Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

/ doughtiest mataoor Of them all. then ap-
| peared and after quoting from Euripides.
| Sophocles, Plato and Plutarch. stabbed
| the bull moose with a Latin conjugation
and the unfortunate animal was carted
| from the hall by an ambulance from the
| s. r. c. A
| Uncle Joe "Immortalized' in Song.
| Uncle Joe Cannon was introduced by
a song to the melody OF Down in Dixie"
1t ran like this:
THE other day,
Not far away,
I heard a conversation by some men Sc
lected
BY the nation not to be elected
Men whom you all know so we'll
| Said Uncle Joe
At the depot
why. there's my friend Nick Long
Then they sang a song with this refrain
| While they stood and waited for the west
bound train
CHORUS.
I've got to go.
I've got to go.
For the dear old home / m slated,
| To cheer my voters up Dit
| And to mend my fences where the cy-
| But I'll be back!
But I'll be back,
| Like a honey bee In clover.
There are more elections on the way
1850 years will soon be over!
/ must go.
| I've got to go.
But I'm coming back some day."
An Unseemly Interruption.
The sight Of several men taking seats
about table that had been brought into
| the center Of the ball moved President
| Garthe to demand the cause for the I'M
| seemly interruption Of the dinner. He
| was told that this was the committee Of
| the Senate. of which Senator Clapp is
| chairman. investigating election contribu-
tons. The committee was about to draw
up it's report. There were Senators Clapp,
| Oliver. Pomerene. Paynter and Jones and
| the stenographer. There ensued a dia-
logue:
Il move" said Senator Oliver. that
our report indorse and approve the tes-
| timony Of Chairman Mckinley"
He didn't testify to anything"
MIR. Stenographer, read Mr.. Mckinley 3
| testimony"
Receipts. sa65,OOo: disbursements.
| couldn't remember any. but two postage
stamps and a lead pencil.
Nothing on T. r.. 2?
NO, sir
II move we soak George Perkins
Mr. Stenographer. what did Mr.. Per-
kins testify toy
the road
Nothing on T. R-?''
NO, sir
We ought to commend John d. Arch
bold anyway.
What did Mr.. Archbold testify to, Mr..
Stenographer?'
That Col Roosevelt is an migrate, and
that he could prove 1t II Old Bill Jones
was alive"
But he he got nothing on T. RI"
Il move to indorse the democratic angel
IT move that the republican salvation
army also be exposed"
Mr. Stenographer, what did Mr.. Cor
telyou testify tor
THAT to the best of his recollection he
could not recollect anything
Nothing on T. r. ?"
The chair lays before the committee
the testimony OF the Hon. Bill Loeb, jul
nior: He also failed to get anything on
II should say he did But he got some
thing on President Taft
How is that"
why. doesn't he hold $1,000 Taft
job. and didn't he swear to a 100000
At that the sergeant-at-arms an
nounced that Col Roosevelt was in at
tendance and DESTROYS of appearing be-
fore the committee.
chorus. as they abruptly left their seats
and made hasty exit.
Eulogy Of Departed Members.
In the midst of the dinner the pro-
ceedings were halted to permit the club
to pay eulogistic tribute 20 four men,
bers who have crossed over to the other
side since the last dinner. The hall was
darkened and the likenesses of the well
beloved colleagues. now gone. were
thrown upon a screen. while Louis A.
Coolidge pronounced the clubs farewell
to them: James S. Henry. George w.
Rouzer. Thomas c. Noyes and John NJ.
Carson.
These furnished the toll the grim
reaper had exacted Of the club within
few months. AS the last face faded
from the screen. radiant clouds over
spread the film and the Gridiron Quartet
sang softly "Oh, Hear Dem Bells the
anthem swelling until. as the lights
flashed on. 1t turned into joyous peal.
and the dinner was on again.
Friendship and Good Fellowship.
a song dedicated to the President, set
to the air OF Moonlight Boy" brought
forth rounds of applause 1t was a song
of friendship and good fellowship, and ran
thus:
Nesting down
On old Ohio's shore
There's town
Famous since the dayes Of yore
Cincinnati. good old station
For the leader Of the nation,
Waits with welcoming ovation
On Ohio's shore.
CHORUS.
When the moonbeams shine
On the Ohio
And electric lights on Vino street
Are all aglow,
Or II over the Rhine
You should chance to be.
Won't YOU think Of US in Washington,
D. c.
Elaborate Menu.
The menu. which was introduced by the
Gridiron Clubs Standard Guide for Office
Seekers In Washington, profusely illus
trated was as follows:
Canape Moscovite.
Cape Cod oysters.
Celery. Olives. Radishes. Sailed Nuts
Clear green turtle.
Potomac bass, Marguerite.
Cucumbers.
Sweetbreads braise. la Virginia.
Florida peas.
Terrapin. Maryland.
Gridiron punch
Quail, stuffed and roasted.
Salad Panama.