Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-06
ROASTED TO A TURN
Youngsters Make Merry at
Old Boys Expense.
TANTALUS CLUB MEETS
THIRD ANNUAL DINNER AT AR
LINGToN HOTEL SATURDAY.
Form q Cabinet for President Roose-
velt-Fun and Frivo1ity Reign
During Evening.
TANTALUS CLUB MEETS

The Tantalus Club composed of the newer
members of Congress whose object is to
| tighten the burden of legislative toll and
add to the gaiety of nations held its third
annual dinner at the Arlington Hotel Satur-
day night Counting in the clubs fortunate
guests, the company that gathered around
| the rectangular table was eighty strong in
choice spirits The surroundings were in
keeping with the occasion. Cut flowers
profusely scattered almost hid the snow
| linen from sight, while the open space
! inside the square of tables was filled
with palms and ferns and other
| growing plants. Representative Samuel l..
Powers of Massachusetts, was the presiding
| officer and many distinguished men were
| present.
The program of fun and frivolity did not
begin until after the dinner had been con-
| cluded, but usual the exercises began
| with a toast to Tantalus, the patron saint
of the club:
| To grievous torlnents standing in a lake
That reached his chin. Though painfully athirst,
| He could not drink.
| A toast was drunk standing to the Presi-
| dent of the United States and another to
| the memory of the departed members of
| the club.
| At the conclusion of the dinner Judge
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| Of West Virginia to explain just what the
| program of entertainment for the evening
would be, and the latter was celebrating the
| details when "a message from the Pres-
| dent of the United States asking the mem
| berS of the club to aid him in making up
| his ca bnet brought in and read. The
| letter was as follows:
| THE WHITE HOUSE,
| February 4, 1905.
| To the Tantalus Club:
The President learns with much pleasure
| that the Tantalus Club is in session this
| evening, and he appreciates the great work
] which the club has done during the past
| few years for the publication of American
| politics and for the extension of pure civil
| service reform. He is strongly of the opin-
| ion thaat the time has come when he ought
| to consult the real representatives of the
people in determining the selections he
| should make for public officials Therefore
| he requests that the club. at its meeting
| this evening. recommend to him a list of
| officers for his new cabinet. He is satisfied
| that the time has come when the wishes of
| the members of the Senate concerning APP
! pOintmentS should be absolutely ignored.
| He fully appreciates that a senator does
| not represent the people, but the machine;
| and that the machine does not represent
| the people, but itself
| He regrets to say that for various rea-
| sons he will be unable to retain many OF
| the members of his present cabinet. He is
| contented to accept such recommendations
| as the TantaluS Club may make, express
| ing, however, the wish that the selections
| be made very largely from among the mem
! bers of the club.
He desires to add that he will feel bound
| by any action which the club may take in
| the selection of the officers for the new
cabinet, and he feels sure that the Ameri-
can people Will approve of the course that
| he Is now taking in accepting the recon-
| mendations of the Tantalus Club.
Roasted to a Turn.
| The club then got down to business in
| compliance with the Presidents desires, and
| many of the prominent men around the
tables were put on the griddle one by one
and roasted to turn. Finally Representa-
| tive Hogg of Massachusetts, who, accord
| Ing to his own statement, was connected
| with the White House by telephone. re-
| marked: 1.-The President has put out the
| cat, covered up the fire and is now going to
| bed. He won't talk with us any more"
The menu book was particularly attrac-
| tive, containing a number of cartoons of
| well-known members of Congress and the
| following list of the clubs members:
Henry c. Adams, Wisconsin,; Butler
Ames, Massachusetts; Henry H. Aplin,
| Michigan.
L. Hester Ball, Delaware: Arthur l..
! Bates, Pennsylvania; j. Adam Bede, Mime
| sofa; Jacob A Beidler, Ohio; Benjamin p.
Birdsall, Iowa; Spencer Blackburn. North
Carolina; Albert Blakeney, Maryland Rob-
ert w Bonynge. Colorado; Thomas w.
Bradley. New York; Frank B. Brandegee
| Connecticut; Henry Bristow, New York;
| Franklin E. Brooks Colorado; James w
| Brown, Pennsylvania; Webster E. Brown
Wisconsin; Clarence B. Buchanan, Mime
| sofa.
Philip H. Campbell, Kansas; H. Burd
| Cassel Pennsylvania; Frank l.. Coombs
| California; Allen F. Cooper. Pennsylvania;
Frank d. Currier New Hampshire
Milton ]. Daniels California; Archibald
B. Darragh Michigan; Charles R. Davis
Minnesota; Elias Deemer, Pennsylvania;
Joseph NJ. Dixon. Montana; William FL
| New York; William II 10
New York; Solomon R. Dresser. Pennsyl-
vania; Charles T. Dunwell New York; John
w. Dwight New York.
Alvin Evans, Pennsylvania.
William H. Flack. New York; David J.
Foster, Vermont Burton L. French. Idaho
| Charles E. Fuller, Illinois.
Joseph H. Gaines. West Virginia; Angus
tus P. Gardner, Massachusetts; James N
Gillet, California; Herman P. Goebel, Ohio
Harry A. Hamburg, New York; Kittredge
Haskins, Vermont Charles O. Hildebrant
Ohio; Edmund H. Hinshaw. Nebraska; Her
schel NJ. Hogg. Colorado; Elias s. Holiday
| Indiana; Joseph Howell, Utah; James A.
Hughes, West Virginia; William E. Hum
phrey, Washington.
Amos II. Jackson, Ohio; William H. Jack
son, Maryland.
Jonah K. Kalanianoale, Hawaii; James
Kennedy, Ohio; Moses P. Kinkaid, Ne.
braska; Charles L. Knapp, New York,
philip Knopf, Illinois; Thomas B. Kyle
Ohio.
Daniel F. Lafean, PENNSYLVANIA: Freder
ick Lands, Indiana; Wllilam M. Lanning
New Jersey; Montague LESSER, New York
Robert ]. Lewis. Pennsylvania; George l.
Lilley, Connecticut: Nicholas Longworth
| Ohio George A. Loud, Michigan
Thomas F. Marshall. North Dakota; Eber
W. Martin, South Dakota; John ]. McCar
thy, Nebraska George d. McCreary, Penn
sylvana; Bird s. Mcclure, Oklahoma; Hen
! ny McMorran, Michigan; Reuben o. Moon
Pennsylvania; Mckenzie Moss. Kentucky
Victor Murdoch, Kansas.
Robert NJ. Nevin, Ohio; George w. Nor
| ris, Nebraska.
| Norton p. Otis, New York.
Henry w. Palmer, Pennsylvania; Georg,
r. Patterson, Pennsylvania; James d. Per
kins, New York; H. Kirk Porter, Pennsyl
vana: Samuel L. Powers. Massachusetts,.
| Bernard s. Rodey, New Mexico.
Charles r. Schirm, Maryland; Charles F
Scott, Kansas; George Shiras, third, Penn
sylvania; Campbell Slemp New York
George J. Smith, New York; William o
Smith, Pennsylvania; Howard M. Snapp
Illinois; William H. Stafford. Wisconsin
Halvor Stevenson, Minnesota: John A
Sterling. Illinois; Frederick Storm, New
; York; George Sutherland. Utah.
Charles Q. Tirrell, Massachusetts,; En-