The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-10
|CR|D|R0N CLUB
DEPICTS fun IN
OFFICIAL LIFE
Recall Reconstructs Supreme Court
And Chicago Alderman
Sit In Body
BRYAN MAY RUN AGAIN
Injunction To Prevent Him From
Becoming Candidate Is
Denied By Court
BRYAN MAY RUN AGAIN

washington, Dec. ..
Ground the table are officials fair.
| President and Congress all are
there
Look them over, you have the
| sword
This touching little parody of a
verse from Whittier's poem Bar
bara Fritchie." gives the key note to
iron Club tonight. The red bannc;
of insurgency was flung to the breeze
| and every skit and gibe was super
| charged with the spirit of revolt
| against present conditions, political,
| social and personal. Nothing was
too sacred to escape the irony and
| wit of the actors who played their
| parts on the small stage and the
charisterce who chanted to the tune
of popular airs the grievances of the
common people and the glowing
promisis of the reformens,
That venerable body, the United
States Supreme Court. come in for its
share Of attention early, in the even
ing. After an overwhelming ma
tority vote of the diners had van
cuished all of the regular candi-
dates and placed DR.. Wiley in the
| presidential chair, the Supreme
Court found itself completely recon-
structed, having passed through the
process of Recall" The new court
was headed by Bath House John
Couglin," as Chief Justice, and
among Associate Justices were Eu-
gene Debs, "Hinky Dinky" Kenna,
Sam Compers. "Fingey" Corners,
Charlie Murphy, Stubbs of Kansas,
Ex-senator Aldrich and Theodore
Roosevelt.
When the attorney fos the Sugar
Trust, which was on trial before the
| court, sought to call attention to the
law In the case, he was chided by the
Chief Justice with "can that Chat
ter about the law. We make our
own laws" The Trust was convic.-
ed and ordered pulled apart"
The Steel Trust was the next vic
tim, charged with having Cold
bricked T. r. ;" although the justice
of that name violently protested that
''they didn't gold brick me- the
| protest did not avail and the presi-
dent of the trust was. sentenced to
four hours private conversation with
Attorney General Wlckersham.
An appeal for an injunction to
prevent Bryan from running for tho
presidency was denied by Justice
Aldrich who said: "Oh; let hirl
run. What difference does It
maker" Attorney General Wicker
sham asked for an injunction to re-
strain Champ Clark from annexing
Canada. but one of the justices sug-
.gested reciprocal action by invit-
| ing Canada to annex Champ Clark.
A petition to prevent the Taft
boomers from grabbing the Presi-
Dental nomination from Bob La
| Toilette was denied on the ground
that "It is no crime to take candy
from a child" &"
In the stirring ballad of Bar
| bcra Fritchie, which was dramatic
ed for this occasion was shown the
rough window Of the little cottage
in Frederick, Md, when Stonewall
Jackson"s troops passed through. the
Old town, Framed in the easement
was the "Uncle Joe" Cannon, repre-
senting the Stand Pat element, while
the Confederate leader was depicted
as LaFollette in the little military
| procession. With melodramatic et-
| feet the troops halted, and musketry
crashed:
Then Barbara leaned out of her
window sill"
'And shook her banner with a royal
will"
Shoot II you must this old gray
head"
But spare your party's flag she
said
As. the troops withdrew the reader
gave the last stanza as follows:
@The party flags may come and co.
The Nation lives, and fears no foe; y