The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
DINNER OF GRIDIRoM CLUB.
AMUSING FEATURES AT THEIR AN
NUAL MEETING.

Handsome Souvenirs Of the Occasion
observation-disclosures of Member
on Each PnGe-UsuaI Unique Feat
urcs Introduced-A BurIesque on
ImperiaIisn-AI the Speeches
Were Good Many Prominent
Guests Present.
Washington, Jan. 27.-The fifteenth an
nual dinner of the Gridiron club was Civ
en- a the Arlington Hotel tonight and
Ike its predecessors, was the most sue
cessful event Of the season.
The club is composed of forty Wash
ington correspondents, who every year
give a number of nners and make the
last Saturday IN January a notable occa-
s. on as it is the anniv ersary of the organ
ization.
Z he banquet hall was handsomely decor
ated the ceilings and walls covered in
laurel, smilax and maidenhair ferns, with
palms and other tropical plants filed
ev ry window and corner of the room.
Through all this mass of green were
more than thousand electric lights Of
all co.ors. The tables were banked with
flowers, orchids and roses predomlnating,
while many cases of American Beauty
roses adorned the room.
Henry Litchfield West, of the Washing
ton Post, the new president. occupied the
head of the table, which was made in the
shape of a gridiron and around which
We're gathered 200 guests and the members
of the club.
As usual the unique features and daring
burlesques' togetehr with the good natur-
ed skts aimed a prominent guests formed
the principal part of the entertainments
These were interspersed with songs by
the quartette, solos and witty speeches,
all making a thoroughly enjoyable even,
ing.
The menu was an exquisite affair, being
a little volume bound in l. ather, each p ge
having the name of a member, to set Ter
with his vtgnette set in reduced ont
page of the paper he represents. 1t WAS
designed as a souvenir of the fifteenth an
nual dinner.
BurIcsque on Imperialism.
The initiation of the two new members
was made the text for a burlesque on i'm
perialism, The club expanded" for the
new members, raised the pres ident to The
rank OF emperor and crowned" him.
Reports from colonial governors and vas-
sal states and the conferrng of titles wers
rudely interrupted by Uncle Sam" who
seized the crowns ard drove the decor
ated Officials from tie re. m.
A minstrel show, with really new jokes
amused the guests; several songs written
for the occasion We're given, a verse being
allotted to Mr. Bryan with an allusion to
10 to l." Another lamented for Senator
Frye because, as President of the Senate,
he had to listen 10 senators instead of
enjoying his favorite fishing sport.
The speeches were especially good Sen
ator Depew and the Chinese minister be-
ing at their best, while the remarks OF
Messrs. Frye, Bryan, German, Chandler,
Tillman, Hanna and BeVeridge were of
the usual high order. The speakers were
placed upon their mettle by the happy in
Productions of Mr.. West, who presided
throughout the dinner with dignity and
ability.
Among the guests were the following:
Senator Frye, president OF the Senate;
Hon. W. j. Bryan, Hon Arthur z. Cor
man, Mr.. Wa Ting Fang, the Chinese min
ister; Senators Depew, Beverage, Bur
rows, Chandler, Hanna, Jones of Arkan-
Sas, Penrose, Shoup, Tillman, Wolcott and
Rawlins, Representatives Dalzen, Clark
cummings, De Nrles, Bowersock, Hall, Lam
dis Mcclellan, Lawrence, Swanson, Taw-
ney, Underwood and Wheeler, Maj. Gen.
John r. Brooke, Rear Admiral George w.
Melville, Rear Admiral Aaron W. Weaver
Col. Theodore A. Bingham, Samuel Spen-
GER, president; w. w. Finley, vice presi-
dent, and w. A. Turk, general passenger
agent and j. NJ. Cup general traffic man
ager of the Southern Railway; j. Addison
Porter and George b. Corteiyou, secreta-
ries to the President; Mayor j. Adger
Smyth of Charleston, and DIR. Charles u.
Shepard of Summerville, S. c.; NJ. f. In
gals, president of the Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and ST. Louis Railroad; Ge-
rard A. Lawther, and Lieut. Col. Arthur
Hamilton Lee British embassy; Assistant
Secretary of War George d. Meikeljohu,
Gen Marshall 1. Ludington, Lieut. Col
Culver c. Sn,ffin. Capt Lansing H. Beach,
T. S A.; +. D. Underwood. vice president,
and ]. H. Maddy, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad James l.. Keomans, Interstate
Commerce Commission; Myron T. Her
rick, Cleveland; John Floyd Waggaman,
Annapolis Gen. II. NJ. Duffind, Col. j.
Frank Hecker Maj George NJ. Hopkins
Detroit; Frank Barksdale, Pennsylvania
Railroad: Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant
secretary of the treasury; George x.
Westinghouse, Pittsburg; George II. Dan
els, general passenger agent New York
Central Railroad; James Elverson, Phila>
delphia; Louis A. Pradt, assistant attor-
new general; Richard ]. Bright, sergeant
at-arms United States Senate; S. II.
Kaufman. Washington Star; John b.
Wight, commissioner District of Column
bia; Richards c. Kerens, St Louis; T. =.
Shonts, president Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa Railway; Charles DUEL, commits
sioner of patents; s. Walter Woodward
Washington Henry s. Pritchett, super.n-
tendent of the coast and geodeuc survey;
Robert McNamee, speaker of the Florida
House of Representatives and editor of
the Jacksonville News; John f. Wilkins
Washington Post: George 1. Finley, Puer-
20 Rico, and William o. Smith, Honolulu.
REPUBLICANS OF MUsCOGEE.