New-York tribune., 1890-01-18
HONORING BENJAMIY FRANKLIN
BRILLIANT ANNUAL DINNER OF THE NEW
YORK TYPOTHETAE.

Wit ard wine. alike sparkling and enllVcnlhe,
flowed with unstintcd freedom last night al tic audi
dinner of the TypOthctae of New-1oFk AT inc iS'o.
brunswick. in Commcmoration Of the birthday OF
benjamin Franklin. 1t a brilliant company anu
among those who sat at the tables were W. t. Martin
the president Colonel II. !. Rockwell isaac ~
Bailey. J. : Cushing. Thomas W. Knox Frederick
Taylor william J. 1ill. NJ Il. Walter Theodore L.
De Ninnc, Dr. J. ". Buckley, ~ ID. l. hahuoipH'
william /. Brown. Joseph Howard, ir' Douglas
Taylor T.. L. Kellogg. L. Mddleditch' l. }. Mluuie
ditch, Richard Watson Glider, Hazcidihe hai1I'on'
John F. Baldwin. Hatch Gibson, Orvilie odde. IT,
d. s. De Vnne T. H. Bierstadt, J. b. stitwell' Z. NJ
Russell Horace Holden, Major williamson >. W.
Whean. NJ. ". IIalscy, IL. ). Neoer'
c. f. Bogert. Major J. NJ. Bundy' j. e.
Rankin jr. F. W. voorhees,, T. 5. De None'
J. Il. Thompson, W. W. Farmer a. b. Tnrnure, An
drew Little. Walter Gils, F. D. Harmon, W. b. Ihorr
/. d. Gason. Daniel Pritchard, y. C. Appleton
+. d. Appleton, W. c. Rogers. f. 4. hlnger' W. IT,
Munro, L. sherwood, Homer Lee, II. G. Polhemus
+. j. Atkins. \. II. Scribner, :. W. Marvin W. -
spcman j. J. Little, Samuel Crump H. H. smith,
J. b. Walker. c. f. Newton, NJ L. Brown W. ''
Kenny, W. H. Van Allen q. Il. kelso' j. NJ Fc'cfS
L. Parle CODY. James \. Rogers.
President Martin in his opening address gave
brief sketch Of Franklin, and said that IL was em
ncntly fitting that an association Of printers shouh
honor his memory. Franklin he sald' hau s'cP pS
step aSCcndcd the ladder that 1cdchcu L" 'V 'N"P'
Of fame. where his name would rcmaiS Inscribed
through countless generations. At the close OF MS
address Mr.. Martin called upon the Rev Dr. D. NJ
Buckley, Editor Of The Christian Advocate 10 IT.
spond to the toast Of Franklin"
Dr. Buckley told how his grandfather had maze Nun
read. in hi, early boyhood. several large volumes oi
biographies Of Benjamin Franklin. This had give"
him vast deal of knowledge about Franklin winch he
had never had an opportunity to display until thi'
iu klCHhfU
Golden had told the speaker that Franklin was the
greatest man that America ever produced
In fact, Dr. Buckley said, there had been
few Americans Who in any degree rescmDed
Franklin. Franklin was a printer, 80 was Horace
Greeley: Franklin lad strong desire ior advance
mcmt % lad Greeley. but there were imporan, po,l,
Of difference beyond these simllaritcs hFcclcy han
NOT the Scii control possessed 10y Franklin fIdhAl'i
Abraham Lincoln. Ds. Buckley thought had more OK
IfYnkiu's attublt", than any other American h"li
had the sam" determination 10 rise anu t"c sdllto
power Of Illustration hy the use OF anetdo'c-, tIahh
ln'~ idea OF good speech was wien You nav sdl'.
an that YOU have 10 -iysop.' Here the speaker sAl
down. amid storm of cheers called forth III part by
/ Al- appropriate closing. .,
". 10. NcElUy responded 10 The toast OF Inc
Pre- in the course of his remarks, declaring lat
the newspaper ~ today was the greatest uploIu'r
/ OF Republican Institutions. .
Joseph Howard. lr., made one of ms clafao nc
sDrcchc- ppu-e % the toast OF The JouraI,t Oh
the Future and in the course II ms remarks tooA
o.cu-Or f. "poAc fun at every body ana every INN
an % which kept the company laughing hchtf'
O'ler toast were responded T. hy Colonel IA0Hl,
". Knox. Isaac y. Bailey. Colonel H. l. Roo hwcll
and Colonel Vs. l.. Brown. and au original OCc 10 TIC
| IylOtlct1c, was sung by ". y. llll