The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-11
WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER MEN
HAD EVENING OF MERRIMENT
Many Guests Attended the Banquet of the Grid
iron Club

Washington, Dec. 1O.-The first din
ner of the Gridiron Club for the sea-
son was given at the Arlington Hotel
tonight, and the beautifully decorated
dining room rang with merriment for
more than four hours, greatly to the
delight of the 200 persons present. The
recent election afforded the famous
club of Washington correspondents an
opportunity to make mirth at the ex-
pense of both the successful and the
defeated parties. prominent representa-
tives of both being present to enjoy
quips and burlesque which were pre-
scented with Gridiron humor and pleas
antry. Cabinet officers, senators, rep
resentatives, diplomats and other Off
Gals were there to be put on the grid
iron and also to appreciate the clever
skits which had been concocted for
their especial benefit.
An attempt to reorganize the Demo-
cratic party, in which Cleveland
Bryan, Watson, Debs, Davis, Taggart
and others were personated by mem
bers of the club, and into which for
tuneteller, full of wit and alive to the
general situation injected himself
made the hit of the evening.
New Members Taken In.
The initiation of two members, Phi
lander Johnson of the Washington Star
and Richard H. Lindsay of the Kansas
City Star, afforded great amusement
The Twin Stars STARS of the Ev-
ening' and Beautiful Stars" inter-
twined with the personal characters
tics of each, resulted in pleasing stu
atoms.
The Dead Letter Office, to which a
member of the club had recently been
appointed chief. was opened and some
curious and unheard-of letters relat-
ing to prominent guests were I'M
earthed.
The musical feature was one of the
best, and topical songs, choruses and
solos dedicated especially to those who
sat at the tables We're enjoyed dur
ing the dinner. One of the musical
skits was the Little Country Band"
which paraded the hall like political
association.
The menu was the official ballot of
the GridirOn Club, with several inter-
esting suggestions for the benefit of
the assemblage.
Many bright speeches were made by
several guests, who were cleverly in
troduced by the president, Louis A.
Coolidge.
Guests of the Club.
Among the guests present were
Speaker Cannon, Vice President-elect
Fairbanks, Secretary Morton, Secretary
Metcalf, Senators Aldrich, Allison,
Beveridge, Cockrell, Dietrich, Dolliver.
Elkins, Foraker German, Newlands,
Platt (Connecticut), Scott; Representa-
tives Adamson, Biedler, Burton, Cow
herd, Ddlzell, Heminway, Morrell, Sib-
ley, Tawney, Watson. Gov. Myron T.
Herrick, of Ohio; Milton E. Allies, of
Washington; Frederick l. Allen, Com
missioner of patents; Robert B. Arm
strong, assistant secretary of the treas
ury; w. W. Baldwin, Chicago, Bur-
lington and Quincy Railroad; Frank N.
Barksdale, Pennsylvania Railroad;
Benjamin F. Barnes, assistant secre-
tary 10 the President; Job Barnard,
Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; Brig.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, U. S. A; Emil
L. Boas, Hamburg American line;
George w. Boyd Pennsylvania Rail-
road; Rear Admiral Bradford, U. S.
N; Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke, U. S.
A; Charles F. Broker, Connecticut;
Hilton U. Brown, Indianapolis News;
L. S. Brown, Southern Railway;
Freiherr Won Bussche- Haddenhausen,
Kansas City Star; LESSEE Carmichael,
Boston Herald; Harry F. Cary, South
ern Railway; H S. Chamberlain, Chat
tanooga; Delos w. Cooke, Erie Rail-
way; George B. Cortelyou, chairman
Republican National Committee; Form
er Senator Henry q. Davis, of West
Virginia. Elmer Dover, secretary Re
publican National COMMITTEES; Irving
B. Dudley United States minister to
Peru; Charles H. Duel, New York;
Baron Carl Won Giskra, Austria-H
gary embassay; Charles c. Glover,
Washington, d. c.; Samuel H. Hard
wick, Southern Railway; Frank H..
Hitchcock, Massachusetts; Samuel r.
Kirkpatrick and James H. Lambert,
Philadelphia Press; James H. Maddy,
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; George
5. Mandell, Boston Transcript; d. B..