The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
GRIDIRON DINNER
 4 GREAT SUCCESS
Washington Correspondents Make Sport for Their Guests !.
ENTERTAINMENT UNIQUE
The Hit of the Evening Was Two Bears Which Came in Looking for Roosevelt-couIdn't Find
 Hlm In Mississippi.

Washington December 6.-The Decem- Der winner of the Gridiron club at the Arlington hotel tonight was @ success as usual. The Washington correspondents who compose the organization. made use of recent events and prospective happen ings for their burlesque. There were many prominent guests and from the time President Robert J. Wynne deliv- cred his address of welcome, until the midnight hour, there was nothing but mirth, music, quips, hits and jokes, all of the kind which make gridiron dinners so enjoyable
 Good speeches were made by public men who entered into the spirit of the occasion. The menu souvenirs was book of rules of the house with many cartoons showing the stringent manner in which Mir. Cannon will rule the house. This was accompanied by a gavel' mak- ing every man Ills own speaker
 A "seeing'' Washington car was in- troduced. A member of the club gave a lecture upon the principal points of the controversy. This brought in series of pictures. the White House, capitol. treasury and other public buildings, ana sights" being shown. The lecture was replete with "hits' upon guests and pub lie affairs. An old-fashioned town meet ing at the "corner grocery was held and present and future events discussed. An other feature was the nomination of all the possible candidates for speaker of the house. their characteristics being pointed out. A "tit and tat party was organized and after a number of politi- clans had been nominated and rejected, w. A. Turk, general passenger agent of the Southern railway, was unanimously elected president.
 Bears Wanted Roosevelt.
 One of the best hits of the evening came later, when two bears appeared. One was a real bear and the other was imper- sonated by a member of the club He an- nounced that they were from Mississippi and were looking for the President. They hasd tried to find him in the canebrakes few weeks ago, but failing, had come to Washington in search of him.
 After partaking of refreshments they departed in search of the White House.
 Among the guests present were the fol- lowing: Secretary Moody, Postmaster General Payne Secretary Wilson, Sena- 
 and Scott, Speaker Henderson, Represen- tatives Bahcock, Cannon. Dalzell, Dwight, Gardner, Hopkins, Hit, Lawrence Laun- derslager Mercer, Overstreet Powers and Trimble, Generals H. C. Corbin, s. M. B. Young, A. D. Bates, Joseph Weston, Leonard Wood, Col John Riddle, Capt. John McClaren, Commander J. H. Moore, U. s. N, Capt. R. F. Wynn, U. S. M. C., Count A. won Quadt. first secretary of the German embassy; Theodorvich, sec retary of the Austrian embassy; former Speaker Thomas H. Carter of Montana, W. R. Merriam, director of the census; Charles G. Bennett, secretary of the sem ate; D. M. Ransdall sergeant-at-arms of the senate; Charles K Darlin, assistant secretary of the navy; Milton P. Allies, assistant secretary of the treasury; H. H. Pierce, assistant secretary of state, and George E. Roberts, director of the mint; Frederick l. Allen, commissioner of patents; Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of pensions; Scott c. Bone, John F. Will kins, Robert c. Wilkins, Washington Post; Thomas C. Noyes Washington Star; Charles F Boynton, New York; H. A. Coleman, Washington; William B. Quinby, Detroit Free Press; Samuel G. Blythe, New York World James Martin, New York Tribune; F. N. Barksdale, Pennsylvania railroad; William H. Bald win, Long Island railroad; Charles c. Glover, Washington; J. H. Maddy, Balti- more and Ohio railroad; Joseph H. Man. ley, Maine; Paul Morton, Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe railroad; George R. Sheldon, New York; J. Henry Small Washington; W. A. Turk, Southern rail- road; Thomas F. Walsh, Colorado.