South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-10
"Gridiron FoIIieS of 1916"
With Wilcox and MCCOr-
mick Principals, Is
Feature of Program.
BRYAN, ROOSEVELT And
FORD ALL GET GRILLING
The Hiram Johnson" Is De-
fined as a Lemon Grown in
California, Discovered
by Hughes.
Assocaated Pres service.

Associated Press Service.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Graves
ties on the recent national e'ection
and public issues enlivened the an
nual dinner Of the Gridiron club to-
night Pres't Wilson. members Of
the cabinet diplomats, political
leaders. members and members-elect
Of congress, publishers and promi-
nent industrial and financial figures
of the country were guests.
Musical and vaudeville skits satir-
izing public men and events with
members of the Washington news
paper correspondents corps in oper-
attic and thespian roles kept the
guests in merry humor. The climax
of the entertainment was presented
I'm The Gridiron FOllies OF 1915,
musical review revealing facts.
foibles and fancies of the hour. The
scene for the fOllies was laid in La
fayette park. opposite the white
house and revealed as principal
characters Vance Mccormick. chair
man of the democratic national
committee. and William II. Wilcox.
chairman OF the republican national
comm tee.
A. close OF an opening chorus
sung D. Z Galaxy OF States" with
the .heme. Come, let US have a
jolly time. no matter who's elect
ed Mccormick and Wilcox were
disclosed and engaged in good-na-
tured dialogue.
&c. This Dialogue.
McCorrick-Cheer up. Mr.. Will
cox. me battle is over Somebody
had To lose
WillcOX-SOmebody did.
Mccormick - Remember. you've
much 10 be thankful for.
Willcox-Tes. we lost Utah. but
we saved Vermont.
Mccormick - Never mind that.
Here in the presence of this galaxy
of states we can talk things over dis
passionately.
Willcox-Say, 1 thought you said
the battle was over.
McCormick-So it is Tonight we
are just indulging in a little caustic
comment on current events.
Wilcox Well. if you're holding n
post-mortems, what was the matter
with New York?
cCormick-Murphy. curse him.
Wilcox What will become of
the Tammany Tiger
McCormick-It viii be an open
season on tigers for the next four
years. Here comes the wandering
minstrel now.
Murphy elm Dutch
At this point the Tammany leader
entered 10 strains Of the "Rogue's
March. and 10 Fluctuations from
Wilcox. who said he (Murphy) was
lin Dutch" Murphy replied that he
took a gam bler's chance and lost"
and then sang:
Forsaken. forsaken,
Forsaken am 7,
The Tammany Tiger
Is turned out 10 die:
/ 20 20 the white house
And find the door barred.
For Wilson still lives there
And his heart Is so hard
With exit OF Murphy the dialogue
between the national chairmen con-
tinued;
Willcox-By the way. did William
Bryan participate in this cam
paign2
McCOrmick-Certainly. He sup
ported the president Loyalty.
WiIlcox-Perhaps But he must
have had laryngius His voice didn't
carry as far as usual.
voices. the state OF Maine had some
fmpedifnent in its speech on Nov :.
From 1900 in September 10 1000
is some drop.
wiuccx-But Col Roosevelt did
rot suffer from vocal trouble His
voice was heard throughout the land.
McCormick-So I noticed in the
returns. He helped us i'm the VIM
ming OF the west.
Colonel Leaves Address
Here the voice Of Roosevelt inter
rupted the colloquy saying. Il am
now devoting my attention 20 my
duties as a grandfather But my
health is bully. I'm 1920 the country
viii know where To find me My ad-
dress Is still at oyster Bay
Wfllcox about New Jersey
McChrmick Hush. hush. we Will
talk OF other things.
WiIIcox-Wel how about IuJi-
ana
Mccormick We saved Tom Mar
shall out Of that wreck.
Wiucox-That's so. TIE was run
ming. wasn't he wonder what
went wrong in Kansas
Kansas can tell YOU Two dol