The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-26
FOR
CANDIDATES
Grand Political Rally
and Barbecue.
GRDRoN CLUB TIE HOST
Roosevelt and Bryan Were Among
Those Present.
Cut FIower. ana VIVA Bioemins Plants
Transfsrmed the Large Baa-
sust Hall Iate . Bower
Of FLORAL Beauty.


washinrton. Jan. 2s.--It was q
sswrand POLITICAL rally and barbecue An
the hall Of the willard House" THIS
was the o9ficial description OF the TWEEN
fx-third annual dinner tendered tonight
By the 0ridiron Club to candidates and
as many friends IS could conventently
be seated at the flower bedecked tablen
IN tire great ball room OF the New VIII
lizard Hotel. eCut-fiowers. giant palms
and potted plants, with spiaehes Of
beautiful coIorfnR made by the req
poinsetta ana other wild blooming
plants, had transformed the handsome
room into q bower Of floral beauty.
Into this scene Of almost tropical
splendor were introduced with charae-
the Presidency. For II was candidates.
night. Into the limelight were brought
w. i. Bryan, stili THE Peerless Load-
err" Vice. President Charles Warren
Fairbanks. Justice George Gray. Speak
III Joseph @. Cannon. former Attorney
General Judson Harmon. and United
states Senator p. Chase Knox, al OF
dental equation. The President Of
the United States. Theodore Roosevelt
who, 1t waa alleged at the dinner, had
4 long string attached to his declina-
tlon 81 smother term a. President, was
afforded an opportunity TO look over
1t close range. some Of those who are
IN the list Of bis possible successors.
dinner was the Inauguration OF the
new President Of the club, James ..
Henry Of The Philadelphia Press.
During the epenin8, songs were sung
10 the Fraal6enk songs TO the cAndi-
dates tor President and they were all
roliickius songs, fun Of jpiity and
with not sting Or bite In any %
4. -
z - campaixn song mesls.
xudeea, ms campaign song book,
'sblcfl With fhe Court JopEnal. e con.
sfikmkHn 1ka literary keatukSA % rho
dinner. afl0rsed net culy the candidates
1henAeelv6A bnk all II the guests = let
81 kecM for f5aohkfk on the cover Df
~ sahg peek were the ~ ut go a ,,si
naeant II. This song hook was the SOU
Vnhir cf the banquet and was "dedl-
"a tea 70 The candidate who stays put
All ok the sixteen or more candidates
were deatiy and humoronsly treated IN
song. each ck the musical productions
being Illustrated BY . clever cartoon on
orr the candidates. particuIar eoibla
Among the announcements contained
in the court journal were the follow
ing:
ever from these realms on account OF
political discomfort and peFnicious ac-
tivity.s sl
The following names. By imperial
order, have been added to the list Of
undesirable eitisens:
"Charlea Evans Hughes
"John Kean. Jr., (Eor frivolity.)
'Wili6rd H Brownson.
Charles Dick.
Jacob II. GGllinger."
a. fsNwM At The efsntlFt
Journal was q parody on 1.-THE Bells"
by Edgar Alien Poe. entitled The
Boorns" which was read with great
effect. This attracted attention to
unique democratic effect. consisting of
q dozen or more parti-colored balloons
which Hoated over the banquet tables
as typical OF the presidential booms
OF some OF the guests.
During one period OF the banquet
songs and jests were hushed while
eloquent tribute was paid TO the MEM
Org Of Charles Emery Smith. whose
death only "A few days ago. prevented
him from being present at this dinner
as one OF the Gridiron Clubs guests
OF honor.
AIlss Democracy Eaters.
Miss Democracy appeared az the
the proceedings and insisted upon be-
ing admitted. She wanted to see
man. That man was Governor john
son. OF Minnesota, but he was not
present. She was asked II any other
Democrat would anewer--Mr. Bryan
for instance--but she answered en-
phaticaliy In the negative. y accepted
him In '96 and again In 1900" said
she, "and he Tilted me both times"
She left the room to continue her
search for Johnson. saying shyly, This
Is leap year you know"
A musical skit was presented as q
humorous Take off" on the contro-
versy over placing medical men in
command Of naval vessels, In the
course Of which Rear Admiral Evans
objected to the President calling him
bob" and insisting that he he called
doc"
Among the speakers during the even
ing were President Roosevelt. Vice.
President Fairbanks, w. J. Bryan.
Judge George Gray. George Ade, Speak
err Cannon Representative John sharp
Williams. Senator Knox. Secretary
Root. Ambassador Hengelmuller and
Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop OF
Washington.
Among those present were; President
Roosevelt. Vice-President Fairbanks,
Speaker Cannon. Secretaries Root,
Strauss and Wilson: Postmaster Gem
eral Meyer. the ustro-Hungarian
Ambassador. the Minister from Switz-
erland. Senators Beveridge. Kittredge.
Knox. Long. Nelson, Scott. Perkins.
Stone and a large number OF Con-
gressmen, department officials. news
paper men and representatives OF the