Evening star., 1909-04-18
OVER THE GOALS,
TAFT STILL SMILED
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ATInur Il. NOTNS Ut oHio.
For heavens sake create place that
Hitchcock and Burton will let me have.
A bill was offered changing the rules
to provide a new committee for Senator'S
La Toilette. Beveridge. Tillman. Burkett
and Dolliver. 1t was objected that the
rules could not be changed without the
aid of Pat McCarren. but it was ex-
planned that the oil schedule would be
fixed to suit him. When 1t was added
that the purpose of the resolution
to create a committee on Chautauqua
dates so that the business of the Senate
might not interfere with the business of
the lecturers the resolution was adopted
club member representing Col. Dan
Ransdell then brought in a message from
the President. which was read as follows
To the senate-My Dear Aldrich: Fine golf
weather are having these days.
T. S.-Tell Bailey and Tilman TO drop in:
haven't seen them fer two days.
P. S.-My SPECIAL regards to Uncle Jo !.
7. S.-E1pect Hartman house guest next
week
p S.-Have notified correspondents to turn in
their White House latch keys.
2. S.--Afriran cables are not working we'll;
fix up the tariff TO suit Yourself and the boys
p. S-Attached herewith You will find some
nominations ss,sS TMo in lock 4R as% T1
The nominations of Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Noyes to be members of the club ac-
companied the message. also the nomi-
nation Of Oscar S. Straus to be ambas-
sador to Turkey, ambassador to japan
and minister to Costa Rica. 1t was ex-
planned that Mr.. Straus being a true
patriot. would accept any or all OF them.
The Senate" then went into executive
session. and as soon three red lights
overhead indicated that the doors were
closed a member of the club labeled to
represent a senator who is the "tightest
wad' in the whole body about telling
the boys what OCCURS in executive ses-
sions ambled over to a table bearing a
Sign Press Reports Sent and called up
by phone the Associated Press to tell
Col. Boynton that he was coming right
down with q full copy of the treaty with
Timbuctoo.
Nominations Confirmed.
The nominations of Mr. Davis and Mr.
Noyes were then taken up. Mr.. Davis
was objected to because he was from
the south and yet was a white man. but
1t was explained this is the Taft way Of
carrying out the Roosevelt policies. He
was also expelled from the In-bad Club
to become a member of the Taft Cuckoo
Club, the qualifications for which were
said to be to have talked with Mr.. Taft
eighteen times the day before Inaugural
tion day. and to have been unable to get
Anyhow. the possum hunters, Yale
alumni and reformed undesirables' had
supplanted the Rough Riders as owners
of the United States.
MI Noyes nomlndtiOn was ODJecte0 TO
because he, Is not a tennis player but
boss Of base ball club and the giver
cut of passes. This was declared to con-
stitute him an interesting and desirable
member. especially since the official games
of the new administration are base ball
golf and buncombe" Mr.. Noyes hooted
the idea that he was an insurgent; he
was regular and deplored the twenty
fine as the crowning
infamy of the most outrageous persecu-
M tina D4tA
were thereupon confirmed.
The Vice President declared that i'm
mediately after adjournment all members
would be presented with annual passes
TO the ball games. and this broke up the
session of the Senate in riot
During the evening cablegrams via the
Mombasa wireless line were received
from q distinguished absentee, and their
reading caused great amusement The
messages were marked personal" but
their vigor and breeziness showed that |
the sender was In good health and trim.
The Minstrels Appear.
While the dinner was In progress hand
bills were distributed announcing a per-
formance by '.The Taft-Hitchcock Georgia
Minstrels (White) Big Show Tonight"
This put all on the lookout for something
interesting, and they were not disap-
pointed.
Toward the close of the dinner a band
was heard playing marching Through
Georgia" and a procession appeared from
the aHteroom- There was a band in full
uniform. and behind them a score or
more of club members wearing the IA
miiiar linen busters. high hats and carry.
room to the stirring strains and after
few mopents reappeared. attired in even
ing dress. and took seats on a stage in
the center Of the hall.
IN
There were the different officials of the
cabinet-tbe Vice President and the
Speaker of the House as "bones." lend
man., 'interlocutor" and other familiar
figures of the minstrel troupe.
The fnterlocutor announced the grand
opening number by the celebrated aero
batic tenor. assisted by the entire troupe
entitled Eating Through Georgia, or
Down Where the President Chased the
Postum to Its Lair The chorus of the
verses ran thus:
.Iuyrah. hurrah. sound the Jubilee"
Hurrah. hurrah. twas something fine to see.
We put away three meals day,
And sometimes three times three
As We went eating through Georgia.
Sound good old dinner horn. wen sing an
About the trip Taft once made. when with d.
He ate his share Of everything that they would
bring along
As We went eating through Georgia.
Hits at Public Men.
The gags" gotten off in the conversa-
tion between various members of the
cabinet and the interlocutor comprised
hits at public men and affairs There was
some discussion about dead literature,
sanscrt, Aztec and the like, but the
"deadest literature was said to be Presi-
dents messages. Another drive was made
at Mr. Roosevelt in recalling the terror
occasioned by the explosion of some boil
ers down near the mall. 1t made a big
noise and everybody feared that Roose-
Welt had come back. The word ..anom-
ally" was discussed. and it was decided
that the latest exhibition of an anomaly
was the passage of a republican tariff
bill to be administered by a democratic
Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary
MacVeagh. IL was charged, was not only
one of the fifty-seven varieties of demo-
Gratis, but was also a municipal reformer.
because he always forgets to register ar
voting time. 1t was explained the tariff
was being discussed pro and con, pro
for the trusts and Con what the con-
sumner gets.
A song TO Attorney General Wickersham
entitled please Leave the Dear Old
Trusts Alone: They're Seeing Things at
Night" ran as follows:
Some corporation suits ono night
To W1cker>ham made this
We've lately been half dead with fright:
Oh, won't you please give a rest:
Come. Gcorgie come
Bid good night.
And do not hli our hearts with dread.
We're tired now and sleepy too:
Come put US In our little bed.
1t was declared in the course of the
running fire of minstrel gags that Judging
from cabinet appointments a democrat
is not democrat whenever Bryan runs