The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-13
PRESIDENT MAKING
After Champagne Jersey
City Republicans Cheer
for Reed and the
Field.
GRIGGs' CUSTOMARY IcIcLE
Lincoln Association Eats Its
Thirtieth Annual Dinner at
Taylor's Hotel Last
Night.
Bright Speeches From Bright
People-Major Pangborn's
Retort on the Party.

Jill W. dIlSSS was the VIC
tim of a queer mistake last night. He
imagined that he was at the Lincoln
Associations annual dinner in Taylor's
Hotel, to commemorate the martyred
Presidents birthday; but when he heard
such enthusiastic cheering and uproari-
Gus demonstration from nearly two hum
dred gentlemen whenever Tom Reed or
Benjamin Harrison's name was mention
ed, there was no wonder that he said,
with a smile:-
Il did not suppose / had come to a
symposium to settle the next Republican
nomination for President and Vice Pres
ident."
The pleasanterie was received with
shouts of laughter. When the Governors
error had been corrected the guests be-
gan to remember that they were there
to honor Lincoln. and they did this in
a manner behtting the Lincoln Associa-
ton of New Jersey, the oldest society
CT its kind in the United States.
1t was long past the hour. fixed for the
dinner before the feast began. The
corridors on the second floor were Jam
med with men distinguished in every
walk of life in the State and county.
There were Democrats. too, but this
dreadful sort of people were carefully
watched by certain Republicans, who
would like to hold office and who think
they ought to lest they should
kidnap the Governor on his first public
visit to Jersey City in his official capac-
n.y. 1t would have brought tears
to the yes of a crocodile to
witness the solicitude of three or
four of these dear aspirants for
office. They lowered over Mr. Griggs,
talked to and at him, and when thew
couldn't follow his person they followed
him with their eyes aglow with zeal to
serve the State in any capacity so long as
there was a fat salary at the other end.
When the Governor arrived and the in
vited guests, the procession formed and
a long double row of men filed into
the banqueting hall, magnifcently decor
ated in the very best taste by the min
ions of Proprietor Reed.
President Simeon H.. Smith had tbe
Governor on his right and Congressman
Charles A. Towne of Duluth on his left.
AT the guests table also sat Mr.. Samuel
H. Grey, of Camden, Mayor P. F.. Wan
ser. Messrs. Gilbert Collins, Major z.
K. Pangborn, Flavel Niece, ex-Judge
- a. DidlT, COISIeSSIudH LOudenSlager
Colonel Asa ". Dickinson, General Henry
NJ. Nevius. At the cross tables were-
Messrs. John A. Walker, John w. Pang-
born. M. Murray, George F. Perkins,
DR.. Ulamor Allen, David J. Hulshizer,
William A. Lewis, Otto Grouse, William
G. Brown, Superintendent E. F. Brooks,
of the P. r. r., Finance Commissioners
John M. Jones, J. J.. Detwiller, Reuben
Simpson. Marmaduke Tilden, Thomas M.
Gopsill, Q. H. Lohsen, R. b. Seymour,
Charles F. Case, Frederick M. Lockwood,
7. R. Lockwood, F. R. Morse, Adam
of Princeton. Dr.. Benjamin Edge. DR..
Leonard J. Gordon, Dr. w. A. Durrie,
Jr., Charles L. Corbin, Rev. John L.
Scudder, Rev. /. w. Hathaway, Sheffield
sheriff John j. Toffey, +. ". Pa ngbopn,
George. Watson. James q. Masking, w.
+: Midlidge, Colonel Charles w. Fuller,
z. Tiiden, Jacob Weart, William G,
Record, Harry i'm, ex-Assem65Iyman
Drake. George w. Conkiing, c. Terhune,
Michael Schultz, Jr., Edward Schultz,
Judge y H Potts, ex-Judge ". H; Hoff-
Chief Murphy. Commissioners R. Brown
and George w. Harding, I. F. Golden
horn. f. Pearson, w. Baron. Robert A.
Simpson, Colonel w. B. Mason. Chief
Salinger, County Clerk J. &. Fisher,
Superintendent Henry Snyder, J. G. Has
kell, Jacob Ringie. Z z Landrine, John
inson, Emil Datz, Henry Brautigam, DIR.
s.. H. Munroe, ]. Palmer, Finance Com
missioner J.. Warren Hardenbergh. I,
Wsuis-.s ey-Alderman Shawda and
FMS WIS tile Qluner.-