The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-09
wGLORY AND THE CARDINAL.
He wanted n "Re-Kiam" which He
Failed to Get.

From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
The chat we had the other day about
the notorious Billy McGlory, of Armory
Hall infamy, aud The dinner he gave in
the Hotel Brunswick, in New York city.
to the denizens of his resort and which
brought about the social downfall of that
Heretofore exclusive hostelre brings to
mind a meeting between the divekeeper
and the late Cardinal McCloskey which is
still remembered, in that portion of the
METROPOLIS of which Armory Han was the
social center, as a historic incident. The
story has never seen the blessed light OF
newspaper publication. It was told the
g7arrator by the late Senator Thomas E.
Fcclesine, a lawyer of high reDute, a one
time occupant of a seat in the upper
house of the New York Assembly, and one
of the best story tellers and mimics that
ever added to the enjoyment OF dinner
table In his narration of the episode,
Senator Ecclesine photographlcally repro
duced McGlory's manner and phonograpni-
cally resurrected his accent Those
charms of. the story you cannot be per
mitted to enjoy.
This was it's beginning: "a friend OF
mine living out of town." said Senator
Ecclesine, was dining with me one even
ing and after dinner told me he had
never seen Billy McGlorys place and
EXPRESSED a desire TO see that resore of
fashion. As / had acted for Billy as
counsel in one of his legal difficulties,
arising out of a too rigid enforcement of
the excise law | offered to take him
round and introduce him to William. We
found the proprietor of Armory Hall
comparatively alone in his glory and
Billy expressed sorrow for the absence of
the usual crowd of young lady vis-
tors whose terpsichoreau efforts formed
the greater part of the entertainment of
his elite establishment. Billy said: Yer
see dis here picnic racket takes all de
gals out of town, and they don't show
IN much here until the picnic season is
over What will you gentlemen takeY
We gentlemen, knowing the strictly tenn
nerance character of the place ordered
some mild summer beverage in which Mr..
McGlory Joined us and grew confidential,
not to say fraternal He told Of how his
career had been comparatively bltghted
bv what he described as dem ere relig-
ious parties interfering with MS busi-
ness wat do they want to make this
here metropolitan city anyway? A Sun
day school? People that comes down
here from the country don't want no
Sunday school In theirs; they gets enough
Of that No home In wat dey calls de rural
deestricts But of all de religious ducks
that ever l struck I tink de Cardinal was
de souarest old rooster ov dem all Did
YOU ever see him, SENATOR l admitted
that l had had the honor Of knowing the
late Cardinal but was not aware that Mr..
McCilory had numbered him among his
acquaintances.
".Wen. of course. / didn't exactly know
de old gentleman said Billy, but ] seed
him once and had some talk with him, and
| consider him a square man, and fust-
class gentleman in every respect; a kind
of man you could tie up to and go broke
on, seeH
How cid you happen TO meet him,
Bily?" I asked.
We'll. II was all on account of young
McGovern, which de same was shot here
by a copper he had a muss wild, and it