The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-07

The clock OF good cheer beat sixty
JOYS a minute. and statesmen and news
paper men mingled around the board OF
gress. men in public life, members Of the
Gridiron Club and of the Five O'Clock
Club assembled at the Raleigh Hotel last
night as the guests Of Representative J.
Hampton Moore. Of Philadelphia. to meet
AT dinner the Vice President Of the United
States.
From the opening song OF Sherman,
We're sighiag for You TO the ever
melodious close, Home. Sweet Home. 3"
enjoyment ran rampant. and men cele-
brated throughout America spoke words
OF praise and sang songs Of sentiment.
honoring the man who viii next WELD
The gayeI as the President Of the Senate.
Supplied the Words.
Hes a Jolly Good Fellow faded In
the jollity OF the hour, and the melodioUs
tunes Of ragtime. TO which many Of the
Gridironers fixed words to suit the ocea-
sion. fell short when words OF good viii.
bTotherly affection. and praise for the
guest Of honor fell from the lips Of those
responding 10 toasts. recalling the senti-
ment anent the parting with the member
from New York who has left. sadly they
said TO preside over the higher body.
Representative Bourke Cochran pictured
the love among mankind, and in the
height Of his golden praise, for this,
which he declared was the canopy OF
beauty. SAX that had the House been al
lowed 20 pick out man to honor-a
man universally a favOrite among men
who have come and gone during his long
service in the popular branch" OF the
government. he believed the will OF the
people in the last election would not
have been changed. He spoke Of the long
service, not to his party. but 20 the na-
ton. which Mr.. Sherman has seen in
the House Of Representatives, and re-
GREETED that the lower branch OF Con-
gress should lose him. even if he were
going 10 a more exalted position
Uncle joe Cannon. the ever-ready
Speaker. with sarcasm or affection. piled
on to the mound Of praise Mr.. Cochran
had built and spoke tenderly OF his as
sociation with the guest Of honor; OF
his willing 10 yield 10 the right and to his
hard and diligent service. whether II be
small or large. He declared the record
OF Mr.. Sherman was marked not by his
personal gain but the gain CT the na-
tion, and placed him among the list
Of the country's most notable men. who
have come and gone during his thirty
six years as a member of Congress.
They Lauded the Press.
Both Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Cochran
lauded the work OF the press. and even
Uncle Joe" was led to submit that he
could not complain Of the millions Of
lines OF criticisms in the face OF the good
he had got from freedom Of speech" as
It IS exercised in American Hfa.
Mr.. Cochran regretted that during the
twenty-five years he had been IN Wash
ington he had not been more intimately
associated with the members OF the news
paper fraternity. but asserted that time
on top OF time he had enjoyed a hearty
breakfast after reading a few words OF
praise for something about which he had
BEEN kicking himself" since he made
expressions on the floor Of the House the
dag before,
George s. Graham. OF the Five O'Clock
Club, OF Philadelphia, one OF the leading
lawyers OF his State. was another Of the
eloquent speakers Of the evening. Mr..
Graham paid his respects first 10 the
press. and said that after this came the
Congressmen.
The speech OF the Vice President was
cheered repeatedly. and several times
he was forced to stop in order that he
might be heard. Mr.. Sherman paid trib-
ute to the outgoing President and Vice
President. and brought the guests TO
their feet with loud shouts OF You're
right" when he declared Theodore
Roosevelt's name would 20 down IN
history as one Of the nations greatest
men.
Mr. Sherman always makes a good
speech, but last night he was in un-
usual spirits. and II ever he had de-
served the title OF Honorable Jim. the
Good Fellow" he won his laurels for
ever He told lot of Irish Jokes that
amused the guests till some OF the men
spilled their glasses. and then he got
pack into his sentimental strain and
added 70 what he had said in praise OF
his associates in Congress.
Too Much for the Guests.
Put all this was too much for the
guests. 1t was a solemnity that had
stolen over the diners, and Mai. Alfred
J. Stofer of the Gridiron Club. led a
chorus with I'm a-looking for the
bully OF this town
Again the weep-strings OF the ban
queters were about to get busy, and
the GridiTOn men sang:
sherman. for you we're signing;
Ny heart Is crying
With love undyinE.
Into my cnme a-hying
For We love you. sherman. yes. we Do.
And when the speeches again made
Jolly hours droli with their solemn ex-