The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-26

seats in the Amen Corner. Many a
man who sat on these benches thought
he would be governor. and was glad
to get the nomination for assembly.
speak from the venerableness of old
age. Years don't count now. What
counts is your condition.
Historic memories like this should
be preserved. saw Blaine, Conkling
Grant and Arthur sit here. / have seen
this corner filled with men in uniforms,
but at other times by men who wanted
to be decorated with uniforms. I do
not believe there will ever be a spot in
the state or country where so much of
influence and power viii go out TO
make for history as the Amen Corner"
Timothy L. Woodruff, Edward Riggs
and Louis Seibold, president of the
Amen Corner, made short speeches.
rum. ROMANISM, REBELLION"
There was a time when the Fifth
Avenue hotel was probably the best
known stopping place on this side of
the Atlantic.
The Fifth avenue took the place Of
the Aston house as the citys premier
inn. Presidents were familiar sights
in it's lobby and distinguished foreign
NASk1oAS -PtCAlS pau H. 1gtAA
the balcony over the Broadway en-
trance the Prince of Wales. in the
course of his momentous visit, review
ed the torchlight procession in his
honor which passed below.
The last person to be assigned a
room was DR.. Hayes A. Clement of,
Philadelphia. who registered at noon.
The political history of New York
and of America is closely identified
with the old hotel. On the great plush
settees in what has come to be known
as the amen corner" have sat most
Of the men who have beer~prominent
in the political history of the country
in the last half century.
There have sat Grant, Conkling, Ar
thur, Platt, Depew, in fact practically
all Of the men whose names are craven
on the annals of the Republican party
in New York On the stairway in the 4
corner James C. Blaine heard DR..
Burchard deliver the Rum. Romanism
and Rebellion speech, which cost him
the presidency.
GUESTS OF FORTY YEARS.
Every corner of the old building.
every room, is peopled with the ghosts
of the famous men who have been
niAo II there turing the time the 0bNN3
has been in existence. The old guests.
many Of them having spent thirty and
forty years under its hospitable roof,
have left for new homes. and the old
servants. dozens of whom have been
in the hotel for more than a quarter
of century. have secured new places
or have arranged TO retire altogether
from labor
For days hundreds of people visited
the hotel TO have a last took at the
old familiar places Among them have
been white-haired couples whose
honeymoons, many years ago. were |
spent in the hotel, and others whose |
daily walks have taken them through
its corridors. Yesterday an old woman |
took her middle-aged son into the hotel /
10 show him the room in which he /
was born
HUNDREDS HUNT SOUVENIRS.
Hundreds of people have asked for |
souvenirs of the old hotel, the plush /
covered benches in the corridors. the /
great armchairs in the barroon, the |
clocks the mantels, even the tiles Of /
the floor. A score OF offers have been /
made for the stairstep on which Blaine |
stood TO hear the Burchard speech.
At the same time that the Fifth /
Avenue closed its doors, those Of the /
Did Sinclair House at Broadway and /
Eighth street were locked for the first