Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-12
GR|D|RON Club
HOLDS DINNER
N WASHINGTON ' 4; \
Peace and Preparedness s'n Advo.
Gates Alike Come in for
11' Cross Fire Of Jest.
PROMINENT POLITICIANS !.
ARE GUESTS OF scR1BEs

III LOT Tdklng nre Oh JeSC at CQe
winter dinner Of the sGridiron club to-
night. At the close the preparedness
ranks appeared the stronger, but their
casualties from verbal shrapnel were
almost as heavy as those of the
pacifists.
President Wilson, Vice President
Marshall, members of the cabinet,
senators, representatives and men
prominent in public life from many
parts of the country we're among the
clubs guests. The chorus of the song
introducing the president follows:
We take our stand back of you, Mr..
Wilson, .sa
Strength to your arm we give; u.
You're the leader Of all,
We respond to your call, @
We stand firm with you ,or the RED,
white and blue; tri
No party or faction divides us in
twain,
We're just plain Americans, proud of
tle name; 81, 5.'s .sla
Let the world realize
'Naught can sever our ties,
We take off our hats to you.
A figure representing William Jen-
nings bryan was prominent in the
evenings entertainment. He bobbed
up in three skits, always in a stellar
role. IjZ3.
"The ISaccharine Soldier perhaps
the liveliest of all the sketches.
brought the former secretary of state
to the fore as the leader Of band 0;
soldiers, armed with marshmallows,
bon bons and other candies, and ex.
hibited as relics Of a barbaric age.
Among the officers were General Gum.
drop, Colonel Caramel, Major Marsh.
mallow, Captain Candy land others
bearing names of confections. The
soldiers weapons wereI huge red
white and blue candy ca hes, which
they waved quite recklesAy.
Announcement of the loss of all OF
tle army's chewing gum TO girls
school and the destruc;lbn of two
wagonloans of aChautauqua contracts
caused great distress in the camp
Mr.. Bryan then obliged with :Good
bye, Chief, I'm through Here is
tae chorus.
Goodbye, chief. I'm S,Ayough, !,
I pray, you'll not forget;
say goodbye TO you
With more or less regret;
Isgo to save the nation
With lecture and Grafton,
So l bid p fond adieu,
Goodbye, chief, God bless you,
I'm through.
AS Mr., Bryan finished singing, Gen
eral Gumdrop broke out into "1n the
days of old, when knights were bold
and the !entire company mutinied.
The skit closed with the. singing of a
strictly preparedness chorus.
The Gridiron Rockies sketch
brought out Colonels Roosevelt, Har.
vey, Watterson. and House, and Sec.
retary Garrison, General Leonard
Wood, Major John Purroy Mitchell of
New York, Dudley Field Malone Of
New York, collector of customs; Rep
resentative Augustus p. Gardner Of
Massachusetts, Oswald G.. Willard of
New York, Mr.. E'ryan and Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., as candidates for the
army. Scarcely had the squad as.
sembled when Colonel Roosevelt
leaped forward and began to assail
those who are trying to "Chinatv
America" AS the examination for
candidates proceeded, Colonel Roose-
welt was asked if he desired to JON
the cavalry.
II want to organize gas bomb
brigade" he replied.
"What do you know about gas
'bOmbs?" an examiner asked.
'Everytiing; why, | fired at Platts.
burg"
"Did it do any damage?'
TT almost killed Leonard Wood"
MIR. Gardner, clad only in a shirt
and barrel, rushed in complaining
that Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
had stolen all of his outfit except his
press agent. Secretary Garrison, 'un.
der examination, stated that his idea
of hero was man WHO stood on the
administration firing line and per-
mitted Roosevelt to shoot speeches
at him. Colonel Watterson declared
his belief that preparedness Just now
is a good thing, because it Wi:
demonstrate that a singlc-track "uint
can ruin both ways. Colonel House
was assigned to the household cav
airy. Dudley Field Malone went to
The Boy Scouts. .
To prove that newspaper men in
are not handed infOrma-
ton on silver platter, -four ex-
hibits of raw material with whom the
reporters have to work, Mr. Bryan,
Secretary Kedfield, Senator James
Hamilton Lewis and Secretary
rumulty, were presented in tsketca.
Secretary Redfield entered in gen.
,ral denial. Senator Lewis uttoro.'
many words, but not ono for quota
ion. Secretary Tlmulty confined
himself to anecdotes without news
value, chiefly concerning old days in
New jersey:
A cloture rule, designed to affect
,nly Senators Reed of Missouri. and
Thomas of Colorado, was quickly
"a to 2, by a mock senate. A
who appeared to investi-
gate cloture fled when she heard that
t limited talk. Cloture, which was
represented by human figure,
eventually was talked to death" and
arried out. Vice president Marshall
before adjourning the "sen-
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