The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
ONE MORE STRONG DINNER.
MosT OF THE SPEAKERS HAD
PLzTT ON THEIR MINDS.

Choate Buriesaues the Circ-iar 20 the
Co-rtry Editors, --d Irritstes the Dry
Good, Mes By wsuaering n They SIN
Fee the Poiiee-Parkhur-t warns the
Lezow Co--ittee-e--Depew On the
size OF the Presidential He.d-Coi.
strone Thi,k. ne VIII Have to Make HI.
No..Fsrti.anship Irciudo Tammany Mes.
Col. William l.. Strong dined last evening
with his fellow dry goods merchants, two hun
dred Of whom assembled In his honor In Del
monico's ball room. under the Presidency Of
Cornelius N. Bliss. There were several guests
from among the Committee Of Seventy and
their advisers. DR.. Parkhurst gave some
points TO the Mayorelect about filling the
municipal offices and governing the city. Jo-
seph II. Choate turned the barbs Of his wit
Enthusiastically beneath the cuticle OF his en-
tertainers and roundly drubbed the Hon. T. c.
Platt over the shoulders of Col. Strong. The
guest of the evening repeated the statement
that he was to be Mayor Of New York and to
conduct the administration on O non-partisan
basis
Dr. Parkhurst, who came in late, sat at the
left Of Mr.. Bliss, and among the dozen or fifteen
men at tho speakers table we're Joseph II.
Choate, DR.. Chauncey VI. Depew, Joseph La
rogue. Elihu Root, John Clafiin, Gen. Horace
Porter. Charles Stewart Smith. Samuel ID.
Babcock, and Rear Admiral Meade.
The diners sat down at : o'clock and shortly
before o Mr.. Bliss arose and made a little speech
OF congratulation to Col. Strong, the senior
member Of our guild" The company drank
Col. strong's health and cheered him. Then he
said:
II feel just a little as the old gentleman did
x.han la 70 m 0iyinu ayidanra in rourt and In
was a little at variance with a letter he bad
written ten or fifteen years before, and he said:
Gentlemen Of the jury. what is writ is writ:
but what l am telling you now is Gods truth
[Laughter.1 took the oath Of office to-day. l
have not yet advised with my legal friends. and
they are numerous, as you Larocaue.
Mr.. Beamen. Mr.. Hornblower. and Mr..
Root. IA voice, And Choato.1 These names
that 1 have mentioned belong to the
Committee Of seventy. have added to
Carter. because l wanted a little counter irrita-
tlon outside the Committee OF Seventy. and |
the election. and from what little talk / have
had with him. that he Is on my side; l haven't
S Sows. 'v wiah = al tf' tSsss lawyers lao Ssassf / think 1Hi / may IaSef fairly rs;
be said to have started IN the Mayors chair,
this subject l want to say that this, ticket was
tltCIeQ eutlTtlI On u nOH-DdTllsdh DdSlS ap-
plauss.l There is one gentleman, know, in this
room who didn't vote for me. He said to me one
day , rs Ssneny,, .,cSlOPSs .:, . So1lV .siI you 9S are elected .Ass
you COINS, 10 carry that outT I said; Yes, ! am
Well, them he said, while voted against you.
you for an ONCE, because, you know you are
going to be a non.partisan Mayor, tLapghter.l
right. .lApplause.l In talking to several Demo
cratic friends Of mine, who did vote for me, these
gentlemen eni s Ss..s to mel !, ' ,bs1 ws SIdn e root vote them s6p
you. they voted for tho Tammany tiger, and
you must clean them all out. Well, guess out
there are 40, 900 or 5000 very good men, and
we will have TO look after them and convert
with thine adversary quickly and the only way
70 do that, guess, Is 70 bring him into camp:
Tammany friends q little.
But gentlemen, this non-partisan question
Is considerable OF 2 question. It is easy enough
thought so, too, before election. and SO IL was
and Il isn't very hard work TO say it now. But
with $50 applications for once, nearly 800.
that that have got. T INK d az ySo sm know now there ars f, are
DENY 1enyos sstap u Now i how VI an nepp going to ( msKe
. fair distribution of the ten Offices at my
S Si,RS ONLY A% ssSsn or nse eIGh. fSG agR.is .mons
themp don't know what the Committee Of
Seventy will SAL, TO me when they come around
me. Idon't know what the Republican party
these two factions Of 1t, according to the news
Rassa't bssn in SV to see me s' Yet; Br"oShe ID hasn't
been in to see me: Plat hasn't been in to see
me o, H ,SIs Is pr; ps5khg Hs h the G naS hs sSns |n a.
sec me at all. Con. another one OF
the conspirators. has never said a word, TO
Held says he won't. and Pistt swesrs he won't.
S sS: sfSntls% Cf ih ! c cfly Of @p New ySYH cr ia' TO dry sig seG %s
the proper advice. Do YOU know believe we
s sSGie di eS' w fsSs s's shs ala q E " psmSepat Mayor i b sf
lieve that just exactly the arrangement that
was made from the COMMITTEES of Seventy, the
united friends OF all the anti-Tammany Orgapi-
cations, made 1t possible 20 elect q Republican
Mayor, and the principle no was elected on was
nicipal Government free from politics in every
way. Gentlemen, have you over called upon me
f Cries sH Sf aSS. ' hS!l d That n0 i 5sst y ETssp yaa m sSg
expect after the LIST day OF January. Renewed
.Gentlemen. the recollection Of this token OF
your respect and esteem will continue with me
while life lasts, and when my term Of 0ffice ex-
The merchants of the city OF New York il will
be all that ask this side OF the grave" Zap
: Mr. Choate took the dry goods men into camp
in a way which they were a little dubious about
spplsG nd n1E TffG e I'd. their Gssi !, With the pan.
in front of their stores. Then he had fun with
Mr.. Platt's letter TO the rural editors. He said
FOR the first time in my life l do wish from
the bottom OF my heart that had been born
anu Drcu IN the uFg RODus tTdue III the city OI |
New York. | only want To learn the good things
In the dry goods trade. | do not aspire 10 be-
come master OF the tricks OF the trade. have
to go up and down West Broadway
every day in the year, and there | see in front OF
Mr.. C%latlin's store and all up, the adjoining
streets the sidewalks perDetually encumbersd
with boxes and without any interference from
the police, and for one | would like 10 know how il
is done. Dr. P~Arkhurst there Is an ulcer which
your probe even has not pierced 10 the bottom.
lawyers, we clergymen, we railroad men,
have actually to find our way out in the gutter
in nr1aF IN rAalh OpF nRsliuRIiDn and vet IN
must be from some understanding between
the proprietors and the Captains Of policel we
have no remedy.
An embarrassed silence fell upon most Of the
company. aud In different parts of the hall
voices said That's enough, ChOate; that's
far enough"
) plan by which the Mayor elect could save his
voice and at the same time let people know
how good he was. Turning to the diners again
and pointing TO Mr.. Strong, he said:
." would advise him to write or have written
for him at length and with fulness ~ detail
his autobiography, and then to send IL with a
note to all the newspapers in the
state, with a modest request that II they cannot