The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-01
Gen. Keifer, Represents

Calderhead. Gen. Keifer, Represents
tive Rartholdt. OF Missouri: Gen. Bates,
Judge Ivory q. kimball Gen. John c.
black. Representative j. NJ Miller and
Willis l.. Moore
When the utterances particularly
pleased the Whip Poor Wills they an
hounced il by the beating OF gongs and
the shrill notes III the Whip oor-wiIl
on ivory whistles with which they were
provided. each making aS much noise
as whole coyey Of the night birds.
The Whip-Poor- Wills enthusias1ical-
~ Endorsed Gen. GroSycnor Tor another
term in Congress, and declared il would
be sin and shame If he was not re-
elected BY his District in the buckeye
State. Representative Bartholdt OF
Missouri. took advantage Of the occa-
sion To make a few pertinent remarks
anent the threatened boom Of Gov
FOLK. OF Missouri. for the Presidency on
the Democratic ticket.
There is nothing We would like bet
ter" said Mr.. Bartholdt. than TO run
Senator Warner against Gov. Folk and
| will guarantee that Senator Warner
will carry the State of MiSsouri-Re-
pubiicans. Democrats and all.
Senator Warner was called upon for
n speech, after half a dozen of tho
speakers. including Gen. Grosvenor and
Speaker Cannon. had with great humor
heartily indorsed him for the Presi-
dency. In keeping with his true Mis-
souri, modesty he endeavoTed heroical-
~ 10 dispel the boom, but he was inter
rupted by Speaker Cannon.
None of that" warned Uncle Joe.
We're all for you. Warner"
Whereupon the Senator declared that
If the Whip-Poor-Wills wanted 10 get
behind some real Presidential timber
they would not have far to GO
I'm not mentioning any names,
added Senator Warner but | am look
-
signal for another outburst Of applause.
and just such pleasantries as these oc-
cupied the entire evening.
He likened the Presidential boom 10
Dayy Crockett's highway; first 1t was
a macadamiZed avenue, then IL dwin-
died into a dirt road, then to a farm
road, then TO path then to squirrel
track, then up tree and into a hole.
But the veterans disapproved Of this.
and IL was then that Uncle Joe Cannon
broke in with his comment.
Speaker Cannon spoke with singular
impressiveneSs of his love for the vet
eran soldiers Of the country and Of what
the country owed them. He regretted
that he had not been a soldier Of the
Union," but while he lived he would
try to see that they had justice. lie
complimented the half hundred vet
Grams present on the splendid manner
in which they held their age. He eau
uOned the veterans not 10 i've IN rem
iniscences. Never crawl up on the
shelf" said he. for while your past
has been glorious there is work for you
to do to-day. We are living in the pres
ent, and not in the past. and we must
be much power now as in the days
of old. We read that the liberties Of
the American people are in danger. but
I am not a pessimist. Fear not. COM
rades the American people will solve
the problems of the present and OF the
future, as they have solved the prob
lens of the past
At midnight the banqueters adjourn
ed after singing America"
Warner. Gen. Chas. III. Grosvenor.
Speaker Jos. Cannon, John McElroy.
Gen. John c. Bates, Capt. w.
NJ. Wright, Gen. John c. Black.
Col. ]. J. McCardy, Hon. Willis L.
Moore, Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Capt.
Henry A. Castle. Hon. w. A. Calder
head, Kansas: H. c. Kirke; Hon. j. NJ.
Miller, Kansas; Capt. L. M. Kelley. Hon.
j. L. Davenport John w. Bixler, George
c. Royce, Col. Charles P. Lincoln, Col.
John c. De Lane. oklahoma; E. b.
Payne, s. w. Hill, James f. Porter,
Judge l. c. Kimball, n. y. Mccullough,
George E. Corson, A. B. Casselman,
Loeff1er, r. @. jerks, j. HI. jerks, Wal
ter j. Brooks. Col. Fred Bracket. DR..
F. T. Howe, Maj. J. w. Wham, John ID.
Garrison, E. r. Campbell, L. ID. Alden.
F. S. Carmody, w. p. Saville, w. s.
Chase, r. E. Grant, L. K. Brown, A. w.
c. Richardson, William Howard Glib
son, Capt. A. Hart, Col. N. NJ. Brooks.
Paymaster Harry Sullivan. u. s. N, Col.
S. r. Burch, A. III. Van Deusen, Col.
Nathan Bickford. Capt. William Glenn
Coulson. William NJ. Meredith, Maj. III.
G.. Jacobs, Hon. Richard Bartholdt, Gen.
John r. King. Col. Thos. s. Hopkins.
Col. B. H. Warner, Hon. Vespasian
Warner.