The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-26
IG0bD BYE TO GRIGGS
Newspaper Men Dine the
Outgoing and lncom-
ing Governors.
SONGS GREET THE SPEAKERS
The New Attorney General Prom
Uses the Boys TO Help Them
Get Offices = Who We're
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Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"
TRENTON, Jan. 26, lS9s.-The newspa-
per men. of New Jersey entertained the
new Attorney General of the United
States and the new Acting Governor OF
New Jersey at dinner last evening at the
Trenton House. The affair was under the
management of this committee:-Alex Me
Lean of the Jersey City Journal
| Thomas F. Fitzgerald of the Sunday Ad-
vertiser,'' William Henry Koons Of the
Philadelphia "Press," James Martin of the
New York Tribune Charles A. Ransom
of The Jersey City News" and F. F.
Patterson of the Candle Telegram"
These are all members of the Legisla-
tive Correspondents Club, and the dinner
was on the order of the annual banquets
of that organization. The table was
beautifully decorated with smilax and
loose flowers and candelabra, and was a
triumph of he hotel mans art. The
guests sat down promptly at five O'Clock.
and each found in front of his plate a
miniature newspaper named THE Even
ing Meal" and was designated as The
Knife and Fork Edition" The middle
column were taken up with sketches of
the two principal guests of the evening,
AtlA0@1 LIN " -
and this is hat they said
Foster NJ. Voorhees, was born with
curly hair, in Hunterdon county, forty
two years ago His early training
was purely agricultural. He traded
the milking pan for Greek and Latin
Q primers when he was quite young he
mastered them sufficiently TO earn
school money teaching, Rutgers Col
lege has been pleased with his de-
~veloprnent, and has made this ~favorite
son an LID. AS he did not marry be-
fore he entered public life he has been
too busy since to do SO. AS soon as he
gets a real vacation he will attend to
the omission.
He has not always been a Senator
He was an Assemblyman and a Leader
in the House, just as he has been in
the Senate.
he win appoint only newspaper men as
colonies on his staff, and they will all
wear chapeaus made of newspapers.
..s Johp Of w sS Gr 3 i Hs a ,e ais : is ed
energetic on his ather's farm, outside
of Newton. He laid the foundation of
envy, and put the finish on in Lafay-
cite College. He earned his first
money way-billing coal rains on the
Morris and Essex Railroad at Easton.
He stayed home at nights and studied
law. His first preceptor in the law,
j. S. Fitch. turned ewspaper man.
Young Griggs kept at law and by do
us. He and Vice-President, Hobart
read law of the same books in So
crates Tuttle's office. Henry J.. But
orator and used him. His first public
position was counsel to the Board of
Freeholders of Passaic county. This
was just twenty years ago. His next
position will be Attorney General of the
United States. In the interval he has
been Assemblynann and Senator. He is
ty-seven years of age.
The other articles were headed Hun
cry Monopolists; While Millions Have
Only Bread to Eat These Have Terra
Good Newspaper Men Were Lost in It."
Beneath the biographical sketches was
this menu.-
Eat-Drink-Don't Talk Shop.
MENU.
Rockaways
Clear Green Turtle
Hors D'Oeuvre
| olives Radishes . Sailed Almonds
Celery
Poisson ST. Julien
Baked Smells, via Blanc
Tomatoes Potatoes Parisienne
sweetbreads, Larded, with Mushrooms
French Peas
Terrapin a la Trenton
Sorbet Amontillado
Griggs-a-voorhees Punch
" H Sl5di
Roast Quail en- canape
Celery Mayonnaise
Long Primer Ice Cream
Assorted Cakes Fruit
DeBrie Roquefort Toasted Crackers
Cafe Noir Cigars
The evening meal was invented by
William Henry Rooms of the Philadel-
phia Press"
After the bird was disposed of each
guest was surprised to have a waiter
| place in front of him a bulky Sunday
newspaper, directed to him at the Tren-
ton House, and bearing all the ear
marks of having gone through the Post
office. He looked at It in a puzzled man
emily those who were In the secret
turned the paper over and found a small
box. containing ice cream.
nal presided and had Governor Grlggs
on his right and President Voorhees, on
his left; opposite him was Senator Skirm,
| ton and Colonel Robert Mitchell Floyd.
William Henry Rooms sat at one end of
the long table and Thomas F. Fitzgerald.
at the other. The others at the table
were:-Upton S. Jeffreys, Philadelphia
Enquirer; Charles A. Ransom: Jersey
Gl5H Ne Mirror ehari sose 81; ~ kln msan.
Mount Holly News; Daniel A. D1gan,
New York .tJournal''; Alfred Cooper,
Cape May County Gazette; S~innicksqn
Patterson, Jr.. Camden Telegraph; F.
b. Lee, Trenton Times; James Kerney,
True American7; Joseph b Engard.
POST: Thomas F. Lane. Summit Rec
ord; Charles II. Gallagher, Evening
News; E, Rapplley.e, Jersey City sJour-
R Ne. FLOYD =, 8 omaha mail if Bees ]. i'l <. Mac.
| Lachlan. Metuchen "Recorder"; Robert
Gwynne. Salem Sunbeam; J. W. Cliff.