The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23

! nat was my first entranc. into poli
HcS and that came from my association
WIN the Unite newspaper Office which
was nun by my fath.r-ln- law, Casper &
Childs
Princ" John Van Buren, was a splendid
I"'"W "a every way He died suddenly
- hhgland on his way home remem
Ter ms giving me a little cart. lie visit.
"' himself standing up: the portrait taken
from ~ - ~ IN" Manhattan Club lie lived
~ Fourth aN"nu. part 10 the time. some
"h"r" near Twentieth street H.. lived
sort ~ bachelors ar widow.r'- IN.
tie had "a daughter in England. bl, Few
Eh"" anything about his life
JENNY LINp AID LOLA Mox1rl
went 10 s-- Jenny Lind rh. Dr.,
night -h" appeared here. and ~, my
admission owing - nav n.w.p.u.- r,u-
newton. That was at C,s'I. I;,r,I.p
MY Impression to-day - 'h1, NJ. ma,
"V"rrharmed Nv her singing. h,,. A. I
r"tn"mb~r she wlS q v-ry ynirV y,,I
ana mad a very touching way with her
! knew Lola M"nt.l hur v-rv slightly
M" was no actress. no dancer and no
singer. hut was rather an odd lo, with
her dazhing wlv like AN adv.u, rr..ss
ana plunger. and she got nn with the.
newspaper men here
BEGINNING 90 THE MANHArr,x ,tra
The Manhattan Club re,lly had ia
start IN 1884 when Georg. n Mcclellan
was running for Presid.n, n. wa.
IN the World Office nearly every ciay and
! used Va talk To him. He went a. first 10
-N~ Manton Marble and took as little
interest IN the campaign ~ anvbodv
you ever saw One dav | said General
let Ut up club and he said he though,
could launch club without any trnu-
hle, cluh for gentlemen. and rh.. more
and more "" talked about u the h.,,er
Il seemed
We had the frs' meeting IN NV pFPca
IN Chambers - rect I Was CommisSionsr
of Jurors then. Then we went IN s..arch
of a pla's. and Marble had Two or tire.
meetings al his nfica A. the first meet
lnG ~ all Charles y Dalv came The
club was pracf ically organized in April.
1886
John Kelly never would ioin this cl,lh.
We got in John Van Buren,. James 7
Brady, Henry Hilton. and John X Rrndv
aud the b"tter class 81 Judges Judges
Bosworth. Sanford F.. church. chief
Iustlce Of IN" Court of Appeals: William
7 Allen. u. y. Ingraham. MouelI william
:. Curtis. DAILY. Comstock Charles =. .
Naci.-an. O'Gorman. RapalIo. Abraham .
r Lawrence. samuel Jones and 80 forth /
v" also had Horatio SEYMOUR Samuel J .
rlld-n. Commodor" Vanderbilt Dean
Samuel J.. VI Barlow John
hckeon. G-n. John \ DiN. George Law
homas r Bayard. John I Hoffman
ianu~l :. Cox. Charles OConor William
3utl"- Duncan. Cuban &. N.rpianck
august Belmont. Augustus S"hell Sidney
Webster. Gsorg" ~ P"ndl"ton. William
% Prime. Francis herman and COmmOdOT"
harrison. Their" were giants ~ hos.
laws
In J. - Va elected Andrew johnson
'" expected that /, h" would com" 10
~moc-ltIc m""tinC "" would max.
lmpcra' of him think hc was about
nur-h'ths ON" AZ that time ONLY two
lack balls wo-" Necessary out 81 twenty
~" - r'i"ct. b"clusa. IS Mlnton Marble
81 10 S1y. u WIS n"~-sssIry To keep It a
ighionod club and n aN.-ted his great
IHu"n"" - hIv" oalv 2" 1tlr'n"l al
lit''l u took snm" tIm' Tor Dos
ch III and nth'r- - @ Tw ed IN
4 liked Tw - 70 On ;hrrg H.
ftl'Ii' WIS I an practical man wa
lnts to max" money l. ih"-- ANYTHING
thu. for me- II hor don't com" near m"
think n" was eve, ready 70 CIV" and
IA ~ great gn1--o-.t. aud liberal ~
llrIou"-. | saw several acts - gr'lt
ignanimity on Twa"d'~ part
Whoa Tw ed WAS down IN 1880 cam"
pwn from Albany IN IN" cars w;l nav vi" '
nj " had b""l ~" custom - hold re- !
'TtiDn~ a. him aud - III hr- car with u
over. Mix" Norton. Jim Orr 49, y
norg" M"I>ln Genet Pur-"r and all tn
young D'mocracy' We. a
see hut Twe.d 49, slon. IN ~ 60 un q
3" train My wife sad might a. we'll d
IN IA 20 $50 him Tn, old man was ]
lIch moved when ". went m and SAID Z
Iello Doug What ara YOU doing her"'
arm not down vet aud | won't forget VI
,Ir call" was worry sorry for hun u
. hadn't spoken for over Two years
samuel J Tilden was solid lawyer
nh great ability. a great rno'i-~r. with "
Guilty 10 diving in and getting hold ~ u
tails and even greater faculty 81 "
glnization " was sonnet hing wonder q
When he ran for Governor he FIG -
81 No IN the Manhattan club within a
- Z" tue majority W" was going 10 g"t
had returns from every county IN %
!. stat. thai he figured on three DAYS "
fore election ~
wh.n President was made II
honorary member ~ the Manhattan c'
Ib He accepted the honor with pleas. ~
!. h.. -aid hu' he preferred a. he an ~
iinary member and said IN his letter
~ will find enclosed my check for the ~
tia'iOn fee ~
I was on - committee with John Rus !
Young and others 81 the members y"
III" Pr"-- club when ~" CAV. Charles VI
.k"n- dinner that vas ia 1875 at al
lnpnicp- Hordc. Greeley presided '"
1 mad. . most beautiful and eloquent 6"
."ch. think that was the most elegant !"
n.r ever attended ~ INV IT."
HFAL LAST WORDS oV BILL PooLE H..
/ remember ia. fight bst we-n Bill no
,l. and Lewis Baker There Waz n :.
l"- fight On bet Se,'n Baker and No 90
Ighlrn and Capt Turner Hill Poole ws- I
Ia-hlngton MARKET man RnI had a big IA
owing there. among the b'ifrhers and an