New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

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EA-Mayor Seth Low was introa,o.,
80. 10 De called 'the first citizen ne Na,, yor,,
co,,,,,.. ieiated some humorous Incidents of the
nar, ~ %, ot me Brooklyn Bridge. in which he had
-. as the Mayor of BROOKLYN Ha nra,saa Dr
ucNeiway for standing out ALWAYS soms,,na.
,1. ereat dihculties for what he believed was
no matter what his party believed
- ouueihs Timothy L. Woodruff Mr. Law
ara,na. 81 humorously to the suit being brought
a1s MN lof damages by photographer who
Sheged he had been bitten bv a hear AT Mr. wood
M camp Referring TO President Roosevelt Mr.
Woodruff said: ~ "
pose ne Is entitled to be considered the
Peror has been overruled by his ' parliament and
e'' mas always controlled his.
NI Nf' woodruff spoke of dinner at the Lotos
LUZ seven aars ago. to which he came with the
PRESIDENT, then Governor and he quoted the Prrst-
ueit as saying he sorry the dinner came that
-s"'' because there q great prizehght In
town. or Dr. MeKelway Mr.. Woodruff said:
he beps Is noW nov with us personally and politically and
against !sa, US In Brooklyn proud of the bird
We live to the day when darkest SI ks Bpookyn
is the principal borough OF this city and he,
me Eagle TO publish the news of Manhattan.
Ex-Judge Parker who introduced IAN
ADOPTED son of New York City referred to his
campaign for the Presidency In n good natured way
that caused both laughter and applause He said
in part:
IN the Albany Law School. advised US to keep out
tency. followed that advice until the year 1904.
time which some Of you perhaps may remember.
make decided impression the country at large.
as 10 taS e s9oeT had held the Fl fTo
him-with some assistance.
studied law and was admitted to the bar He was
IN, the only student ! ever heard of who committed
1t 70 the waste basket. remember when he wasn't
to run an but ran AN an
gus must say that admired his editorials as
had remained in law he would now be at the head
& @ peTp Between yng 9f wG TO keep e9
Taton solvent or trying to keep some client Of the
rich out Of Jail on the federal bench he might
approval or disappovai of the Chief Executive. Ny
belief. however is that he has been far more useful
editor. We have sill profited by his work.
President Butler of Columbia said the only way
head off the impending Brooklyn domination
TO take up subscription 10 move The
Brooklyn Eagle" to Manhattan He said that the
press apparently remained as the last refuge or
omniscienCe, and he hoped the time would never
when there would be withdrawn from public
opinion the support of a well considered and able
editorial page.
AT this point DIR. Van Dyke said perhaps all at
the table did not know that the poet Tennyson
had written poem on The Eagle" Il will re-
peat it, he said, $50 you may judge of its appos-
ton He then rec1ted the poem with great effect
In introducing Hart Lyman Mr.. Lawrence said:
He is doubly and triply welcomed. he stands
as the successor of Horace Greeley and our be-
loved Whitelaw Reid
Mr.. Lyman added his word of appreciation OF
the guest Of the evening.
Oscar :. Straus who has recently been called TO
the Presidential Cabinet. said
There has been some lament here tonight that
the day OF the great editors. who injected their
personality into their papers has gone. do not
tAink It is a of lamentation Men now-ex-
cept those who live in Brooklyn-want the news
in their papers, and they will do the thinking
themselves.
He said he esteemed il great privilege 10 have
found his way under the roof of the Lotos Club.
Il esteem it,, he added, because in other literary
bodies they usually wait until man is dead IN
order TO have a commemorative meeting
1t seemed to be the consensus of opinion that pr.
McKelway, who had been made the subject of mucn
praise and not little good-natured chatting should
have a chance TO reply. In 1t he said. in part:
forgive you. Brooklyn needs no eulogy. She needs
bridges. Here You grow into the air.. and 1t
IS as heaven as you may hope to be. IN
Brooklyn you may spread out. And when at the
Judgment Day our Gordon Of cemeteries are the
first to give up their saints the saints Will hear:
well done, good and faithful servant. enter thou
into the joys which you would have lost had you
lived in Manhattan and which you have already
experienced in part by your residence in Brooklyn.