The sun., 1916-02-06
WILSON Is TARGET
OF DINERS VERSE
The Rev. Dr. Richmond En-
presses His Defence Spnti-
mcnts i'm Rhyme.
REALTY BOARD APPLAlDS

II wasn't Guv. Whitmau's lcne'hH
address on state finances, or his trans
continental telephone talk with Gov.
johnson Of California, or any or 'hc
dozen other speeches that won the most
tumultuous applause at the annual dln-
uer of the Real ESTATE Board al the
Waldorf last night II was a poem
ten s,anzas OF satiric-Ii Verse which he
r.Iso diners understood to he aimed at
President Wilson--w written and dciN-
cred bv the Rev charles NleNanj"r
Richmond prcsidcn, of Union collog".
Dr. richmond confessed to haNiu''
read up on his history lately. aud t.
the view That reading of Washington
and jefferson and other Presidents 'tur-
nishes some interesting and significant
comparisons with the present situation.
Here there Was great applause. a waking
up OF the Naet crowd. aud br. Rich
mond drew forth his poem and began.
Brother Jonathan sat 10y the kitchen fire.
Nursiu' h~ foot on hts knee.
'Tts turrhlc hght thcyr" haNin "h'
there.
Put they cant get over 20 me"
And Jonathan tngled the coins IN hi htnd.
Aud thanked the good tod Tor the s"a.
The uaNi Two stanzas told of Jnna-
than's concern for the Beigians, after
which
Then he h,arI they'd drowned a thousand
And some from Am.rikcc.
% he said risht out: "lf y"u do that ngin
You'll go ne mad says he.
And hc kept on juggling tn" coins In his
And thanking tod for the sea-
They did D. AKIN and thou agin.
'Nuu ptii tN.tf SAYS he.
IT give you i"l.crs = piece OF my mind
And he Wink, one eye with hi, tongue IN
his check:
I'm too proud to hight" says he.
He Nigh, re hepin' them cousins of hisn
To nght for liberty.
And n" mlght get In a few lIcks hissc''
Jest for humanity.
Anyhow. wish he'd duit j'nsiin' them
coins
Nnd rhauku' God for the -oa
when tho iclephouiug to San Fran.
cisco began h.twcen tn" New York Real
Estate Board and the san Francisco one
GOV. Whitman told Gov. Johnson that
he hoped "a, would join the Republican
party pretty soon. 'iov Johnsous re-.
ply was entirely friendly. Others who
talked were
comptrul'.. rrcudergasi and the chief
financial officer "f san Francisco. Ndjt q
Geu. Stut.Shury with the corresponding <
ofiNial ni California. District Attorney
Swami and District Attorney charles NJ
Fickert. Haley t'iskr, ,ice-pr.eidcnt Of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. and NJ ". De Young. publisher of
the Sni Francisco ThrOni'Ic
Gov. Whitman didut con'nc his talk
ing Ia ~. telephone. II. told the soy
eral hundred diners all about the urN
plan of Stat,. finances. hoN TIA" CRATER
IL not ia. states greatest enemy, but
the incompetent public otncial Who
wastes MONEY is. ard how former
methods ~ appropriation hay" h""n
lacking w. many things.
81 have already begun :" rrallIc that
much Of this proposed financial plan
IN one respect or another troads on the
toes of great many peuplc who in
the past have been little hsmpered hN
supervision over their use Of the moneys
~ the state" h" said. II have. ON IN"
other hand. received many Endorsements
Of III. plan from the business and huau-
ciHl l.ad.r- ~ N" STATE
'I' J. d'''i"'Il' for persons VIII" h.vc
followed given practices for many wears
10 abandon those practices particulars
own privileges and opportunities for
favortism | believe that the acceptauc.
Of the now plan Is well nigh assured"
Another ~prtkcr was y kings
bury of IN" American Telephone and
Telegraph company rrumiu-n; auory
the guests We're t.luu H. brown stewart
Browne, George McAucuN. George g.
Boldi. Jr.. William VI Calder. Thomas
W. Churchill. Ahram | t.lkus. Lewis n
Pounds. Lawson Purdy and Lamar
HARDY