The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-29
THE GRlDIRONERS DINE
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF
 THE CELEBRATED CLUB.
President Roosevelt and William J. Bryan Among the Speakers
 Burning Questions of the
 Minute SatiriEed By the

Minute SatiriEed By the
 Members.
 Washington, Jan. 2S.-The Gridiron Club celebrated its twentieth anniver- sary with a dinner at the New Willard tonight wich was attended by 250 bers of his official family, representa- lives of the courts, the senate the house, the army and the navy as well as men of prominence in literary, scientific and business circles.
 While the anniversary was recogniz- ed in making Major John NJ. Carson, president of the club and in the pro- duction of a souvenir which told the story of a score of years of successful dining, the dinner, like all others of this organization of Washington newspaper correspondents dealt with present events which were treated with Ievity and burlesque and sati- rized while the prominent guests were roasted" in a good natured way.
 The impending impeachment pro- ceedings in congress were satirized by having all the senators present not under indictments sit in trial of Speaker Cannon who was charged with eight counts. among which wars five that the speaker had insisted that the house was a coordinate branch of the government 10 the mental anguish of many senators: and that he had with scorn refused the vice presidency. thus thrustlng upon the country Charles w. Fairbanks. The speaker was adjudg- ed guilty
 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 and asserting that he was the original" The list includ- ed Senators Foraker, Beveridge and Scott. Major Carson rejected all their claims and introduced the president of the United States as the original Roosevelt man." who responded in neat speech.
 Topical songs made merry with the names of several guests including the president and Mir. Bryan, the song for the Nebraska man declaring that ne was "the only man who could lead the Democratic band
 Mir. Bryan was then introduced to speak.
 One reporter hypnotized several per- sons. telling one subject that he was Senator Fairbanks. When asked to make a direct statement this person ha lked as did another when told he ! WIS Senator Depew and was instruct e4 to tell a new story.
 By a spea Sing tube supposed to con 1 meet with the lobby or the hotel the suggestion was made that there should be a joint debate between the presi- dent and Mir. Bryan. Whats the use" was the answer, they are both on the same side"
 The audience was then told that J. IT Maddy. who left the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad recently to go with the Erie, had been presented with a low ing cup which was inscribed from bad to worse"
 Among others present were Major Des Planches, Italian Ambassador; Senators Fairbanks. Scott and( Stone: Speaker Cannon and Representatives Burton. Grosvenor, Harrison, George w Boyd Pennsylvania Railroad; J. NJ Culp. Southern Railway: Charles s. Diehl. Assistant General Manager the Associated Press: Charles H. Grasty Baltimore Evening News; Charles R. Miller, New York Times; William R. Nelson. Kansas City Star; George W. ochs. Philadelphia Ledger and White ] law Reid.