The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-19
Samuel GREY HONORED
New Jerseys New Attorney
General Dlned at Phila-
delphia Eloquent
Speeches.

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PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1S97.-In
the words of one of the speakers at a
banquet given at the Colonnade Hotel
last evening. in honor Of Attorney Cen
eral Samuel H.. Grey of New Jersey,
Philadelphia on this occasion played the
part of "a suburb of Camden" for the
banquet was given under the auspices of
the Civic Club of Camden, and none but
Jerseymen were present. There were
owe a hundred of those, however. all
more or less distinguished in different
lines Of life in the State whose newly
appointed Attorney General they had met
to honor, and right npbly did they act
as hosts to their distinguished guest.
The President of the feast was Henry
L. Bonsall. On his right he sat in compli-
ment to whom the gathering had as
sembled. On the left of the chair was
Robert Williams, President of the New
of honor were Supreme Court Justice
Charles G.. Garrison, Congressman H. C.
Lo~udenslager, Senator H. w. johnson,
Judge George A. vroom.Judge E. A. Arm
strong. e~x-Speaker Louis 7. Derousse.
Letters of regret had been received from
Governor Griggs (who had absented him
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to be present at a gathering ~ostensibly
given in approval of an appointment made
by HIMSELF, Secretary of State Wertz,
General Wanser, Justice Depew. Judge R.
T. Miller and others.
1t was nearly eleven o'clock before the
speeches began. President BonsallNspoke
Of the assemblage as an unmistakable
evidence of the popular approval of Mr..
Crews oflnniptrnant Mr. C,o,- ,o-*o,l
ed with an eloquent expression OF appre-
citation of the tribute thus paid him by
his friends and neigh5ors. Senate Will
liaIns. speaking on behalf of his branch
of the Legislature, said the State had
more cause to be congratulated han the
appeintee, in that the people had evil
IDENTIFY made no mistake in electing John
W. Griggs as Governor, and the Cover
nor had made no mistake in choosing an
Attorney General.
One of the most delightful speeches of
the evening was the brief. but eloquent
tribute paid Mr.. Grey by Justice Charles
G. Garrison, responding to the toast
Ourselves" He feeling1y referred to
the helpfulness that had been extended
to him personally, during all his life by
Samuel H. Grey, and said: while you
are toasting him with pride as the At
torney General of the State, l think of
him with love, as the friend of my child
hood Speeches were also mad by FL
S. Scovel, In response to the toast of
1.-THE Legislature" By Judge Armstrong,
on The Bench" and by Judge Vroom,
on THE Bar"
Those present, not already referred to,
were Judge C. V. d. Joline, Judge R. S.
Clymer, Assernblyman David O. Watkins.
George J. BERGEN, William C. Dayton,
NJ Nnr F. ltnCfnnff William = Sa1tll
Peter V. Voorhees,, Assemblyman Henry
S. Scovel, Charles f. West. George w.
Black. e. E.. Jefferis, Harrison H. voor-
ex-Sheriff George Barrett. John F.
Harmed, Frederick A. Rex, w. M. Cath
rail-. DR.. Henry E. Brannin, Supreme
Van Solver. Postmaster Henry 3. Paul,
John J.. Crandall. Edmund E. Read, Jr,,
Upton s. Jefferys. John Campbell, Ir,
Sheriff David Baird, John G.. Horner,
E. B. Stoggers, Prosecutor Of the Pleas
Wilson H. jenkins, George H. Munger.
Jospeh Potter, Henry B. Wilson, City
George Ga &. FELTON,, a 4. J. F Fdil is Benie-
min D. Shreve, Prosecutor Lewis Starr.
Henry NJ. Harley, Assernblyman Joshua
r. Borton, Professor w. F. Powell. ex-
Fithian s. simmons. William S. Abbott,
A. o. Dayton. John Hood.
Watson Depuy, Charles F. Currie, City
SOuIlS6l v. w llldlN MOI & oil, w iAiIdiu u.
Kraft, County Clerk Robert L. Barber,
State Banking and Insurance Commission
er William Bette, Major Hamilton
Markiey, Professor Horatio Draper, John
j. Burleigh, Colonel Nathan Haines, Ben
jamin c. Reeves, State Tax Commissioner
Henry J. West. Wilson Brown, Frank B.
Jess, State Librarian M. R. Hamilton, ex-
Assemblyman G.. w. Barnard, Editor,
Sinnickson Chew. DR.. Alexander McAEs-
ter. Receiver of Taxes Frank H. 8urd-
sail. George Reynolds, Thomas E. French
Henry NJ. Snyder, Jr., Charles Watson
Norman Grey, Editor A. S. Barber, Jr.,
A. McCracken, Thomas N. Nekervis, Alex
ander r. Fithian, Francis R. Fithian,
Samuel K. Robbins, Charles J. Shearer,
Thomas P Curley. Samuel W. Sparks,
Howard T.. Miller. Judge Charles e.
Hendr.ckson, ex-Assemblyman Joseph M.
Engard, Charles r. Bacon, County Ply
stefan w. II. Jones, Captain John B.
Adams, DR.. F.. L. B. Godfrey, ex-Judge
David J. Pancoast, Isaac C. Toone, ex-
Assemblyman William J Thompson, VIII
bur F. Rose, John J.. Curley, G.. Genge
Browning, Henry D. Moore, Peter Verga.
The Entertainment Committee consisted
Of Joseph NJ. ,Engard, Chairman; Justice
Charles g.. Garrison, DIR. e. L. B. Godfrey,
Judge e. A. Armstrong, Henry L.. Bonsaal,
Charles R. Bacon, Mayor J. L. Westcott,
Upton s. Jefferys, ex-Judge Frank H.
Burdsall and DR.. Alexander McAlister.