New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-28
MAYOR AMENERS GUEST.
MR. PLATT A SPEAKER.
and Tiger Feast. Frolid
and Make Friendly Speeches.

hdNlnS received a complimentary dinner rom
the Amen Corner Association last night at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Mayor Mcclellan now
be fairly well content If he never gets any
higher the ladder Of fame. This is the view
OF the case taken by the Ameners. and IL Is
legend around the Fifth Avenue Hotel among
the wise that they seldom go wrong on politics.
The dinner attended by about three hun
bred and sixty-fve people. and a jollier set of
mortals perhaps never was got together, Mayor
Mcclellan and Senator Platt were listened to
with respectful attention. All the other speak
ers were roasted" in various ways. There were
far more Democrats present this year than ever
before, but that owing to the fact that thai
dinner was for the Democratic Mayor.
William ]. Bryan would have received .
warm welcome If he had put in an appear
ance Doubtless his friend. DR.. John H Girdner,
had warned him Of his fate The Tammany
men did not like it because he stayed away.
but in the cloudbUrst OF fun there was little
time for regrets over the absence OF any one
man.
The joke that won the greatest applause was
a quip by Job E. Hedges whose toast was
The soubrette and the Subway; Shall We
Ever See Their Finish?'
They are alike" said Mr. Hedges. in that
they both have destroyed many homes"
The fun began just as soon as it could. and
that was as soon as the brethren sat down y
alter carried around a prize ring scene with
Low down and Mcclellan triumphant Then thu
Amen Corner favOrite, Drill. Ye Tarriers.
Drill was sung by T Arthur Baker
With a whoop Carrie Nation bounced into
the room. She was bedecked in q poke bonnet
and Ratchet. in addition 70 the usual feminine
I accessories. She pranced down the centre aisle.
waving her axe. When she esDied the Mayor
she exclaimed. with anguish:
ooh. my dear boy George. how dare you drink
all that rum"
Carrie. after induging in few shots at the
/ administrations Panama policy. agonizingly
turned again to the Mayor,
Put her OUT yelled the indignant MCCLELLAN
men, Put out she wcs-
\ silent toast to the brethren who died in Jhs
last year was proposed by M Riggs and drunk
The list included William Brookdeld. Fred
ericz s Gibbs and Dwight Lawrence.
Following this came toast 10 President
Roosevelt. accompanied by cheers. Just as
every one was thinking of how beautiful all this
was the choir put the ''ki5Osh" on it by sing
ing the following:
I WANT YER. NAH HANNA,
want yer, nah Hanna: yes. want yer mighty
I'm a ionglu' for yer daily. cos love yer mighty
So come back to please ne; don't Try for to tease
Cos / want yer. NAH Hanna. yes I want yer.
Cos want yer. nah Hanna. yes do
Mayor Mcclellan then was called on for a
speech. Mr. Riggs. in Introducing him. said 10
was a square young fellow elected Chief Execu-
tive OF the greatest city on earth"
Then, passing an Uncle sam hat to the
Mayor, he asked him TO pick out slip which
would indicate his topic
THE MAYOR ON PARTIsANsHIP.
Mayor Mcclellan. in reply to an uproarious
greeting. said:
rsad in my personal organ The Evening Fos1.
tonight that i would be the only exception %
Your rule, and could speak on any topic saw n
I take this demonstration as a prcOI OF I0Ir
friendship, which very greatly appreciate; ne.
Amen Corner has been 10 me a haroOr ana maven
OF rest when the political seas ran nigh As .
first interview was IN the amen 49,
ner with that great statesman. whose ZANE VIZ
grow greater the years go by. James G. B!aine-
Ii was here that first met the father or the Amen
Corner that distinguished statesman ana s4ncers
friend. Senator Thomas c. Platt- tApplauseJ
To the Amen Corner 1 am indebted for th9t Inoss
charming and perfect OF secretaries. Jonn II
O'Brien (ApplauSc-l The Amen corner prsdeIe5
partisanship and practises it. IL Is the Kind %
craftsmanship that has made this country the great
est nation earth Not that kind Of Partisanship
that subscribes to the Un-Anlerican idea that II .
better to do something wrong than not TO Go any
thing at all (APplaUseO