Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-28
DINNER TO MARLBOROUGH
His Grace n Guest at New York
Union League Club.

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The Duke Of Marlborough was the guest
OF honor at dinner at the Union
League Club last night The dinner
was given by Mr. Harry L. Horton.
senior member OF the banking firm of
II. L. Horton & Co, at No. 66 Broad
way. Mr.. Horizons idea was that the
Duke should meet, before his return TO
England. some OF the representative
businessmen of New York.
In carrying out that idea the host
gathered about him forty-two OF the men
whose interests are allied with the COM
merce and finance Of the world. Besides
the host and the chief guests. the diners
included the Hon. Ivor G. Guest. cousin
OF the Duke OF Marlborough; Harding
Mllward, legal adviser to the Duke; II.
Graham Harris. an English engineer;
Joseph II. Choate, General Horace Por-
ter Frederick ID. Happen. president Of
the Gallatin National Bank: j. Edward
Simmons. George j. Gould, Mr.. Fish.
A. Barton Hepburn; John II. Inman, John
=. Duncan. Thomas L. James Henry
" Cannon. George r. Sheldon. Il. &.
Roston. Brayton Ives, j. II. Harper,
\. r. Gllincer, John J.. Riker T.. J.
BerwInd John \. Mccall. Chester s.
Lord. H. S. Manning. Il. \. c. Smith.
Professor s f. Emmons, Henry Thomp-
son. T. d. Bangs, L. p. Goodwin,
Judge Moore. Frank Plat. ex-Judge
Charles Traux. General benjamin f.
Tracy. 4. =. Boardman. J. Il. Hodges
David Mcclure, \. T.. Dimrock. j.
Frank Emmons. Philip Brown, and Ro-
bert Marclay.
The tables, in the form OF n horseshoe,
We're laid in the club dining-room.
on the third floor. The table decora-
tons consisted OF large baskets of Ameri
can beauty roses and yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS.
The host OF course. sat at the head OF
the table. At his right was the Duke or
Marlborough and at his left sat Mr.
Guest ON the Dukes right was General
Porter, next TO whom sat Mr.. Harris
To the left Of Mr. Guest sat Mr.. Milward
and Mr.. Tappen. BroOke's orchestra was
stationed I'm an acove just off the dining
room.
After the dinner had been eaten Mr..
Horton raped his guests to order, and
made some felicitOus few remarks" at
the end OF which he introduced General
Porter. General Porter's speech was
rather in the nature Of a welcome TO the
Duke Of Marlborough TO pretty much
everything in America, including the
Union League Club. After General Por-
ter's speech the rest or the speaking was
very informal.
Mr.. Choate had something to say about
Americans and Englshmen and their in
ternational marriages. There was plenty
OF humor in Mr.. Choate's speech, and IL
was free from satire. Following Mr..
Choate. the Duke spoke.
The Duke Is boyish-looking AT any time,
but fin evening dress he is much more so.
and. among 80 many gray boards. the
het ~
marked.
The Duke Is not a natural orator. but
he talks commOn-sense, and what he
had to say was well received. He said
that having been so short "A time in the
country, it would be fair neither to him
self nor to the United States TO express
an opinion Of the country. What had
most deeply impressed him since he had
been here, however. was the remarkable
industry OF the American people. More
wonderful stlll were the results which
that industry accomplished.
He believed that the future OF the world
lay with the Anglo-Saxon race, and the
! closer that race Is bound together in
England and America the better 1t will
be for the worlds civilization.
Mr.. Ives who followed the Duke OF
/ Marlborough spoke in an informal way
/ OF the relations between the two great
n
Horton called upon Mr.. Harding Milward,
| the Dukes solicitor. The most striking
! thing I'm Mr. Mlward's remarks was this
/ II have known the Marlborough family
/ for over twenty years. and | tell you
/ that this young man Is a credit TO an
/ ilustriOus house. | have never known
brighter or more promising young man
/ than ne is and by his allying himself
/ with one OF our great families that fami-
/ ~ and America have received honor"
| in the coinion CT al the diners, ons
| of the best speeches OF the evening was
made by Mr.. Guest.
/ He is about Is years old. and speaks
with ease and grace. Just the least bit
! OF lisp adds an attractiveness to what
| he says.
Mr. Guest said that he believed he knew
the Duke of Marlborough better than tha
/ Duke knew himself and then he told at
length how the Duke was impressed by
/ America.