New-York tribune., 1897-01-10


=. ,,s, long list Of men prominen, in many
n.nes Of the arts and professions who have been
'',.,red by the rotos Club was added last night
-" rsme OF General Horace Porter. His gallant
ss In the field a generation ago and his more
.sn, efforts In the cause Of his country's financial
'.o,,.v are too well known TO need recital here
49,, snpropria,e needs OF praise accorded 10
80, ,or all his achievements last night by the
...,v speakers who addressed the gathering Good
~uovship Ia one of the strong points of the 1.otos
"a Il Is likewise one OF the attributes upon which
General Porter delights to dwell. Being himself a
,,nce Of good fellows. this amiable quality Of his
.hsrscfer was adequately enlarged upon last night
-, all the speakers At the numerous dinners that
e held in this city during the winter months there
,s no more welcome guest than Horace Porter. His
ssmlrable afer-dinner speeches, brimfu Of fun and
nurocr are always a source OF great pleasure 10
,,s fn-,urate hearers
The rooms OF the Lotos Club were lavishy deco
-a,ed with blooms and foliage and with devices
EARNED out Of the National colors. Moreover.
handsome specimen OF the engraver's art was pre-
seuted TO each person present in the menu card.
In delicate half-tone pictured thereon battle
scene with General Porter at the head of brigade
or horseback and surrounded by stacks of rifles. a
mornted cannon. knapsacks and bugles were set
an, in detail the names of the battles in which he
was engaged.
SOME OF THOSE THERE.
Frank r. Lawrence the president OF the club,
presided and among others present were General
BENJAMIN F. Tracy General Thomas II. Ruger,
General D. f. Sickles. General Stewart L. Wood
ford General Martin T. Mcmahon, Elihu Root.
Abrarn s Hewitt. Anson G. McCook. Charles En-
ory Smith A. K Lawrence, Walter c. Gibson, Dr.
d ST. John Roosa, Chester S. Lord. Captain
william Henry White George H. Wooster. +. A
Burnham C. w. CotteriI. Colonel d. B. sickles.
Colonel Fred D. Grant Colonel J. b. Erhardi'
Charles ". Hackett. E. NJ. F. Miller. J. W.
vrooman: Thomas l. James William j BurKe' Se
Hume. General Samuel Thomas. f. L. Montague
FREDERICK Bonner Julian Rix. r. X. Van Wormer,
r. c Du Val. Guy Du Val. William Berri mares
Prfs r.6n g. PsTTy anrTs9n isaac . seeman +
His. H ). Davis. Or. f; F. Hoyt Dr. c ). PERI
;eorge e F. Henry. James g. Gardiner J. l. {.
csrke. Roswell +. Flower. f. q. Riggs and }.
Howard Sweetser.
THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS
President Lawrence introduced the gues, OF the
evening With many graceful words. He said:
II there is any one quality more than others
which finds admiration here IL l. the Quaty OF Yer,
satiiy. or what | may call many-sldedhess am am
there i no man who in hs career mas M III - 80 @
extraordinary degree than the gentleman IN whose
honor We are assembled and whom am ABOUT
10 introduce TO YOU. Looking upon him ana look
ing upon the long list OF battles whlch ne nss S
passed through a: time most cIiticai IN ,ne me
We NAV well ask where are the gray mars Nausli,,
ter,-where his bent form, where his dmness SO, OF
eve that should belong this hero of a past gen
Grafton (Renewed laughter Ii IS with dlhcult!
that realize how long Is the career OF our suvsdi
useful and important it has been But We c~onnecI ~
him not only with mse re War We recognize that
henceforth General Horace Porter Is a historic
And further we connect him with more recent
events we remember that only the other Gay,
when large part of our fellow -citlzes PropoSeS S 10
drop out one two of the Ten Commanumehh's, h ~
y, rsets Of this CITY at the head of great and
peaceable army; who marched, apart from parry i.y
onsI,,,,ion III and the laws GCheersD And re-
member at this moment with pride that it is ne, ne
our Mn hosts TO assemble in Washington and
take part in Inauguration OF the next freslueh'
OF ma nave spoken Of General Porter our fellow
gSs Ter ut It 3 OUR In hf
many long and happy ears ND n-noses nose Of t6s
found Ig him qv9ea h 10 lnf to his hsaS
drink not only distinguished citizen ana souler' @
but chiefly 70 a loyal respected ana DeioNeu iheii-
her OF the Lotos Club.
GENERAL PORTER's RESPONSE.
Tho health of General Porter was then drunk
with the greatest cordiality. and. in rising TO re-
spond he was greeted with a prolonged outourst
Of applause For several moments ne was unable
10 proceed because of the continuous cheering out
when silence was at length obtained Genera for Tor.
Ter began what proved 10 be one OF the bes,
speeches he has ever made. one in which humor
was cha-mingly blended with sentiment 1" par
When I was informed that this club was about
s1oken 10 me- me gently and deliberately seized
with a hypnotic intensity or memory "'iiSii ~ onoh
fs-S But | determined to brace up and come mere
tonight whether the ceremonies ~ere u Ja,,sh ~
nature OF an ovation wake renewed laugn n, n,
Ter, for realized If man realized that n9t @
10 be dned by the Lotos Club would cause ,ieht hn
cou,5 think only Of what would occur in twenty.
four hours after then tried 10 sIeep' gu' ,nnd ,n
sen,e rynpring over and over again the words
Wake me early mother dear, for I'm 10 be queen
o. ea me ~ Sometimes doubt as TO whether there
regarding dinner IN he Re baitar not 70
abou, and saying, Why don't they give give him nnona
saw Of him why did they give thai man nan dln tnn-
nery' Laughter( But having tasted the enjoy ,So
s,,,,rs cast nv vote IN favor Of realization
Sc far you have made things easy a ior tba e o %.
man whom l met in Texas got into coiI'er I hsy
ton with him and he remarked & 10 me What man
Ser he had struck this big thing and he repliiea
was dsiribuJe senl tracts. and every time gave
man a tract in Texas he invariably hauiea ort eo a
s.n snbnp from md handing me the bottle ne said
ssv drink some OF this, and drink II p o. o. ,or or
mn lomoy IN mis- State since have been distriout-
ing these tracts" G-aughterJ ,o 90 ,ah. has
- ,-asident I'm speaking OF me to-nleit mas
sl1a6 roe ~ mi with his encomiums The only fear
- e that | cannot get away Win tIleih an
49, so,na NJ them may leak out In some,
What the same style Mark IVAN Tar MsrH
-. 80 s,a,ed that while walking under tne
cataract he scared ana eaen out 10 te
of the Fails Speaking of this afterwarma, ne re-
marked IT was anxious ana -,rg pTriou1 Leak
should be lost
HOW GRANT WAS ANNOUNCED.
rb.-a "a one thing I am glad OF to-nish'' ana
tha, IS that you have not announced 'ne sues's
in the formal style they adopt in LONDON On one
occasion when was there. visited recep''on
which was being held in a gentleman mouse, ,I "''u
there was a nunky in plush livery, a Home . hul.r
from he neighboring island. Among the eu@es.s @
who arrived while ] was at that cSsiprersl Nc
General Radeau General Grant ana oehfIat w. ~
Cook The nurky. throwing open tne uooi I'D
nounced them thus: Banjo, General Druhn anu
fhe l.1ln a, Cook