New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-05
CELEBRATE THE FICTORH-
Presidents Regrets Praise Captain
r. Norton Goddard.
SOCIETY DINNER


About two hundred Of the friends o; Captain r.
Norton Goddard and the ANTHOLOGY Society gave
2 dinner last night at the Hotel Savoy. William n
Baldwin presided On either side of him were 20
lice Commissioner Greene. Captain Goddard r
Tecumseh Sherman, William Edmund Curtis Jus
tice C4reenbaurn Jacob H. Schif. Marcus NJ. Marks
Herbert Parsons and Tenement House Co1nInls-
sioner De Forrest
District Attorney Jerome preferred 70 sit on the
main floor Nearly all the city departments were
REPRESENTED among the hosts or guests, including
two or three police captains and ex-Police Commls-
stoner Frank Moss Letters of regret were received
from President Roosevelt Justice Rufus Peckharn
and Mayor Low President Roosevelt wrote from
Spokane, Wash;
is s be Of in a t re- 5 f2 ta8 6 od
dard Not only DO value him as a friend but We
siMay each sh'' to 5 DO in his district the work Captain
Goddard has done n his The gain fnE osGebt g9a
regard and sincere regret that l shall not rave
finished my trip in t e 9rHeFf re sP7 an
P s.-Good luck be with you all. and especially
to Captain Goddard.
Governor OdeIl telegraphed from Newburg:
n6 aaePy ye TegG e. Pan oddard tonght Nc man
is more deserving Of the eopeqt than ne on o AZ
against vicious influence
Mayor Low wrote:
share the detestation which Captain Goddard
feels for ob the s s66 oT Of % gG and Rhc
peculiarly bad because it appeals especiaIy 10 me
M n that way / think Captain Goddard and the
nnnity their debtors BY their patient Vigorous ana
successful campaign against this evil Piease as
sure CAPTAIN Goddard of my high appreciation OF
su that he has done
Although the dinner was announced as connplf-
roentarv to Captain Goddard and his society. 1t
was really IN celebration of the arrest. conviction
and sentence of al" Adams. AL the speakers
made that the text OF their discourse in their
eulogies of Captain Goddard and. except Mr.. Je-
rome hardly one OF them spoke OF anything else
Mr.. Baldwin. in his opening remarks. said that
the successful OF Captain Goddard's campaign
against Az Adams q great achievement and
that the whole community was indebted TO Captain
Goddard not only because the Policy King was
IN fan but because he had successfully represented
the idea Of persistency and continuing after the
end sought for until it accomplished
CAPTAIN Goddard said he was grateful TO Mr.
Baldwin and his other friends for the compliment
paid him and spoke of the discrimination Of his
society TO stamp out policy
When CAPTAIN Goddard finished speaking, Marcus
NJ Marks in the name Of the Anti-Policy Society,
made a short speech, and presented 10 Captain
Goddard q bronze statue OF DUTY, executed oy
Snnnoisstcner Greene was the next speaker NO
man.. he said has con!TlnutSt I , x " 49,
GoddaTd when he left college ne took up polo,
not harmful they are selfish as not Gontri f
ing to the general good Of the Somu d y sGsnd
his time in another way and TO do something for
ms fellow man less fortunately placed than him
ms ieo Ny onTy aid he successfully attack the most
contenp1ibIe form OF gambling but he has given
his time 10 the Civic Club real centre OF good
He established the East Side Republican Cluo, ana
1trorehout his whole career has been tower OF
Strength for good government The keynote OF ms
ceresT is self-effciency. He in politics, put ne
nsIs- sought Office AS far as know. ne does not
seek it now He declined nonlina ton for Con
eress three years ago. He IS sausnec VIII the sO10
Teward Of duty well performed"
Commissioner De Forrest also eu!oglzed Sne WoEk
o< Cantain Goddard and the Anu-PoIicy Society
Frank Moss told in detail OF me preparations
made for the raid that closed Adamss headquarters
and trapped the Policy King.
District Attorney Jerome was the last speaker.
.sf-'s great pleasure for me 70 be here 10 honor
cantain Goddard he said. I've seen great deal
~ 1be work he has done and know sornsthlng OF
.. .Tr@ he has been hghting. II is 70 get men
m to do spectacular work but when man pur-
Ie work with little support from the poncel
so-s.+frnes opposition, with abuse from the news
napers and covert insult from the bench ;uati! ne
nv nv Of al praise. To reduce policy 70 q minimum
- - hie work and that Captain GODDARD mas
-. believe there are evils almost as great
around us that could be reduco 70 ii s4so