Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10

Messages from Senator Penrose George
r. Cox, Martin W. Iittleton and others
added to the festivity of the joyous bird
arrival
President Taft's recent visit to Freder-
ick. Md, was commemorated in q sketch
\ member of the club asked Mr.. Garthe
if President Taft believed in fairies. Aft
CT consultation Mr. Garthe reported that
the President since his experiences at
; Frederick ready to believe in any
| thing Thereupon he was admOnished &c
stop look and listen; he would be treated
to the legend of Barbara Fritchie up-to-
date.
The room was darkened and a spotlight
thrown upon window over the balcony
whence presently emerged the head OF
one very closely resembling Uncle Joe
Cannon, who waved from the window a
banner labeled "Standpat" The martial
tread of troops announced the approach OF
the inSur2ent horde, Bob La Toilette rid
ing ahead. They halted beneath the win
dow and We're ordered to aim at the fig
urc above. Shoot. If you must, this old
gray head. but spare your party's flag,
Joe Cannon said. The blush of Shame-a
real Chautauoua blush-Was deftly applied
cohorts to Put dent in yon gray head.
Whereupon burst forth a mighty blast
of oratory from the insuTgent army and
the invaders retired.
Return Ticket for Taft
bearing u roll of paper led Mr.. Garthe
to demand an explanation of their
purpose
This is a two-Il hundred and fifty
thousand-mi railroad ticket for Presi-
dent Taft, it WIS explained, as the
| ticket was unrolled to Il length of forty
feet, and just before the end reached
the Presidents seat WAS snapped back
| on a roller.
| This is It return ticket" observed
the donor. Mr.. Garthe reached for
ward for it, and the paper vanished. At
/ that moment the lights in the hall went
out. u clang of "a locomotive bell WAS
/ heard and screen at the end of
the hall appeared a photograph of Presi-
dent Taft and Maj. Butt the plat
| form of the Presidents private car.
| The course of the dinner was inter
rupted at one point by the appearance
| of two individuals. one carrying an I'M
merSe bomb and the other waving a
red flag. Questioned as to the cause
for their intrusion, they declared they
were seeking Representative Victor
| Berger, the socialist member of the
House. They found MIR. Berger. and
presented linn with the bomb and flag,
speech from the Wisconsin represent
attvc
! Toward the close Of the evenings en-
! tertainment group OF Enthusiastically
!
hall. They were attired i'll robes of all
| the hues of the rainbow. and it was
explained that they constituted the
Peoples Supreme Court of the Grid
calI'' had been sprung upon the
Supreme Court, and this body had been
selected responsive to the public will
! They were introduced as Chief Justice
Justice Eugene V. Dehs, Associate JUS
tice 'Hinky Dink," Associate Justice
Sam Gompers, Associate Justice
"Fingy' Connors. Associate Justice
: Charlie" Murphy. Associate Justice
son W. Aldrich and Associate Justice
Theodore Roosevelt. The court crier.
the attorney general and several at
torneys were in attendance, and the
court proceeded to business.
Rulings of the Court.
| For a quarter of an hour there was
rapid give and take between the court
and the attorneys with play on the
| trusts and the names Of great men. An
injunction was asked to restrain Champ
Clark from annexing Canada In one Of
that reciprocity might be obtained by
Inviting Canada to annex Champ Clark.
A writ was demanded to prevent w.
H. Bryan from running for President
again. "Oh. let him rum said the
| court, what difference does it make?
1t was charged that the steel trust
| gold bricked T. r. but Associate
Justice Roosevelt Indignantly denied
this, claiming that he was ~"working
that side of the street himself
An injunction was refused compelling
/ Andrew Carnegie to give away his money
without advertising it, lest he would not
give away any. The Morgan-Gusgenheim
syndicate was refused a patent for the
| only two acres of coal land In Alaska 1t
| has not already filed upon" because
, them two acres is needed for public de-
NeInn mont " aud il ont until. finally