The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-05-22
ALI. GREET
THE COLONEL
Throngs Attend the Recep-
tion to Secretary of
State Dickinson.
STATE DIGsITARIES ABSENT
Prominent Citizens of Hudson
However Crowd the AS
sociation's Club House
STATE DIGsITARIES ABSENT

Notwithstanding the fact that neither
Governor Murphy, United States Senator
John Kean or his colleague, John +. Dry-
den appeared at the reception when the
samuel ID. Dickinson Association tender
ed TO the new Secretary of State last
eversing. the affair was exceedingly nat
tersing 70 Colonel Dickinson and, for the
,,,o,,,es,t losing sight of the motives which
might have inspired the greater part Oh
those who contributed to phe success "
The occasion, he could readily be excused
if this morning he is inclined TO NC d
hit echestv." For over two hours
steady stream passed before the Cofoliei'
grasped his hand and more or less cru
sively murmured those little nothils-
nesses winch help to smooth out the
rough places of life.
Analyzed the crowd consisted OF flVe per
cent of citizens of established reputation
and position, who came out actuateo
solely by a personal regard for the Col
onel; five per cent of those who nave
nlaces and strive to keep them, and
ninety per cent. of those desiring 10 De
fed with the crumbs that fall from the
rich mans table" These latter we're the
most effusive, they shook hands the long
est. had the most to say in the iouuest
tones and seemed to have lost sight entlre-
ly of the fact that the great difference
between Samuel D. Dickinson and bra
ham Lincoln's people is that you can
fool Samuel D. any of the time.
The reception was held in the clubhouse
of the Dickinson Association at Jersey
avenue and Sixth street, which is one OF
She most complete and comfortable polit-
ical headquarters in the State. The ex-
terio- was beautiful with brightly colored
Japanese lanterns hanging in every
available space, and shedding their
soft, inviting light over innumera-
BILE small flags. while higher over
all fioated the massive Stars and
Stripes, which the association filings to
the breeze on the slightest provocation
Inside everything was blaze of light
and a mass of gay colors. Red, white and
blue ard green was the color scheme,
as they say of social functions. Ameri-'
can flags gracefully grouped hung over
the windows and riUerways and -dFaped
the elaborate new portraits of Theodore
Roosevelt and Franklin Murphy, which
have just come into the possession of the
association. Masses of beautiful and fra
grant flowers banked the mantels and
stood in the corners of the reception
room. and streamers of smilax were en-
twined about the chandeliers and up the
banisters Behind a miniature grove of
tall palms was Diodemo Cupo's orchestra.
which. though not SEEN was heard most
decidedly at every possible moment dur
ing the evening. The music was good and
that feature of the occasion would doubt
less have passed by with nothing but
oormendation had it not bean for the per-
sonal vanity of Signor Diodemo Cupo.
This was responsible for small ava
lanche of sx5 eardboards, two-thirds of
which were taken up with a portrait of
Signor Cupo, grasping in his right hand a
roll evidently one of his own ops, and
looking fierce enough to lead a charge of
the Rough Riders, while the other one
third gave the names and composers of
the selections of the musical programme
of Professor Diodemo Cupo."
"Sure MS tn EyetalIean vote there
aftl1er," exclaimed a recent convert TO
the doctrine of "the public be d--n,"
from the vicinity of the Long Dock. as
he gazed on the professors fierce coun-
terfeit.
.4Meye dey ist der new citizens vat
Mitchell makes ain'dt itr' was the wither-
ms remark of a member of Wundvogel's
cornet band, which unsuccessfully bid for
the job.
Utterly oblivious to these and other in
tended-to-be sarcastic remarks Professor
Cupo and his band Played on with zeal
if not with knowledge. This combination
of lights, flowers. bunting, and Cupo, to-
getner with several of Morrow & Days
white jacketed minions hurrying to and
fro. bearing aloft huge silver punch bowls
and bundles covered with snow white
napkins, gathered on the street in front
OF the clubhouse a large crowd long be-
fore the hour fixed for the business of
tfae evening to begin A large squad of
Captain John F. Ke,ly's men had little
trouble in keeping them in order without
unduly swelling the Second precincts re-
turns this morning.
In tf1e meantime in an upper chamber
the great man of the occasion gathered
all by himself and busted himself giving
to the Morrow & Day part Of
the outfit orders which awakened
delightful anticipations within those who
heard him. A glance at the super or
China and glassware in this chamber
ss.sowed at once that the great men VINO
it had been announced were coming from
Washington and Trenton to do aomage
to the new Republican boss of New Jer-
sey would gather there and those who
like to bask in the sunshine of great men
rathered about the door. As the time sped
on ard Co.onsl Sammy maintained his
sosemn loneliness some of the more ven-
turesome had the temerity to ask: HAS
the Governor Gamer" or where's John
Keaar' or Wont Senator Dryden be
here?'
TO all of these inquiries Colonel Dclzin-
son, without as much as a blink, re-
piled. mo. ne cant be here, he's sick"
Finally Charlie King came rushing up