New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
THE PRESS CLUBS FEAST.
REPORTED DIssENsIONs NOT APPARENT
AT THE ANNUAL DINNER.


The twenty-sixth annual dinner Of the New-York
Press Club held last night at the Hotel Savoy
Whatever troubles may exist in the home circles
Of the club were carefully kept below the surface
last night and annual festival the dinner
was undeniably a successful affair. 1t has been
charged against the members responsible for the
arrangements that they administered an ahront 10
Chauncey VI. Depew after he had been invited 10
attend by Joseph Howard jr.. the president. by
changing the place Of the affair from Delmonico :
10 the Savoy and altering the date Of the dinner
from February - TO last night. when 1t was known
that Mr.. Depew could not be present because OF
previous engagement to address the League of
Railroad Employees I'm Chicago
Rumors have found their way into print 70 the
effect that q clique Of Tammanyltes had secured
the control OF the committee having the dinner In
charge and that IN the effort to propitiate Mr..
Croker President Towards endeavors In the Of
ganization Of the dinner were repudiated and a
new programme was resolved upon.
But. however much truth underlay these re-
ports they received no corroboratiOn last night.
Mr Howard presided. ard not a dlscordant note
upset the harmony from start 10 finish. With Mr..
Howard at the head OF the table, were Postmaster
Cornelius Van Colt. Judge James VI. Fitzsimons'
Justice Frederick Smyth. the Rev. CorneHus l..
living John VI. Carter jr.. Andrew Mclean. W.
Bourke Cochran. Lieutenant-Governor Timothy l..
Woodruff. Robert r. Roosevelt, exMayor Strong,
CONGRESSMAN William Suzer. Justice George G..
Barrett General James VI. Narnum, Judge Martn
T. Mcmahon the Rev Thomas = Mclaughlin ana
Judge james A. O'Gorman.
Among the 300 or more guests and members pres
ent were Charles T. Hoyer Or John l. Feeny,
Edward VI. Muller Colonel Aso Bird Gardiner, r.
F. Mccall. James !. Coogan. Recorder John W.
Con Judge Joseph F. Newburger. Frank :. Beard,
Dr. Charles !. Perry. Walter Lauder. James W.
OBrien. Or + Klns Or. John T. Nagle' Colonel
William /. Brown. General Arson q. McCook'
Warner Miller Hamilton Busby, George Bartholo-
new. T. j. Farrell Charles II. Webb, Norman f.
Mack. Daniel O'Day. Judge James Fitzgerald. 3. f.
Keith Judge J.. J. Conlan. c. J. Ryan, Louis Sci
bold Dr. Frank Fuller. William A. Deering Jules
= Storm. Patrick Carly. Frank Angevine Fred
eric5 Easton Edwin Gould. William Fisher. Will
lam II. Taylor. Gilbert X. Harroun. William H.
Baldwin. r. = NJ Stewart. Henry Swift. Z. g.
Moore " l. Southland. Frank Curtis II. T. Nc
Coun George Clinton Batcheller. L G. Hopkins
Sheriff Thomas J. Dunn. Henry p. Mulvany. John
W. Keller Francis J. Lantry Edward H. Warker
John Stewart. Z. Loewenstein. Frank J. Lyons Dr.
J. Il. Senner John J. Quinan. William W.
Vaughan. William a Eneeman 4. II. Battersby
F " Jones Walter 4. Wintersmth Vincent s
Cooke Harry Bates. Judge l. A. Giegerich. Charles
p. Page. Peter J. Louehlin william G.. Scott F.
Rheinfrank Judge Marin J. Keogh, Jacob Neu
and John " Digney
President Howard In beginning the after-dinner
speaking briefly sketched the twenty-six years
the care il bestowed upon INDECENT newspaper men;
The club he said had It's cl.ques and caoals, as did
any other club. but at any rate, II paid It's way
and helped along the struggling journalist After
letters OF regret had been read from Chauncey NJ
Depew. President Mckinley. Chaplain Chadwick,
Senator Plat Joseph II. Choate and William J.
Bryan, Iieutcnant-G woodruff was intrO-
duccd the first regular speaker u the evening.
With the utmost good humor Mr.. woodruff spoke
0f the frihudt0ns he had suffered at the hands OF
the cartoOnist but proceeded later 10 instance the
achiev ements OF the newspaper man. Whether IL
the events surrounding Dewey or Gus IN
Manila. whether u was disagreement between
the Russian bear and the English lion or the dolngs
OF the lOd-seekers of Alaska. the new OF all were
chroniclcd by the newspa per reporter
General james y Narnum the newly appointed
Surrogate. who spoke next on THE State OF New
York" dwell eloquentlv upon its supremacy, and
was followed by ". Bourke Cochran. whose elo-
Quent address frequently appauded. Nj.
Cochran In terms Of unqualified eulOgy spoke OF
the power and the achievements OF The press. The
newspaper. he asserted was the greatest engine OF
good that had yet been discovered, and. so far
from the modern newspaper being malicious or
oyercrltica his experience. he said, was that
II erred on the side o. generosity Mr. Cochran, at
some length remarked upon the potent effect Of the
press upon the development Of civilization In the
chrOuiclng Of the days ~ the world II acted as a
benefcent agency for the moulding OF pubic opin-
ion and thereby 10 beat down the intrencnrnen,s
OF tyranny and wrong.
Among fhe other speakers were Judge James
O'Gorman cx-Mayor Strong and William Sulzer