The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-16

| what power is within your grasp aud
what power you have to do good to the
1 city at large. There are other corpora
| tions whose presidents are selected from
! the Carteret Club. l refer to the Robert
| Davis Association (Cheers) A corpora
ton equally as large is the Union League
| Club, whose president belongs to the Car
| teret Club So you see the power you
| possess, which if you choose you can
/ move in the direction of benefit TO the
| city. OF course, with that power you
ought to double your membership. 1t re-
quires more activity and more aggressive
ness on your part. There is one object in
| your way You must select your men.
| (eWe have Young men,, said a voice
and then followed a cheer) you gen
| tlemen have given me a very pleasant
! evening and I am proud of it. This beau
tiful gift, before me, is very unexpected
and l can only say to you that you have
given me the pleasantest evening OF all
my life and by me it will never, never
| be forgotten
| Cheering again broke out as Mr.. Young
resumed his seat and some in the left
| hand corner sang :" For he's a jolly good
! fellow"
Mr. w. D. Edwards after his intro
duction by Governor Werts, turned the
| tables on the Governor by saying that an
allusion having been made towards putting
| political aspirations in Mr.. Young's grasp
! it reminded him that once when Mr.
| Davis and others thought of doing so the
main obstacle in the way was the Cover
nor himself. The POSTMASTER, continued
/ Mr. Edwards and Mr.. Young sometimes
disagreed but they never forget to stand
| together (Applause) While Mr.. Young,
he said, was revealing a new side of his
/ character as an orator in telling them
what Jersey City was forty-ive years ago.
he. Mr.. Edwards, would like to tell what
! that city was today.
Take an example in the average expe-
rience of the average man-let us say a
| lawyer. He rises in the morning and gets
his breakfast by coal supplied by a COM
pany whose president shall be nameless
! Gaughter) The stove is polished with a
polish from a company whose president
| shall be nameless. Gaughter.) He rides
on trolley car and pays cents toll to
| a corporation whose president shall be
nameless. Naughter.) He is taught by
signs in the cars habits of cleanliness
| and these are signed by a gentleman who
dreams of drawing a check on an over
! drawn account he must see the gentleman
who came to Jersey City forty years ago.
! Gaughter) He goes to turn on steam
and the name of the same gentleman slips
on the letterhead Laughter) And so
on after he goes to the City Hall, that
| Mecca of the political faithful, to con-
/ suit quiet, sleek little gentleman there.
/ fT1 oil I'm n
! Davis) The reply to the favor sought
! is invariably, What does Mr.. Young say
| about it,? Naughter.) He goes home to
| supper and turns on either the gas or
| electric light; it's all the same thing. The
/ only way to avoid it is to commit suicide
| and use a material controlled by the
Cordage trust. (Roars of laughter) Af-
/ ter he has departed this life and leaves
his wife insurance, the policy will be of
small good if it isn't signed by the same
/ gentleman. Gaughter.) So in life and
death. if you live in Jersey City you
/ can't forget the President of the Carteret
/ Club (Cheers and cries of 'sYou bet we
won't.'')
/ Toastmaster WerIts then announced that
his list was exhausted and with shy
| smile added that if any gentleman thought
/ he ought to speak he would announce
! him. In response to cries of Colbert Col
| lins,' that gentleman responded, paying
a tribute to what he thought was the
keynote oft he banquet friendship for
| Mr.. Young.
Ex-Judge A. Q. Garretson was called
| for, but he shook his head and when Mr..
I Spencer Weart had to take his place he
/ set the table in roar when he said
ssYou know when elephants are about to
cross bridge they send the cubs first.
| If the bridge doesn't fall through then the
big fellows follow. I suppose am Judge
Garretson's cub
Mr.. Weart, continuing, said that he was
| one of Mr.. Young's young men and the
president of the Carteret Club liked to
! have young men around him. Think, the
| speaker said, of the young men selected
/ to be his lieutenants and think that he
won't allow them to fall
| When Judge Otto Grouse rose in re-
sponse to a call from the POSTMASTER. he
poked fun at Mr.. Weart by saying that
unfortunately he was not one of the
| lieutenants who were obliged to speak
| feelingly or they might be discharged the
next day. The sally convulsed every
bodya and again when Mr.. Grouse said
/ sIf I had any insight I would say Mr..
Werat's salary would be increased and
! Judge Garretson decreased. Uaughter.)
When 1 was asked here by Mr.. Hulshizer
I was told that I was not to speak. The
| only conclusion I can now reach Isl
Don't put your trust in trust companies
| daughter in which Mr.. Hulshizer join
| ed.) came here to honor our guest and
not persecute him. I feel like that Gei
man friend whose wife was visited by a
minister to console with her just as we
! are now doing with Mr.. Young in his
adversity. Qlaughter.) When asked If
| the minister should call again he replied,
/ ZACH no gott mein wife suffered enough
alretty yet (Roars of laughter) think
our friend has suffred enough and SO have
T. It's all very well to cal lon speaker
and I have been trembling here like the
/ man who had returned from hts wifes
/ funeral and who remarked when asked
why he trembled 'didn't know such
pesky thing would bother me SO much. !
| (Renewed 1aughter.)
| Colonel Charles A. Sterling in his I'M
| promptu speech said the gathering was
| clearly one of retaliation on the part or
| the Carteret Club members who had now
an opportunity to ''sass'' back at Mr..
| Young The trouble was, not half enough
had been said about Mr.. Young. If there
was one thing his friends felt about him