Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-16

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anc ng of costs and income may be
SO considered, there are volunteer
municipal doctors, who do not appear
| to have been lc nsed by the elector-
ate to prescribe for us, and the un-
sought and untried propose to cure
our lis by the very simple (sic) new
method of substituting one set of Of
ais for another, which m thod can
hardly be called new, since in the
scheme of life. mans Allotted time
| being limited, II would seem the
method has prevailed from time i'm
memorial
And now. gentlemen. in conclusion,
have an abiding faith in the intelli-
gence and judgment of the citizens
/ of Newark and in their sense OF
| appre C alton; consequently [ believe
| that they will render unto Jacob the
things that are Jacobs. giving honor
where honor is due, these good people
will say of Their faithful public Of
| ficials. the members of the city adj
ministration, what we now say to a
retiring member thereof. the Hon.
John Fl. Donnelly. We'll done, thou
gcoc and faithful servant
After the presentation OF the watch
| to Mr.. Donnelly the recipient arose
and In a few words told of what he
| thought Newark to be, that he was
overwhelmed by the testimonial
! given him and that he hoped Newark
would continue to progress IN the
same manner that it had in the past
| few years. He declared that the
| dead lines of politics were a thing of
| the past and that he appreciated the
| fact that a man who strove to do his
duty was the man who succeeded.
All through the serving of the mea!
there was a galaxy of singers enter
| tanning the diners. After Mr.. Dom
| aelly's speech Miss Adele Richie was
| introduced and her welcome was only
eaualed by the admirable entertain
ment she rendered. Miss Richie was
not giving any perfunctory entert ain
ment Her heart was In 1t and she
delighted her audience. Repeated
| calls were made upon her, and to
the accompaniment of nickel-plated
/ whistles she sang the song In which
she pleaded for the return of her dog
'sRover."A 1t was some song. and
there was not man present that did
not join In the chorus, Miss Richie
was Just as dainty and winsome as
| ever, and when she started throwing
the whistles hither and thither in the
dining-room she made the room like
/ the lucky seventh when everybody
! stretched his arms.
Mayor Starts Boom.
Mayor Haussling was next called
upon In a speech that showed he
was speaking from the heart he told
of the good qualities of Mr. Donnelly
and his words rang true to everyone
present.
when John says anything there
! is no guessing. If the city was full
Of John Donnelly's it would be bet
| ter off. wish there was one born
every day. 1t would be better city.
If any man is entitled to be Mayor
Of this city, this man. John Donnelly,
Is entitled to that position"
| Mayor Haussllng had his own
troubles in beginning his speech. He
was greeted by a salvo of applause
that was augmented by the blasts of
the whistles used in seeking Rover. :"
Then again when the Mayor had just
started to speak cry came He's a
Jolly Good Fellow" and every man in
the big dining-room Joined in singing
the song that tells man that his
fellows think well of him
Peter ]. OToole caused question
to be raised. 1t was asked by many
of the diners whether Simeon Ford,
and many other after dinner speak
ers would not have to look to their
laurels with O'Toole in the field as
an after-dinner speaker
There was nothing he could not say
in reference to the Fifth Ward. from
which Mr.. Donne'ly came that any
locality would want to be said about
declared 1t to be the only real place
in Newark. and finally admitted he
came from 1t. His talk was humor-
Gus throughout and there was guam
tity of intimate knowledge that he
showed he had that was appreciated.
u. N. Bethel. president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
| Company. delivered a speech that
was enjoyed. His diction was such
that nothing was left to be dos red in
that respect. and every phrase was
i rounded in a manner that caused his
hearers to worry whether he was 60
ing to cease. He caused rath II a sur
prise when he declared he had known
Mr.. Donnelly for more than a score
of years, and the tribute he paid him
was one that any man should be
proud Of He talked of Newark. and
presaged it's future to be one that no
city in the United States might be
ashamed of, and when he declared
his loyalty to New Jersey he was
forced to pause for a moment or two
while the others present attested
their loyalty to their rthplace.
Speech Of MIR. JenkinsOn.
i Richard C. Jenkinson was intro
duced by Mr.. Nugent as q man who
had devoted years of study and had
given much time to civic problems,
"and no affair having bearing upon
municipal matters and city officials
would be complete" added the toast
master, without a speech from Mr..
Jenk nson." Mr.. Jenkinson was ex-
ceedingly interesting and entertain
ing Unfortunately, he said, he had
been so pressed for time that he could
not prepare details to do justice to the
occasion When requested by Chair
man Biertuempfel. of the banquet
committee. to be ready to deliver an
grafton he looked up a dictionary, the
only one he had. to ascertain what
"oration" meant He found that 1t
, meant dignified discourse delivered
on special occasions-funerals.
"But tn is not a funeral" went
; on Mr. Jenkinson. "for my experience
and Judgment tel me that you have
something up your sleeve for Mr..
J Donnelly. II Is not a funeral. either.
Il have known Mr.. Donnelly for many
years, not 80 long, however. as Mr..
Nugent and Mr.. Donnelly have known
each other. They are much older than
(this created laugh. MIR. Jenixin-
son being years the senior Of Mr..
Nugent), but have known him for O
E long time. was deeply interested IN
the telephone company whsu s. astab-