New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
GOSSIP IN THE CLUB WORLD.
POLITICAL. ACTIVTTY-NOTES ABOUT NARl-
OTS ORGANIZATIONS.

=, A., raior lat veor y to be surpassed this sum
mer and fan The first step In tbs drecuoh was '"0
mott IN carried at the February meeting uiat Il '
| roi,, committee Of fifty be appointed President
| James A. blanchard announced the mchDe's Vi ''''
| la, wool and fine committee will hold meeting to-
! morrow night The work OF promoting the canSe OIL
! the party will h. begun AT once ana VIII DC heP "P
with Increasing force and spirit untll "i'er c'o'u'
doy That the influence OF the club shall be as iai
reaching and powerful possible every clort Is D'ie
| inc made TO strengthen the membership As an hi
in thS MAN il Is proposed reduce the initiation rec
temporarily The present sum is 80. and the inquire
Will be lowered TO at least $50. ana perhaps 90 WI
| this year. In 1893 the fee will be fixed NJ the pres
emit amount again. The question OF no" great inc IL
ducon shall be is TO be settled ut the meeting OF Tue
club on the third Monday in April The club certainly
| offers tie most advantageous inducements even AT
| fine present Initiation fee The annual dues are Only
| So and for this members have the use OF com
! modious ana wclcquippcd clubhouse In d''''"Dc
part OF Frhavc.. with an excellent restaurant co'
| library and reading room. All Republicans WHO are
properly proposed and seconded are wcic me TO mem
bcrship and is hoped that several hundred new men
will Join the club before November. They can not
only gain pleasant club privileges for themselves but
! add strength 10 the party. The Republican tIlb Is
no, merely campaign Orgnnzation but Is active al
| the year around. II has committee on National
| affairs which watches legislation pending In Con
gress and one on city and state affair. wiicn Is
on the alert 10 protect tho rights Of dtl-
| GERS This latter committee prepares bills Tor
| submission to the Legislature examines measures
introduced at Albany, ard suggestions OF amend
ments 10 them made by 1t are often adopted 10
Carly on It's educational work the club month or
| two ago appointed q committee to arrange for Il
series OF lectures economic subjects by Professor
GEORGE CLINTON. This committee has invited the
| coopcraton Of the regular Republican assOclhhous
| throughout the city by asking ih-n to s"hd 10 ms
lecture, such are 10 be teachers or speakers
for the party this year. In consequence OF this eHor
about 100 men listened Ia Professor Guntons recent
address ~ the clubhouse James ~ lIahchafu 10
striving to make his administration president one
fruitful of good the party, aud he deserves The en-
| coura.cInemt and cooperation Of Republicans gen
| orally.
The new board Of managers Of the Manhattan Club
will organize ON the second Thursday In April and
elect the officers for The year. No opposition 10 the
re- election Of Frederic Il. Coudert TO the presidency
has manifested itself his victory at the meeting
| tbs month. The general opinion seems to BE- That
| he WIN certainly succeed himself for the board Is
the sane with the exception Of one man. That IL WIS
when he was chosen last year Friends Of Henry
D. Macdona. the only opposition catdidat" VINO was
successful. stu s,y that politics had nothing to do
with his defeating Edward Scholl. They say that Mr
! schcll was "A ,achcm in Tmmany before the young
Assistant District Attorney was born and that neither
one WI, more tho WigTam candidate than tine other
| Mr Macedonia has lots OF friends IN the Larchmont
Yacht and other clubs 10 when he bcl0hE' WIN "'c
also members Of the Manhattan and they worked aud
| voiri for him.
