The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
Subtle Innuendoes at Public Men
Marked Newspaper Core
spondent's Banquet.
MANY TEST FLYING MACHINE
panama" Appears for Recogni
ton and Shakes Republican
elephants" Trunk While
Democratic donkey"
Brays.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The Gridiron Club
entertained more than 1eo guests at its
December dinner at the Arlington Hotel
tonight. The evening was replete with
unique features, in which public events
and the alleged ambitions and aspirations
OF statesmen were made subjects of bur
lesque and good-natured ridlcule
The initiation of three new members af-
forded an opportunity to picture the In
side workings Of a newspaper Office. The
staff discussed methods of interviewing
many of the guests present.
The Republic of Panama made a sudden
appearance at the dinner and was recog-
nized by the Republican Elephant whose
trunk It shook. amidst the brays Of the
Democratic Donkey.
The Gridiron Club flying machine was
brought in and a number of prominent
guests We're given an opportunity to test
II. the course being to the White House.
but all met with a mishap before reach
ing the goal.
1t was an initiation of Professor Lang
leys airship. and Speaker Cannon was
invited to take a seat He was asked:
How long have you been in Congress?'
Thirty years." was the reply.
How long have you been Speaker?'
-Four weeks
well. If it takes thirty years to become
Speaker Of the House. you will never live
long enough for this flying machine to
carry you to the White House"
And the Speaker was escorted back to
his seat.
One of the wings Of the flying machine
represented ''seven-up" hand and Colo
mel Mcclellan was asked II he would like
q trip. His attention was called to the
hand on the wing. from which one i'm
portant card was missing.
IT see the high, the jack and the ten
SPOT said the New York Mayor-elect.
"where is the other card?'
ooh, Low Is not In it." was the reply.
END INSERT
Moving pictures were introduced to IL
lustrate recent events, political and So
cial and New York policeman appeared
and hung red light directly over the
place where Sachem Murphy Of Tammany
and Mayor-elect Mcclellan were sitting.
Many brilliant and witty speeches were
made. nterspersed with topical songs.
Amidst the festivities the lights were
turned down and large pictures of VIII
liam E Amin and Hub T. Smith. men,
bers who died during the past year. were
thrown on screen and a short and Inn
pressive eulogy was delivered by Major
John Carson, IN which reference was
made to the fact that Mr.. Amin was
once president of the club and that Mr..
Smith was one Of its valued musical MEM
bers> Tho pictures faded away. and as
the club sang one of Hub Smiths songs
the lights again flashed up and the mirth
proceeded
Among the guests present were the Brit
fish Ambassador. Sir Henry Mortimer Df-
rand; the Chinese Minister. Sir Chen Tung
Lang Cheng; Baron Won Giskara Of the
Austrian Legation: Senators Hanna, Cor
man. Bacon, Warren. Clay. Pettus, Kean.
Scott, Speaker Cannon and Representa-
tives John Sharp Williams. Babcock, Bede.
Dalzell, Hemenway. Lloyd, Lorimer. Luck
ing. Mann. Mccall. Mcclellan, McNary,
Mondell, Ovegstreet. Prince. Burkett and
Richardson: Eugene Allies and Milton E.
Allies, Washington. d. O.: Philip Loring
Allen. New York Evening Post: Captain
George W. Baird. U. 8. N; F. N. Barks-
dale, Pennsylvania; Colonel John R. Bid
dle U. q A.: George W. Boyd. Pennsyl-
vania Railroad: Charles H. Boynton As
ISOLATED Press. New York: J. A. Breckons.
Wyoming; Colonel Richard ]. Bright.
Washington. D. c.: Jacob H. Bromwell,
Cincinnati: l. 8. Brown. Southern Rail-
road: ]. OIL Cosgrove. Everybody's Mag
azine; Charles H Darling. Assistant Sec
Rotary Of the Navy; John w. Foster, In
diana: Major Hugh ]. Gallagher. U
g. A.: Joseph Garreston. Cincinnati
Times-Star: General George l. Gillespie.
q. S. A: Charles S. Gleed. Topeka, Kas.;
Clement A. Griscom, Philadelphia; S. H
Hardwick and W. A. Henderson. Southern
Railroad; J. T. Hendricks. Union Pacific
Railroad; H. G. Kaufman. Washington
Evening Star: Edward Kenna. Chicago;
lieutenant Commander John ]. Knapp.
U. s. N; William Loeb. secretary to the
President: Henry Lowenthal. New York
Times; Francis B. Loomis. Assistant Sec
rotary Of State: ". W. Ludlow. WASH
tnston, D. c.: Robert Mackay Of the Sue
cesss J. h. Maddy. Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, Charles e. Magoon. Nebraska:
John A Merritt Postmaster. Washing