Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13

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In its corridors and rooms these gentlemen
meet daily with scores Of prominent poll
ticians and the work which was begun at
the headquarters, 1 Madison avenue, In
the morning is completed at the Fifth
Avenue during the hours Of the night.
Other prominent and effective party
workers may also be found there. Located
in commodious quarters In the hotel are
the state committee, with c. W. Hackett
in charge and Congressman Odell direct
ing the executive committee; the county
committee, Of which Cornelius Van Colt
Is the chairman; the Commercial Travel
ers' league, which has made this its up
town headquarters, and the organization
which prepared for the parade Of over
1OO. 900 business men on Oct. 81. All
these committees, with the prominent men
identified with them, make the Fifth Ave
nue. the busiest political hive In the city,
with the exception of the Republican ma
tional headquarters in the Metropolitan
building across the way.
The Nationa. Democrats selected the
Fifth Avenue as their temporary head
quarters soon after the Indianapolis con-
vention, and General Palmer and General
Buckner were guests Of the hotel when
they came on TO New York to attend the
notification ceremonies at the Madison
Square Garden. During their stay In this
city they received scores Of prominent
sound money Democrats at the hotel, and
daily sessions Of the committee were held
In one Of the rooms.
1t was in this hotel that Chairman
Jones, leader Of the Bryan forces, sum-
moned the members Of the national COM
mittee for organization. Mr.. Bryan and
Mr.. Sewall were there, together with q
large number OF prominent Democrats
from all over the country.
For years Thomas G. Platt, the we'll
known leader Of the Republican forces in
New York state, has had his permanent
city home at this hotel. No figure Is so
well known In the hotel corridor as his,
and no guest is so persistently and eagerly
sought as he. His rooms are the scene OF
constant conferences and in them he re-
ceives the information which enables him
to discern the trend Of sentiment through
out the state and to direct his campaign In
accordance with existing conditions.
Perhaps the most famous apartment In
this famous hotel is parlor DIR. No 9th
er single room in the country is the Gus
todian of so many political, financial, So
cial and literary secrets. Eminent Repu0
licans and eminent Democrats have met
there, but the story Of what they said and
what they did will not be divulged by
them. and It cannot be disclosed by the
dumb and silent walls. Year after year
election returns have been received In this
historic room, bearing their message OF
triumph and defeat.
Year after year famous men have gath
cred there in social intercourse, but to
enumerate the banquets and meetings that
have been held there would be TO compile
O list Of the most important gatherings
held in the metropolis within the last four
decades. Banquets Of all sorts-literary,
clerical, social, commercial and political
have been held In this parlor. In this room
the we'll known citizens composing the
Peabody Educational fund have met In
annual session for many years for their
business meetings and banquets. Inc
last meeting was held few days ago. Or
those who attended the first meeting only
ex-senator william NJ Evarts remains
His original companions - Robert T..
Winthrop, Admiral Farragut and others
equally distinguished-have gone forever
His associates now include Bishop WhippIe
Of Minnesota, President Gilman OF Johns
Hopkins university, William Writ Henry
OF Virginia, ]. Pierpont Morgan and
Joseph II. Choate, all Of whom dined there
few days ago.
In this room the trustees Of the Slater
fund meet from time to time In 1873 It's
walls listened to the memorable financial
conference which was held during the
panic. 1t was the headquarters OF IN
| tariff commission appointed during Fresi
| dent Arthurs administration. In
snacious chamber the house Of bishops
the Protestant Episcopal church once as
sembled. and many meetings Of the cierg!
have been held there. Here the famou
breakfast was given to Canon Farrar, ant
clubs, associations, organizations ana so,
cieties of every description have gathered
| in DIR for hours OF social intercourse. As
regular as the year comes around the Ne"
England society summons It's members 10
| this room for their annual election OF ON
GERS. Here, too, the magnates OF the base
hall world convene annually 70 settle the
affairs Of the diamond, and here Is made
mn that code Of rules which determines
how the colleges shall play baseball ano
! football and conduct their intercollegiate
games.
At well defined seasons Of the year The
corridors of the busy Office resound witt
the cheers OF the college boys who have
come from all parts Of the country to SCI
the great football game between Yale ano
| Princeton or some other absorbing inter
collegiate struggle 1t is one OF the sights
Of New York to see the coaches laden with
college men and brilliantly decorated witi
college colors start from In front OF tn'
| Fifth Avenue hotel on their way 70 th'
Polo grounds or Manhattan field, wher'
the big college football and baseball games
are played
Another most important element In tn'
life Of the hotel Is the large class OF strong
conservative guests IL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
men Of influence, bankers, manufacturer
and those controlling great lines OF trave
and the vast enterprises Of the century
Among others, ]. Pierpont Morgan ha
his rooms here every season.
It Is astonishing that with all the rush
ing turmoil which the presence OK 50 dis
tinRuished and busy a throng must GREAT
all is quite and peace above the gronn'
fioor. The domestic tranquility and safet
prevailing there are the quiet OF the home
and 1t is this charm, with others, that ID
duces so many families to make this thei
permanent home.
Years have come and gone, new hotel
have multiplied, with innovations and fes
lures introduced to affect and innuenc
patronage, but the Fifth Avenue Is as ns'
and fresh as the most recent hotel COZ
struction, with more liberal accommod'
tions than any of them, and its well carr
ed reputation as the leading hotel OF u
world is more and more assured.
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