The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-27
GRID|RON CLUB
ANNUAL DINNER
washington Newspaper Men
Make Game of the PreSi-
dent and Senate.
DEATH OF IMPERIALISM
LEADING MEN OF THE COUNTRY
PRESENT.

Washington, Jan decentralization was
the major motive in the entertainments
furnished tonight by the Gridiron. club
at its annual winter dinner
Samuel G. Blythe of the New York
World, the new president of the club. di-
rected the entertainment. In the pres
ence of the president of the United States
and vice president and representatives
from the coordinate branches of the gov
ernment a host of literary and news
paper men. and before statesmen and can
Ialns or industry, an empire was erected
Inc scene was laid in Washington and
the time 1917 80
The kingly power was surrounded with
all the officers of state with courtiers
and pages, herald who looked more like
Happy Jack Falstaff'' than ANYTHING
else and numerous court to completes
the gorgeous picture. There was a jest
er. too, who spoke an epilogue which
served as the introduction of President
roosevelt, who made forclble address.
King Deposed.
The grand procession was welcomed by
Cod Save the King" rendered by a sec
ton OF the marine band. But the king
was tnally deposed and the court sent in
exile. while the band played the Star
Spangled Banner"
During the course of the Capitalization
act the king asked one of his minister's
I mas Japan conquered the Philippines"
the chancellor OF the exchequer replying
NO, your majesty. they now offer to
| give them back to us for coaling sta
! ton at Guam
The king replied:
Give them back? Not while / am on
the throne"
Teddy and the Bears.
The initiation of Clifford X. Bergman
Bear" afforded an opportunity to intro
duce two enormous cinnamon bears.
played by two members. and between the
president and Mr.. Bergman the club had
a lot of sport over the bear incident
] A Snowman who had the bears in
charge explained that he had taught them
the language Of man, that they could
think as quickly, speak as rapidly and
spell as badly as the president of the
| United States
The trainer was asked whether the
bears had any friends in the United
States senate, the reply being;
No Their lives have been simple
| Their habits correct. They own no Stand
ard Oil stock nor have they fenced in the
public domain"
Man Whom the Senate Loves.
Mr.. Bergman. with the aid of his
bears, made a number of cartoons. One
| picture OF the man whom the senate loves
most and striking likeness of the presi-
dent appeared. picture of Senator For
/ aker showed up when the c6rtOOnist was
asked to draw a picture of the senator
whom the president loves most. The pic
| ture Of the next president OF the United
States was a composite one, starting with
! David 3. Hill and being changed into
| Fairbanks. The cartoon of the next Re
publican candidate began with Taft, was
changed into Fairbanks and ended with
speaking likeness of Joseph G. Cannon.
Songs of Associate Justice Harlan of
the supreme court to Vice President Fair
banks and Speaker Cannon served as in
Productions to speeches from these gem
tlemen while other brilliant after-dinner
efforts were made by General Horace
| Porter. Secretary Root. Henry Van Dyke
of Princeton university. Representative
Bede of Minnesota and Francis w. Cush-
man Of Washington state.
Prominent Men Present.
Following is partial list of the guests
President Roosevelt, Vice President
Fairbanks, Chief Justice Fitzpatrick of
Canada, Justices Brewer and Harlan of
the supreme court of the United States
Secretaries Root, Taft. Wilson and
Straus United States Senators AIdrich,
Beveridge, Blackburn Clay. Clapp,
Crane, Foraker, Nixon and Patterson,
holdt, Bede Burlesou. Champ Clark
Cushman, Lowden, Sherley, Sibley, Stew
ems. Tawney, Underwood, Wadsworth and
Watson. Captain Jack Crawford, Lead
Vile; James III. Eckels, Chicago; John L.
McCutcheon. Chicago; Melville Z. Stone.
the Associated Press; George Harvey
Harpers Weekly; Arthur w Little,
Parsons Magazine; George Horace Lor-
inner, Saturday Evening Post; James D.
Whelpley, London Tribune. and John
OHara Cosgrave, Everybody's Magazine.