The Washington times., 1902-04-27

| evening. Toward the close the club turn
| ed from Congress TO the Presidential
candidates
II was announced that NJ. Santos Du
mont had arranged an aerial Presidential
| 1t was a free for all. open to any old thin.
willing to enter The various machine!
in the race were to be permitted to star
! from anywhere they pleased. and the frs
one that rounded up at the White Hous,
Will get Prof. Langley and 100000 Other
cranks The entries were announced. ant
each was accompanied with a picture anC
a statement of qualifications. The pic.
lures were faces of well-known Presiden-
tia1 candidates represented as riding or
all sorts of balloons. aerodromes, aero
planes. and gas bags. winding up with Pres
ident Roosevelt on a flying horse. to which
was attached huge mast labeled siren
uosity." The entries were Bryan. Cleve-
land. Fairbanks. German. Hill. David X.
Francis, Hanna. and President Roosevelt
and appropriate and sometimes sarcastic
comments were made upon each
1t was announced that the club had re-
celved telegram from Santos Dumont in
ST. Louis that unless the race was fixed
so that President Francis had a chance to
win he would get no appropriation. A
member of the club sung out:
We'll. let's give Francis a show in this
race. He isn't going to have any show in
st. Louis"
A Red Hot Race.
When President Rooseveit's picture was
shown President wynne, of the club (now
First Assistant Postmaster GeneraD. said
sternly:
Here, that is out OF order"
member-0ut of order? The deuce
it is. Why. it is in tip-top condition. and
Just reeled of a red-hot race in the
South.
A member-The president means that IT
is out of order TO allude to the President
in this connection.
A member-Great Scott. has Hanna got
him fixed already!
Henry L. West-I don't know just who
fixed him, but know that he is fixed, and
we are all glad OF it.
An Agricultural Jest.
The Department OF Agriculture came in
for a mild one wren a committee dis
tributed to each person present packages
of various kinds of seeds, franted by
Congressman James r. Young. of Phila-
d.
The musical features of the evening
were particularly good. the quartet and
Major a. J. Stofer coming in for full
shares Of applause.
Speeches we're made by Speaker Hen
derson, Senator German. Congressman
Powers. GrOsvenor. Common, Swanson.
Cushman, Tawney, and others. They were
full Of pi,h and in many cases sharply
pointed. but the Gridircn rules do not
permit their publication.
President Robert J. Wynne presided
with skill and uFtanity. and all the
Gridiron committees did excellent work.
A Delightful Menu.
The menu was as follows:
Little Neck Clans
Consonme Printanirre Royale
Pimolas Anchoyics Caviar salted Almonds
Striped i'iBas Bass. Boiled. Sauce OIis's nstsrose
Cucumbers Potatoes fsrisienncs
Filet of Beef, Larded. la lmpe,atrice
New String Beans
Soft Shell Crabs
Tartar Sauce
CRIDIRON PINCH
Philadelphia Squalls. Roasted
Cheif0nade Salad
Vanilla Ice Cream and Strawberries
sauternc
Moet & Chandon, Imperial Brut
Apollinaris Mater. -z
The Guests.
The following guests were present:
Milton E. Allies. Assistant Secretary Of |
the Treasury.
Walter F. Albertsen. Illinois.
Frederick l. Allen. Commissioner of !
F. n. Barksdale. Philadelphia
Richard Bartholdt, Representative from ,
Charles H. Bayley. Boston.
George VI. Bowers, L. S. Fish Commits
sioner.
Charles 4. Bowman, Washington, d. C. /
George W. Boyd, Philadelphia
Royal b. Bradford, rear admiral, L. s "
Jacob H. Bromwell, Representative from
Ohio.
George W. Brown, Boston.
Henry Burk. Representative from Penn
sylvania.
E. F. Burns. Philadelphia.
John G. Capers. United States Attorney
Tor South Carolina.
J. A. Caldwell. Chicago.
Robert S. Clark, second lieutenant, U.
5 A.
Henry c. Corbin. major general. L. s. a.
Charles A. Craighead. Dayton. Ohio.
Francis w. Cushman, Representative
rom Washington.
George b. Davis. brigadier general. U.
5 A.
Charles Dick. Representative from Ohio.
Don NJ. Dickinson. Michigan
John +. Dryden. Senator from New Jer-
ie..
Clarence R. Edwards. captain. United
States Army.
Ntuei fNf De,
;,ons.
z. A. Fowler, Arizona.
B. T. Galloway. chief, Department of
griculture.
John H. Gibbons, lieutenant command
r. United States Navy.
George G. Gilbert. Representative from
Arthur p. German. Senator-elect from
Maryland.
f. o. Gross, N. D.. Philadelphia.
S. II. Hardwick. Washington. ID. c.
George W. Harvey. Washington. ID. C.
John c. Head, Washington, ID. c.
Augustus G. Heaton. Washington. d. C.
ID. b. Henderson. Speaker House of Rep
W. b. Hibbs. Washington. ID. c.
Gen. c. II. Grosvenor, Representative
rom Ohio.
Ebenezer ]. Hill, Representative from
Charles Z Hooker. Representative from
iississippi.
Beale II. Howard, Maryland.
Charles VI. Irelan, chief clerk Patent
)filce.
Charles F. Joy. Representative from
iissOuri.
Leverett VI. Kelley, Deputy Commis-
Toner of Pensions.
Dwight Kinney Cincinnati.
A J. Lester. Illinois.