The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-05
MINKAKWAS DINE.
Their Eighth Annual Ban
quet a Material Feast
and an Intellectual
Delight.
MAYOR WANsER'S AMBITIONS
Good Water. Better Pavements,
Equal Taxation and Track Ele-
walton, and He Won't Rest
Until They Come.
MAYOR WANsER's AMBITIONS
FLAyEL M'GEE LABORs FOR PAY


menu was excellent. Fully two hundred
guests sat down to she tables, which
made three sides of an oblong. In the
centre of the short side and the head
sat the President. Michael Schultz, Jr.,
and on either side of him the speakers
of the evening. On his right was Mayor
Wanser and at his left Hon. Flavei Nc
Gee. Next to His Honor on the right
We're ex-Assemblynlan Harry H. Holiness,
Adam Reid and ex-Alderman Harry HILL
On Mr.. McGee's left We're President
Reuben Simpson of the Board of Alder
men, ex-Assemblyman James S. Erwin
and Counsellor Elmer W. Demarest.
The menu was as follows-
Soup.
Bisque of CLANS.
Poisson.
Red Snapper a la Belvidere, with trim
mings.
Entrees.
Filet with Mushrooms.
Bordeaux.
Potatoes Parisiennes, a la M%inkakwa.
Green Peas. Potatoes. Cranberry Sauce.
Sauterne a Ia Mouquin.
Ducks. Lettuce Salad.
Entremets Sucre.
Pudding. Roquefort Cheese.
Assorted Cakes. Fruits. Ice Cream.
lit tIO IN hoo RCCA oAA
cigars. President Schultz arose to call
the assemblage to order. 50 that the
speakers might make themselves heard.
1t was many minutes before he sue
ceeded in securing attention, for the
diners in their desire to attest Miehaels
popularity shouted themselves hoafse in
three and a tiger" Several queries as
to what was the matter with Michael
Schultz were made and ELECTED the state
ment from all present that he was AL
right,
The President made a short address
of welcome ard then introduced Coun-
sellor Isaac F. Goldenhorn as toast mas
ter. Mr.. Goldenhorn asked permission
TO read a letter before introducing the
first speaker of the evening. The letter
was from Governor Griggs and read as
follows
.Mr. President and Members of the
Minkakwa Club
4 regret that it will be impossible for
me to get time to attend the dinner of
the Minkakwa Club. I have SO many
engagements already made and my duties
in Trenton are SO numerous and exacting
that / cannot safely undertake to do any
more. / appreciate the honor done me
in this as in many other ways by your
vigorous organization.
.JoHN W. GRIGGs."
Mr.. G~oldenhorn, after making known
the facts that no speaker of the even
ing had been appraised beforehand of the
subject on which he was to speak, called
upon Mayor Wanser to talk about 'sOur
City" who, on rising, was greeted with
much applause. He said
Il have spoken several times this win
ter. and always on this subject. Twice
within the last week I nave talked about
1t in n 1 spoke there once for
equal taxation and again for the eleva-
tion of the railroad tracks. II | had
might nave come here loaded down with
statistics and carried you through a dull
hour, but being unprepared | have lit
Here the roof became excessively
noisy, caused by the wind storm outside.
Thanks for the applause from the
Il will not speak at length, for I know
my friend, Flavel MCGEE, is nxious to
he was coming here. and that he
wouldn't have decided to come il he had
not, been asked TO speak. l .sympathize
with him., for I remember that at last
years dinner, when there was a quar-
fette. an elocutionsst and a fre-eater to
entertain US, how disappointed Mr.. Nc
Gee was at not being able to talk. About
our city let me say this: l. am at all
times working with might and main for
what is best for the city and its c;ti-
zens-A Our city has thirteen square miles
of property within its confines, and of
that some 10000 city lots are occupied by
railroads. You all. have read the papers
and know what is being lone to tax
eve need better water here, and I am
doing all YIN my power to get it for you.
We need equal taxation and our constitu-
ton recuihes it. If WI cannot obtain
entity tax ss6me property belonging 70 a
railroad corp4ration and make a test case
Of IT. regret ! cannot tell you some
thing with regard to the elevation Of
tracks in the city. but / am pledged to
secrecy. The railroad people have prom
dsed to take steRs toward elevating their
tracks, but they SAY they do not trans
act their business on the brass band. and
.torch-light parade order. Well, / do not.
sither and DO not seek notoriety by
sthe public in the newspapers. A man
must be known by his works, not his
thing. i will not resi- until every cobbIe
stone in Jersey City is ripped up and 4
better pavement substituted. we should
now, but that a deficiency of a million
dollars had to be made up. That is a
statement no one can refhte.
For equal taxation / have little hone
or or's II ye not. pg then NE the nas n ext rea aext 4 Kea IS
81 oeuq Cracks { e %lii b Is tome dons oTnN e tsSoaeR
competition with the roads who run on
grade, fear. Senator Voorhees, viii
pei it. As for myself. again / Aepeat.
will do all in my power to imDr(ve the
condition of the city"
Tlavel MCGEE was introduced Nv the
to speak on 9TH StaE. IFS
Opportunity He began by critidisGng
mark which he did not make. II seesn
said he. that His Honor is neither like
George Washington nor Mark Twain. fnr
one couldn't and the other wouldn't tell
a lie. But we have heard of such =
thing as poetic license and perhaps II
was that His Honor employed. It IS
true l was at Trenton when he, too.
was there. We were there upon mis-
ssons relating to the same subject. but
we were on different sides. He was a
patriot and ! was getting paid. The
Mayor has said that he intends to tax
some railroad property and provoke q
law suit. Well. / will be on the other
side again, and again / will be paid.
It is too bad we have not Tom McEwan
with us. He would have told us all
knew about Congress. He has been
there about six weeks nov. What a lot
he must n about that body"
Mr.. MCGEE then went on to praise the
elmer and to comment on the absence
Of water. He also proceeded to juggIe
with facts and to trot out the old bug
aboos which are used on all Republican
speech-making occasions to represent
Democracy. His universal panacea for
III legislative ills was RepubIicanism
MS last and all the time. Mr.. MceGe
stated that New Jersey is the rich
es sEate in the Union explaining that
Il iii not refer to small localities like
New York City, Chicago or the like. but
3 Is States. There are more dollars
to the man and more dollars to the acre
and there is more Of everything that