Members of the 1915 Constitutional Convention of the State of New York labored for weeks, only to have their works promptly frowned upon by the voters. Time, however, was kinder to them; now their major recommendations have become laws. Last week they celebrated these facts at a reunion dinner in Manhattan. Elihu Root, who presided at the 1915 convention, Charles E. Hughes, Henry L. Stimson, Alfred E. Smith and nearly a hundred others were there.
Just before the coffee, the orchestra struck up "The Sidewalks of New York." Governor Smith jumped to his...
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