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by one correspondent Il have tried to
swim creek in midwinter and climb a
jutting mountain crag.' But the Emperor
was made to say that these and other
efforts to get next to the people were
| unsuccessful. .,a,., 20.
All the principal speakers were intro
duced by appropriate songs, President
Roosevelt was told that
You paint the whole horizon
A bright red hue
There's not stunt oRe thInksof
You would not dare to do.
The song presenting Mr.. Taft was about
golf, the chorus Of which went this way:
Zip, My csddie. say. ! sayi
Yip' Ny csddy. i say, -'-
Who will he In the Cabinet
Taft can tell. but he will not-just yet.
Yipl Ny caddie. ! say. say
Were all Of us golfers TO day
II we want to belong we must sing him this song:
YIp! Ny caddie. hooray!
or the vice-President-elect 1t was
sung
Aias In the Senate poor sherman must be
As mute as the mummy OF aPharaoh, YOU see:
He'll have to sit quiet the whole livelong day.
But how we win stand 1t we really can't say.
In addition to the choruses there was
stunt by members, who attired in caps
bats footballs. golf clubs &c., repres-
sented themselves to be members OF the
Electoral College When asked who was
their patron saint they replied in unison,
John D Rockefeller
What was the amount OF his eudow-
ment fund.- was asked.
"Twenty-nine million dollars
Have we got it?'
Not yet.
Thereupon one OF the songsters Of the
college warbled this refrain to the familiar
tune Of "Upidee'; '.,~
Oh, viii he ever pay that hnc'
Never yet. never yeti
Oh, viii he ever pay that hne'
Never yet. you betl
To the tune Of Mary Had a Little Lamb
another sweet singer Of the club told how
Bryan had little vote little vote
-0h. who will frame the tarif bill!'
piped a mezzo-soprano In white sweater
with black gridiron marked across his
ample width.
Nelson W. Aldrich.' was the response.
who got stung election day?'
There was a moment OF silence as the
singer paused. and then from a far corner
of the room came a loud noise through
megaphone. IL sounded as though some
one said Norman E. Mack.
Then there was a takeoff on Congress
and the quartet solsmnly chanted the
fact that the country would manage TO
keep up with the procession even after
the men now in Congress had departed
into private life. This led the way TO a
song about President Roosevelt. which
was:
Good by. Roosevelt, good by. Roosevelt.
Good by. Roosevelt. you're going 10 leave US noy:
MeTrlly you'll roam away. roam away, roam away
Merrily you'll roam away. over 70. Africa.
finally, the Llecto raj College. having
exhausted it's repert oire Of college songs.
formally declared that Taft and Sherman
were elected and the stunt ended with a
yell Here it 10.
TAFT, TAFT TAPfY = ~
Steam rollerl Steam rolterl Steam roller!
Who-oo-oo-oo. - ~!
Among those at the dinner were Speaker
Cannon. Frank H. Hitchcock. chairman
Of the Republican national committee;
Norman 4. Mack OF Buffalo. chairman
Of the Democratic national committee;
Gov. johnson Of Minnesota. Gov. Frear
of Hawaii, Gov. Magoon Of Cuba, DR..
Leo Voeel, the Swiss Minister; Baron
Won Rechthofen OF the German EN-
bassy, Secretaries Newberry and Gar
field. Postmaster-G General Meyer. Senator
Aldrich, Assistant Secretary OF State
Adee. Secretary Bennett Of the Senate
Senator Beveridge, Timothy. E.. Byrnes
OF Boston. yioe-president Of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rail
road; Senator Bourne, Fred W. Carpenter
and William Loeb. Jr., whom Mr.. Carpen-
ter is to succeed as secretary to the Presi-
dent; William H.. Collier. United States
Minister to Spain; W; H. Coolidge Of
Boston. Rear Admiral Co~ies. Repre-
sentative Burleson OF Texas. Representa-
live Clark OF Missouri, and the following
from New York; Sherman p. Allen,
Charles H. Boynton. 8. +. Buchanan,
William E. Corey. Joseph H. Dickinson.
N, v. V. Franohot. Benjamin J. Green
hut, Corde Hamlin. Alvin Hunsioker.
William E. Knight. Victor Morawetz,
George W. Perkins. C. z. Phelps. Fred
eriek Potter. s. s. Potter. Bertram r.
Roome, William E. Roche. George W.
Rector and John j. Walch. !'fi
At the annual meeting Of the Gridiron
Club to-day Henry NJ. Hall, correspondent
Of the Pittsburg. Chronteie- Telegraph.
was elected president and Scott Bone.
editor Of the Washington Herald, was
elected vice-presidept. Harris NJ. Crist,
Washington correspondent Of the Brook
lyn Fdgie. was elected TO membership