Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-29
INSURANCE MEN DINE.
The Fire Underwriters and Their Guests ut o
Banquet.

Banquet.
| BRILLIANT CATHERINE AT THE cocHnAS-soMr
DISTINGUISHED Guests AND AN ELABORATE
NESU-cHAIRMAS HKMPHILL STEAKS OF TIKI
DISTRICT AND coSGREss-oTusR ToAsTs.
The banquet hall of tho Cochran was the
scene of a distinguished and happy gathering
last night Ii was the occasion Of the seventh
| annual banquet of the Association of Fire
| Underwriters Of the District of Columbia. A
large number of the local insurance men, AZ
well rs \ big contingent from Philadelphia New
| York and Baltimore were present. Two i'm
| nense tables. reaching the entire length Of the
hall, lasieu with beautiful display of choice
! flowers and tempting viaIds, formed the CEN
ts- Of attraction for upward OF $50 guests. The
tora designs rsprescD ted various fire appii-
sucss. The company assembled shortly after s
o'clock III one Of the large reception rooms,
and, headed by COMMISSIONED Douglass and
Representative Hemphill. marched 10 tic de-
i;ghtfCl strains of The Dudes March" to the
] tanqustng hall
At the head OF the table sat the president o.
| the association, Mr.. Richard W. Tyler, while ut
| his left sat Chairman Heuphill of the House
| committee Oh the District, and on his right
Commissioner douglass.
BEsPoNDINa TO ToAsTs.
| After the discussion of the extensive menu
the toastmsster, Mr.. Simon Wolf, took the
floor. The first toast was to the President Of
the United States. Tho sentiment WAS
There is Chilly cir tonight, my lord;
warm them up"
| Mr. George c. Hszelton, the attorney for the
District, who responded, followed the course
| pursued by Artemus Ward In his lecture on the
Babes in the Wood, and only referred to the
executive IN his closing words saying the prssi-
den: needed no eulogy from him. He had, he
/ said. just made q ten-strike. Chile had al
| ready surrendered, and his administration has
been 50 clear that even his acts needed no in
| surance.
Whom the POSTMASTER introduced Repre-
sentative Hemphill, whom he characterized rs
the great and loyal friend OF the District, there
was much applause. Mr.. Hemphill said it WAS
| great undertaking for a man who had only
been married thirty days to be out at night. ct
| he made 1t = rule, with his wifes permission.
| to attend every entertainment given in the Dis
trlct to which he received an invitation. He
had great respect for insurance men and
thought they made more easy couscisnces than
any other class Of men. What the District
needed was an insurance bureau; a bureau to
wipe out the hocus pocus fellows and get the bad
| insurance men out. Whatever legislation is
needed, he said, the citizens of the Dis
| trict had o RICH. to call upon Congress
for. and for himself he stood
pledged to lend his best efforts to advance the
OF the DlsTlct lne people THIS
District he said were like orphans il q politi-
cal sense, for they had no one to take care of
them and no one to look to for protection.
Some one he said. had remarked in Congress
that the people OF the District grasping
lot, and that they were ill contented and con-
tinually pulling against each other. But this
he said, was not go, and even If it were they
would not be as bad as tie people OF Minneapo-
lis and ST. Paul.
Commissioner Douglass responded to the
toast The District of Columbia" the senti-
ment being Commissioned and engineered by
jolly good Fellows"
His remarks were bright and witty and he
was freq lently interrupted by applause.
While Capt Rossell had special toast to re-
spond to he nevertheless had TO make a speech
When he arose there was much applause
that II was some minutes before he allowed
to proceed.
THE association Of the middle department
was the toast looked after by Mr.. VIM. n.
hremer. and Col b. Lewis Blackford, the
nestor OF insurance men In the District, re-
sponded 20 Our agencies companies"
Our locals WAS responded to by Mr.. Sam
Cross, and Maj. Moore on behalf Of the fire
and police departments, responded to toast
having them In view.
Mr.. Max Cohen responded to ''The press"
and Our visitors" received q good response
from Mr.. Alfred 5. Gillett.
DIR. VIM. p Young read funny story that
was greatly appreciated.
evening tue preslCentreaO letters
OF regret from Senator Mcmillan. chairman OF
the Senate committee on the District; Com
missioner Ross and Alfred Rowell of Philadel-
phia. chairman of the Washington committee
OF the middle department of fire underwriters
GUESTS AND MEMBERS PRESENT.
The following visitors were present:
Representative j. ]. Hemphill. Commissioner
John W. Douglass, Engineer Commissioner
Rossell. George c. Hazelton, Alfred s. Gillett
Philadelphia; \. \. Stewart BROOKLYN; j. b.
kremer, New York; James NJ. Anderson, Balti-
more; ID. +. Markley. Reading, Pa: j. S. Cata-
mach. Philadelphia, and Charles +. Hawkins,
New York.
The local men present included: f. w. TYLER.
Watson +. Clark, Harry c. Birge, y. H. Smith,
Z. Quincy Smith, r. E. Frey Chas H. Flick
ling, A. II. Proctor, Dorsey Clagett. o. c.
Green, W. p. Boieler, Ralph l.. Gait, Jno.
Miller, G.. NJ. Enmerich, h. II. Bergman. Z.
g. Shafer, W. ID. Qum,er w. F. Thomas. W.
L. Hardness, Vim. A. Yesterday. E. W. Murphy,
DIR. W. j. Hoffman. j. Albert Duvall W. Clar-
ence Duvall, L. Janney Brown. L. H. Stabler.
Fred W. Pratt i. Lewis Blackford, Job Ksr
nard. Washington Danenhower, W. b. Baldwin.
VIM. E. II. Merritt, DIR. Richard s. Hill. j. l..
Heiskell, l.. kemp DLvall, Henry c. Stewart
jr., James NJ. Green, John +. McLeran, Sam
Cross, S Bieber, Henry semken, W. Ii. Hoeke,
son, Z. Is. Mohun, N. W. Burchell, Chas. f.
spare, A. NJ. Proctor. A. H. Mccormick. jr.,
Richard X. Tyler, Chas G. Warden, W.
Riley Decide. Meyer Cohen julius Lansburgh,
X. l.. Pairo, X. T. Bradley, ]. F. Batch
elder, Z. II. Underwood, J. L. Weaver, W. H.
Barnes. +. A. Carpenter, Thomas Knowles, J.
u. Yates. f. Nee. Jones' James F. Hood, G. NJ
FaRue, {. b. Jewell. JOHN Joy Edison. Thomas
j. West, I. 5. Roulette, J. A. Oliver, q. F. Ncr-
ment. NJ. A. Bai!inger, J. Il. Wight Noble u.
larner, Frank Hume. Arthur Copeland. Walter
5. Pratt, +. Ii. Barba-in, W. E. Abbott. Z. +.
Campbell. II. Couelard j. C. ErgooI r. A.
Walker, W. 5. Hoge, Francis Hufty, j. L. yogt,
ii. ". DOwlinges, ]. 7. Slayen. Kos. A. Fish,
William j. Dugan, ID. &. Digses. H. Z. X. Simp-
sen. John q. Slater. C. ". Balloch, r. e. Ruth
erford. s. off, c. q. RingwaIt, 4. C. Clark, Z.
\. Waters, j. l. Swormstedt, Max Cohen,
Frank p. Reside, Lem Towers, jr., William
Burke, j., NJ. Lo Roy Cough, A. NJ McLach-
len and Z. n. Waters
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