The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-18

sAsy have sp mind, snd pany dogbt!sss there
may %s,s r e. - +, q n:Ps.t!en:
NOT s1ii iyysd i vain. and u sssy do not ssa.iy.
md the thumbs are turned down .I a. n are
MAYOR INVITED TO YRANxSSss.
II they don't pass muster ,s the, wn t hSt
our Ss 'x xSrshy Mayor H. apOs.r
than feel1es Of sratifcstiop oblisstSSn, s sns
m mSnT S SsSps%. have S h SEEMED
& srs: =: 'a:y g saa sG
reform. whether he thinks. i eIminatsd
and orystalized into Accomplishment, on tne
list Of. January. 1907. or whether y Will prove
OF further in dui gence should be granted. -.
We do not for an instant assume that vault,
ing ambition Is TO take the plaoe In ny d nina
pote to have hand in Il. with 2 Joint under.
ssn ndn rs Sa SSw % s.d n %m Ss
Ss 1 he thinks i%molasion easier with
With Il He can be entirely frank and We
EXPECT IL, or else we cannot assist hlm "
forming his views upon the question q
be restricted to others than ourselves, Doybts
upon the excise question can be dispelled
in a moment. II he will be frank J.. ,.
be interesting to know whether the Mayor
believes that the police force has been re.
generated and whether the blight o. .s SIa ~
promise which were SO carefully and secretv
laid during the frst year Of his adminisstrs a
S9 w nd be sb sSaed the INTO Brood %
with some Of ii. chosen assistants he viii
that those things we do determine. oft we
break. for purpose Is but the slave 70 mem,
Dry. In word. with the open-heartedness Oh
feeling, with the worth and magnetism OF
personal assurance as his inspiration we
invite the Mayor to speak with9ut reserv Iva
in his heart and upon his mind, believing;
that he will be the better for It, that we vii
will accept II with patient acouiescence.
GREETINGS TO Woodbury..
Not less cordial is our invitation TO our
brother Woodruff. who having survived a
be charged and heavily charged. with political
memories Doubtless he win have something
to say upon the real question OF the day
whether 4 he drew another card: what What he he
timd nethe. IN speaking o. ths Pa Sim Nor
lay bare his heart. and tell US it's most secret
WISH. we are for anything he wants. II he
5nf ss in Interest '1 Win Be the remarks
e Senator at o.suiliSsn. With him il may Be
ana he may know. and We can ten him whether
he is correct bow long tine ,svd he x sHRe sc
Bowen. ' that are Ge does he think that
re has survived political measles that y Y
just for him to expos, himself to political
son 90 shss he may sIe I the
Of political favor In which he has been cooling
himself for some years into the deep ana ou'e'
GETS BACK AT SIMEON FORD.
There remains one other distinguished
gentleman who. will enlishten US with his
Judgment. exhiirate us with hts WY; an ana .
the Ho %h SIMEON ne Ford sSa
talents are his Prose. poetry and pictures z
90 that even in his sll-embracing hostelry
there Is place reserved for each OF the talents,
where they may be exercised BY himself
Il need not seem strange that my heart
pal pilates when speaking Of him, or that my
emotions are controlling when ts y N my my
lost; that he had yielded to the commercial
tendencies Of the age. that he was ABOUT
70 70 the sn .saEs tf hs
talents for sordid pelf But he rose above
Il and tonight we have him In all the re-
Money he PSe as spst UPON people he has
sat upon. but, oh. what has he NOS
saved In meal tickets. Any realm Of knowi-
e can .1 W. D rhetsric with . mighty swat pc
can make an ordinary Imagination look Ike
thirty cents he can paint word DSsas
ne Knows s 1 Of the .Whims Of the INFINITE hence,
forth S sSs os Ii,
ssoh. Simeon simeon; wherefore sOm h arr shhoo
cause he could not be better man.
THE MAYORS SPEECH.
When Mayor Low was called upon he
said:
When I came to the dinner, was prepared
for a certain amount OF solemnity. was
not prepared for so much OF II. thoush MY
Ihad not calculated on: Mr. Ford has asa asked *
seated as he is between the the SsVi, and ne
ideas Of the man who wrested the Mayoraity
from Tammany Hall must associate him with
the first Of those persons .. AID tho,
my nelghbor is not here in his oficial capacity
for when nomina atoms were called for for the
S have stand up and he would not tell me.
You heard that reference In communication
handed TO me. TO one John Doe; r when
Kind Cs ne Of cough DOUGH-. Mr.. Mayor taushser
Mayor Low paid a tribute to Senator Plat.
He told Of the work Of the Board Of Estimate
TO nnl6n up btreetb III the ouuyih& bnS-
tricts OF the city and after painting q pretty
picture Of the city-as 1t will be when all
the work Ia done-said:
And that Mr.. Senator, Ia bird s-eye
view Of the city you did so much to create
Dinner was finished at the conclusion
OF Mr. Lows speech. and then Chairman
Riggs called on Simeon Ford. who said:
SIMEON poRD's SPEECH.
When the abb ;ed edition Of Peter
Daley. who Is presiding tonight. with such
entire satisfaction to himself, called upon
me to invite me here. l asked him the purpose
and object Of the Amen Club. In order that
I might intelligently address you. He was
unable to enlighten me, but remarked that
he was not looking for any display Of intel
ligence on my part. but Just wanted me to
make one OF my egular after dinner speec
He intimated that any man who habitually
perpetrated ter-dinner speeches must BE-
his views ! would rather indorse his views
than his note any time. 10 ! don't know
much about the Amen Corner.
From an occasional persual OF that briInany
though bilious sheet. the Erentn0 Post,
gather that the Amen Club IL made up o.
thieves, murderers. assassins and sycophants
who gather under this roof to fawn upon
and cringe before our senior Senator.
THE Sun says the Amens are the elect and
chosen OF the earth, who assemble here %
the ship OF State, and that where two or three
are gathered together there - always some
thing doing. and somebody done.
JosHEs THE AMEN FOLKS.
President Riggs. In his cute, saucy way
stated that the dinner was an Omnium Gofh
skAs L. As.A FNA n .