The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29
POKED FUN AT
THEIR GUESTS
Annual Dinner of the Washington
Correspondents.
ROOSEVELT WAS PRESENT
TOOK HIS MEDICINE THE SAME
AS THE REST.
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lhfAsHINGToN. jan 2S.-The Grid
w iron club celebrated its twenti-
eth anniversary with dinner
at the New Willard tonight which was
attended by $50 guests, including TIE
president. members of his olicia fam
lily, representatives of the court and
the house and senate, and the army
and navy, IS well as men Of prom =
nence in the literary, scientific and
business world
While the anniversary was recos-
nized in making Major John Nj. Car
son president of the club and in the
production of souvenir which told
the story of a score of years of sue
cessful dining. tee dinner dealt with
political events, which were treated
with the usual Ievity and Durlesque.
Touched Up Teddy.
The presence of Mr.. Roosevelt af-
forded an opportunity for many point
ed illusions to the dOingS of the ad-
ministration and views Of the chief
magistrate. The Inauguration of Ma
Jor Carson as president, with a rough
rider accompaniment. and d reference
to the charge of the presidents regi-
ment at Santiago, was managed by a
khakhi-clothed band, which played
"Therell Be Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight"
Speaker ImPeached.
The pending impeachment charges
in congress were satired by having
all the senators present mot under
Indictment sit in a trial of Speaker
Cannon, who was charged with eight
counts, among which were that the
speaker had refused to comply with
the ant-SmOking ordinance; that he
insisted that the house was a co-Ordi-
nate branch of the government to
the mental anguish of many senators;
that he had with concern refused the
vice presidency, thus thrusting upon
the country Charles W. Fairbanks:
and that he had been guilty of push
ing in too many chips on a bob-tailed
flush, and was caught in the act. The
speaker, notwiths landing his plea was
adjudged guilty. and Senator German
pronounced sentence.
Several Amusing BurIesques.
''Frenzied Finance" was the theme
of a pretentiOus skit which burlesqued
some late events in banking. broker
age and railroading, and introduced
Colonel Bill Greene" Tom Lawson. -
and Mrs Cassie Chadwick" who
were portrayed by members Of the
club. Among the many bright things
in the dialogue were hits on many OF
the guests about the tables.
There was a controversy as TO who
was the original Roosevelt man." and
verses of poetry were reclted. alleged
TO have been written by the several
different men, asserting that they were
original The list included Senators
Lodge, Foraker. Beveridge and Scott.
and Indian Commissioner Leupp. Ma
jOr Carson rejected all their claims
and introduced the president of the
United States as the original Roose-
welt man." who responded in a neat
speech.
Among the prominent guests were
President Roosevelt. Associate Justice
Brewer of the supreme court Baron
Mayor des Planches, the Italian am
bassadOr; Baron Won Dem Bussche-
HeidenhaUsen. German embassy: Rep
TesentatiVe BarthO'dt, William j. Bly-
an; Charles :. Diehl. assistant gen.
eTal manager of the Associated Press:
Charles H. GTaSty. Baltimore Evening
News; Colonel William g Greene New
York; Charles r. Miller. New York
Times: William L. Ne,son, Kansas
City Star: George w. Ochs. PhiIadel-
phia Ledger; Whitelaw Reid. New
York Tribune. and John A Sleicher
Leslie's Weekly.