The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
GRIDIROH CLUB
ANNUAL DINNER
Statesmen, Diplomats and Fl
nanciers Guests of News
paper Correspondents.
ROLL CALL AFTER BATTLE
SKIT SHOWING RESULT OF THE
RECENT ELECTION.
ROLL CALL AFTER BATTLE

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE annual
fall dinner of the Gridiron club, held at
the New Willard hotel tonight, was
made notable by the presence of a dis
tinguished company of guests. An eX-
tended program made the night one
long to be remembered. The president,
the vice president, the president-elect
and vice president-elect, the senators
and representatives without number, an
English lord, diplomats of this and
other countries. newspaper men whose
names are known far and wide, cap
tains of finance and industry, and men
of affairs were guests of the club, and
seated about the gridiron-shaped table.
The Taft Steam Roller.
In an unusual degree the souvenir of
the dinner. a miniature steam roller
was unique. 1t drew particular atten-
ton to Chairman Frank II. Hitchcock
of the Republican national committee
who was one of the notable guests. The
roller was a little bronze affair with the
name TAFT on the diverse and the
gridiron emblem on the reverse side.
The banquet hall at the New Will
lard was gorgeously decorated. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, President-elect William
H. Taft, Vice President-elect Sherman,
E. II. Hartman, the distinguished
financier; Champ Clark, the new minor
ity leader of the house; Vice President
Fairbanks and Governor John johnson
of Minnesota were among the distin-
guished speakers, but a rule of the
club prevents any report of their re-
marks.
Calling the Roll.
One of the most delightful skits of
after the recent national political bat
tie. The mournful tap of drum was
heard in the anteroom, and there came
marching in a battered and dilapidated
troop Their uniforms showed they had
been on the firing line
President Henry announced in solemn
voice that the battle was over and that
the slaughter had been terrific. The
members of the troops answered to the
roll call. Sergeant Jim Watson was
reported as killed while riding to the
front on the water wagon"
Private Charlie Lands "fell at Wat
sons side;;" Private Charles C. Dawes
| passed in his checks" and Private
Frank Lowden was ;'.shot in the peck
et' Corporal Norman E. Mack was
reported as ''burying the dead" Cor
porai William ]. Bryan was ''among
the missing" Corporal Loeb was Yin
the hands of his friends" Private Taft
was reported present, and Color Ser
geant Hitchcock was announced as
here with the colors."
Some of the Guests.
Included among the guests not al
ready mentioned We're: Thomas T.
Welsh, Colorado; w. H. Croker, San
Francisco; Speaker Cannon, Secretary
of the Navy Newberry, Postmaster
General Meyer, Secretary of the In
terror Garfield, Senators Aldrich, Bev-
eridge, Bourne, Gallinger, Guggenheim,
Hemenway, Newlands and Warner:
Representatives Hughes, Hull, Humph-
rey, Langley, Lloyd, Lowden, McKin-
ley, Mann, DalZell, Moore, Nye, Stevens,
Tawney, Perkins. Ransdell, Small, Bur-
Lesson and Sparksman; Governors Ma
COON of Cuba and Frear of Hawaii; Sec
rotary Loeb, Norman z. Mack, Charles
H. Boynton, Victor Moraweta, George
W. Perkins and William Roche, all of
New York.