Evening star., 1909-03-07
Pennsylvania Representative
Entertains Large Party.
UNCLE JOE CANNON TALKS
Frankly Discusses Rules and Prac'
tices of the House.
COCHRAN C0MMENDs SPEAKER
Vice President Sherman the Guest Of
Honor-Says Nice Things
About Friends.

"Uncle Joe" Cannon made a thoughts
1 really think speech, Bourke Cochran
of New York sang his swan song on
the eve of his departure from official
Washington and Vice President Sherman
said some mighty nice things about his
friends, the Washington correspondents
a. dinner given at the Raleigh Hotel
last night, at which Representative J..
Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania was the
host and Mr.. Sherman the guest of honor
Club, the Five O'Clock Club Of Phila-
delphia, the Pennsylvania delegation in
Congress, the rivers and harbors COM
mittee and many local newspaper men.
Speaker Cannon. who had been dining
somewhere else. arrived with Mr.. Cock
ran just in time to respond to a toast
to the national House of Representatives.
He was in splendid form and talked for
more than half an hour. Were it not
that the Gridiron rule Of ladies always
present; reporters never present. pre-
vailed last evening. Mr. Cannon's speech.
which was a discussion Of the rules and
frank to degree. would make most in
teresting reading.
Representative Cochran. who spoke just
before "Uncle Joe" was announced to
speak. paid high tribute to the national
House of Representatives and to its head,
Mr.. Cannon.
Mr.. Moore the Toastmaster.
Mr.. Moore acted as POSTMASTER
and introduced the various speakers, who
included. in addition to those mentioned,
George Graham, a former president of the
Five O'Clock Club: John NJ. Carson. a
former president of the Gridiron Club;
Senator Curtis of Kansas and Represen-
tative OImsted Of Pennsylvania.
The souvenir of the dinner was a COM
bined menu and program. handsomely
bound in heavy royal blue leather. en-
bossed in gold, with the gridiron. the
| emblem of the Washington newspaper
organization. and the clock. with the
hands pointing to five. the badge of the
Philadelphia Five O'Clockers. Within
| were excellent halftone portraits of the
Vice President and other distinguished
| men, guests Of Mr.. Moore last evening.
Greeting in Verse.
Here Is copy Of the greeting that
led the souvenir booklet:
| We look the field over, now and then,
For the earth's best yield in the crop Of men,
And 1t matters not what the bound'ries are,
Nor how each state hath proclaimed it. star,
Nor whether Ne hail from the hut or the hall,
When we pick our men they command US all;
So 1t happens now that the work is done
That rather Of right than Of form We rejoice
| In the wisdom that guided our national choice.
We have placed Mr.. Taft in the President.
And the Vice is with us-so we don't have I
care.
THE GRID1RoN CLUB,
WASHINGTON.
| These are the men Of trenchant wit
| Who stir the old town up a bit:
| They write and sing and play their part
Who ss hath %tny not their ind ssni. rub
| Must needs get next the Gridiron Club
Resident Members.
| Jewell II. Aubere, David 8. Barry, Sam
uel G. Blythe, Scott c. Bone, Charles A
Boynton. Henry 8. Brown, L. White Bus
hey. Frank G. Carpenter. John NJ. Car
son, Conquest H. Clark. L. A. Coolidge
W. S. Couch, Harris M. Christ, ]. Harry
| Cunningham, William E. Curtis. Oscar
King Davis, p. ". DeGraw. Arthur j
Dodge. Arthur w. Dunn. Richard Le'
Fearn. Louis Garthe. Henry Hall. r. A
G. Handy, James 8. Henry. Edwin M
Hood. James p. Hornaday. w. w. Jer
name. Philander G.. johnson, Rudolph
Kauffmann, Francis L. Leupp. David r
| Mckee, n. o. Messenger. John p. Nil
ler, Richard V. Oulahan, Raymond Pat
terson. Charles G. Randolph. f. A. Rich
ardson, Reginald Schroeder, John 8
Schriver. Edgar c. Snyder, Louis w
Strayer. O. o. Stealey. Alfred J. Stofer
c. w. Thompson. Leroy T. Vernon. Err
nest G.. Walker. Henry L. West. Jane!
Rankin Young, Walter e. Adams. e. W
Barrett. John Adams Corwin. Frank A
DePuy. F. j. Gibson. Perry 8. Heath. c
w. Knapp, Albert Miller, Robert Lincolr
OBrien, ]. X. Oil. Frank Presbrey
George w. Rouzer, NJ G. Seckendorff. w
B. Stevens, Robert ]. Wynne. c. X. Ber
ryman, ]. Henry Kaiser. Herndon Nor
sell. Alexander Mosher, John H. Nolan
]. Henry Small, jr.. John Philip Sousa
Henry Xander.