Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-01
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comfortably minded when the lights are
grand larceny. l wonder where he got his
! When L hear a man cry Stop thief
| never watch the crowd
| Il would rather know a man who
knows one commandment and keeps 1t
1 than to know man who has committed
| all ten of them to memory and can't tell
you what he thinks of any of them.
In the presence of the President to-
night, let's dedicate our lives to the prin-
| ciple of doing something for somebody,
not doing somebody More men have
been saved by a few words of encourage
! ment than by all the checks that have
ever PASSED. -
| As Mr.. Hedges concluded, DR.. II. W.
Wiley stepped to the front and making a
short speech about the trials of JOB,
presented him with some fat Havanas
that measured eight inches in length.
POSTMASTER Depew. in presenting Rep
resentative Champ Clark, referred to him
as democratic possibility in 1912
| On the subject of running for Presi-
dent in 1872 Mr.. Clark remarked. Il
do not have to be shown, Barkis is will
ing But ] do not lay awake nights
counting votes to the convention or in
the electoral college.
| II think ! am very much in the posi-
| ton of Tom Reed, when asked if he
thought he would be nominated at COM
| ing convention.
They might go farther and fare
worse said Reed. and l rather think
I they will If l am elected, there will be
in the White House good a democrat
as ever sat there and thorough-goins
American
| In serious vein, he pointed out that in
a recent examination for entrance to An
napolis @14 boys were examined and that
1IO of them failed to pass At a recent
| West Point examination DOS were eXamin.
| ed and 1sS failed.
| There is something wrong with ar
educational system that produces such
results he declared.
Failed in the Three RS.
| He made an investigation, he said. and
| found that the boys failed in spelling, in
arithmetic. in grammar and in history
and that more passed in algebra and trig-
| onometry. He remarked, in conclusion
that the conditions demanded a remedy
Mr.. Clark's gift was a pipe of peace
presented by Oliver Metzerott with q
| little speech that brought up some in
cidents of the House of Representatives.
| Senator Carter, the next speaker, re.
| ferred to the present craving. diseased
desire for legislation" Besides Congress
| there are Iorty-siX state legislatures and
thousands of county and municipal boards
| grinding out laws. he said, for the gov
eminent of the individual
| If hot wind strikes Missouri" he re-
marked, some one wants law from Con.
| gress; If hogs sell too high in Chicago
somebody wants Congress to pass Law
| regulating the price,
Barry Buckley presented to Senate,
Carter huge razor, with references te
his Uncle Sam whiskers.
This speech was followed by one of the
best stunts of the evening-a presentation
of Judge Kimball dispensing justice ir
| the Police Court Accompanying The
judge-Golden Donaldson In the part-ant
the clerk-taken by Tilman Hendricks
| was a squad of policemen. The Judge
ordered the prisoners to be brought in
1 The lights went out and when they were
| turned on again the guests discovered IL
the dock District Attorney Baker. Clar-
ence Norment, w. b. Hibbs, Thomas C
| Moves and Commissioner Rudolph Mr.
| Norment was found guilty of indulging In
a game in which chips and cards are used
| Mr.. Hibbs was sentenced to pay a fine OF
$29, 600 600, 81 down and 81 a month Com
missioner Rudolph was found guilty OF
having come to the banquet with pre-
pared speech and copies for the press in
his pocket. Mr.. Noyes was handed a
huge lemon in token of his position with
the Washington base ball club with ar
/ injunction from the court that he pass the
lemon to another team during the coming
season. loud laugh interrupted the
proceedings at that point and Judge
damus. The Judge accepted his plea o,
+, Ignorance of the law without proof anc
sentenced him to serve in the United
States senate. The case of District At
torney Baker was continued, 1t being ex
planned that he was "holdover's anyway
The Presidents speech followed, and a:
a farewell the club chorus sang to thu
tune of Rings on My Fingers"
But he has
| Grit in his system,
| Starch in his spine:
| He'll howl down all troubles
| And buck the whole burned line.
| Raise high your glasses
| And when the bumpers quaf'd
| Yell. viva. Viva. Viva,
| President Taft
List of the Guests.
The guests were
DIR. G. y. Acker. b. r. Adams. P. c
Adams. DR.. g. S. Adams, Alva !. Adee
NJ. f. Allies, r. S. Albee, George III. Al
| bright L b. Aldrich. A. A Alexander