Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-02
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can't write & letter positively declining tqs be a candidate for president .
 Ventrilocuist-Poor boy! Now, David HsN Hill, what is on your mind?
 Hill--Judge Parker.
 ventriloquist-Do you mean you take hisg candidacy for president seriously?
 FIill-No: but a lot of other people tskes7 # seriously. I the gentlemen which Is the most fun,& working for trusts or trying to bust them zs
 Knox--Tryfng to bust them, but there &ss more money In working for them.
 ntrilooUist--Surely you do not put money before duty7
 Knox--Net when presidential eanBN patgn is coming or.
 ventrilooaist--Arthur Pue German, hcyI; do you enjoy being Democratic leader c1s the senate? S
 aorrnan--rd enjoy ii. g heap more n some ofythe Democrats would follow me.
 vsntriloqufst-<What's the matter7 Don't they agree with you on the race question 1f
 Gorman-what race?
 ventriloquist--The oolored race
 Gorm&n--Oh thought you meant rr3 race for tho Democratic nomination.
 ventrfloquiAt--Judge Taft. what is youx chief concern about your new tob7
 raft1-T'm afraid I'll catch cold sittins ir< the room where Secretary Root has bsan-A Hanna-FIa, ha, ha E ventriloquist- Whats the matter with you, Mark Hannaf \ M
 Hanna--I was just thinking how icv4S the poor w'orkingman. M ventrtfoquist that air
 Hanna--Weli, if Taft gets cold hs can go& over to the White House and stand nround when the president tells me how glad heS is to see rne. That's warm enough untkA after the convention.
 (Morgan dummy jumps around and saysf Ouchi'o ventriIoouiss-- what's the matter. Psers pont Morsnn?
 curities merger pins into me. @ ventriloquist-P Phil Knox. whaA do ycr mean by such conduct toward your ola friend Morgan? & Kncx--Oh. aint working for him nowy
 ventrdloqust-Mr. Hill. have you heard for president? & HilI--What party7 ventriloquist-Judge Taft, do you think the Fillipinos are worth the ss a head w& paid for them? 1 Taft-Thsy were. but good many of them spoiled on our hands
 While the dialogue was in progres& Senator Scott at frequent interval# hurrahed fot Senator Hanna for presi4 dent, breaking into tke programme at every opportunity, and the most vio11 lent efforts of the ventriloquist proved inefrectuai to make him subside.
 The ovation to President Roosevelt} was perhaps the most striking featuraj of the dinner. The musicians of the3 club had arranged song in the preslsa dents honor. each verse of which4 sung with magnificent effect as a basa solo, aroused applause. John Philipf Sousa, for many years a member ofI the Gridiron club, led the chorus iny' rhythmic waltz time, yielding the bat@ on in his characteristic style. The drstl verse humorously advised the guestss to apply for any old office. and another verse predicted the building of thaf isthmian canal. Stili another vsfss went like this:
 Wall street may say itsss agsinst you. but
 don't you mind; wall street is not the whole country. aA f&
 will hnd- .sa---,-,ss----.s -zs Theres a few of us out in the suburb&
 who'll have say; < We'll have chance to vote for you whei4
 comes election day.
 The striking refrain, which told the president to have no anxiety as lonss as the people were with him, enda@ with the declaration. that
 There's one man on earth,
 You can bet all you're worth
 And itg President Roosevelt
 In order to be abreast of the tirnez1 and Senator Morgan not being presenta the club did little ratification on it's own account. The Gridiron alimentary1 canal treaty, drafted in accurate dip% lomatic form and printed on parchA ment, was document which any pod tentate might be glad to negotiate 1N was formally communicated to th9 club as & message in writing, and al copy was handed to every member and guest.
 The purpose of opening the canal. aA stated in the preamble to the treatyA was to strengthen the bonds of friends ship. facilitate social intercourse. satisS fy hunger, Quench, thirst and allay ths4 cravings for tobacco. The parties tus the treaty were the Gridiron club cre the one side and the guests upon tha other, and some Of the articles were as follows: ge s4.an
 Article 1.-The Csfadtron club ccncedsM the right of the Republican party to givea the country four more years of Roose@ velt--if 1t can. Article z.-During the term of this cons vention Marcus A. Hanna. Arthur F. Corr man and Chauncey M. Depews in view cM previous overactivity. shall each indivtduS ally, severally and collectively remain El4 lent, They shall make no speeches or anS nouncements. tell no stories and opers xhsir mouths only for the usual and ord1@ nary purposes of fulfilling the atipulationA of annex of this covenant.
 Article 3.--Itsia stipulated that the Quega ton of what hindtof Democrat Is David B. IIill shall Do Ieft to future davelopA menta.
 Article &--Secretary Cortsiyou. txusA buster in ordinary, agrees to defend thd pacity Of the trusts in general and &hS RockefelIers in particular.
 There were dozen or moro of thesa articles, each hitting of 7tzse pecullaratY of souae. xusst. 'ss.