New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-13
THE HOTEL NEWS DINNER.
A JOLLY TIME AT THE ANNUAL GATH
ERING
MANY JUDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC MEN PREsEN1
THE ToAsrs OF THE EVENING.

MANY JUDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC MEN PRESENT
THE roAsTs OF THE EVENING.
The eighteenth annual dinner of the Hotel Mems
Association Of New-York City was held at Del
monicos last night with the usual accompaniment
of good cheer and friendly conyiviaty. over go
members and guests present and, IN the opin-
ion of the veterans Of the association. last nlSnts
dinner easily eclipsed those that have gone before
Among the guests were OF the best-known
public men of the city The judiciary was especially
well represented. and one diner facetiousy re-
marked he gazed about on the array OF judges
present that the managers OF the dinner were evi-
IDENTIFY trying to make themselves solid with the
courts for reason or another.
James r. Breslin the president OF the associa-
tion who occupied the central seat at the head
table had on either side OF him Judges George T.
Andrews II w Bookstaver. Henry Bischof, u,
II A Gndersieeve. Frederick Smyth. Morgan ).
O'Brien. Rufus p. Cowing. James Fitzgerald and
=. H. Dugro; the Rev. {. L. living, Augustus
Thomas f. l.. Merriheld. Controller Ashbel p.
Fitch and ". II. La Pointe. Among others present
were A W. Foster George Peene. +. j. Allen +. H.
Haight City Magistrates T. f. Wentworth. J. ..
Mott c. A Flammer and Charles Z. Simms; Colo
mel George f. Warng, Postmaster c. w. Dayton,
John 4 Roach. William G.. Leland. George Hilard'
Theodore Sutro, Albert Geiger W. II. Worth f. J.
Bohn John J. Mathews J. II. Fife. George a kess-
Ter c. c. Shame Chief OF Police COnlin. T. Bur-
nett Judges J. II. Mccarthy, Robert A. an WICK
and J. E. Newburgcr; Recorder Golf, r. ; Ransom
Stevenson Constable. u. S. Hammond, w l..
Jaques f. S. Stokes. y. & Barry. Simeon Ford'
A L. Ashman II. II. BroCkway, Police Commits
sioners Andrew D. Parker and A. d. Andrews;
Civil Justices Wauhope Lynn. James a. OGorman,
H. NJ ,Ioldfogle and Joseph II. Stner; Special Ses-
sions Justices William G. HobrOok. T. A. JACOB,
William Trtvers Jerome. f. B. Hnsdale and John
Hayes: Senator J. A. Cantor. Senator John ford'
Senator c. 3. Page. Assemblymen ]. 7. Corrigan'
Z iuheo Y. i. IL. ~.
l.. F. Brown. Richard Gilleland and J. F. MacCaoe;
Judges z. F. ODwyer. J. NJ Fitzsimmons Louis
GUnian and N sSSoa Tef5se vrooman
Charles l.. Wetherbee John W; Keller. Dr. 1T l. T.
Gustav Baumann, W. j. Tanning. George r: Bid
Well George T. Wilson. Jesse stearns, Hiram Hitch
G @sh. William infaGn R Woo9 and G1 II Hawk
When the cigars Were h IN 9ien MG re se
erous welcome 10 the guests Of the association.
Then proceeding to speak 10 the toast Of "Remi-
niscences Of Famous otel-keepers," he told clev-
erly many amusing anecdotes ana recitea nuinor
whom he had been brought in contact IN MS
THE Passing Of the Free Lunch" was next re-
sponded by George r. BGwen. who made the
most Of the amusing possbil.tieS or inc suoJeet
George T Wilson. who followed also succeeded
in amusing mis- hearers with some good Jokes ana
stories which he embodied in his r,sponls,s 10 ne
toast OF The Tribulations Of the Would-De' Al
ter-Dinner Speaker" $40
william g Tanning the attorney . Cor the ne. asso.
citation spoke the subject Of The iiotel as
Affected by Modern Legislation" He referred 70
shortcomings OF the RdlneS law. ana urS.u
that sharply drawn distinction should be made
between the bona-fde hotels and the sham hotels
that the Raines law had brought into existence
I'm an experience running over many years, ne
said ''in which have had the honor OF repre-
sentinc the interests Of this osSooil ion l''ol"
legislative committees N Albany, have frequently
been impressed with the utter lack or spprecld-
ton by those introducing bills affecting hotti, u
the Importance OF the subject they were dea.hS
with In many instances the sole OBJECT OF 4
nronosed measure seemed he 10 place an addl-
tional burden upon cause an additional eN-
pense 10 be incurred by the hotel keeper. "lthout
these measures is generally due 10 lack OF knowl-
edge as TO their practical effect. rather ihan 20
eny desire or intent to njure those engaged III the
hotel business and more striking Nlustrafion
~ this can be found than in the now famous
y o,rns law II would seem II the time had
come when the members OF this associatioh wv
resentjnc a. they DO of the largest ana most
important industries OF any IN the State snouih
strsenuo,Islv object 70 being classified with those
who conduct the lowest dives
Augustus Thomas and Simeon Ford also spoke