New-York tribune., 1905-03-06
REPUBLICAN CLUB BACK.
An, Including Mascot, Haze High
Time an Washin gtOn.

The two hundred members Of the New-York Re
publican club headed by Louis Stern its president,
who attended the inauguration in Washington re-
turned to town last night and early this morning,
weary but highly appreciative of the hospitality
received in the overcrowded capital. In the parade
the club took precedence over other civic organfza
tions having the right Of line in the division
Previous falling in line, Captain George Sea
bury impressed a small colored youth named James
Harrison Brown as the club mascot Not only in
his adopted role but in his unaffected personality
did James Harrison Brown prove a decided success
For two hours he sang. danced and whistled popu-
lar airs. and served 10 entertain the entire club
before orders were received to fall in line. The
mascot received gold watch and chain, and his
small. ragged person decorated with every
kind OF street fakir's medals After the parade he
was sent home to tenement section of Washing
ton in cab.
The inaugural ball was attended by the club in a
body
One member, ". A Woodbury., the champion
bachelor Of New York. came in for unexpected
popularity. Air Woodbury. offered $1,000 for a
happy married Mrs Ford wife of Senator.
John Ford. and Mrs. Topkayan. wife of the former
consul from Persia, undertook TO show Mr. Wood
bury the folly Of his way, presenting MIN to the
wives Of many Of the diplomats at the ball Mr.
Woodbury. says he is st unchanged in his opinion
that celbacy presents greater attractions than
matrimony. regardless of the protests of Senator
Depew and other married members of the club.
Among those present in the delegation We're James
s. Lenmaier chairman Benjamin E Hail. secre-
tary; James K. Apgar Judge James A Blanchard
Philip Block, Pratt A. Brown, NJ Linn Bruce Alex
ander Caldwell, William y. Cohen. Senator Depew
J. Soat Fassett. Hamilton Fish. Herbert H Gibbs
J. p Hitchcock, Charles F. Homer A. B. Hum
phrey. Edwin 4. Jones. Read i. Kathan, Robert
y. Kenyon, Lucien Knapp. John Little Congress-
Lucius y. LittaUer. Attorney General Julius
NJ Mayer. Donald Mclean. Henry Melville j. V
Y. OlC0tt, Henry Clay Piercy Colonel Henry w
Sackett. Henry /. Stoddard James r Sheffield
James s. sherman, Frank Tilford. Charles H. Treat
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Postmaster Wilcox Wilbur
r. Wakeman James ". Wadsworth, Joseph UIl-
man, L. w. Sweet, ". y. Vincent R B. Brown
4 4 GT66oiidge John F Golding Ellis Il Roberts
ne Republican County Committee is due
Gothenlites who returned to Town yesterday told
ton stations and the general railroad dislocati6n
caused by the record breaking throngs The rail.
roads seemed TO be taxed 70 many times their ca
pacity- To cope with the crowds the train crews
however. with the exception Of the engineers made
double their usual number OF trips and one pull
a .naa conancior was heard TO remark that he had
Ia the Pennsylvania station the outgoing crowds
o. , lIoa. hlgnt s"elled to such proportions that
i5 Sr, tack @ gates were locked and dozen or more
49, @nou4-pe passengers saw their own train CARRYING
leave the stat,o, themselves Ionkn 0ought ign tickets
on The other side OF the gates 0' e'pieSs
~" awaiting OF trains hours overdue tbe SiI
ros4 ,u 5e,hed TO snare the belief that the rail
,iiew OF the Unparalleled conditions confron,ine
Many college students who attended tho ,ra,,,,
s-' t.t 49, 49, seen IN town again last night on tht
seen IN the neishborhood of fb i9, c5 many wer'
Stauon last night on their way TO attend the reni
Many Of ''Roosevelt's neighbors Of Nassau Conn
" who through a stalled train missed the PTesi
cry Al SO p m, after an eight hours rairoa;
Fix hat and carrying HIS little American fla,
neatly furled into a roll. ~