the Tournament which
has been this winter iaushter without expeh'o'o
~ pres. Mayor Hewitt and myself that the MAYOR
took the opportunity OF his Official Situation to get IN
LAST anohter1 and already feel the knife Of the
haver ianghter that the able and astute
Covern,r OF this State means to get cutcle
hfnOf on
compel after his reputation OF O'nqnet'
to ATTEND this daughter and to leave the
Republican Legislature up there unmatched laughter whle
he came feast.
Ru that he has arranged that 40 that no pos
sibs bnrm can come Administration laughterl be-
cause he lowers and raises the Assembly celnhg a.
he likes and by holding the hr'hi'oc'u'a
string the Legislature from Albany TOT week
augh,er1 That Thar he INTENDS
at tho next as clam upon the popular
outrage lLaughterl I weuld stand here tonight as no
Zen Ter Of the daughter All these charges that
are made pubc aFanss him Will rebound to ms creo'
When the enemy he has musical clocks In 'he
ubernatoral mansion 0aughcrl gentleman VINO mas not
the family which keeps tho rest of us awake
OF night laughter entitled TO have the State give hin
that consolation. Much laughterl
CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
No body Int the Press NewYok. body OF mon
in the United states organization could have denudsd
tie political fold by calling TO Its festive o"ard SO
many loading candidates for the Presidency Laughter
Here on eide ia Governor Hill and Roswell
Flower llAughter and on tie fepuOHoan suo
General Sherman myself tLausherl
Gentlemen. that is all there /" OF It, lLsugh'erI
and you have than that There was Phl''e-
milan nanehterl NEST the knights OF the
tongue OF eioquence who coming TO reside III
NewYo.k distinguished his first advent by at
tempting 10 stake out the limitations VI
the Metropolitan press tlanghteEJ eau
I TO him. Dongherty you here for to-nightF
ILaughter1 Said he Unconditional surrender" Laugh
teri
WORD FOR THE INTERVIEWER.
newspaper said to me many years ago. III
Won ever have occasion to talk 10 newspaper
men don't crate they won't stand It," Laughter But
popularity The chairman ofyour committee said
to tonight there 20 newspaper men within this
branch VI the press and said 70 MIN
thought already heard the mutteng OF Gaorers initial
trump Laughter This the first time have ever been
interviewed You all at laughter and 1t presents
opportunity dong my own taking VI Do"s
ruined morning by your views Laughter Bnt
will say this interviewer and have met him Later az
night people ausher that as rule he Is inc
most useful member OF society Laugh
ter and cheers Without him we never would knew what
public mon think and what their real Vows are
aud he sent out like the captain OF
foragng party with an Invading army he Is not
the He has got 70 gather something OF De
dscrsted headq and rule is and have found
1t an exceedingly safe and comment 1t To my ieow as
plrants Presidency tlaug tor]be perfect frank
Governor. and tell them all you know Laughter anu
cbeers gentlemen have accomplished one thing in TINS
which be deprecated You often hear 1t SAID mat
there is who does his own thinking Ihere
q period the primitive conduOh OF 'nis
localit5 did their own thnkiLG
ii may poor kind OF thinking 1t may have
inadequate ami distracted results but new
ertheess IL was their own.
venture predict aud prove 1t If necessary
that OF the two million inhabitants OF this town
not 300 think at all They talk about
business understand They talk about the things
about their family about their church. about their
minister but it is all SHOP 1t has not In 1t
single single ogination Of their own They have
lost powor OF gna Thought because you DO IL ior
them
Yon can take the American people and divide them
into four knds-those who beong 10 great organiza
10 them. right wrong; those who be-
long to particular organization that wants to mplant
particular would do IL II ruined the universe
those ther Independence consists
aagrcsng with everybody. and those who are Mug
wumps whose distinguishing characteristic 10 that they
belong TO party and vote with the Much ausn'e
GOVERNOR HILL HAS HIS TURN.
Mr. Depew pointed out that each of these
classes had a newspaper that not merely repre-
scented it, but led its opinions and, in fact, did its
thinking In concluding he referred in terms Of
high compliment to the guest Of the evening.
Governor Hill, in responding for the State OF
Ncw-York,' attempted as Mr.. Depew had pre-
deted TO get beneath the cuticle of the president
OF the Ncw-iork Central. He limited that Mr.
Dcpow was responsible for the condition Of the
ceiling of the Assembly Chamber, because after
he had last winter delivered three deckered
occasions splendid and grand orations IN the
Assembly Chamber, the ceiling cracked. Much
laughter
The other toasts and speakers were
The Press" Daniel Dougherty; " The Army
and Navy" General w. r. Sherman; Our
Friends" Roswell p Flower; Journalism from
a Brotherly Love Standpoint" Alexander X. Nc
Clure: Congress and Journalism" Amos J. Cum
mings; Metropolitan Journalism" William l..
Brown The Man who Tells Stories" Alfred r.
Calhoun: The New-England Press" Charles II.
Taylor; " Wild Western Journalism Frank Hat