Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-13
USUAL FUN
AT CR|DIR0N
CLUB FEAST
CABINET MEMBERS, CON
GREssMEN AND DIPLQ-
MATISTs ATTEND
ED.
Is JUNGLE SANS JUBILEE
Unique Stunts" Are Pulled Off
at Annual Newspapermen's
Dinner.
|IS "UNCLE SANS JUBILEE

Washington, Dec. 12.-Members of
the cabinet, congressman, diplomat
lists and leaders Of all activities of
the nations life, gathered round the
board here tonight at the Gridiron
clubs winter dinner.
President Wilson's earnest injunc-
tion to the American people to re-
frain from public discussion of war
issues was strictly regarded and the
location of every one of the many
satires and dramatic skits was, al
ways within the shore lines of the
two oceans which bound the Amer
icas. Uncle Sans wards were given
full opportunity to air their griev-
ances, for the most part in song in
a gathering described as "Uncle
Sans Jubilee" The negro com
planned of the workings of the civil
service law which has sentenced
more good colored voters to the
levees and cotton fields than any
other peonicious Legislation" He
also deplored the new primary laws.
The farmer was another ward
with complaint; he wanted bunch
of greenbacks. Up home he had a
shed full of squashes and wanted the
treasury to issue circulating notes on
them. Two other wards were Colo
mel Watterson and Colonel Harvey.
They had no grievances, but express
ed their contentment in song.
Governmental Wards.
Among other wards, Alaska want
ed to be shielded from exploitation
Of capitalists; Hawaii called atten-
ton to Queen Liliuokalani's. lack Of
spensiona Porto Rico wanted more
government jobs and duty on SUI
gar, and Filipino wanted to know
when he would grow up and be in
dependent.
The politician complained that
taxes had been laid on business pa
per, chewing gum, billiard rooms and
circuses, while whiskey had gone
Scot free, because the bill had been
passed in October and the election
was in November.
A realistic prize fight was staged
in the center of the dining hall and
the spectators were treated to live
ly mill. The stake was "a large
House located at 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue" and the principals were
Kid Democracy and Old G. 0. p -
the referee being Bull Moose" who
announced his ability to lick both OF
the two old parties. His decisions
had never been questioned, "even
when overruled by the Supreme
Court" -.s ..
Brigham Initiated.
Following it's invariable rule, the
Gridiron club initiated, in the pres
ence of it's many guests, a new mem
Der, William e. Brigham, Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, who was described as "a
journalist who would like to get into
an association of newspaper men,"
Answering questions he said that he
was Gin pretty good standing in
Secretary Bryans anteroom.'
A Roosevelt song, to the tune OF
"Pm on My Way to Mandalay'' fol-
lowed.
Other skits portrayed the adequacy
of the United States Army as viewed
by Representative Gardner; the Fed
eral Reserve Board in full action try
ing to "abfusticate' the newspaper
reporters and a mock rehearsal or
the Gridiron club itself. And EMU
lating the publications of the Euro
pean chancellories, the club caused
to be placed at each plate "The Blue
Paper correspondence relating to
the campaign preceding the outbreak
of hostilities on November 3rd, 1914,
and the fatalities Incident thereto