The Lotto, Climb makes Two bites Of a cherry by nav
ING IL, election and annual meeting on different nights
| Officers were chosen March ~. and the annual
meeting /, Ia be held Aprl {. ~ this the reports
Of the secretary and the treasurer VIII b. read
The annual meeting Of the insurance Club was held
! on Wcdnc.day and the following governor to serve
two Year,. elected without opposition: william
! J. swan f. X. Kennedy. West Pollock. Randolph
| Hurry H. g.. Alderman. Charles e. Little. charles VI
! Je..ip and DAVID V. swanson. All except the two
last named were reelected. Those governors whose
terms expire next year are James y. ,llyey Herbert
! l. Kcycs f.. Dwight. Ir. Warren sage. Wallace Peek
| 4 NJ Thorburn. " II. GrIius nnd j. J. Courtney.
These sixteen VIII mot TN, week and elect officers
u is probable tha, The old set VIII succeed ta'lf 1t
| consists III james \. Sllvcy. president. william }.
| swan. vice pc-ldcnt. William II. CrluS. secretary.
aud West Pollock. treasurer. At the annual III citing
| Mr slvcy announced that negotiations were being
| made for a line house for the club. 1t Is eN-
pcte-l that special meeting viii be- called In few
week, 10 ratifv the choice II The officers. The present
home Of the club No. 81 Ccdarst.. has already be
come too smnll. 40 rapidly has the membership grown
The house which Will probably be secured l. IN the
same ncghborhOpi. and j. great deal larger than the
present one. The lease No. 81 C'dar-st does not
,N pir for another but the club Will spend that
Zinc in decorating aud fitting mp the now place The
members propose To have clubhouse that VIII com
pare fnvorably with the quarters OF the Lawyers and
! downtown clubs. The membership j. now over 900
and the plan In to have accommodations for twice
| that number The present limit Is 80.
Tho Delta Kappa Epsilon Club has leased IT, house
| NO 40 Finhave.. for another year. although The
/ members had about made up their minds 10 move
The present clubhouse Is really too small for Abe In
| creased membership and when the owner wanted "a
| much higher rent than he had been receiving the
feeling in favor Of moving became nearly unanimous
II had almost been decided to take the house IN west
Forty second st. Just east Of the West Presbyterian
Church. when the owner OF No. 49, iinh-avc mudc
"a ronccsson. aud thus induced The club to remain in
! his place for another year AT least. What the club
| especially needs H. additional sleeping apartments
| Al present there only two large aud five eninll
ones. and these all occupied by permanent dodgers
The NONRESIDENT membership Is about as large as the
| resident 80 there is "a great demand for lodgings by
| men who only visiting the city. Now these
member, can never lind IN uuOccupcd bedroom. This
evil is 10 be lesscned little BY turning into sleeping
apartments the two meeting rooms used by the chap
tiers VI Columbia College and the College Of ihe city
of New York. The undergraduates are not members
Of the club. but the older men would
| net think Of making them find rooms
elsewhere were IL not unavoidable. Hitherto the
election ~ Objects has been held In May. but tile trs-
tees upon the recommendation made at the lat
annual meeting. have about decided to have IL In
| October hereafter The present board win therefore
| hold over until that time. The officers Irc,i-
dent senator Calvin briCe ylcy presidents, David
| Bennett King. John T.. Mum, NillEIn l.. Trenholm.
John BeNitt Warner aud Isaao .. Woodruff. recording
sccreaary, Henry y. TIM; ,pOnIug secretary,
James A. WOtton treasurer. prank :. Williams. Thc
trustees are Clarence ID. Ashley, George {. Austin,
Wnler swayne William L. Trenholm. iingh X. Car
den William II. Hamilton, William II. Leupp, James
! a. WOtton, Almon Goodwin. Alonzo 49, Hepburn.
| Ernest II. Linra, John T.. Mum aad John Dewitt
| Warner. At the lah meeting OF the committee tho
| following new members elected Charles ".
| DongLls J. :. Kcimard. ir, Oscar d. Weed sherman
D. Jcwet. jr.. and Robert u. Huntington, r. The
last named l. the famous Yale tennis player.
The convention Ui tile Psi TpslOn Fraternity will
be held this city this year. and the clubhouse Will
not lack visitors while tho gathering Ia In session.
Wednesday evening, April y, there Will BE- reception
to the visiting brethren nj the clubhouse. ON The FOL