New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-07
TRIBUTES TO ST. NICHOLAS.
ANIMAL DINNER OF THE DESCENDANTS
OF THE DUTCHMEN

MILES AMONG THE SPEAKERS.
How would it be If all the things which happen
day in and day out, and in which you take such
lively interest, were suddenly to cease-the enorm-
GUS machinery of the NewYork Central and all
included with fits $4,000 employees?
'Probably;" said he 81 should die rather sooner
than | otherwise would
cor perhaps suffer from insomnia, suggested
bystander
.Oh" said he lightly. Il do not see that insomnia
Is a terrible afiiction when properly handleu'
For instance, one always gets rid OF insomnia by
sleeping IL off" and laurhing heartily. he led the
way into the dnner-room and took the seat at Inc
head OF the table which he was entitled as
president of the society
II was Chauncey NJ. Depew who said these things,
and the place was of the ante-rooms oil DEL
monico's where he and about two hundred other
persons were awaiting the annual dinner OF inc 81
Nicholas Society. 1t was an interesting gather"he'
and TO stand in the orchestra. many of the mem
bers did and look down there was presented
scene which anybody might contemplate win pleas
IRE Behind Mr. Depew the flag OF the society
and tastefullv arranged on each side of 1t was the
good old standard of the Republic. staining pe-
meath the flag negro with folded arms Iooh-
ing solemn as an OWL and dressed in the rather al
tractive uniform that was familiar IN the ua!s VI
the Revolution. There were In all eight OF '"eSe
negroes and they made picturesque fringe 10 'he
scene as they stood around the room al regular III
MIR. cHoATE PUTS OUT FIRE.
Mr. Choate put out a fire. 1t wasn't the hre OF
ANYBODY else's eloquence, not even Mr Dope" =
mr., an actual fire one of the variegated orna-
ments surrounding the lights at the guests taole
began suddenly to blaze up ana the great au'oVa'e
calmly arose and put 1t out
Tho tables were arranged differently from what
&c usually the plan at these public dinners Ihey
were distributed around the room, twenty-four OF
sbem and eight persons sat at each one Al a
given signal Of the negroes marched in' bearing
aloft a cock. the emblem of the society anu 'ne
Identical which was presented 10 IL pE WASH
ington Irving The of Ham was followed ny
The stewards who marched two deep to the guests
table where the precious relic was deposited IN
front of Mr. Depew. The genial president, VINO
looked like potentate with his Continental nat
took the cock and with who-is-alraio' iooh
turned it toward the company amid laughter
And the band played.
Elihu Root was seated next to John ID. Crimmins,
and conversed cordially with that Tammany mag
nate as he pulled through of the long pipes that
were given away souvenirs.
OTHERS AT THE GUESTS TABLE.
On the right OF the chairman sat Thomas Nelson
Page and on his left Dean Hoffman The others
at the guests table Joseph II. Choate Seth
Low president of Columbia College; Commanuaht
Montgomery Scard OF the Navy Yard; General
Nelson A. Miles. General Alexander 5. Webb John
SCHUYLER representing the Society of the Cincin-
natl: George A. Morrison, Of St Andrews so
ciety: H. a. Saunderson. of ST Georges 90
ciety William James. st. Davd's Society john H.
Crimmins ST. Patrick's Society Elihu Root New
England Society Warner Van Norden. Holland So
ciey. and Frederick j. De Peyster. of the Colonial
Society F. Van Rensselaer, escorted Mr. Depew 10
his seat and among the others present were Ia
ward Livingston. Henry c. Swords. secretary OF
the stewards OF the St Nicholas Society Nlliam
Carpenter, George Austin Morrison. Edward King
Jacob T. van Wyck. Armin Frtze Edward T.
Haight Clarence Andrews. D. NJ. Kellogg. Albert
Tilt Dr. Edward Quintard, Charles H. Stout.
Abram Van Santvoord, W. L. Skidmore, Austen
G. Fox. Courtlandt l.. Van Rensselaer,. f. De Pey-
ster Julien T. Davies. William G.. Davies. = FISH,
DR. Henry S Norris. Arthur Burtis j. Hooker
Hamersley, Henry :. ROkenbaugh. DR.. NJ h. we'd
der.
There sat AT the table of j. Seaver Page. as his
guests William Rathbone Bacon. George a. Meyer,
T. ~ Ely. Arthur +. Bowers, Frederick w. Devoe
and O. p. Smith.
T. ~ Taller had as guests at his table e. >
Gieed OF Topeka: Joseph Walker. Judge Wallace
W. T. smith Colonel Bryan, of Chicago; Seth r.
Miken, Edward r.. Merritt, y. q. Ingram ana
+. J. Dieter.
Dean Hoffman said grace. and when that stage
OF the dinner arrived at which everybody was feel
ing good Mr. Depew arose and made speech that
was gay and grave, witty and serious
MR. DEPEw'S SPEECH.
He said in part:
The president returns thanks 10 the members Of
the society for having placed him in the most OK
allied position which an American citizen can oc
cupy 0.aughter) New-York IS the chief city Of
the Union and the metropolis OF me "ss's ,ba
Hemisphere and the st. NlGhola1 S ,in rs on
the presidency OF the St Nicholas Society; all other
Presdencies sink into insigneanee or
did. They here forty wears in power ana IN
stiiutons Of this island and upon the future OF
this city which has made it what 1t Is tAppause }
fhe
premacy They gave to it the genius OF financial
hI and strength ri w ana ' enas f' all
who come here TO do the best they can. and TO
b o g hs Wa4 to NhGn seey '0"u never ~ "
And so it comes that the speech of your presi,
message but 1T must never be so long d.aughter
Its are not go
1t has no P6sy to s for
eigners continue friendly daughter; or in the
words OF that glorious old nero and Malaprop
ZsShsry day bs rest Of Are oa a of
laughtcr)
After humorous references 10 all the other so
cieties whose presidents were on hand Mr.. Depew
continued:
The earth and The fitness thereof and he thinks
me man has hat bS a~ ust been elected GoVSrno and
the man that has been elected Mayor. Npplausc j
other nationalities are satisfied with the cond
ton Of things ns even his na
Unity, for ne has recently captured Russia
U.aughterD
A KINDERGARTEN FOR POLITICIANS.
We have held this city for forty years, as said
before and then passed it over, believing that New
York was destined to he sort of kindergarten for
the education of the future politicians OF the coun-
try Uaughter) We felt that we should make sac
rifices and willing do II. we allowed the
English TO govern and then We let in the German
and then we let in the Irish believing that the
method of rotation in office would continue on as
Heretofore but II seems We didn't understand the
Irish. O2oars of laughter) Now we have let in the
Yankee and after experimenting "A while with him
WEST l4Th ST.
Iafd &nTln. 1907