The Washington herald., 1910-02-21

deity gathered up her skirts and darted
out of the nearest exit swiftly and not
altogether ungracehully.
Then the lights went out. and on a
stage back of the toastmaster's chair two
strange figures appeared in scanty at
tire. usually associated with the squared
ring. 1t was Uncle" Joseph Cannon and
Victor Murdoch, in effigy.
They went one CORY round to the delight
Of the banqueters, and the insurgent
chief retired to the mat and took the
count in Joe Cans most approved style
The report Of the committee on the high
ton on the cost Of high living" was
followed by this quartet selection:
The price Of food has gone high
That eggs a luxury dear
And really We must acknowledge tie fact
That Of meat We seldom hear.
Now. if matters go on as they haze IN the past,
And on tariff and storage We feed.
Tie stage we'u reach WILSON be the last
And we'd die for one square meal
Now. the knockers have lots Of friends on the hill
Who enjoy these banquets each year.
But unless they get busy and night on the job
They'll die Of starvation. we fear.
Now. there's one concern We are worried about,
As you viii all agree.
Aud unless Its head is vide awake
Guggenhcim viii be up a tree.
On Wright and Wrong.
Mr.. Justice Wright and Samuel Com
pers We're brought into the programme
with an alleged musical rendition that
started something like this:
Though Justice Wright and justice wrong
Are synonymous 10 some.
You take tip and COURTYARD skip
When Daniel whispers come"
The selection was disrespectfully dedi-
Gated to Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell,
and Frank Morrison.
Representative Jameson told a dozen
good stories, and said incidentally that
he was a printer by trade but that he
had refrigerated and slipped back into
the halls of Congress.
Il don't like this banquet" he said
in the spirit of the evening. land l
think the dinner committee could have
made lot better job of it. In the first
place, why didn't they spell the names
in English so an Iowan could understand
what he was eating?
just stopped Wandering.
when I first came to Congress I could
not get over wondering how I came TO
be elected TO such an august body But
after I had been there a while and seen
those other fellows, I stopped wondering
about myself and tried to figure out how
they got there. I'm here to say tonight
that If their constituents could see them
and you at the same time. you would be
warming their seats for them"
To the lit of Every Little Bit Added
to What You'ce Got the quartet sang:
Every new one added to those you've got
Makes Just little bit more:
That's the reason the ones in power
Are feeling a little bit sore
Hubbard's daisy,
You can gamble that.
He'll fight with the insurgents
At the drop Of the hat;
And every new ore added 70 those you've got
Causes terrible roar
There was a new sensation every min
ute, and a new hit at those the printers
don't get a chance to talk about. save in
ether peoples type, every day in the
year.
a s0-called business session, devoted
20 iFFpit u uSeicso Committees, the
reading of the Scribbler's Roll and min
utes of the last session. and the reading
of valentines 20 those present and some
who We're not were only a few of the
funny features that kept the Knights
busy until the Geld gray dawn threatened
to break.
The list of Guests.
The fofEoy--fs,,r vvo..a r,-oea..s
Senator Clarence D. Clark. senatar Charles Die,
Hon. J. Van Yechten Olcoft Hon. J. " Kei-rr
Fen. Julius Kaan + p. " H. JaTeieson. Hos
William a. Rod-nb re- Hor sauluel H. Dsaner.
, Hor. Victor Mind ca. Her, =. T. Cooper Hrrs
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hen. 4. l. Dawsca. Wi,fTsi Barcrost. samuel
Gompers. Prof. Willis L. Moore. Arthur Abbott
John J. AIen JAMES r. Armstrong John Z. At