The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-28
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About all the chief rulers of New York were
at the annual feast OF the Second Panel Of tho
Sherif's Jury at Delmonico's last night. Ex-
Sheriff Tamsen was there with Sheriff Dunn,
Judge Fitzgerald presided, and the 200 diners
all drank Sheriff Dunn's health. Sheriff Dunn.
who was wedged in among Edward Lauterbach,
ox-Gov. WiHe. and Justice Var Brunt, roso
with q beaming face and said:
IF l could only make n spacho I'd DO over
freein' Ireland. But 1 never made q spache in
me life.'
Simeon Ford. the hotel man, who occasion
ally makes a speech, was called on to try what
he could do. He said:
1.-THE last panel game ! ran up against was q
year ago, when our German friend was Mt tho
helm. l had never seen him before and was
prepared for n sort Of Weber d Fields, Oofty-
Goofty, der chail is ouid's sort of u Dutch.
man, with wooden clogs. chin whiskcrs, and an
india rubber abdomen. / found, however, a
very good.looking gentleman who made n very
good speech in very good E~nRlish-bctter, In
fact, than that used by some of us Daughters
Of tho Revolution who can trace our. Amcri-
can lineage way back eight or ten years. To-
night 1 was on the lookout for another kind of a
comedian. l have read 30 much in THE SUN
about wicked Tom Dunn and his naughty
magic lantern that was expecting n sort Of
Harry Kernel, Pat Rooney style of man, with
plug hat and n blackthorn cane, who would
give us three bfrs Of an Irish reel upon slight
provocation. But instead 1 find our friend
calm, dignifed. handsome, suave-a gentle
man and o man of the world. So after this l
for believe they are all good fellows, for whom,
/ might easily form an attachment, which is
better, | fancy, thar having them form an at
sit Is hard to realize that a year has slipped
away since last you gathered at the, festal board
after-dinner orators like myself tell you what
hot stuff you are. How time does fiyi II you
j sHsr f tind , yonp hb" afshes d he sixyyy. on yG %ot9 ha and
morning. Half us hotel men have writer's
the Legisla .ure has even taken away our three
days Of grace. Our Legislature is taking away
business methods and public morals and says
we may sell rum between II and / at night
but : 4, q we s,eu sell ell between nnSes5 u; ! and . s We are s,gsS guilty y Of
drive the community into deiirium tromens
York were almost big enough to manage IT.
self. Since it annexed all the outlying ma;
a Hi half Million Million souls e nss in aPd daHiSSio to a. a number Snris @1 Of
politicians and hotel landlords without souls.
Its Te 9TH 10 d o. sst MPiGS !, at boss y; o9P' S Zoo S 03Si
keepers, and they owe that.
I'VE have 100 banks, at ninety;nine Of which
i nuNc Nulniy ntlt OTtu 10 ulbtOulI DdDtT
Turing the past year, besides fifty savings banks
containing deposits amounting to 800, 000, 900,
which the toiling masses have been enabled TO
accumulate by eating hotel free lunches instead
of honestly buying their food. New York Is
a grand and colossal city and a good place to
live in II you have some one to pay your board.
The only trouble is its lack of hotels. Some
tines the rush Of visitors Is so great that four or
five people are huddled together in one hotel,
and the consequent discomfort is very great.
Something ought to be done to remedy this cry.
ing evil, and ! hope some Of you gentlemen will
talk it over with Mr.. Croker and get him to put
up II hotel; and II he'll run in as boarders all his
friends who are looking for good things, l think
he could I'LL it without any trouble"
Senator Thomas +. Grady. who was called
upon to reply to Mr.. Ford's dig ut the Loeisla.
turc, was applauded when he scored the vel
low" journals aid defended the purposes of the
new Ellsworth bill. ~ shall end my career as
q legislator with Joy he said IF at the en@ Of
will enable any citizen to bring into the courts
of law for just punishment the editors who, in
defiance of all canons of dccency, insult the vir.
tuous women of our State by the vile, license of
illustrated journalism" Other speakers were
the Rev. Dir: g.. r.. Van De Water. Edward
Lauterbach. job L. Hedges and the Rev. Lind
say Parker.