The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. MARK Hanna
gave a dinner tonight in the Hotel Wal
dorf to newspaper men of New York
and Chicago, who had been employed AT
headquarters in both cities chronicling
events in one of the most exciting political
struggles il the history Of the country
Not only did he give them dinner, and
a good one, but he also presented each
reporter and correspondent with medal
of the size and value of a so gold piece,
and OF absolute purity, in slight token, as
he expressed it, of the national RepuDlI-
can committees appreciation of the
ability and consciousness with which
they performed their duties.
There was no discrimination of party in
the presentation. Reporters for the silver
and gold papers were treated alike, and
the name of each recipient was engraved
ON the face of the medal. The medal was
surmounted by a golden eagle with out
stretched wings, on which were inscribed:
Mckinley. and Hobart-Sound Money
and Protection
Cornelius n. Bliss. treasurer of the
ma ticnaI Republican committee was also
present. He sat al one side of the festive
board, Mr. Hanna sat at the other;
Colanel Perry Heath, chief of the cam
paign press bureau of Chicago, presided,
position in this city was vice-chairman.
After the menu had been discussed and
the guests began TO seek soiace in coffee
and cigars, Colonel Heath of Chicago pro-
Hanna, which was drunk amid cheers
Mr.. Hanna, in briefly responding said:
Since the campaign ended, l have be-
gun to redeem my reputa ton. To say
that l am enjoying this evening would
be but mildly expressing the pleasure
feel at seeing these familiar faces be-
fore ne.
When I began this campaign, 1 felt
that 1 should be safe if 1 had the friend
ship Of the newspaper men. l began to
diagnose the situation, and that now that
the campaign has been brought to
successful end l don't mind telling you
picked up -grsat many pointers from
you. ,fta-
Il found that every one of you were
just as fully alive to the situation as l
was.
Nobody understands better than I do
in my position how important it is to be
solid with the newspaper men They
ing the campaign. They come to me
fresh from the people whom they had
seen and must say got as much in
formation from them as they did from
in writing the history of the campaign,
and / am glad that l am in it with
them ..f
The chairman, Colonel Health. then. pro-
posed the health of Charles A. Dana, and
James Oimstead of the New York Sun
staff, briefly responded
There. were calls for Colonel Heath.
Mr.. Hanna then arose and said that it
was Colonel Heath who first suggested
the idea of flag day and that he
had simply acted on Colonel Heath's
suggestion in adopting it,
Many witty speeches were made and
the conversation after dinner was bril-
liant. No one enjoyed it more than Mr.
Hanna, who swung around on mis- pivotal
chair to hear the salient points. The
guests at the dinner were twenty New
ork and Brooklyn newspaper men from
as many papers, and the following from
Chicago: W. c. Gregory, the Tr:5une:
Sumner N. Curtis, the Tfmes-Heraid;
Leigh Reilly, the Times Herald; Hiram !
D. Fargo, the Evening Post; F. n. Huston !
the Inter Ocean; Florence Sullivan, the
Chronicle; Richard Johl, the Stats |
Zeitung; A. w. O'Neill. the United AS
5ociated Presses; A. w. Copp. the Chi !
-nSo Associated Press; H. G.. Gardner,
he Journal. and John S. Shriver Wash |
ngton. representative of the New York !
Mail and Express, who was stationed /
II Chicago.