The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

| Congressman James W. Wadsworth II
New York applied for the ONCE Of Secretary
Of ARrioulture. He knew all about sgri-
culture, he said, because every farmer IN
his district voted against him. A statisti-
clan to keep an account Of revolutions was
obtained in the person OF Gen. Charies II.
Grosvenor.
-By the way, General" asked Magoon,
how many years were you in congress-
-Twenty-three,' was the answer
Il did" said Grosvenor, sadly.
Representative Mctleary Of Minnesota,
the standpatter who was defeated for
reelection TO Congress, was appointed
Secretary of the Treasury. he said he mad
been a high protectionist, but got short
ened on election day u,
Here the Cubans broke out again, and
Magoon, jumping from the stovelid, set
up wild cries for Taft. This served TO In
troduoe the popular Secretary OF War. ,
Two new Gridiron members were initiated
during the dinner. They were Charles
Willis Thompson of the New York Times
and c. Arthur Williams OF he Washington
Herald. The initiation was performed by
the tennis cabinet, which came in carrying
a net, rackets and tennis balls. Before
the initiators were admitted TO the tennis
cabinet others were and re-
jected. Williams proved to have been an
officer of the Twenty-ifth Infantry n
Thompson had to read supposed extracts
from a book he had written.
In the course of the dinner Lew Dock
stader, the minstrel, appeared in stage
costume and sang a new song which ne
intends to use in his minstrel show. Part
of h he sang was this:
Now. William Henry Jackson went and bought q
book one day.
Twas called The Art of Making Love" and told
him what to say.
He learned a speech three hours long 70 win hi,
would be bride:
His dusky sweetheart listened for an hour. then
she cried:
CHORUS.
Can't you spend nothIn' else but the evin't
Cans you do nothin' else but talk1
II you can't do nothin' but burn my gas.
You'd better walk. man. walk.
Conversation makes me very thirsty.
can't eat words. that's true;
And don't think / mean anybody else.
Cause I mean you.
The evening was enlivened by telephone
| conversations which the guests we're able
to hear. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission called up to serve notice that a
restraining order had been secured against
the club, f~orbidding the club to allow two
of its guests, Z. ii. Hartman and Stuyve-
SAINT Fish, to mix It until the commission
was through with them.
At the instance Of q group OF reporters,
supposed to be outside in the lobby OF
the hotel, Timothy l.. Woodruff, chair
man OF the New 1Ork stare hepuD4lcan
committee, was called TO his feet and asked
the very embarrassing question:
DO Won expect 10 be the new Unit ed
States Senator from New York, and when2'
There was an inquiry as to whether Frank
Vanderlip, Milton z. Allies and Charles
@. Daw 81, all formerly with the Treasury
Department, but now in the banking bust
ness, were at the dinner and whether they
were working at the Treasury now.
No said the telephone man.
WELL came back from the inquirer
there must be some mistake about that
How II il possible to run the Treasury
without them?'
Among the guests at the dinner were
Secretaries Hitchcock, Shaw, Taft and
Wilson; Speaker Cannon, Senators Aldrich,
blackburn, Crane, Foraker, Hepburn.
Scott, Spooner and TilIman; Representa-
tives Parsons, Iittauer and Sherman of
New York. Messrs. j. Pierpont Morgan.
Timothy l.. Woodruff, Frank s.. Vanderlip,
John L. Waterbury, Charles boswell Hall
Perry Belmont, Lew Dockstader, Stuyve-
SAINT Fish, Charles G. Gates, John W. Gates,
Benedict y. Greenhut, Edward Fl. Harri-
man, Alvin Hunsy cker, Donald Mclean 4,
Paul Morton and Oscar Straus OF New
York and Gov. Conner OF Alabama.
At the annual meeting OF the Gridiron
Club to-day Samuel q. Blythe. Washington
correspondent of the New York World,
was elected president, and James H. Henry
Washington correspondent OF the Phila-
delphia Press. was elected vice-president.