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Show (.HOVIH UEWUMI AS A Tllll.V nut snti.iiu TncNew York HWifof January7 euuUIni an account of what Is known In that city a tha "Annual Police Dinner." HI given by the sua-rln teudeut, Inspectors and cat tains of the force, and Is attended by Judges, con gressmen, assembly men, and men of dlsUnctlun lu iolltlcf trade nnd com merce. At the dinner given this )ear such meu as Urover Cleveland, Chauncey M, Dv, Mr. I) 111a of tbo New York Sun, and several members of the United HUte-a Henatu were prevent. Mr. I)ew, It la well known, ran. a the foremost aftirdlnner orator In the country. Mr, Dana, It is understood, under-stood, docs not iherlsh tho warnaisl kind nf admiration for tho tx.l'resl dent. Mr, Cleveland was, at one time, engaged lu a police capacity, und It became be-came a matter of curiosity to thu banqueters ban-queters to bear what lio w ould say on this M'catlou. Dew chuckled Inwardly In-wardly at what ho proposed sa) Ing of the "IU1IUI0 hangman," Mr Dana took impious notes, aud lie thought that his presence would causo Sir, Clovelind to lose several pound of falty udlposc. In due llmo the redoubtablo drover waa culled iin. Ho lugau Ids ei In a happy vein. He nl ,,i lo Indignation arising from teUendlng tatriotlc dlniiurs. He had elono enough of this, aud had suf fereel tsi much In consequence that ho ttasii.tliu-l to 11 pension. Thla was treiullngou Mr. Depuw'a domain, Tho l-alm of mirth waa suate lied by a man w ho w a suppose! to bu Incapable of u arallu. GraJuallyhe oettlsd down to hla work, and to the utmost const! ma tlon and total paral) sis of Iiepew and Dana, the ex-1'resl lout saldi ' "rteforo entering this evening upon an ainfllnratloii of the patriotic sentiment a,siguedjiie, I boiol may be pernilttiH! to say a fen words by way nf establishing establish-ing proper rtlHtli.n b.oon Ibecoui utny hero oesrinbled aud myself, "This excewiingly eiOoyablo entertainment entertain-ment is given under the auspices of our clty'a jiollc autliorltloa and ofllcerst and It may well bo regarded as a meeting of past and present con-senators con-senators of the !eace aud their friends. I Toeg, therefore, to suggest tbst nearly ta enly ) oars agol sert cd a term as she rliT of a county ranking third In iwlnl of population among the counties of Iho Ntste, and that, at a later dato, 1 waa for le en months Mayor and l'ollco Uom ralssloncr of ne Ity bearing the same rela MaaJn ilia alLLsa aC'Uea J.UU. Jt ausv- seem strsiign to tlioM, who know me as n mild nnil itmlehln man 1 1 loam that In Hie latter caisuilty my i hlsf dillv wo to nlmlntebr rihukil nn I ernaiirotoaucfl ni, itil-sntofour iiolhsi furceias were con-vlct.il con-vlct.il of violations of lh rule of the le-rartment. le-rartment. of urss I elilni thelMnsflt of Iho 1 resumption thst this ellsUstcful end uncongenial duly was wi 11 and thoroughly thor-oughly performed. Ho far my Shrlsv-ally Shrlsv-ally Is concerned, I may say by way of magnifying my ibihn for rcisignltlon hern tluit I ln,l only held lh ofuc Slid Isrforiuisllts ihillc but I havo allien sntlernl mors ur to abuse uiiaciijuut of It. "Not many years ns-, dining a Nstlousl Jiolltlcsl ,-auqsilgii, A female orabir tea einiloil tu go about lh Country eiuplorlng th elector elect-or of Ihe land to withhold their siillrages from tb lliiffalo hangman.' Yoil must agree with me that ltd was qnlto elriadflil. It make llio almost sbud lor to think that psrfcap Ibis female's fe-male's errirt rnsy hate much tn tlo tt Ith a dl'istrou result.' Ilftl, after alt, there Is a grain of comfort In Ihe rellictlou Ihst tills lliliignas elono Initio healof sllllral coiitestaud b oneatoe,lly In Ihoent-ploy Ihoent-ploy of i,llllcul adversaries. Tl ete was al-i, I Itelleve, some uncvnlj tlrnentary reforencew Ihe i-taee of shcrllTor deputy sherlfflii the uow.papers, Tlils,,if eourv, Is sad ontuigli. Hut even such train ds may 1st hoalcdi and 1'ieii, too, we inti.l renirmlier Ihat something about t b con cisle.1 to tl at Inerlhn tide boon, Hie frec-itomof frec-itomof Iho prei, of which onrwunlry lMjatle, but though luy term uf olllco ss ehorlir) spired so Ii,n ago thst I might pleal the sutulenf lliiillauona I desire lo stand Willi ex-Sliellir tlrant, Willi ei-tiherltr ei-tiherltr Sickle an I wllh ex-re.wrliTUor-man In ilck uso of one ,,f Iho oldt st oilier known lo ehllUMlon, su.l cnewhtcli.lf ralllifillly admlill.tareil, cannot fall tn re fleet crelit and hum r upon lu Incumbent," Incum-bent," Mr. Cleveland'.! allusion to hlimelf a th "luiitalo Haugman" and his happy nle teiice to the dignity and anllqullyof the Sheriff" ofllcn completely com-pletely ujeet the etratidlal merry-man, merry-man, and tho sot ero ntlrlc Journalist, w hllu tho n hole array of rxicullt e law ofllct r reseut wero delighted. When Mr. Depew aroso to sak It waa with a weak heart. 111 thunder hadbesnstoleii,torifertoaillcoolllce liiahumomua way would bo to ul liluiself In a tad position. I le repeated that old Jok about th ollcemau lie-Ing lie-Ing abeent w hen most wauled, tut It w as so nneleut that a policeman present suggcsttit the uso of chlorlJe of lime. Mr. Depew finally retired within himself, him-self, and Dana did not e'vak at all. |