Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-29
GRIDlRONS ANNUAL DINNER.
Many Distinguished Guests Enjoy the Fun
at Their Feast
Orators Who Were Kept silent-A
Dramatic Rendition Of the
Hawaiian Incident.


When the members Of the Gridiron Club
get together. no matter for what purpose.
there is sure to be a good time, but when
the occasion Is the annual dinner Of the
club then there is such sport that the gods
can only look on in amaZement and wish
that for the time being they could be NOR
tails and eat terrapin and drink champagne
at the Arlington. instead of ambrosia and
nectar. Then the forty immortals let down
the bars and have as their guests such peo-
pie as members of the cabinet, Senators
and Representatives, and others who are
usually known only as sources Of news.
1t was the ninth annual dinner this time
and the scene was laid in the banquet room
Of the Arlington. All sorts of new features
were introduced. The guests whose names
were down on the menu as invited to speak
were never called upon to exercise their
oratorical powers. They sat through it all
dumb. like sheep at the slaughter. The in
itiation of Frank Bennett Of the Arlington
a new member was treated as an IAN
nexation," and done up with true Hawaiian
honors. The menu cards were matrices.
that is, the molds from which stereotyped
newspaper forms are cast. This souvenir
also contained biographical sketches of the
guests, a la Congressional Directory. which
contained many facts in the lives of each
subject unknown to the responsible party
himself. The illet of beef was not the only
thing at the table that was roasted" some
of the people got it just the same.
But the funniest thing of all was the
restoration of the dusky queen of the Sand
witch Islands to her throne. This farce or
travesty on recent history was rich and
was thoroughly appreciated even by those
OF the guests who were implicated in the
making OF the history. Queen LII was put
back On her dusty PEDESTAL to the accom-
paniment of two hula hula dancers, one
Blount, one Wilson, one commander-in-
chiei. an army Of one. and a navy Of one
all these famous characters OF history be-
ing impersonated by Enthusiastically clad
members of the club.
Among the guests who were called upon
to enlignten the heather darkness Of the
gathering with speeches were Vice Presi-
dent Stevenson, Senator Allison, Senator
German, Postmaster General Bissell, Sec
rotary Morton, First Assistant Postmaster
General Jones, E. p. McKissick. Controller
Eckels, Assistant Secretary McAdoo, Sem
ator Proctor Senator Mitchell. Charles
Emory Smith and stephen V. White.
The Guests.
The guests of the evening included Vice
President Stevenson. Secretary Morton
Postmaster General Bissell, Assistant Sec
rotary Uhl Assistant Secretary McAdoo,
First Assistant Postmaster General Frank
II. Jones, Senator Allison. Senator Cor
man, Senator Mitchell of Oregon, Sena-
tor Proctor, Senator Pettigrew, Senator
Washburn, Representatives Chas.A. Boutelle
Of Maine, Joseph c. Hendrix of New York,
y. c. Blanchard of Louisiana. William D.
Bynum of Indiana, Andrew Price Of Louisi-
ana, Amos J. Cummings of New York, 5.
G. Hilborn of California, Richard Bartholdt
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Charles Tracey OF New York, Moses S.
Stevens of Massachusetts, w. +. Draper OF
Massachusetts and William L. Wilson OF
West Virginia, Controller Eckels, ex-Gov.
Francis OF Missouri, Lorin A Thurston, the
Hawaiian minister; Gen. Joseph c. Breck-
inridge, u. s. A., Col. John NJ. Wilson, L.
s. A; Lieut.. Lucien Young. U. S. N; Col.
Charles b. Morton. Maine; DR.. Edward
Nebraska; II. A. Heath, Kansas; L. l.
Prickett, Illinois; E. I. Postlethwaite, Phil
adelphia; Col. Marshall Mcdonald. Gen.
George H. Shields. w. d. Cabell, DR.. VIII
lam ID. Warner. Germany; Harry L. Bry
an. John Boyd Thatcher. Washington; Wal
ter s. Logan. New York; c. s. Diehl Logan
Emory Smith. Philadelphia; w. H. Glib
son. New York; s. V. White. L. z. Letter.
Philander C. Johnson. Z. Francis Riggs, L.
H. Painter, w. F. Donovan. Col. Wilbur
H. Smith. jr.. Chicago: Albert Halstead.
II. B. Morehead. Cincinnati; Frank B.
Noyes, Carroll d. Wright, John NJ. Rey-
nolds. James H. wardle. J. s. Van Ant
werp. DR.. John A. DAILY, Harry w. Fuller,
Frank Seaman. New York; r. E. A Dorr,
New York; ]. Alexis Shriver. Baltimore:
II. W. Van Sender, Kentucky; Clifford
William P. Smyth. Missouri: 8. B. Hege,
Washington; H. Beach Needham, Washing
ton; DR.. III. l.. E. Johnson, ]. H. Cunning
ham, Charles A. Hess. New York; Beale r.
Howard, Maryland: DIR. Samuel s. Adams,
Walter Wellman. Charles r. Deacon, Phil
adelphia: E. P. Mckissick. North Carolina:
W. Wallace Waugh. Massachusetts,: Her.
B. Ogden. Maj. H. L. Crawford. Kenesaw
NJ. LaLdis, Simon Wolf and Gen. Julius
II. Stahel.
The Club md It's Omcers.
The organization of the club is as fol-
lows:
Officers-President. Frank Hatton; vice
president, E. B. Wight; secretary. P. v.
De Graw: treasurer. George H. Walker.
Executive committee-Frank Hatton, P.
V. De Graw. George H. Apperson, E G.
Dunnell, E. B. Wight, George H. Walker
and Walter Il. Stevens.
Resident members-Walter e. Adams,
Boston Herald; William E. Amin. Salt
Lake Tribune: George H. Apperson, Chica-
go Herald; E. W. Barrett, Atlanta Consti-
tuition: David s. Barry, New York Sun;
Henry v. Boynton, Cincinnati Tribune;
Frank G. Carpenter. Carpenters Syndicate;
John NJ. Carson, Philadelphia Ledger; Sell
den n. Clark. New York Tribune; Conquest
H. Clarke. United Press; William E. Cur
tbs, Chicago Record; p. V. De Graw, United
Press; Arthur w. Dunn, Associated Press:
Il. G. Dunnell. New York Times; Richard
Lee Fearn, Louis Garthe, Baltimore Ameri-
can; Edgar j. Gibson, Philadelphia Press;
Fred A. G. Handy, New Orleans Times
Democrat; Frank Hatton. Washington Post;
Perry 5. Heath, Indianapolis Journal;
Frank H. Hosford. Detroit Free Press;
Sylvanus E. johnson, Cincinnati Inquirer;
Robert NJ. Larner. Charleston News and
Courier; Francis +. Leupp. New York
Evening Post; +. Bowman Matthews New
Orleans Picayune: David r. Mckee, Fred
d. Mussey, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette;
Jacob j. Noah, Denver News; Crosby s.
Moves. Washington Star; Frank S. Pres
brey, Washington Public Opinion; NJ c.
Seckendorn, New York Tribune; John s.
Shriver, New York Mail and Express; Or
lando o. Stealey, Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal: Walter b. Stevens. St. Louis Globe
Democrat; Alfred ]. Stofer. jr., Richmond