New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-14
A MERRY PRESS CLUB DINNER
MR.. DEPEw's REFERENCE TO Nh.
PLATTS SONG ENJOYED.
MEMBERS OF THE CLUB LISTEN TO NUMHE1

MEMBERS
OF PROMINENT SPEAKERS.
The twenty-second annual banquet OK the New.
York Press Club at Delmonico's last evening was
delightful gathering Of good fellows That Ii
what Chauncey Depew called them, ana no one OBJ
jected to the title. The genial Joe Howard was the
presiding genius Of the occasion, and as such he
scored a huge success. He was presiding genius
that presided In fact as we'll as In name.
Upon the right wing" Of the presiding gsnius =
Colonel Fellows observed. sat Chauncey ~ Depow,
John Swnton, Colonel Fellows, Henry c. Miner.
Theodore Roosevelt. Judge Browning and Charles
f. Cutler On his left were such celebrities
Roswell p. Flower Recorder John w. Gof, Thomas
Mast Andrew Mclean. John L. Searles. Samuel
Carpenter and the Rev. DR.. ]. NJ. Kiely. The
"covernor of Kentucky" William II. Crane also
anneared as soon as he could escape from his Of
acial duties on the stage Of the Fifth Avenue
Theatre.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
All NJ these men looked down from the guests u,
BILE into the Of nearly two hundred and TWEEN.
ty-fye of the who make the newspapers Of
New-York together with many or their friends.
Among them they saw Colonel A. o. Dickinson.
Colonel Robert c. Brown. f. Il. Thuroer, Charles
NJ Reattle jackson Tinker, c. de Grimm. Pau
puIler Simon Storne, Colonel A. b. De FrecA
T O Mitchell, John Stewart, G. c. Min. g. 7.
Maddox. r. E. A. Dorr. II. l.. Stoddard. DR.. W. r.
Gillette c. K. Scovil. j. l.. Brun!ng, Judge Nc
Adam. G. F. Lyon. Foster Coates, j. W. Keller. R.
F Bonner, L. E. Reibold. J. 7. Nagle. A. NJ. Nc
K,ttr,ck r. E. Doolittle, Judge Biscnoff. Colonel A.
r Brasher. Surrogate Fitzgerald. Thomas {. Platt
Edward I.auterbach Attorney-Gerera Hancock
Werner Miller b. F. Kott +. S. Beard Colonel
" T. Brown. Judge Newburger t. b. Sutro. Mar.
shall Halstead and C. 4. Russell
But IL last nights dinner was brilliant one In
min, ~ the distinguished guests present, II was
no less remarkable for the good SPIRITS OF those
ubo listened and the wit Of those who spoke Pres
,dent Joseph Howard. IT,. known 70 everybody a.
.Joe" Howard. in his predatory remarks SAID
I'm, IN. club was now free from debt. He then
went on 10 say that the two presidential candi-
dates one on his right and the other OF MS ei',
had already said. in reference 10 '"e Assembly :"
tho evening What a beautiful gang. his pay
rul reference 10 Mr.. Depew and Ex-Governor riower
s,arted a burst of laughter and applause that con-
timed with brief interruptions Throughout. me
evening. Continuing. Mr.. Howard SAID tha' fress'
an, Cleveland sent his kind regards TO the CLUB.
I'm, thar Mayor Strong had treated the cluo IN an
outrageous and entirely indefenslole way oy prom
islng 10 attend and then not coming NO, tla'
care for BIZ Strong Bill Strong sald Si'. now
ard but that he. the representative Oh 'ne GU!
OF New-York. would nave pee" d ue'
TO our galaxy tonight.
Mr. Howard then introduced Mr.. Depew' reieI''ns
% hin, az one who had been friend OF the Press
c,uh vban II lived over beer saloon, but not IN IL
NJ nancy was in one OF his happ!es, MOODS, ana
Won, the club on the tiptoe OF expectation 'ifousH
out his speech
MIR PLATrS AFTER-D1NNER soNIs'
He said in part: This may be the last ''Ins
shau sneak 10 YOU (cries OF mo. NoH). for SEQ
that the Progress Club has set new style. Laugh
ter, Tom Plat and Lauterbach have been singing
afterdnner songs for them" Here the diners ialfy
shouted with laughter. After the next election,
Mr.. Depew went on MI floWsr may NC o-hs sS
,Wav down upon the Suwanee River. Lau,ei Vayh,
in snte OF his racial religion. may caroI roo sIe
Fort and Mr.. MilhoEand may sottly breathe DC"
Mr Depew then proceeded TO argue that nobody
could be a successful journalist without tsas
ton that nobody could be successtsul, r,,n =
man who had imagination ana conciuqeu M nv. ia IA
eloquent euogy OF the reporter say;hs Il .s ~
had breakfasted, lunched dlned and slept WIZ re-
porters and that not one OF them d haq sbaut esh
Even auck-huntng cannot conceal the secrets u
the Administration from MN s,eaker He con.
tended against Mr. Depew's statement that .ns
newspaper mans imasnatQn sp1ea mn in IN Com.
ness or politics. and said that there we're ~
cress to-day twenty editors-one-horse' '"o-io''a'
Gther SPEAKERS OF the evening were ex-GovernSr
poswsu 3 Flower Warner Miller, RECORDER 1oIIi
the Rev Dr. ]. NJ Kelly. Marshall +. "i1de' anu
Edward Iauterbach. H. .,o ,,r,a- con.
sisted OF c. J smith. DR.. c. J. Perry and John a.
Hennessy The Committee on Entertainmenir r con
sisted elk Of A. a deS e S %S1crs " 80
Governor Morton, who was invited 70 at,eht IN, nv
dinner was represented by Co.oheI Jonh 1aS0 10
sacS IN the course OF which he said that the GoV-
arnor would surely have been present pa' tor ..'
recent death of his lifelong partner GeoIse p;ss
ences 70 Governor Morton were greeted with great
applause