The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-26
g Jewels. five words long,
That. on the stretched forefnger of all
time sparkle forever.

sT will make you a Christmas present
tonight. / will give you a Jewel tnat you
can take home with you, and from which
you can derive infinite pleasure and prot
it. It is just five words long II IS
The Cultivation of the Individual
Counsellor Speer followed in an address
substantiating what the previous speaker
said Workingmen he said, should em-
brace every opportunity to advance their
intelligence. They should ascertain their
needs and then demand them of the law
makers. The workingman's weapon, he
declared was the ballot, and if welded
with intelligence success was possible and
defeat impossible.
Cresswell Mclaughlin, the irrepressible,
was the next speaker. lie criticized the
POSTMASTER for the manner in which he
was introduced. He took it that he was
looked upon as funny man, and suayeiy
re-1s2 rlSed that that was O, SAD way TO
cruelty genius. "a man." he said, who
does nothing but entertain the public dies
a pauper, and l have no ambition in that
should feel proud in having Mayors, edi-
tors, Lawmakers and public-spirited men
join them on such an occasion and learn
of great things that are transpiring in
said concerning success. he declared his
belief that success or failure meant ability
and disposition to grasp opportunities
Then he dropped into his peculiarly
humorous vein and had some fun at bhe
expense of the ex-Congressman. He said
Mr.. McEWan was the irresistible football
of politics-an India rubber sphere. You
can kick him all over, but you can't kick
him out of shape" said Mr.. Mclaughlin.
Then facetiolisly alluding to Mr.. Nc
Evans Mayoralty boom he drawled out
something about Honest Toms march
around the cycles of eternity and pictured
him hobblipg off on crutches to the doom
of time, when perhaps his ambitions
might be realized" He told a good joke
on Mr.. McEWan in connection with hints
about certain pair of oxford ties Z
Mr. McEwan during his stay in Washing
ton stopped at the oxford Hotel. Accord
ing to MIR. Mclaughlin the ex-Congress-
man was aroused one night by an attaehe
of the hotel.
:" Get upi Get upy shouted the hotel at
tache, said Mr.. Mclaughlin. :" There's
burglars in the housep
'Get out Get outl' shouted the then
Congressman, raising his head from his
pillow. There may be thieves in the SEN
ate. but none in the HouSei' {"
Then Mr.. Mclaughlin re-dropped into a
serious vein, and wound up his brilliant adj
dress with the remark that there wasn't
"a star in the armament too high for the
aspirations of an American
The best speech of the evening was
made by Mr.. Brown, the oldest old EN-
ploye of the factory, whose conscience led
him to divulge the secret of a conspiracy
Matched by the workmen. He was trem-
bling with age and emotion, and at the
conclusion of his story presented Mr. Cor
coran with beautiful ebony gold headed
cane on behalf of the factory employees.
Mr.. CorcOran gracefully accepted the
gift He said that it was the first intirna-
tion that he had from his employees that
they considered he lacked "a disposition
for discipline. He had never had occasion
to use a club, a cane or a whip. He said
the year just closing had been one of the
most successful in the history OF the fac
tory, and while he was not in the habit Of
refusing orders. If he got nome before the
first day of March his factory would be
kept busy turning out windmills to fiji
past orders. He pointed with pride to the
brilliant light that filed the room and said
the power had been dragged from the
winds above his factory ard that there
was much in that direction yet to ex-
plore.