New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
AMONG THE CLUB-HOUSES.
IT WAS A TASsETT wEEK-TIE UNION LEAGUE
GETTING TO WORK.

GETTING TO WORK.
II there is any Philip Hone or other curious per
son in Brooklyn who keeps diary OF social happenings
he ought to devote several pages OF his journal 10
accounts of ls weeks dOings in Brooklyn Clubs ana
in bright red ink head the story "Fassett week.
That savOrs Of politics, but what is he going to 90
when clubs and politics become inextrcably mixed
up and clubmen without distinction Of opinion begin 70
turn themselves into political workers in their en-
thuslasm over candidate for Ofcc7 The Union
League started the ball rolling, but the Montauk and
Lincoln, two nOn-polltical bodies, caught the en-
thusiasm. No one in Brooklyn now needs 10 be told
the reception accorded to senator Fassctt Mr. Vroo-
man and Mr. COvin at the Union League and Mon
tauk clubs on Wednesday evening Everybody who
was present at either house that evening entsias-
tic in praise Of the good management of the officers
and the beauty Of the houses. After the crowd had
gone away from the Union League number of men
gathered upstairs and sent for Mr.. Wilson. When no
arrived he received most enthusiastic reception and
was heartily compnmented for the work he had done
in making the affair success.
The Union League is admirably following ont its plan
of devotng itself TO political festivities until after cleo
ton.
The brilliant reception at the Lincoln Club last
evening will be found fully described in another
column of today's ISSUE Eugene IT. Berri. as well
as Charles S. Wilbur and Herbert T. Ketcham, the
president Of the club deserve great credit for their
peculiarly graceful act of recognition to whose
character is above partisan attack for the Lincoln
Club IS a purely social organization and takes no
part in political contests.
The Union League Club will begin its preparations
to insure the registration Of every Republican in
Brooklyn during the coming week. President Wilson
has invited a number of prominent Republicans. in
Guiding General Stewart L. WOodfod, W. W. Goodrich,
W. II. Williams, Darwin r.. James, and President
Scheren, Of the Young Republican Club, to dine with
him and TO discuss methods Of securing registration
1t IS probable that the plan hitherto successfully
followed by the Union League in the Twenty second
and Twenty thlrd Wards will be adOrted by the
Young Republican Club and with tie encouragement
Of the General Committee put In operation throughout
tho city, with the help Of the ward organizations.
At a meeting of the Union League Club, held on
Thursday evening. Mr.. Nugent, the treasurer.
ported balance of about 81 500 in the general fund
and $500 in the sinking fund. The club
will begin to pay OIL its bonded debt in
January a special Committee on Lltenry Ex-
crcseS consisting OF H. u. Calvert Horace F. Dresser,
Benjamin T. Blair, II. NJ Hay Nelson j. Gates, H. b.
starr and John W. Harmon appointed to consider
the question of inviting specialists to address the club
on the plan already outlined in The Tribune. resOu-
ton was adopted thanking President Wilson for tho
conception and execution Of the reception TO Senator
Fassett on Wednesday evening.
The Inter-Club Bowling League organized on
Tuesday evening. ID. Thomas WHO, OF the Carlton
Club elected president, A. D.. Warner. OF the
Club was elected president; a. d. Warner. of the
Carlton secretary and +. VI. Webster OF the Knicer-
booker Field Club treasurer. The league includes the
oxford, Lincoln, Hanover Union League. Carlton and
Kncl1erbocker Field clubs and the Wildwood Club, OF
Fatbush. Each club has two delegates in the League
and the Executive Committee consists OF one member
from each club. The first bowling contest will take
place on october 10. Twenty eight games will be
rolled during the season. two games being played at
each meeting
There was time when the Brooklyn Club was called
the judges club but the Hamilton Club 10 have
been successfully wooing brooklyn judges recently.
Justices Pratt Bartlett and Cullen, well Surrogate
Abbott, are said TO have fallen into the habit OF
flequentlng the Hamilton Club recently. Some
have attributed this partial desertOn OF the Brooklyn
on the part Of the judiciary t. desire their part
TO escape from the Democratic politicians who mako
the Brooklyn their headquarters and 20 have quiet
and digmiied place in which u rest ara dine.
The work of rcdecoratIng the parOr, OF the oxford
Club is not yet finished, and the stu boarded
M but they will soon be thrown open, and those who
have seen them say that the members viii be greatly
Dleased with the result At special meeting OF the
governing committee Of the Algonquin Club held on
Thursday night for the purpose OF taking action the
death OF the former vice president, James Watt rso
utlOns expressive Of the high esteem and regard In
which Dr. Watt held, We're passed and n copy OF
the resolution ordered 10 be engrOssed and sent
IN the family OF the dead member. President r..
Harpcr Laimbeer ir. who has returned from trip 10
Fort Point and Bar EarbOr. says the club is recruiting
rapldly n dozen propositions for membership having
heen made I'm the last weeks, I'm addition 10 the
twelve new members admitted in August