The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-06

pcrsonated, of course by members of
the club were all targets for the keen
remarks of the fortune teller. The
climax came when the ghost of Thorn
as Jefferson appeared. When this an
Gent and honorable democrat repudi-
ated the whole outfit the reorganization
party came to grief
Not only in spoken dialogue but in
mirthful melodies the members of the
Gridiron club make merry with their
guests
The songs We're all full of ginger.
They had point in them which hit
off some guest. ana they were written
to popular airs. There is, for instance
Il more or less "athetic ballad about
soldier going away to war In the
hands of the club warbers, however,
thlS ballad was transposed into d song
about Senator Fai banks, telling him
in flowing rhyme that he was destined
TO be talked to death While presiding
over the senate, and that as a candi-
date for president in 1905 he might
expect to meet opposition. After this
dismal picture the chorus sang reaS-
suringly;
Good luck, my Fairbanks. good luck to
YOU!
Their" is some trouble still ahead for you:
When you need comfort that's sweet and
true,
Come to us Fairbanks and wei, give IL
to you.
Then there was a song about Chair
man Cortelyou. which. POLITICALLY. if not
altogether accurately described how he
ran the campaign and carried this re-
Grain:
Chairman Cortclyou, Chairman Cortely Oh!
He is wise, knows what To do,
How to do. who to do:
hairman CortelyOu. Chairman COr;elyou,
pom my word
A wise old bird
Is Chairman COrtelyOu.
The presence of Senator Cockrell of
Missouri, who is about to retire from
me senate, but who has been promised
tcmelhinS equally as good by Presi :
'ent Roosevelt. could not be overlooked.
II was made the occasion of a musical
-ribute. sung to the AIR of Good by.
Wy Lady Love. Good by The club
fenor sang the song with tears in his
voice. The verses We're of course, APP
propriate. They told how Missouri had
gone astHay with sad result to the
senator, but assured him that there
Wer" other jobs lying around loose
which he might have With higher pay
Then the chorus warbled with pathetic
sweetness this refrain:
Gocd-hy. my senator
Farewell. my senator;
You arc the dol and darling Of my heart.
Som" day YOU Will come back to me.
WIN fat job.
So gCod-by, my senator. good-by.
mother song, which ir''"verently re-
erred to prominent guests around the
bile cont ed these verses:
should every man in congress get just
what his people wish,
Erom pubic buildings down to seeds, from
hp:s" books up to fish:
should Cannon take the bride off and
each one make dash
With tncle Sam deep in the hole. where
could be find the cash?
If J. p. Morgan owned a trust, which may
the Lotd forbid.
And put lock on his cash box, then sat
upon tn" lid;
When hungry lobbyists came round TO get
a check or Two.
TO keep the tariff undisturbcd, what think
you he would do?
~, cehi per year,
Fht Santa le gives salaries much higher
still, we hear:
TO give up eighty thousand scads and or
an ocean waves be tossed,
w Ouii You subtract or multiply to find
what Morton lost?
The chorus OF these verses was quite
appropriate ANA reminiscent Of a pop.
ular' opera when the singers tapped ar
accompaniment to the music upon the
school states which they held in the.
hands. The chorus was as follows:
Pat down SIX and carry Two:
Gee! but this is hard to do;
You may think and think and think It'll
your brains are dumb,
don't care what Roosevelt says, l cant
do the sum.
The musical part of a GridrOn din
ner has of late years been made quite
Il feature. and both words and music
of the songs We're in thorough har-
mony With the spirit of the occasion.
President Coolidge handled the din.
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| thing up to concert pitch. His intro
| ductions We're brief and bright. and he
| kept the speakers in harmony witt
| the atmosphere of the occasion. Vice
| President elect Fairbanks, Senator
/ Beverage, Chairman Cortelyou. Senator
| German, Speaker Cannon, Senator
| Cockrell. and Son-inlaW Elkins. who
| was called upon to stand up alongside
! Papa-in-l law Davis. We're some of thu
guests who participated in the speech,
making. ,Delos b. Cook, of the Erie
road responded for the goodly compan.
of railroad men.
And it should not be forgotten tina,
there was an Old Boys quartet. L
you want to hear music as is music
| listen to Crosby S. Noyes, General II
| V. BOynton. William f. Curtis and r
/ NJ. La"ner MARBLE together. 1t has tn,
| operate aggregations Of London, Par.
! is, Vienna and New York beaten al
| around the block. And then there wa
| the Indian war dance around IBIS
Chief frankie" Leupp, the vice presi
dent of the club, who has just beef
appointed commissioner of Indian at
fairs. The telephone messages t,
prominent people throughout the even
ing We're very clever.
II it wasn't altogether one of tn
| greatest dinners ever given by this ia
nous organization, then Theodor
Roosevelt isn't the president of tn
| United States.