s, December 20, 1889, a dinner was given by the
Spanish-American Commercial Union to the visiting delegates to the
Pan-American Congress. William M. Ivins, as the principal speaker,
touched upon South American relations and international arbitration as a
prevention of war. Among those present were Mayor Hugh J. Grant, Elihu
Root, Andrew Carnegie, Chauncey M. Depew, and Horace White. On the walls
were portraits of Washington and General Bolivar, and intertwined with
the Stars and Stripes, the vividly coloured banners of the South
American nations. At the right of the chairman, William H.T. Hughes,
sat Senor F.C.C. Zegarra of Peru, and at the left Mayor Grant. The
address of welcome was delivered first in English and then in Spanish by
Mr. Hughes, who possessed a perfect command of both languages. Senor
Zegarra responded. The toast "Our Next Neighbour" was answered by Senor
Matias Romero of Mexico. Other toasts and speakers were: "International
American Commerce," William M. Ivins; "International Justice," Elihu
Root; "Our Homes," Rev. Dr. John R. Paxton; "America--All Republican,"
John B. Henderson, and random addresses from the gallery by Mr. Depew
and Judge Jose Alfonso of Chile.

The next Fifth Avenue reception of importance was that given by the
Union League Club to General W.T. Sherman on April 17, 1890. It was a
belated celebration of the old soldier's seventieth birthday which had
taken place on February 8. In the centre of the decorations of the usual
patriotic colours and design was the Daniel Huntington portrait of the
General in uniform. Regulars of the 5th U.S. Artillery lined the
stairway leading from the lobby to the reception hall. The General,
reaching the club-house at eight-thirty, was met by James Otis, J.
Seaver Page, and General S. Van Vliet, and, between the lines of
soldiers at present arms, conducted to a place beneath his own
portrait. There, surrounded by President Depew of the Club, Secretary of
the Interior John W. Noble, and General Van Vliet, he greeted the six or
seven hundred invited guests. The gathering included representatives of
the army, the navy, the bench, the clergy, as well as business,
professional, and political life. The Vice-President of the United
States, Levi P. Morton, was there, and Secretary Noble, Senators W.M.
Evarts and Nelson W. Aldrich, Generals Schofield, Howard, Porter, and
Breckenridge, and foreign diplomats from Russia, Chile, Brazil, and
Peru. Of the march to th