The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
He and William j. Bryan Were
Leading Speakers at s An
4 5s5i nual Dinner.
SHARP CRACKS 5AT SENATORS E v IRIS
Speaker Cannon Tried and Found.
Guilty of8High Misd l.r I, nor
Frenzied Finance Tried. VA
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nor, attended by ESQ guests, Guiding
5Gtllo President. members Of his Official
family Representatives. OF tho courts tho
senate and House and tho army and navy
{. u well Us mon OF prominence In tho lit
erary. social ind business world. 3s#l
WhiIc tho anniversary was recognized
q In making aJOr JOHN M. Carson pres <
idont Of tho club ana In tho production
OF u souvenir. which told tho story OF q
81 score OF years Of successful dining, tho
4 dinner like all others OF this famous
organization OF Washington correspond
y enta. dealt with events which were treat
ed WITH tho usual lcvity and burlcsquo
and sntirizcd while the prominent guests
were roasted lii tho good natured and
! witty way that makes gridiron dinners
% enjoyable. I'D
Cannon Found Guilty. 5a
! III The presence Of Mr.. r roosevelt afford
Cd Al opportunity to mako many pointed
I aliusions to dongs OF the administrative
and views OF the Chief Magistrate. ING
Inauguration or Major Carson as presl-
dent, with q Rough Rider accompaniment
and n reference TO the Charge OF the Pres
dents regiment at Santiago, was man-
aged s BY a khaki clothed band, which
" played "Therell BE Ia Hot Time III tho
Z OldETown5 o-night. # s..4 (! u.
Tho pending Impeachment proceedings.
In Congress- were satirlzed BY having al al
the senators present mot under indlct-
mcr,ti, sit In d trial OF Speaker Cannon,
n ,,.hn l3uas charged with eight counts.
Z among which were that tho Speaker r mad
~ refused to comply with the anti-smoKc
ordina Il "a: tia t he insisted that the House
was a co ordinate branch Of inc govern
51ment to the mental anguish Of 81 many
scnator,: that he had With scorn refused
Tho vice presidency; thus thrustlns upon
* iiie country Charlie s z w. Fairbanks ana
Il VA 3, IA In d ( been guilty OF pushing m
I'll N many chips on bob-tailed flush ana ana
4 ,vn caught III the act. The Speaker not y
#vithstanding his plea # was H# ad)uasea
Il guilty and Senator German protlo ultS'e =
3 sentence. . 325 81 Z. 55 !, Y Z, ~
sg5, .;Trenzled Finance" WAS the theme VI
q nretentious skit which btrlesaucd s 'l';
ii&la 70 ! events in banking, brokerage ana ana
4 ,,;,roai 70 and introduced Colonel Bill
Y. Greene. TON Lawson. ana sa1 T.
Cassie a Chadwick who we're porrttr1,allySsesu
by members OF the club
President Speaks.
Among the many bright things IN me
4 ,;5alog,1e were hits on many OF the guests guests
abo,,t tho tables There was +. y G ,Ni
Il trnvcrsy as 10 who was the or giI "a
II snoaayelt man 81 and verses O. poetry
we're recited alleged to have pcc1l Wri ~
hv3thc several different men ny
,Scw's were tho "original." The iiss IN
a,,,Jod senators Lodge. Foraker, 3 eve
4. -itpc and Scottes. Indian Commis u t1l,
: ..,,nn n Major Carson rejected an t Ile.
h ~. M and introduced the President u
M tinted states as the eorislnal Roose-
,,nIt ma who Responded ~ III = 3 i ll'.
speech. % is " u, -. Z; 4, Il tho
'Tcpical songs were merry VIII t,u
,r,as5 ~ several guests tnclud'hs y Wy
fnr X
Il NJ RrYan. the song for$the Neofaska
man declaring that he was .'thc , ohiS ma,
,vhn$ could lead the Democratic pa. uu, I.
M Bryfn was then introd - = peln.
El"Iohn%'s. Wise, OF New York, mace one
e his '.spcll -bindlng" speeches Wl'lc.. y 2
made tho topic OF a controVetsS 90 -
whether no had not llypnot lzeu ms u W.
cnco and TO prove that ~ 80 p.ss cd
something tangible, one MEMBER oleta.s :.
-, y 10 4 Tiers who We're told that tncS
.an,osantrd dlfferest guests at ne dlllll -
e, 80, r,nc member was told Ing was = US
Il t,co brewer and Immediately gan :. 70
deliver an opinion of! the supreme s, '
,vh,ch was too complex to be 4nnderst 1000
E Tho other was told he was iVnl'tleliW
Reid as ambassador to Great britain znn y,
began making a hands across NY ., se..
speech II One, when told 4thathe M 9
;tnr Fnirbanks and asked to make it'. q dl-
~ "a,
,,hcn to,d he was Senator Dcpew, and
Instructed to tell II new ST
nv a speaking tube. supposed 70 con @- &
Meet with tho lobby Of the hotel, many
Il interesting bits Of information We're trans
}mitted through q member OF the cup.
rho suggestion was made that there shou!a
Id % Joint debate between the t'resld l'l
and Mr., Bryan. i8i5
What's tho uso?' was the nNs" answer,
~, ,veif1 Ia
senator Lodge who Is knownas q close
friend Of tho President. was notified that
!. Droofs Of his latest work were below enti
tlod. Wrribulations of "a Bosom Friend.
rho audience was then told that J1jt H..
hnddy who left the Baltimore and ONO
railroad, to so with the Erie. had been
presented with IA loving cup by his friends
which was inscribed: From Bad 70
Z Worse" Query was made whether the
\ power plant Ii violating the smoke lui-
sanco ordinance III Washington and tho
answer was: mo, sir; President Roosc-
I. Welt is here, and you bet your life they
arc not smoking, @
Among Those Present.
Among tho prominent guests We're Pres
ident Roosevelt. Associate Justice Brewer,
OF tho Supreme Court; Baron lSdmoondo
Mayor DIES P!anches tho italian ambns-
sador Baron Won Dem Busseale- Iiadden-
'hausell, German embassy; Senator'S Crane,
Dietrich, Depew, Dryden, Fairbanks, Cor
man, Harms, Knox, kittredge, Lodge
Long Plat, OF Connecticut; Scott and
4 stone; Speaker Cannon and Representa-
tiyes Bartholdt, Burton, Grosvonor, fiar-
rlson, Legare, I.ucklng and isibley & VIII
liam.J Bryan, Nebrnskn; J, ". Blythe,
G,,a43 g. NJ. Railway; George ", Boyd,
Pennsylvania Railway; ]. NJ. culp, south
arn Railway; Charles $. Diehl, assistant
general manager, Associated Press
Charles II, Grasty, Baltimore Evening
News; Colonel William G, Greene, New