The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-04
A Feast BY Big Chief Beverage
Indiana Senator Will Entertain the Members of the Famous
"Rocky Boy Band,' Newspaper Outfit.

Then the braves shall gather round me
And the noise of their rejoicing
Shall dispel the gloom of winter.
This to me is a commandment.
AS summons to the faithful,
Coming from our noble chieftain,
Rocky Boy, the wanderers chieftain.
Wherefore you will take due notice,
Wheresoever this may find you,
Whatsoever your condition.
Given in the tribal sweathOuse,
Written in the paleface language,
Traced in blood vita many groaninss,
Signed by Shutdown Sam, the digger,
Totem bearer for the friendless.
The Indian tribe, sO-caled. which
the senior Indiana senator heads, is a
club of newspaper men and an organ
iZation with most unique history.
It's inception dates back several years
when the real Rocky Boy Indian tribe
was before the senate with claim
for a strip of land in Western Mon
tana the whites had stolen. The bill
was pressed so hard for action that
the name Rocky Boy became quite a
byword in the senate chamber.
eeveridge Likes Presidency.
After time it was applied to diff
ferent members of the usually digni-
fled upper house. The press report
ers took hold of the joke finally and
in Joking way elected different men
on the floor Chief Rocky Boy for a
stated period. At first the senators
did not take kindly to the unusual
honor thrust upon them, but in time
the joke of the thing came out. Then
all wanted to be chief. The Joke was
kept warm several months, when Sen
ator Beveridge of Indiana was elected
permanent Chief Rocky Boy" He
looked so much "rockier' than the
other senators the honor was well
earned, the newspaper men argued.
Mr.. Beveridge did not object to the
title and to show that he enjoyed the
joke as much as any one he proposed
the foundation of a Rocky Boy Club"
This was done, and the approaching
function at the senator's home will be
the second of the annual powwows of
the tribe.
Numerous rules as unique as the
club itself govern the destinies of the
organization. One provides that no
one may become a member of the
club if any other member is opposed
to admitting him. In addition, the
bylaws provide, any member who re-
mains quiet when new man is voted
upon is counted as being opposed to
him.
Newspaper Men Belong.
The present membership of the
Rocky Boy tribe includes a number OF
the best known of the great army OF
press correspondents in Washington
There are several outsiders, but the
membership is mainly made up OF
Washington men. Among the outsid
| ers are George AIDE, playwright; John
McCutcheon, cartoonist, Chicago Tri
bune and Thomas r. Shipp, formerly
Of Indianapolis, secretary National
| Conservation association. Included in
the list of Washington members are
the following: Ira E. Bennett, man
aging editor Washington Post; Scott
Bone, proprietor Washington Herald
Samuel G. Blythe, correspondent anG
editor of the who's Who and Why
page, Saturday Evening Post; Thomas
| Dawson, senate representative Asso
| ciated Press: Richard V. Oulahan
| chief of the New York Sun bureau
and Clifford J. Bergman, cartoonist
| Washington Star.