New-York tribune., 1912-02-23
HARBURGER'S BIRTHDAY
Sheriff, 81 Years Old, Is Guest at
Dinner of Lodge Friends.
STORY OF THE PLUM TREE
IT'S Now Well Known That He
Shook It for 100000 with
His Little Handshake."

Some men are born great, some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust
upon them. Seldom it is that one man
fits all three classlhcatlons. However, there
Is one, He is Sheriff Julius Hamburger. In
the first place George Washington was
born on the same date OF the month that
gave Julius Harburger 10 this country.
Then. too. he has achieved some political
greatness and some of il has been thrust
upon him.
There are a few points Of dissmilltude III
the honors that grateful people have con-
ferred on the two patriots Washlhs'o"
and Hamburger For instance, MI hd'
burgers birthday has been legai hohda!
from the year OF his birth. DID the pailh"
and exchanges close on February = ourins
the lifetime OF General Washington! lhey
did not. The anniversary OF the pirl' ol
the first President OF the uniten states
was not a legal holiday until JULIUS mar
burger was born. which was siAty-ohe
years ago yesterday
And n Washington was the Father OF nus
Country. Hamburger is the guarolan o' n''
county. and just consider the relatNe I'M
nortance I'm these two ratings. ana lhc'uue
in the analysis that Washingtons CONAN
was only a few sparsely settled sta'e''
while Harburger has a compact niue DO
main with it's consolidation TO do MN
honor, Washington was a man Of six fee'
I'm stature. Sheriff Hamburger has grown
I'D" with his country. though he does NOT
measure up physically with g. W.
Now as TO that cherry tree episode.
George Washington chopped down tree
about whose fruit bearing quality hs'ors
tells up nothing. Hamburger, as sschem oi
tho Tammany Society, has kept his niue
hatchet In his belt while he has given some
vigorous shakes to a certain plum tree, ana
as recently as last November he SHOOK
down a single plum worth about s0,cc W
Washington's time not a whole orchard OF
cherry trees would have been worth mat
much. And Hamburger confessed 10 Father
KnIckerbocker that he did It with ms
little hsndshake." for Mr.. Harburger Is not
only a truthful man but also he is genial
person,
This drawing Of comparisons could DC
kept up ad infnitum without disparagement
either 10 Washington or hamburger. As Tor
Sheriff Harburger, he sat last night IN
group Of five hundred members OF the IN
dependent Order Of the Free Sons OF Israel
who had him as the guest OF honor at din
ner at the Broadway Central Hotel In cole
bration Of the sixty-frst anniversary Of the
birth Of Brother julius Hamburger, who also
is the past grand master Of the order. The
seating list included the names of Register
Max s. Grifenhagen. William II. McCor-
mick. Samuel StrasboOrseT, John McCue'
Herman Stiefel, Thomas J. Mcmahon, Ben
jamin Wasserman and Thomas c. McNulty.
Emil Tausig who presided. read many
letters OF regret and we'll wishes. including
those from Governor Dix, Mayor Gaynor.
Commissioner Waldo, Controller Prender-
Rast. State Controller Sohmer, Senator
Timothy y. Sullivan and Congressman
William Sulzer. The last named struck the
keynote OF last nights affair when he said:
There is nothing too good for our Sher-
if" And the members did not seem 10
think there was.
Therefore with the verbal and epistola-
tory bouquets that were heaped on the
Sheriff. II was quite appropriate that tine
nres4nt 10 him by his friends should be
a silver flower vase and ,ray. There was
also a music feature that was calculated
10 tickle the cookies Of the Sherlff's heart
For instance, ne anu wv N'''' pam" ."
entered the dining room 10 the tune OF
"Hau 10 the CHIEF amid great cheering
Then, In the list OF songs on the menu
card was parody OF yankee Doodle.
One OF the choruses ran like this:
Hes been rIdn. ever since
on this equine daEdy,
He's tha Yankee Doodle prince
That's sweet on Office candy.
Sheriff Harburger showed In his speech
that he has the eagle eye OF tho Sheriff
OF Nottingham, who used TO be such a
thorn in the side OF Robin Hood and other
road agents, for the guest OF honor discov-
cred that It was George Washington who
was the originator OF the idea Of the eman-
cipation OF slaves. Mr.. Hamburger said:
81 have been imbued with spirit OF ib-
crty and love Of country by reading the
history Of George Washington"
The Sheriff also said the accident OF
birth should not bar any one from holding
office under him. Other speakers were
Congressman Goldfogle, Thomas w.
Churchill and III. $. Stern, grand master
OF the Grand Lodge Of the Order OF the
Sons OF Israel.