The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-20
PRAISE FOR HUDSON.
Her Legislators Bright and
Honest, the Merchants
Are Told.

The twelfth annual banquet of the Mer-
chants Protective Association of Hud-
son county was held last night at Pohl-
mann's. Nearly four hundred prosperous
looking merchants sat down to half doz-
en- long and splendidly decorated tables,
and after enjoying a hearty, substantial
dinner, listened TO speeches by President
Roy, Mayor Hocs and prominent members
and invited guests.
When the curling smoke from the fra
grant Havanas began like incense to as
cend to the gods, President Roy arose
and in a neat speech introduced Mayor
Hoos. The Mayor said he considered it
a great honor to be present and speak to
such splendid gathering of business
men, who were regarded as among the
hest citizens of the community and of
the county. His honor drew inspiration
from the Stars and Stripes which formed
the decorations of the four walls sur
rounding the festive gathering, and said
that as they protected the community and
nation so the merchants assembled had
banded together for mutual protection.
They were honest and enterprising and
were not jealous of each other. They were
banded together to protect themselves
against beats and he aplauded their no.
BILE effort. The Mayor advised his hearers
to keep their eyes on their city officials,
and said if they did so the city would
prosper; that politics should have nothing
to do with this matter.
After a song and some funny dialect
stories by Humorist Thomas, exlPresi-
dent William G. Meyer spoke.
Paul Flynn, of Newark, discussed the
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chants equitable process law, known as
the garnishee bill. He said that the bill
in its present shape would never pass,
that Senator Hudspeth, "than whom no
more honest man ever took oath of office
as a Senator of New Jersey. was of the
same opinion" Senator Hudspeth, he
said, had drawn up a substitute, which
had received it's second reading in the
Senate and would undoubtedly become
law. The substitute, he said, was simply
an extension of the original bill with the
imprisonment feature omitted. Mr.. Flynn,
who is a Republican, took occasion to say
that Hudson's Democratic delegation to
the Legislature was composed of bright,
brainy and honest men.
Mr.. Phil Heck, the popular local
dramatic tenor, sang several songs.
Among those who attended the dinner
were:-Counselor James Gordon. F. Klein,
Fred L. Kellers, F. w. Blume C. Cordes,
c. Woitke, F. A. Jaeger, H. Taylor, W..
Bassett, Morgan Staples, R. ]. Meihauck,
f. J. Stuhr, H. A. Woltman, F. Berg
strom, J. Rugge, III. Luhrmann, w.
Everson, R. G. Macdonald G. Pforr, Il.
Hauser, D. Gibney, S. Wilson, Charles
Lehman, c. w. Reiman, B. HI. Luker, p
Radigan, Carl Presser, J. Bernstein, ].
Koepflinger, j. e. Bernstein. L. D. Cas-
sell, F. G. Rose, j. Tracey, Henry
Hoersch, AL. Lehman, ]. Depew, G. W.
Meyding, B. Gobholz, James Findlay, A.
Tues, t. Sissenschmidt, ]. Brands,
Henry Rugge, Sr., George Lahey,
G. Johnston, Frank Smyth, William
Peters, E. Rust, +. p. J. Kennedy,
J. t. Cough. William. G. Meyer, A. 3.
Roy, William Howeth, Charles Stier, A.
w. Meyer Clinton smyth, H. C. Weghoft,
R. O. Jantzen, J. B. Bruns Bert Fuller,
w. schlingloff, c. P. Seibert, w. A.
Laney, C. G. Grenwoldt, f. H. Cordts,
William Schroeder, M. Courain, A. Gra-
ham William Sterling, H. W. Moser, f.
j. Gohrhardt William A. Cough, Thomas
]. Lane, j. Schellenberger. DR.. T. Gray,
j. w. Berch, William H. Mead, o. Setter,
J. P. Landrine, Joseph R. Lahey, II. Nc
Bride, A. M. Henry, E. A. Kaufman, G.
E. Gardiner, E. Gardner, Sr., H. Rohlfs,
Charles Stell, Richard Lahey, d. =. Allen,
James A. Gordon, Louis Lau G. w. Mey-
ding. L. D. Cassell, F. G. Rose.
The banquet committee consisted of
Andrew Knox, Robert p. Troll, William
Heiney, James Finday. E. R. Vessels and
Albert E. roy, and the reception COM
mittee, James E. Banks, William G.
Howeth, ]. w. Beach, A. A. Smyth, Ed
ward A. Kaufman and James B. Cough.