New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-24
LAST NIGHT IN OLD HOME.
MANHATTAN CLUB TO GIVE UP STEWART
MANSION AT MIDNIGHT,

When the lights In the old Stewart mansion Az
Tbrty-fourth-st and Fifth-ave, are extinsusheu 1t
70 o'clock tonight the long tenure OF the Haha.a'
Climb will come TO an end. For nearly ten years the
magnificent house has been the nome Oh ti.S o'sa.
ization II having moved there In SEPTEMBER 1871
prevous 70 that time the club was at Fifteehth-st
and Fifth-ave but the general movement uptown
led the members 10 the belief that II wouiu DC "'e
for them TO move also.
The nresent clubhouse has been the scene OF some
noteworthy receptions. Immediately alteI 'aN,"e
nossession q housewarming was held. whcn Is oe
ing recalled at present In anticipation or u s'''"i
function which will follow the removal OF the ciuo
70 tts new home. at Twenty-sixth-st ana Mau'so"-
I'VE formerly the University Club. me tie"''oo
have received notice that the present Clubhouse vi"
not be open after tonight and II Is hopeu I'M. ''e
new home will be ready for occupancy by July D.
some doubt however. is expressed on TINS point a'
the house Is to be entirely refltted ana relur"'''
and much remains to be done. ill., .
II IA the intention Of the House commute "
make the new clubhouse as complete as any d" '
city and every effort will be made 10 nave al" al
tistic and comfortable environment IL Is thoush'
that the new house will lend itself 10 the cluo
nurnoses rather more satisfactorily than the stew
art house. which. though elegant was IN the WORDS
Of one of the members rather too Darhhhe'
rohn Hunter ir the chairman or the HOUSE
Committee said last evening that no p'a"s A"
vet been considered for the opening OF the new
q
get In as there IS a great deal Of work to be done
70 eta "a house warming Of some kind Will be
oIven hut nothing has been determined as yet IL
"a unlikely that II will be a woman's reception as
mos, Of our friends will be out Of the city In july
when we expect to get into the new CLUB
The nicture shows which have been feature IN
the last five years and which afforded an oppor-
,,ri, for tho entertainment OF the women friends
OF the members. will be continued IN the ne" eiuo
house.
Among the affairs which have been given In the
time the Manhattan Club has occupied the stewart
house was the reception for Grover CleVeah1 III
1892 A reception also given Tor Johh '"
Carlisle when he became Secretary or the treasury
and for David B. Hill upon his election 10 inc
sanatorship The last affair OF this character was
for Augustus Van Wyck his nomination for
Governor.
The Manhattan Club was organized in 1860, It's
founder being Douglas Taylor with whom III the
early membership, were associated Edward Cooper
Man.on Marble and Sidney Webster all or "hom
are among the present life members.
The founding of the organization Followed soon
after that of the Union League, and 1t stands In
the same relation to the Democratic party that the
latter does to the Republican party. The cordially
which exists between these two organizations not
wihstandng the difference OF their political afhlia-
lions. was shown in the campaign of 1885, when
number of Union League members, headed by q
| brass band marched into the Manhattan Club.
| Later In the evening members Of the Manhattan
enjoyed the hospitality of the Union League at
its cubrooms.
| If there is any regret on the part or the MEM
bers at leaving the house. to which many pleasant
associations cling. It Is tempered by the fact that
| there are already evidences Of the wisdom OF the
| change In May and June the membership has
been increased by about fifty members Of the Uni
| yersity Club, who wished to belong TO the organ
| iZation which has taken It's former quarters.
| The Manhattan Club now has more than eight
| hundred resident members and total membership
| of 355 Frederic r. Coudert, who had been prest-
dent for twelve years declined reelection this
year and Judge Charles II. Truax now fills the
office The other officers are John Hone, vice.
president; David b. Gilbert secretary, and sylvester
! ! O Sullivan, treasurer John Hunter. Jr., William
8 Rode and Pierre F. Macdonald comprise the
House Committee and the managers OF the club
are Perry Belmont John ID. Crimmlns, William >.
Rode p f. Macdonald, John Hone, David Is.
Gilbert Sylvester J. O'Sullyan, Arthur lngraham'
Ashbel p Fitch, Charles w. Dayton Frederic X
Coudert, Charles II. Truax Henry d. Macedonia,
James H. Parker and John Hunter, Jr.
What the future OF the Stewart mansion Will be
| 10 now a matter OF conjecture. Rumors or its sale
have been rife for some time, and the general i'm
preston is that 1t will pass from the heirs into
other hands When the Manhattan Club first con-
sldered the occupancy Of the property. there was
proposal to buy It, but that project fell through
and a lease was finally arranged at SoVo year
for the first five years and $4,000 year Tor the
| nd