New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-08


at the time They occurred on the occasion OF the
visit last year Of the Russian feet to the harbor OF
New-York when the commander n-chief OF the
naval forces of the great White Car said;
"Mr Campbell. heard the name of Your Excel
lency mentioned more than one occasion at Inc
Winter Palace in St Petersburg.
This memorable interview took place IN the Lower
Bay when the Russian officers were on their way
down TO Manhattan Beach as the guests of the city
Of New-York Tim" has been reading up ever
since with the result that anything in which Rus-
sia is Interested has found in the Congressman
warm admirer.
Tim had his annual excursion yesterday TO Col
lege Point and when Tribune reporter reminded
him Of these great incidents in his career ne
blushed deeply. A lot OF "his people were aronhi
him when the Laura NJ. Starn. which he had
chartered, pulled along. besides big barge full OF
people.
You see" said the Congressman that we nave
many men of many lands among our sympathizers;
but the ensemble. so to speak is known a..
over the East Side as the oriental Ciuo' anu "'h
you will put that down.
his NIBBs" AN HONORARY MEMBER.
"Why Grover knows It by that name. 100
chimed IN BILLY Geoghegan. the poet.
quite right" said Mr.. Campbell; Il had forgotten
that his nibbs in Washington is an honorary MEM
ber"
when / was In Paris. last year, said the re-
porter turning from the poet 10 the statesman Al
m,ral Avelan who was in charge Of the RUSSIAN
feet during the French festivities said mat MS
brother Admiral Kaznakor had mentioned your
name but that he was surprised about you oe'"S
called Tim :"
MY goodness" Tim said in surprise.
81 think the reporter is right" said William Nc
Laughlin They never use diminutives In the
House of Commons, for instance" s,,,
That's true" responded DRY Dollar sullivan an
81 never heard the term Billy Gladstone for
iii admit the truth of that" .p..
By NV ss ss to the henrG frequently
my friend Lord Randolph Churchill referred to as
When the boat got under way there were songs s
and dances: aye, and even beer Beer Is not the
rule; but rim" said that the reason for this was was
that it wouldn't look tie thing ,n TO be sard linen
walt though" he sScaned un, ds h9 T thn b e
PRESSED pHs ei' Mr. campbels hand, upon whcA there
was. a cold perspiraton. and vowed that 'hey
The Congressman,s baby was in evidence and
so was Mrs Campbell Even these two factors .;
many politicians who have been on hand on former
ana The By maRr
persons than at any time formerly 49,. Outlaw
tai Club and they ali worked hard and didn't
drink even beer until everybody else had got on
the outside OF much Of that beverage as was
provided ca%P0ed BFesden W hdGphn SaS
Bernstein Bse fgnatus j. Campbell secretaries Alfred
arms Board OF Managers-Parck Connolly John
f. Campbell. Thomas McCabe. Thomas Dowd'
William ~ Walsh. Ignatz Kaufman. Ernst Rus
kow William Alt. William Ward, Adoph Freifed.
Philip Hest Charles Gotthelf. Committee of Ar
rangements-William Ward. chairman Patrick
Connolly, William n Walsh. Frank A. Spencer.
William Alt. Philip Hest Ignatus j. Campbell.
Alfred Nugent, Ernst Ruskow, Henry j. Bern
stein.
The true measure of mans greatness Is what
his neighbors think OF him; and when the
statesmen who present got up to speak at
the dinner everybody listened. Tim himself led
of but the rattle OF plates and things. the scream
ing Of children and the sound Of 800 voices all
made II impossible to hear one word. His last
words however audible enough and referred
to the war in the East. This is the Oriental
feel interested in an Oriental war? The JaEs are
iim-dandys They will whip the heather Chinee.
an don't you forget it As Mr. Campbell sat
down he was greeted with round upon round OF
cheering Some other men made speeches In
which reference made TO Mr. Campbells
head and heart" the reason why his name
had survived. while the names Of many other
men Of National reputation have been long since
forgotten . co.,
came back to their beloved NewYork.