New-York tribune., 1893-11-24

BRILLIANT DINNER OF THE NEWlORk
ASSOCIATION At DELMONICO'S.

ASSOCIATION At DELMONICO'S.
TWO HUNDRED MEN TURN OUT FOR TIE NINE
TENTH YEARLY GATHERING-MANY PRoMI-
yryT GUESTS ELOQUENT SPEECHES
GRAVE AND GAY. THE ORDER
OF THE EVENING.
last evening for the nineteenth time tine New
VII Jewellers Association enjoyed its annua
s,rner The big dining hall Of Delmonico's was the
.cene and there were about 200 covers for the MEM
hers and invited guests. The menu-card co"
s,s,ed of an oblong leaflet of six pages III
cardboard cover. the upper right-hahd CORNER
which was represented turned down and fas'eheu
with a brilliant stone. On the first page OF tH'
cover was a hand painted design with the name
of the person entitled to It engrossed beneath the
nic,ure These distributed with special reie'-
epce in the allotment of the design to the most
conspicuous characteristic of the person recei'hs'
Much amusement was thus created at the begin
ming of the feast by review Of the designs.
The table OF honor extended along the west sac
of the room and at II seated: Presioeht
Joseph B. Bowden, and on his right ana iel''
Judge-elect Edward T. Bartlett Noah DAVIS hhhu
Foot. District Attorney James w. Rdgway Oh
Kings County: the Rcv George X. Van De Water
Charles L. Tiffany. Frederic Taylor. DAVID T.
Dodd August Oppenheimer and Herbert ketcham'
Seated at the ends of the six lower tables were
Vice President Ludwig Nssen. W H. Jones'
George c. White. f. f. Wood William K Aiing
David C. Townsend. VI. L. Bowden' aired H.
Smith, John c. Mount, H. Carter. p 7. Tunison
and Hayden H. Butts. Some Of the others present
were: +. Wolcott Jackson David Dodd' W. j.
Carter, the Rev F. W. Brown, Frank +. Nay
William Porter George W Washnrn nrsr',s James e
Hanse, F. y. Hendrlcksoa, George W. Reau ana
T. +. Fessenden.
EIInU ROOTS CLEVER sALIIfs.
Rarely at any annual dinner are such Interesting
speeches heard as those delivered last evening by
Ehu Root responding for "Our Country; by
Judge-elect Edward T. Bartlett. VINO spoke to The
Judiciary: by Frederic Tayor. who talked of
"New-York City: by District-Attorney Ridgway.
who responded TO the toast. "Our Guests: by ex-
Judge Noah Davis, whose theme was "Auld M Lang
ho dsted dne on Tf ,he merits and chars of he
ladies' by Herbert ketcham who treated OF The
fany. who received an ovation when he was unek-
pectedly called to his feet. and the Rev. DR.. J. W.
BrowI who was also required to say something
from lower table. at which he was quietly seated.
he arose he announced tha, Judge Davis had asked
him whether the toast Our Country" included
rood Of land whether within or without the circle
Of the ocean, where men are seeking freedom
ours Is a land" the speaker said, where has
and one in. which every man is most favored By
heaven in fnding his true place We often forget
messed. this month. the power Of the people to
give effect TO their BELIEF at the polls. and the in.
ciccnt the most encouraging Illustration OF
the successful working Of political system and
selves which has occurred in quarter Of cen
tury."
ENTHUs!AsM FOR JUDGE BARTLETT.
When Judge Bartlett there a tremen
dous oUtburst of applause. The speaker said hui
morously that he had been assured when invited
to speak that he had been nominated and elected
hoe Law. h. ,o1 1aa Tho of
tho Jewellers Association. and therefore it
hs duty to come now. as he had done for many
Sdng he ss W. 70 IN. annual ns nnt hn, m 1n or
Of particular party. but as citizens Of a great
,ons Of policy we are all laborng for , one result
H. ne good OF our COUNTRY While many
factor is more important than =. pure. in
elligent. ndecendent. courageous Judiciary. The !
judiciary Is the last refug. OF oppressed people
The final asylum OF liberty, and the highest func-
those principles of the fundamental law upon which
i st THIS structure which We call government. In !
repository Of ali political power CONSTITUTIONS.
laws, the forms of legislative. executive anu judi
and the evidence OF their power The people regard
those set is above them no; as masters. but as
hem. and 1t is the salvation of Republcansm that
sleers under ho shadows Of our institutions to be
invoked az times by the people through the bal !
lot PROLONGED applause.
Frederic Taylor made one Of his characteristic
speeches In response to the toast "New-York City" |
tttFiSMillS cosmopolitan features or the metro
polls. he introduced all manner of dialect repre-
senfing the Irishnan. Englishman, Frenchnan. |
Italian and Chnaman. keeping the audience In a
constant roar Of laughter for more than twenty |
minutes when he suddenly changed his remarks |
20 an eloquent and stirring tribute 10 the city its
influence upon the country, and to the forces which
entering orr gates in the person OF immigrants
from other lands. had been distributed throughout
all our territory, and were silently creating from
generation 10 generation newer and stronger
race
THE DINERS ALL ~ WITTY HUMOR
syne. reminded his hearers that from the first to
the nineteenth dinner given annually by the as
socatio2 he had been gucs;. He turned TO good
account his tex: Should Aud Acquaintance Be
NorCot?' by referring TO the ancestry of Judge /
Bartlett ana said the principles which Josiah Bart
lett represented a signer OF the Declaration OF
independence should not be forgotten by the ,,h
dren Of he men who represented the same prn-
c.ples to-day. He congratulated the people of New
fc"k, and NewJersey az well for their deliverancc
from the political danger which threatened both
The speech of Mr.. Rldgway OF "Our Guests" wss
n an excellent and non-partlss3 temper. Dr. Van
Dc Waters tribute to "The Ladies" was in his
best style. and Herber. Ketcham SPOKE admirably
on The Social Side OF Commercial Life" Alto |
gether the dinner characterized one of the
best. If not the best In the history OF the assoca-
ton.