New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
Fun AT THE GRIDlRON.
Washington GLIB Has It's An"aas
Fall Dinner.

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tertaIned By the Grdiron Club tonight at TIE s1-
mai fan dinner The table AZ the New Willard
was spread for more than 200 persons. among WON
were the vice-President. nearly al the menosEs
OF the Cabinet. foreign ambassadors ana mlllS
ters Senators and Representatives and proninsas
nsonIs from every part Of the country.
The programme was unusually attractive. ana ne
wit and hunnor the various sxits. the songs end
the speeches all tended to make the dinner =
memorable occasion among the many given % eAas
club OF washington correspondents.
A s.peace conference composed o. members o.
the club. endeavored to settle disputes oetWesn
many prominent guests who were personatea ~
members OF the club. but All vas unaVa11ns eA1s
finally messenger from ". I. Jerome Of rev
york with bottle Of chloroform' put Ihoia %
sleep
The Initiation Of three members AFFORDED e
opportunity for real roasts- II had reterenc9 y
the recent letter Of the President to Caonet ocels
relating the dissemination Of news y - -.
Three Cabinet officers we're personateo. a1o .sey
formed a grand inquisitorial commission puse.HS
on the rack the baby members Tor Caring y -
quire what had taken place in Cabinet s...s
The whole blame was finally placed on . - -
devil who had blundered" in sending lse''< -
tated by the gland inquistor -
Several dispatches were received N 49,
wireless telegraph apparatus They were -
greatly to the amusement OF the Easse@ 4-S
these were the following;
Hon william B. Allison. ,A,,,, =
Please advise on this poin5i pq goss oF s PEST
Senf{ career roe RoBERT b La TOILETTE
Madison wis.
Robert Bacon. Assistant Secretary Of stass-
AAs s9g.y6 gGu glad 10 get GEoRaE W. PERKra
Hon. Charles Dick. 80. =. -.
Please get President Roosevelt to dupleate g ne
the message President Harrison wrote about lallans
oI conb bns ohio MYRoN T. HERRIcK
/ Hon. william H. Taft, Secretary Of War.
Dear Biz II was all right 20 dlssemols soaE
Cincinnati Ohio. GEORGE q CO@N-
A thought transferred act afforded another OPP
portunity to pass quips upon the prominent saesa.
Among the thoughts thus transferred ana utLssea
i nv rnembers who were Embodied and under tns
/ aspeIr' OF the operator were the following;
shawl positively refuse to stay IN the caesnSS
atfer a5 Nebodv Knows the trouble have
| Taft-What's sixteen millions between IEieneSt5.
| Wilson-There's many leak between me eotDON
Nj1 p xorsan-sinee my Cincinnati. Hamilton ana
I1eyit ia me government ownership Of railroads
Moody-one big trust LITIGATION IN hano IS "0l1n
| Morton Every insurance president should have
ni sf on where is my wandering canal 20
gSIdrch-some folks say sugar and oil won't com
csnnonLThere is no tariff on football, reviss
It Be ll rid can make better speech than any
!5I It y 1Ey e ss1d u t4 Bs
tiI IedgeA Goldfish from the deep blue sea- highly
Ing moTeLbut for heavens sake! don't think
them the a.
The musical numbers included several topical
songs touching different prominent men ABOUT the
| table One Of them parody a popular air.
was. Everybody Works but Fairbanks" referring
to the fact that the duties OF the Vice-PresIdent
are not onerous,
At the annual meeting Of the club the following
offers were elected President, Richard Lee Fesrn.
The New-York Tribune; vice-president. Samuel @.
Blythe. The New-ycrk Wo-ld'; secretary, John s.
| Shriver THE Cincinnati Times-Star'; treasurer.
! George II walker; executive COMMITTEES. Scott C..
| Bone Charles A. Boynton. The Associated Press
| Louis Garthe. The Baltimore American's ". ".
/ Jerrnane Of THE Minneapolis Journal" and THE
Seattle Times" was elected resident member OF
| the club
| banks. Speaker Cannon Secretaries shaw. TAFT.
| Hitchcock and Wilson. Attorney General Moody,
Senators Allison. Lodge, Scott Hepburn. Crane,
Kean. Beveridgs Dick. Flint Kittredss and War
| ren, Representatives Dalzell. Tawney Burleigh.
| Towne Mann. Livingston and Swanson, the Rus
sian Ambassador. Baron Rosen; Minister Quesada
Of Cuba. Baron Won Dem Bussche- Haddenhausen.
Of the German Embassy; Frank D. Millet Of New
| York: Assistant Secretary Of state Bacon, James
icsgo R e1 fb5ries X rSs -
Phe sPafiT6ere NeV5 r T. Barssdsis % tSs
! PENNSYLVANIA Railroad; General A. ". CreeIy IL
YORK Paul Morton Of SewYoP Chairman II sbonts
| OF the Isthn1ian Canal Commission; S. H. Hard
| of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; Charles
|
| Vile E Stone. general manager OF the Associated
| Press Hart Lyman. Of The New-York Tribune:
| william H. Tay Toe. of the Southern Railway;
Frank !, o Low Low, q Chicago Den seitz Of
| Erie Railroad: Cy Warman. OF London. Ont; h R.
Charlton. Of the Grand TRUNK Railway
The menu was large blanket ballot upon which
the guests We're grouped under different emblens
and devices There were tickets entitled Temple
| Rate Reform waiting List Of the Roosevelt
Club. "'pen-Pop, Formerly Republican Party"
Reformers." The card follows:
MENU
CONSTITUTIONAL, AMENDMENT
First, insert the following provision. 'caps cd
ChesapeakePotonae dredgng restrictions with domestic
| olives sailed nuts. celery and radtshes- -
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Candidates proposed by peti.iol falling 70 secure
machine Endorsement may show disbursements instead e
contributions unless they finish in the chicken
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
buying clause Newfoundland reciprocity
Senate viii be inappca5e to Potonase 80 - ~
| unbFoken eargoes.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
After four Territories submit two States no mora
General failsso put the Beef Trust Of business
/ CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Strike out Of the Penal Code Of West Point Annapolis
hs5g gss Of sna6s s and ssSse,s asa
| nuts. surprise salad
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Cancel through refrgsration charges on novel but uE-
willard and abolish long haul discrir9natoSs ana -
bates sidetraek denurTages on all fancy cakes snptss
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Reciprocity with Cuba, relates 70 rsnrias
cigarettes cigars. shall extended to BTszfIisn
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The Monroe Doctrine alleged coroIlarfss sAau
never oe % 9onelt the pacific annexation Of