The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-06
BY THE GRIDIRON
PROMINENT GUESTS WERE EN-
TERTAINED AT WASHINGTON.
MANY STUNTS" AT DINNER.
BURLESQUEs OF MEN AND EVENTS
PRESENTED.

Good Natured RidicuIe Marked the
Progress of the Afair-The Repub-
licnn Elephant and the Demo-
cratic Donkey Contributed to the
EnjOyment-Tribut to Departed
Members-SOme of the Guests of
the Newspaper Men.
Washington, Dec. 5.-The Gridiron
Club entertained more than 100 guests
at it's December dinner at the Airing
ton tonight. The evening was replete
with unique features, in which public
events and the alleged ambitions and
aspirations of statesmen were made
subjects of burlesque and good natur-
ed ridicule.
The initiation of three new members
afforded an opportunity to picture the
inside of a newspaper office in which
the staff discussed methods of inter-
viewing many of the guests present.
The republic of Panama suddenly
appeared at the dinner, and was rec
ognized by the Republican elephant
amidst the protests and brays of the
Democratic donkey. The Gridiron
Club flying machine was brought in,
and a number of prominent guests
were given an opportunity to test it,
the course being to the White House.
but all met with a mishap before
reaching the goal. Moving pictures il
Illustrated some recent events, political
and social. A New York policeman
appeared and hung red light directly
aver the place where Leader Murphy
of Tammanv and MaYor-elect Nc
Clellan were sitting.
There were a number of brilliant
and witty speeches and the programme
was interspersed with topical songs.
Amidst the festivities the lights were
turned down and large pictures of Will
liam E. Amin and Hub T. Smith.
members who died during the past
year, were thrown on screen and
short and impressive eulogy was de-
livered by Mai. John M. Carson, in
which reference was made to the fact
that Mr.. Amin was once president of
the club and Mr.. Smith one Of it's
valued musical members. The pictures
faded away, and as the club sang one
of Hub Smiths songs the lights again
flashed and the mirth proceeded.
Among the guests present were the
Some of the Guests.
British ambassador, Sir Henry Morti-
mer Durand; the Chinese minister, Sir
Chen Tung LANG Cheng; Baron Won
Giskara, Austrian legation; Senators
Hanna, German, Bacon, Warren, Clay,
Pettus, Kean and Scott, Speaker Can
non, Representatives John Sharp Will
liams, Babcock, Bede, Dalzell, Hemen-
way, Lloyd, I4orimer, Lucking, Mann,
Mccall, Mcclellan, McNary, Mondell,
Overstreet, Prince, Burkett and Rich
Eugene f. Allies, Milton E.
Allies, Washington; Philip Loring Al
len, New York Evening Post; Capt.
George w. Baird, U. S. N; F. N.
Pennsylvania Railroad; Col.
John r. Biddle, y. S. A.; George w.
Boyd, Pennsylvania Railroad; Charles
H. Boyton, Associated Press, New
York; j. A. Breckons, Wyoming; Col.
Richard j. Bright, Washington, D. c.;
Jacob H. Bromwell Cincinnati; L. S.
Brown, Southern Railway; ]. O'S. Cos
grove, Everybodys Magazine; Charles
H. Darling, assistant secretary of the
navy; John w. Foster, Indiana; Maj.
Hugh H. Gallagher, U. S. A; Joseph
Garretson, Cincinnati Times Star; Gen.
George l.. Gillespie, u. 5. A; Charles
S. Gleed, Topeka, Kan; Clement A.
Griscom, Philadelphia; S. H. Hardwick
and W. A. Henderson, Southern Rail-
way; j. T. Hendricks, Union Pacific
Railroad; S. H. Kaufman, Washington
Evening Star Edward Kenna, Chi
cago; Lieutenant Commander John ].
Knapp, Z. S. N; William Loeb secre-
tary to the President; Henry Loewen-
thai, New York Times; Francis B.
Loomis, assistant secretary of state:
w. w. Ludlow, Washington, D. c.;
Robert Mackay, The Success, New
York; J. H. Maddy, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad; Charles e. Magoon,
Nebraska; John A. Merritt, postmaster,
Washington; Charles F. Murphy, New
York; f. NJ. Murphy, N. o. Murphy,
Arizona; Capt. Henry McCrea, u. S.
N; Thomas G. Noyes, Washington
Star; George w. Ochs, Philadelphia
Public Ledger; Frederick Palmer, Col
liers Weekly. New York; Charles H.
Robb, assistant attorney general; Vic
tor Rosewater Omaha Bee; w. H.
Rappley, Washington; John Scofield,
John H. Small and A. r. Spofford,
Washington; Col. Thomas w. Symons,
U. S. A; Rear Admiral H. c. Taylor,
U. S. N; John NJ. Thurston, Nebras
Charles A. Towne, New York; w. A.
Turk, Southern Railway; DR.. Walter
Wyman, surgeon general Marine Hos
pital Service; ]. J. WILDER, Washing.