The sun., 1903-12-16
LINCOLNS DINE LIYTLETON.
M'CARREN SAYS HEADQUARTERS
ARE IN COURT SQUARE.

dinner last night for Borough President
elect Martin W. Lttleton that turned out
to be a love feast. Borough President
Swanstrom said nice things about the
guest OF honor, who beat him at the polls,
and Senator Patrick H. McCarren and Mr..
httleton showed by the cordiality Of their
greetings to each other that their indi-
vidual hatchets have been buried good
and deep.
The dinner was held in the clubhouse, and
covers were laid for about three hundred.
James J. MoCabe, president Of the club,
was in the chair, and at his right Mr. Little
ton was seated. At his left was Mr.. Swan
strom
Mr.. Swanstrom made the first speech,
most Of which he devoted to being nice to
Mr.. Littleton. If ne could have had his
say about appointing his successor, the
Borough President said, he knew of no man
whom he would have chosen before Mr..
Litteton.
Simeon Ford, imported from Manhattan
especially for the occasion, was the next
speaker. He said in part;
When the understudy OF u Lincoln who is
presiding tonight descended upon me and
threatened to withdraw his bar trade trade II re.
OF the, evening / was Of two minds about
accepting
ssSSS Ss S.sss ss Msss Would Of nf s" up ss h6s
more at home down among the rT-rat1 at the
round table. And ] hated the idea OF at
as painful to you as to myself. Yet how
could ] refuse to come and in my poor. weak
way throw Il bouquet "a slightly faded and
perspirihg guest?
1t must be awful to be up there in the, seat
the glare Of the limelight, the, bright, par
tic4lar star OF the evening. to have eulogies
snd panegyrics trun q l, you BY US orators
heard him many time and Oft rise up and
lombard some poor. shuddcring guest of
honor with the NEST "Gqusnt 9nd as lHlso'ne
the Borough, Of BrooklyH 1 don't know
but no matter how trivial the duties or how
large the salary. know Martin will get away
with both with facility and despatch.
than any one else here. know him only as
an after dinner orator and as golf PLAYER
suppose # it had been known before election ion
the Irish vote.
ctAss AS an after dinner speaker k only ,y me and
than the the raHkest " Hfe f can an ball an address
better than he can address a ball, think
dinner took place;
shut Se1 te to m se q FIT eo9uenss of hssps e the srene
Here this man comes to Brooklyn and butts
place and in six years he has got pretty nearly
% vrto1s 1s' and M ri 1e life e0e IN Brooklyn
and never got anyth ing except chills and
fever. Yet rnan who would deliberately
como from some other place and settle in
Brooklyn certainly deserves some reward
Thew say over here that man can be vir-
sounds ap ike sios paTSdos doeee ese s'e some some
people say that his letter to .McCarren was
what set the Academy of Music are
i. lived in Brooklyn many happy years
d M Of n nsss snd nsy % s w On the nos
stuck ' theTe fsn. q G s baak * to tho
bloods use used W to run run with Excelsior Hose No.
and helped auell confla lagrntions;
and Always came home WITH the @ prosd
eye. Seth was great hand 70 put fires out
after his reign Of virtue to wake UP and find
nRes Tes B2Sotyn'ss GSs shs ant stand for Low =.
Workers are a ,depraved lot, and want our
Brooklyn, the City of Churches and homes
and perambuators. will vote TO man for
na9f 9nd o fha polls and ha1 s"d AL
selves, Shall the Red Lights come across; tie
6rIdsH2, oeLds;n,v and to man you replied; why
Mr.. Ford said that he had some idea of
starting out himself to save the country
and purify and uplift the city, "nt so many
thousand plunks per-" but the sickening
thought struck him that some misguided
club might tender to him banquet, and he
spicuous inconspicuousness.
Other speakers were President of the
Borough Swanstrom. the Rev. DR., \.
MCGEE Waters, Senator McCarren and
Mr.. Littleton
President Swanstrom told about the
trouble he had in his Office with cranks and
office seekers and fusion bosses. and
warned the President -elect to beware
of all Of them, particularly political bosses
Senator McCarren smiled. He said that
DR.. Waters said that he didn't see why
Mr.. Littleton wasn't a Presidential possi-
bility He had the qualities which would
make IA President. the Clergyman said.
Here again Senator McCarren smiled.
Senator McCarren spoke after Simeon
want to say that in Brooklyn the peoples
party, has charge of affairs In my mind
Il. is clear. that the people have taken control
The headquarters for the borough are
at and Court Square, and can assure you
%1y of aHyG " TO So xt no the
I'm looking for. a, job" somebody called
come members of that organization is best
attested by those who don't want Job
" Is n great pleasure TO me 10 joln in
doing honor to the President elect. ] am
willing to help him in the discharge Of the
laughter in which MIR Littleton ioinedl. ard
think that to a certain extent our Ieople
ought not to be disregarded.
He has the opportunity OF making record
that not only will recall him in honor to the
Office of Borough President but which. if
he conforms to the ideas which we have long
things besides for him have been some
years in the public service | can com
miserate with him
Senator McCarren said that his tastes
for public service were not variegated. but
he was he said through working for paltry
81 500 a year. He reiterated that it was a
great pleasure to him to honor MIR. Little
ton. but at the same time he didn't see how,
as DR.. Waters suggested. he could be pushed
forward for Presidential nomination
1T is too late for that Senator McCar-
rem said, but he can show his fitness for
the office by working for that organization
through which he can only hope for ele
vation."
Nh Lttleton said in part:
an reference to the part played in the
I want to say that it wasn't
much of a part; il was really a one night
stand If Swanstrom had been at the
Academy meeting it would have been
The Two Orphans.
During the campaign | did the best |
knew how. | assure Won that in the future
/ will do the best know how. All can say
10 Senator McCarren is that | will let you
make what you can of tine story of two
darkies who went TO hunt bear cubs.