The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-10
400 EAT A $4,000 DINNER
HANG THE EXPENSE WAS THE
MOTTO or 7HE SECOND PANEL.
Flowers Cost aA,skOO- John u. Stanch.
field Suggests That Table Talk Might
Tie Weighticr Reflects on Arizona
Constitution and Votes for Women.

The $50 members of the second panel
of the Sheriff's jury and their friends,
numbering $50 more, sat down last night
in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor
to what the hotel management agreed
was the most expensive dinner ever
served in the house The total cost ex-
cceded $4,000. The floral decorations
cost 81, 600 and II took fifteen men working
twenty-four hours to arrange the many
varieties of blossoms and the spreading
apple tree Of ripening fruit that stood
above the dais.
John B. Stanchfeld was the toast
master. and the other speakers were
Sheriff Shea. Augustus Thomas and
Walter NJ Chandler At the speakers
table were John r. Calvin of the Water
Board. Patrick F. McGowan, sitting be-
side John p. Mitchell. who succeeded him
as president of the Board of Aldermen;
Supreme Court Justices Erlanger and
Hendrick, Judges Foster. Grain and Null
queen of General Sessions and Edward NJ.
Grout.
At the tables were Robert Adamson.
Thomas Alexander. Thomas Allison. Otto
I. Barnard. William 5 Benne;. c. X. G.
Billings. Harry 5. Black, Howard G..
Brokaw. Henry h. Browning. John +.
Caderwood, William Chilvers. Fire Chief
Croker. Charles W Culkin. John +. Curry,
Judge Deuel.. Philip F. Donohue. Com
missioner Edwards George Ehret and
George Ehret. Jr.. Frank J Farrell. James
+. Gatfney. Register Grfenhagen. Joseph
Haag, James J. Hagan. Thomas Hassett.
All Hayman. Police Captain Hodgins,
City Chant erla:n Hyde. Rudolph kep-
pier, Justices Mayo and Moss of Special
Sessions. Capt. McCmskey. John II.
McCooey. Capt Douglas |. Mckay, Gen
f.. l.. Molineux. Postmaster Morgan.
Theodore W. Myers. John r. Oak ley.
Judge O'Sullivan. Michael c. Padden.
the Rev. Daniel Quinn. William Rookie
feller Oren Root. William b. Selden.
Frank X. Sturgis. Christopher d. Sulli-
van. Commissioner Henry s. Thompson,
George B. Van Cleve. Herbert II. Vree-
land. District Attorney Whitman, Albert
II. Wiggin, Charities Commissioner Drum
mond, Correction Commissioner Whitney
and Justice Zeller OF Special Sessions
Mr.. Stanchfeld asked why the com
mittee of arrangements of public din
hers do not plan change in the form Of
entertainment occasionally and arrar Ce
Tor debate on an important subject IN
stead OF the usual programme OF speeche,
in which they say nothing and say il
we'll 1t was proper To call TO the atten-
tion OF collection Of business men that
in Arizona they are now counting the
ballots TO adopt Constitution the like
of which no man ever saw" II provides
that any public officer. whether elected
or appointed. may be recalled by a peti-
ton OF ?. per cent. Of the people who
voted at the last election. and they must
give inside OF two hundred words their
reason for demanding the recall II the
Officer, doesn't resign in five days an cleo
tion In held in thirty days and the
oticer must then give in two hundred
words his defence OF his conduct
What would be the consequences TO a
Governor who vetoed a popular measure
or legislator who didn't vote as the
people thought he should?" asked IN.
speaker. In a Territory knocking for
Statehood and seeking to enSraft into
its organic law what is nothing bu, mob
law. 1t is powerful indication of the
spirit Of unrest.
There is also u restless NOV vament on
foot 10 confer on woman the right To vote
hesitate 20 believe that manly, red
nIooded men are anxious TO feel ma; the
woman who presides AT their iiresid.s
should AXE part in tho political life
woman Tho We know il subject 70 her
emotion and mo"ed ny her intuition.
1T is ,hc spirit of the masses who do
not t"a that they are recevlny il"ir de-
s"r's." said Mr. ntanchhed
sheriff shea said ne considered 1t "a wise
statute which exemp,s the county from
liability for the acts Of the Sheriti.
Augustus Thomas said that he and
his friend Tonnelli, the scuptor, went
over 10 Jersey City recently to hear Gov
Wilson speak and Will" Thomas was out
of the room the Governor said something
that led Tonnelli TO say. How strange
that scholarly man like Gov Wilson
should use slang He said. L sneak like
lemon
Thomas inquired as to what the Gov
ernor had said and found that II was
Il speak as a layman'