Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-14
NEW YoRk's EXHIBITION OVER.
A Brilliant Banquet Winds Up thu
 Columbian Festivities.

 A Brilliant Banquet Winds Up che
 Columbian Festivities.
 NEW YoRK, Oct. 14-As If to justify Sydney Smiths witticism that every event, even an earthquake, must be cele- brated by the Anglo Saxon race by a banquet, even if they hunt place amid the ruins in which to dine, New York's celebration of the discovery of America was closed by banquet last night.
 The auditorium of the Lenox Lyceum, Fifty ninth street and Madison avenue, where the feast was held, is an ideal banquet hall. We'll proportioned and lofty, it's natural advantages were en- hanced by decorations and wonderfully artistic electric lighting to point of ex- ceed1ng beauty. The balconies were hung with hand-embroidered dssigns of the ancient armor of Italy and Spain on a background of crimson plush, inter spersed with United States shields and the colors of Italy and Spain. Among those who were present were nearly all the most notable persons in the Government of the United States, the Army and Navy, members of the foreign legations at Washington, Judges of the United States Supreme Court and of the higher State courts, Governors of several States of the Union, members of the City Government, the Board of Education, prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce, New York Stock Exchange, together with representative men from ali professions.
 The boxes and seats were all occupied and there were about 800 spectators in addition to the banqueters' The tables were decorated with flowers and smilax, and the walls were hung with flags, ban nerS and silk curtains.
 At the head table were seated Vice President Morton, Postmaster General Wanamaker, the Hon. William Sulzer, Congressman A. J. Cummings, Secretary Tracy, Gen. Horace Porter, Secretary Foster, Governor Flower, Mayor Grant, | ex- President Cleveland, the Hon. J. H. V. Arnold. and Commissioner Wahle. Others who were present were Senator Hill, General Schofield, General Ruggles, General Howard, Governor Bulkeley of | Connecticut, Governor Pattison of Penn sylvania, Governor Abbett of New Jer- sey, Rutherford B. Hayes and Governor Russell of Massachusetts.
 There was one empty chair at the table of honor. Chauncey Depew, who was to have acted as toastmaster, was absent. Mayor Grant supplied his place as best he could. MT. Depew's unexplained absence deprived the after dinner oratory of much !
 | At the close of the dinner at 10 D. m.. l Mayor Grant arose to propose the toasts. | The drinking of the Joasts was figura- lively only. The Mayor, after thanking all of the organizations who had contrib uted to make the Columbian Celebration a success, briefly proposed: "The Presi- dent of the United States" to which both Vice-President Morton and Secretary o1 State Foster responded.
 ! President Arnold of the Board of Alder ! men, responded to the toast "The City O. ! New York" MT. G. F. Wahle, jr., mad,
 lengthy response to the Columbus toas
 "America and it's Discoverer.
 Gov. Flower responded for the State O
 New York.
 Gen. Horace Porter, in proposing thu
 toast, American Patriotism" made on
 of his characteristic speeches.
 The "New York Legislature'' was re
 sponded to by Assemblyman Sulzer. \ Congressman Amos J. Cummings re
 sponded to the Congress of the United
 States'' in the absence of w. Bourke Cock
 ran.
 Ex- Senator Warner Miller spoke of tn
 Nicaragua Canal project as further de
 velopment of the great discovery of Co
 lumbus.
 Neither of the ex-Presidents of tn
 United States took any oratorial part il
 the proceedings, which, though pleasan
 enough, were somewhat tame and pro \ tracted