New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-08
GP|D|RON CLUB SEES
BATTLE OF ANAGEDDON
eioht Realistically Described
for the Benefit of
Old Saul.
TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT
comnlete Act of Carmen"
Rendered in Full Costume
Bull Moose Takes the
Place of the Bull.

r,..biugton. Dec. THE landslide of
,mo how it happened and the futility
- ., attempt to reorganize the &c. o.
D. an the old lines were the themes
80, which played the wit and humor
- the Gridiron Club at the annual fall
S,nsr tonight. Events of political i'm
,ortance and actions on which turned
.ononal issues were treated I'm a spirit
- lsyity and fun. Underlying each jest
.,a ouip and skit were touches of human
svmpathy and kindness for the victims
Of the November avalanche, as well as
come bits of homely advice and warning
Cor the victors, that kept everybody in
good humor.
Not even his late political enemies failed
q welcome the pathetic tribute to Presi-
,ent Taft in the song rendered by the
.,,diron quartet appealing TO him mot
> forget us when you go away" The
resident sat and listened, with the MEM
.rs Of his Cabinet scattered about the
hnquet hall.
rba fun started early. II was dis
cusred that the usually immaculate hall
White Wing" was sent about gathering
an sorts of litter. This turned out TO
he .Csmpaign Rubbish" and each fnd
broaght orth a ripple Of applause. He
puad o. from the bandstand a pair OF
mooo lorns, and the club members
tosss into his bag some wornout SOU
ysnls of the campaign. Such were the
les positive predictions of Senator
ptxor and Charles d. Hilles"; THAT
smile bat wouldn't come of" the "Bluir
At big business, o. KID by BIZ Bryan, y
couph OF old empty wallets. one marked
&C P. T." and the other &c. w. r..
the pese treaties, the Commerce Court
and the ''hopes Of Henry Cabot Lodge
tor the ,hairmanship Of the Foreign Re-
lshons Committee
Initiation in Public.
Unlike ,ther clubs. the Gridion Cluo
initiates is members i'm public, and TINS
time II acquired two worthy young jour-
n.Hsts in novel fashion. Hobbling into
the hall On crutches. bandaged, hats
knocked In. and clothes dishevelled. came
saricatures of President Taft, Uncle
Joe" Cannon Nick" Longworth, Murray
Crane and REPRESENTATIVES Subway, Nc
K,pley and palzer. sons of the land
Sides" who declared their purpose TO
reorganize the Republican party, raliying
around the states of Utah and Vermont.
The messengers from these states each
2 announced their four votes in limerick
Vermont decla ring:
In the Green Mountain State. recoiiec'
Old Taft won out by neck;
And we'd We elected him.
Ef they ha mt neglected him,
In forty-six states, by heck!
The messengers, It was discovered, were
Bull Moose spies" In disguise, Who
when stripped OF their false boards
turned out 10 be the new members OF
the club, Charles Keyser. correspond
ent of The st. Louis Globe-Democrat'
and Edward B. Clark. correspondent oil
The Chicago Evening Post"
Scene Changes to Orient.
Then the scene changed TO the Orient
and the battle Of Amageddon was fought
IN realistic style. as described by han
dozen war correspondents for the oene-
1T Of old Saul. who had come to the
scene Of his early cor sicts.
Correspondent Lodg. reported thai
Field Marshal Dixon had moved down
Field Marshal McCom % With harvester
machine McCombs lad poured a hot
statement into Field 1Ir hal Hilles. and
Hilles had hit Dixon vi III some majority
claims. Midshipman Gh'o 4 Pinchot. aid
to General Perkins, = pc ned that the
general needed ammunft on and had sent
him for a fountain pen 20 rite check
;, What Saul supposed to be horse turned
out to be a bull moose ans the two men
hanging on his flank, Adam Bede and
Jchn Harlan, were said to os The Truth
Feners." do they tell the trath?" IN
CURED Saul. To which Correspondent
Champ Clark replied. Say, mister, you're
not a king; you're the eJlrt jester"
Fresh from the battlef Sd "a dis horse
Correspondent Watterst ! reported tha
as he left the field the noerats OF the
House were trying TO a nge the tariff