New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-26
SERVE 'ROASTS' kT,O|NNER
Amen Corner Brothers Joke the
Statesmen Present and Past.
A SPIRIT OF THANKSGIVING
President MaCill Sejoices on Be-
half of the investigated
and Those Who Escaped.

Men in public HE. those WHO nave oeeh
IN ruoIic nfe and those who are eNpec''n
o. oct ON, of public life were the subject
Of good na,ured roasting Al me dnnu'-
dinner If tho Amen Corner AT tho Waldorf
last nlpltt
As T. o. McGill. the president sara y"
taking his seat on the raised PLATFORM
For the eleventh time We are here oe
cause We are here. 30 further carry ou 80 80
rorlf of adding spice to life and for inc
evanston Of optimism. .-.. .
We are assembled here in inedSuTrv 49,, 20
ri,-e THANKSGIVING for those Of MS VINO nav
so fsr escaped investigation, and Tor thoSS',
who having been investigated are sum
What we shall say or do tonight is
nitbou, malice our Carcatures arc III
tended 70 be amicahy symbolic. our views
on public questions ahu M"
friendly and cheerful counsel
The guests Of tho Corner were Governor
M, covernor Baldwin Of Connecticut,
Governor Foss Of Massachusetts Governor
wilson If New Jerser: Lieutenant Gov
ernor CONWAY. Senator Thomas +. TRACY,
cx.Goyernor Odeu. Chairman Huppuch OF
,ho nemocratic state Committee. eX-Chair-
MAJ, Prentice of the Republican State COM
r,i,-.e. and Charles +. Murphy, leader or
Tammany Hall.
How'd 6 Griscon1. the head of tho Repub-
uc,n Comfy Committee. had been invited.
blt was Obliged 10 be out OF town. senator
norev- who was 10 have been a guest. was
detained i'm Washington. Kings county,
,oli,ics was REPRESENTED hy Timothy J."
woodruff. leader of the Republican organ
zation there. and bv John IL. McCooey. the (
Democratic boss.
william Barnes. ir the present chaH-
msn Of the Republican state committee
-as also present. and one Of the stunts
W. mild iokc on Mr. Prentice for having
heen ablo 10 20 as q guest having accepted
h,e invitation when stu chairman Of the
committee. while Mr.. Barnes had to pay
for his ticket
The list Of diners. numbering over six
hundred. included promtent politicians IN
both partics. many judges and men well
known In the business world
Tho evening started in the reception
room. where there was q large outline map
~ tho United states. on which was the I'M
r~jnt of red feet. showing. where Theodore
Roosevelt had campaisusd in 1910 win /
figures giving the size ~ the Democratic I
Victories over the map was a legend
reading path of the Big Wind, 1910
When II was time 20 20 10 the banquet
room q fcaYo made NJ as Miss Democracy ,
riding on q doukey. prenced around tell
inc her followers that they had been away
from food for q long time. and that now
having chance 20 cat. 1hoy should lose
m time nut yet 70 II.
feature. Of the e<euinc were telephone
messages sent 10 Mr.. McGiil. the chairman
from one NJ the Ameners ar the other end (
az the room. One Of them ran thus:
Hello. Mr. PRESIDENT
Been talking with Governor odell"
What does he saw
He tells me Governor Dix has cot. 81
the governors that ever made appoint
ments beaten TO fI3zzle n the VIZ. ~
cold nerve. only Dix hasn't been IN poIncs
long enough 30 that he knows II himset'
The stunts started right IN With tie oys-
,ers and lasted down to the coffee. There
was no, = dun moment City Chamberlain
tivde was called 70 the PLATFORM and sec
ord-hsnd freedom Of the city and key was
rres4rt.d 70 him. alleged 10 be the same
thar AZ one time Or Frederick Cook re-
csive5 Usually such gifts are made 10
roenr hers made 10 TO represent the victim.
hut Mr. HYDE walked right NJ 10 take his
medicine
From time 10 time there were skits in
which brothers az the Corner made up as
President Taft. Theodore Roosevelt. VII
IAN Jennings Bryan. Lloyd G. Griscom.
William Barnes. ir., and lesser lights in
+ne public eve Of to-day and the past took
part
The tauele in the legislature was the
subject Of mach good natured fun, both IN
me stunts snd in The Amen Corner Axe
publication Of eight pages, which was
placed beside each plate. One Of the illus
4rations was a picture Of the Capitol az
Albany, entitled Uncle Toms Cabin
There was a car1cature on the same page
labelled Uncle Tom" which made one
think Of Thomas Fortune Ryan.
There we're cartoons Of Governors DIN
Foss Wilson AND Bald win, with alleged in
tervievs with or news concerning each.
Among the editorial notes was this
The Axe" notes With approval that
Brother Dix has appointed William Church
Osborn es legal adviser and employed Pro
lessor Collin 10 look after The law business
of his office
In reply 70 letter 20 the editor, the
following definitions we're printed
An 'insurgent' IS statesman who mis-
takes a stomach ache for a divine admoni-
zion
a regular" IS a citizen so satisfied with
himself rna[ ne SUSPECTS Ills iClSAHD-7
differing with him. ,,,,
4 kicker" x a man 50 mad at himseI
That he must find some one else 10 blame.
One OF the stunts which excited the Keen
IS, interest was the bringing 10 the rostrum
OF huge paddock. This. IL was announced
was the senatorial deadlock Various mem
bers OF tho Corner went up with keys Ia
Seled w J. s" and other initials and
tried 70 open the lock All tailcd. until a
key labelled y. A. D" was produced.
Then the lock was Immediately opened.
out Of It was produced one Of the old
campaign autographs Of Governor Dix.
over the word Governor had been pasted
printed Senator" making u read. For
Senator, John =. Dix" The Autograph
was promptly posted under the presidents
rostrum, and remained there during the
evening.
Senator Thomas F. Gsady, for years the
leader OF the Democratic minority in the
Senate who was cast off by Charles T.
Murphy when it came 10 choosing a presi-
dent pro TEN. OF the Senate this year. was