The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17

.,d road letters regretting their absence
. from Mayor Hoos, Franklin Murpmy 4
Vice President sod n9 handed out bokays'
70 ne Minks. Governor Voorhees, sent a
telegram a la Lord Beresford: sorry
can't Gomez lie follows ny MAJ resnond 70
the toast ..America," received, a warm
erecting, which even moved the otner-
wise t~aciturn gallant veteran MAJOR aam )
After a felicitous opening in wnich ne
likened the Minks' invitation to a Toyai
command, Mr.. Pitney TOOK a shy q ! .
woeful shortage of votes ana were
eciipsed at times. - 81
.aBut to my toast" he continued. -
feel like Mark Twain when he said, while
+ have gifts of eloquence of my own, l
haven't brought them with me-; l nave
left them chino loud l~aughter.9 l
am also too busy these times In a place
enIivened by your distinguished repres-
entative of Hudsons ALLAN L. McDermotD
to devote leisure to the pleasant or profit
able duty of preparing food for your
thoughts on his occasion Loud laugh
teri
apidly sketched the history of Anglo
Saxon progress in this country, all OF
which he said was due to Republicanlsm,
which stood for the best civilization;
Democrats, according to the eloquent
Morris County Senator, were simply not
in it and had no hand whatever IN max
ing history or building up the nation.
Continuing, he said that the country IN
time of trouble always turned to Repunn-
cans. Reverting to the war with Spain,
all the battles, he said, were clearly VIC
tories for Republicans, and Democrats
should get off the earth. Then, too, the
wicked Democratic press, when crlticlseu
the conduct of the campaign, We're All
at sea, and speaking in that line the
Senator automatically avoided any al
fusion to such uncomfortable topics as
~''embalmed beef" "Algerism' or "Eagan-
ISM He came near it, however, When
he said that whatever criticism had been
made there was nothing the matter with
the firing line and that truth was de-
servedly cheered. Mr.. Pitney was again
appIauded when he said that he would
offer no solution as to what should be
lone with the possessions beyond the
seas, but he thought that the American
people were able to cope with whas
auent speech with Kipling's lines
eLord God of Hosts be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
"I see L am to speak on Politics and
Politicians, !" began Mr.. Flavel McGee,
the next speaker, with a sly glance az
Messrs. Dickinson, Woolley and Wanser,
on his right, .and ] find that am up
which the trio joined.) / have been
downed in the Legislature trying to Keep
things straight. (Renewed merriment) 80
L am TO Idlk u DOllllCSs IA L 1SA
for anything, yet l am supposed to say
something of which, I know nothing
Gaughter.)
made a clever speech on general politics.;
in which. of courS the Republicans hdd
accomplished all the good and the other
fellows ali the evil. Reviewing the MS
tory of the county the case put by Mr..
MCGEE automatically expressed would
be-Prosperity and progressing Republi-
can party; Disaster and d~ecay-the Demo-
Gratis.
hour responded to THE State" assigned
to the Governor and -paraphasing Shakes
pere's words on a man in his time play
greatest part he ever played. He regard
ed himself as a foil to snow py com
parison his rottenness with the brilliancy
of the other fellow. Qaughter:) Mr..
Speer was loudly cheered for MS very
bright and witty speech.
Creswell Mclaughlin. the funny man OF
the local party. made one Of his char
arteristic humorous speech, hitting Eber-
ally on all side whether friend or foe.
Major q. J. Pangborn explained in his
mastery way why he was a republican
and unfolded political history in which
the Mckinley administration a sharp dig
when he lluded to the post OF Minister to
Hawaii which he sought, but didn't get:
ut wasn't your party which cut you,'
interposed Mr.. Pitney.
"Yes, sir, it was, but | am not losing
Mssjo s.sep : 80
Prosecutor. Marshall Var Wrinkle, whose
address, ''In and Out of Jail" was a
thoughtful and exhaustive review of work
in the Prosecutors office.
More from the orchestra and
the dinner was a thing of the past. Much
praise was paid to Mr.: Joseph, Kaiser for
his repast; there wasn't a hitch, and that
says a great deal when SO many are to
he taken care OF.