Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-16
President Taft, Cabinet Of
fIcelS Speaker Clark and
Hundreds of Others Take
Part In Event
NEWSPAPER MEN MAKE
MERRY WITH SKlTS
Representative j. Hampton
Moore Acts as POSTMASTER
and Writes Catchy Bits Of
Verse for Occasion,


Try Morning journal special Leased wtre1
Washington. Feb. i5-p President
TAFT cabinet Officers. Chief Justice
White members of congress. past.
present and prospective. and host
OF other political aud personal friends
OF Representative Joseph g. Cannon.
of Illinois, former speaker of the
house, featured the program and
guest list of farewell dinner to him
tonight Plans had hcen made for ap-
proNimately hvc hundred guests
u was q feast OF fun and n tribute
of affection. The program ahounded
with novel features merrilv an
nounced by the toastmaster Repre-
sentative j. Hampton Moore of Perm
sylvania. The dinner was the cumlna-
tion of plans laid many weeks ago to
make it one of the most notable BAN
Queis ever given In Washington.
The schedule Of speakers Included
the president. Chief Justice White.
Speaker Clark. Representative Tn
delwood, of Alamaba, the demoera-
tic leader of the house. Secretary Ma
, gel Postmaster General Hitchcock,
senators Root of New York Williams
of Mississippi, pcnrose Of pennsylva-
MIA Representatives Mccall of Massa-
chuseits Mckinley 81 Illinois. former
Secretary of the Navy Hilary Herbert.
former Representative 1nwnss Of
Minnesota and Groseenor Of Ohio.
senator-olect James, ana the former
speaker
When the guests assembled they
found at each plate souvenir pro-
gram with poolical tribute unsigned.
bat written by Representative Moore.
It read
'"fhc storms mny come. the winds
may blow the saplings and the pines
may fan hut tempered TO the sun and
the snow the sturdy oak survives
them an Ana so la legislative halls.
whore men ana measures come and
$50, on fumes enduring record calls.
me honor rosis with Uncle Joe
on thc reverse beneath the curling
smoke of y pictured cigar ran this
Watram
you may break you may ahatter
the fules n you will but the Cannon
aroma viii hang 10 them still"
skit hurlosQuing members Of the
house from the viewpoint Of the press
gallery was contributed by The news
papermen ot the capitol, who auend-
ed almost in body In this stunt. a
cub reporter asked variety OF ques-
tlons REGARDING the personalities OF
statesmen ana near statesmen and
the replies he received from the six
correspondents who Joined with him
in the east We're "hits' on the whims
and IDEAS ~ various public men.
WHO'S that fellow down there that
looks like Alexander llamiltongs ask
ga the cub.
That's JEFF Lew He Just hooked
his $40 600 oyeruoat to Martin Little
ton to lift the mortgage on Montieel-
lo was the reply. And so the skit
with u G. Snyder in the
role OF the cub reporter and L. J.
Clark u. H. patchln, George Miller.
Oswald r. schuette, Gus J. Karger
and Theodore Tiller as the correspon-
ients
other features Of the banquet pro-
gram were moving pictures OF tho
seven ages OF Cannon" presented by
Henry L. West former reporter.
md for some years a District Of CO.
umbia commissioner; lightning carr
oon exhibitions by Clifford X Berry
man, OF Washington, and C. B. Me-
'auleN of Sew York; parody.
when tho chu Gnu Leaves For Ilh-
lole ny IT, @ Stevens, O newspaper
.orrospondont, presentation OF bust
y Mr. cannon as tho gift to him Of
ulleagues ia the house with Repre-
Bartholdt Of Missouri aa
heir spokesman, songs by the Grid
ron club quartette. and the water
million song" by Major A. j. stofer.