The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-13
TRIUMPH
OF 7 RADE
Dinner Of the Jersey
City Board the
Greatest Success
on Record.
SAMPSUN0 FINE OfEEUn
Ladies Join the Diners in
an Ovation to the Hero
Of Santiago.
LESSON IN PREPARATION
Sentimental Idea Of Our
Powers Not Equal to
One Single Gun.
MAYOR HOOS ON OUR CITY
President Furst's Spirited
Opening Speech--W. D.
Edwards on Expan-
sion.
SOLID PLEASURES OF THE EVENING
Excellent Menu and Beautiful Dec-
orations Add to the Success OF
Notable Occasion.

Admiral w T. Sampson was the guest
of the Board of Trade at its annual
dinner, held Saturday night in the Jersey
City Clubhouse, and it is safe to say that
those who were present on that occasion
given in this city in decade From start
to finish it was success and the compli-
ments afterwards paid to those response
ments afterwards paid to those response
BILE for it's arrangement were we'll earned.
For days and nights these poor MEM
bers of the committee have been on tender
hooks, would Sampson Gomez Would
the cuisine be a failure?" Would people
turn out?'' .'Was it wise to hold the din
ner uptown?" and so on. But it turned
out all right. The Admiral was there,
the dinner was excellent, the hall was
filled and lastly it was an exceedingly
wise move to hold it in the clubhouse.
While the committeeman were stewing,
fussing, worrying and fretting about pre-
liminaries on Saturday night, the hand
some directors car of the North Jersey
Street Railway Company, kindly loaned
by President E. F. c.. Young, was speed
ing its way from Glen Ridge to Jersey
CITY with Admiral Sampson on board, in
charge of Messrs. A. J. Corcoran, D. e.
Cleary and 8. c. Mount In the mean
time people in all walks of life and from
every part of the city, county and State
were arriving at the door of the club
house on Clinton avenue.
In honor of the event the club was
handsomely decorated with flags and
palms. AS the guests arrived they We're
ushered into the reception parlor to the
right of the hall. There were palms and
ferns and flags in rich profusion. AT
one end of the room was Admiral
Deweys portrait and under it the letter
from the hero of Manila, acknowledging
his honorary membership In the club
Admiral SIMPSONS portrait was at the
other end of the room and thanking that
were those of Miles, Lee and other prom
inent figures in the late Spanish war
The portieres were artistically draped
| flags and everything had an intansely
| patriotic look about it.
| lust as some of the guests were chat
| ting. while others were playing billiards,
smoking and signing mysterious looking
| little checks, a cheer rang through the
| club and there was a rush to the lobby.
1t was the Admiral muffled UP in a gray
overcoat and looking very much aston
1
Escorted to the centre of the reception
room. he was now ready for that penalty
Of greatness, handshaking. President
Furst made the introduction as the long
| line of guests filed past the hero of Santi-
i ago. This being finished there was rush
to the gymnasium hall upstairs, and how
! pretty that hall looked.
| Truly Steward William Giannini ir
| spreading the dinner spread himself ir
! decorations, external and internal. The
! galleries were tastefully hung with flags
The stars and Stripes in eseutcheon and
flag were relieved with the naval ant
merchant flag of Great Britain. Huge
/ banks of palms and ferns were on tht
| stage and behind these was Cranmer'
orchestra Directly in front of the foot
lights. from one side of the hall to th'
other. was the table of honor, and a
right angles from 1t ran four long tables
| The table decora tions were pink flowers
/ and ferns and silver candelabra arrayed IL
/ up-to-date style. All these presented {
mise en- scene extremely attractive ever
i to those unlucky enough at having nj
opportunity to anticipate in the goot
things to follow.
Places being found for everybody Rev
/ DR.. Cornelius Brett said grace. Then jus
as the guests were about to take thei
seats Assemblyman James P. Hall jumpe,
i onto his chair and shouted
Gentlemen, before you sit down let u
give three cheers for Admiral Sampson
and suiting the action to the word h
waved his napkin and then such shou
arose in that room which could have beel
heard for blocks away. The Admira