New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
SHERIFF'S JURORS DINE.
FINE FEAST AND GOOD SPEECHES AT
DELMONICO'S
THE SHERIFF TALKS on TIE LAWS GOVERNING
HIS OFFTcE-sOME REFERENCES TO THE

THE SHERIFF TALKS on TIE LAWS GOVERNING
HIS oFFTcE-soME REFERENCES TO THE
VENEZUELAN MATTER
The annual dinner of the first panel. SherIfs jury.
was held last night at Demonicos. Covers were
laid for 20G and every seat occupied by the l0'
members OF the jury and their 100 guests. The
SherHs jury dinners are noted for the excsence OF
the menu and that Of last night was no exception to
the rule.
William II. McElroy was the toastmaster. On his
left was seated Mayor Strong. and the right r. p.
Furnald jr. foreman OF the panel The others seated
the guest table Sheriff f. j. II. Tan,sen JUS
tlces Bischon, McAdam. Bookstaver Gildersleeve
and Mclean. Judge Cowing Of the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions: the Rev C. L. Twlng. Joseph l.. Bar
bour, of Hartford Justice J. F. Daily of the Supreme
Court: Judge Fitzgerald OF the Court OF General Ses
sIons: L. W. Rodington. Commodore ScaId, [. s. n.
Among those at the other tables were John s. Wise.
A. Oakley Hall. Justice l.. A. Giegcrich X. r. Hunt.
Adon Smith James Boyd Lansing Lamont. A. NJ.
Lawrence, Arthur +. Bowers, Jacob HOys, {. X.
Randall, D. Phoenix Insraham, John Sinclair. Judge
Joseph f. Newburgsr John Jeroloman. j. Edgar
Leaycraft, the Rev. DR. T.. Walpole Warren W. L..
Vandervoort. George Strassner. Thomas Chatteron.
Samuel j. Cans, A. n. Cardozo, George II. Pride.
Conrad Peters, Corporation Counsel Francis NJ.
Scott. Justice T. b. Hasdale W. II. Mccormick.
Job f. Hedges. John +. Carroll, Clerk Of General
Nash. Joshua w. Davis. James II. Bresn. George
A. SWEET. T. j. Harriet William Allan. j. w. Watson,
William Wood, Henry Hc,de, Rudolph H. Troost f..
n. Worker. Charles Stoppani. +. S. Innet, John
Semme. Charles f. Wells Lewis |. Haber. James
Phyfe. A. Saks P. B. Worrau. William Rciman. Jor-
dan L. Mott Edward NJ. Brown, Charles f. Stafford.
|. w Drummond, +. T. Robinson. F.. st. John Hays.
c. II. Webb A. l.. Salt, Edward c. Rice. George B.
Parsons. John c. Tappin r. A. c. Smith H. Gilsey
and c. NJ Johnson.
William II. McElroy made address OF well
come. Sheriff Tamsen was then introduced and
said:
zone year ago stood here before you for the
first time. | stood before you a reformer. and
you said | would make many radical changes.
have not done have not made many changes
This IS the first years experience In office for me,
and you must all admit that 1t has been hard
year for any public official The laws Of the
Sheriffs Office are antiquated and obsolete only fit
a great city as New-York Gentlemen. is 1t not an
anomaly that official should be held criminaly
responsible FOR the acts of his subordnates? Is 1;
not going back TO the middle and dark ages when
man had committed crime and they could not
get him. they took his nearest relative and made
him answerabe for that crime?
when losses were sustained would you Ike 10 -,
compelled to pay them and let the firm pocket al
tho laws that went into effect in 1895 90, ,..o
been told that il I would bring my wife down to
the city Hall she would please the people better
than / do. and / believe she would. for she is
very attractive little woman. This s the hrst
time | have ever been before jury: don't be-
lieve stand the same way on the reform question
Al the Sheriff does. because he has had his sunday
beer taken away from him. The Sheriff was one
OF a committee Of four that afterward made
committee OF 100 who called on me and said; You
must regulate your Police Commiss oners little
or you will get all the Germans down on you !
told them could not DO II and he felt very angry
at me- but ! think that he feels different noT
He came in TO see me short tine ago and said
You know that we Germans must have beer on
sunday Well said he. Il have saved cons.dera
ble money because I could not buy beer on sun
day"
Joseph l.. Barbour. OF Hartford; Conn. was the
next speaker. He said in part: Il have tried hard
to find out since have been here what are ne
duties OF the Sherif's jury. and each man tells
me- OF some different duty, and am afraid tha
they have very little to do d.aughier) He
closed by referring 10 the controversy with Eng
land over Venezuela and said: Don't fight tho
English. they are our KIN. our friends OF one
blood. Cheers l don't think. however,, ,hil that
there Is any chance OF war. No nation VIII hSn
us especially England own kin. our owT
blood Arbitration will settle all trouble between
us we are too friendly, TOO much alike. too
noble-Engand and country-to fight when ",
can settle our disputes by friendly arbitration
John : Wise and l.. ". Redngton also spoke.