The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-07
BEARS HUNT PRESIDENT
WENT FROM MISSISSIPPI AFTER
 EXECUTIVE.
Searched Canebrakes for Him a Few Weeks Ago and Failed to
 Find Him-Gridiron
 Club Dinner.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The December din- ner of the Gridiron Club at the Arlington Hotel tonight was a success as usual. The Washington correspondents who compose the organization made use of recent events and prospective happenings for their burlesque. There were many prominent guests and from the time Presi- dent Robert J. Wynne delivered his ad- dress 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 enjoy able.
 Good speeches were made by public men who entered into the spirit of the occa- sion. The menu souvenir was a book of rules of the House with many cartoons showing the stringent manner in which Mir. Cannon will rule. This was accom- panied by a gavel. making every man his own Speaker.
 "A seeing Washington car" was intro- duced and a member of the club gave a lecture upon the principal points of the city. This brought in series of pic IuTeS ,lne W IlOuSc, SdPitOi' AiSdS- ury and other public buildings and sights being shown. The lecture was replete with hits upon guests and pub lie affairs.
 An old-fashioned town meeting at the ''corner grocery was held and present and future events discussed. Another fea- ture was the nomination of all the pos sible candidates for Speaker of the House. their characteristics being pointed out.
 A Tit and tat party was organized and after a number of politicians had been nominated and rejected, W. A. Turk, general passenger agent of the Southern Railway, was unanimously elected Presi-, dent.
 One of the best hfes of the evening came late when two bears appeared; one was a real bear and the other was imperson- ated by a member of the club. He an nounced that they were from Mississippi and were looking for the President. They had tried to find him in the cane brakes a few weeks ago. but falling, 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 following: Secretary Moody, Postmaster General Payne. Secretary Wilson, Sena- tors Allison, Alger, Hanna, Kean, Lodge
 
 sentaives Babcock, Cannon. Dalzell, Dwight Gardner, Hopkins, Hit, Law renee. Loudenslager. Mercer, Overstreet, Powers and Trimble: Generals H. c. Cor bin, S. M. B. Young. A. E. Bates, Jo- seph Weston, Leonard Wood; Col. John Riddle, Capt. John McClaren, Command CT J. H. Moore, U. s. N; Capt. R. W. Wynne, U. S. M. C.; Count A. von Quadt, First Secretary of the German Embassy; Theodorobich. Secretary of the Austrian Embassy; former Senator Thomas H. Car ter. Montana; w. R. Merriam, Director of the Census; Charles G. Bennett, Secre- tary of the Snate: D. M. Ransdall, Ser geant-at-Arms of the Senate; Charles K. Darlin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Milton F. Aailes. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; H. D. Pierce, Assistant Secretary of State; George E. Roberts, Director of the Mint; Frederick l.. Allen, Commissioner of Patents: Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions; Scott c. Bone, John F, Wilkins, Robert c. Wilkins, Washington Post; Thomas c. Moves, Washington Star; Charles H. Boynton of New York. H. A. Coleman. Washington: William E. QuInby. Detroit Free Press; Samuel B. Blythe, New York World; James Martin, New York Tribune: F. N. Barksdale, Pennsylvania Railroad; William H. Baldwin, Long Island Rail- road; Charles c. B. ,Ifover, Washington; J. H. Maddy, Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road; Joseph H. Manley, Maine; Paul Morton, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; George R. Sheldon. New York; J. Henry Small, Washington; ". A. Turk, Eouthern Railway; Thomas F. Walsh. Colorado.