The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-10
THIS AND OTHER FEATURES OF ELEC- TON SUBJECT OF THE GRlDlRON
 DINNER JIBES.
Will Be the Open Season for Tigers, Say the Gridroners in Reference to What the Tammany Long Tail Did for the Demo- cratic Party in Last Election.

1 W entllAi -NOAls Af'Af Ad NNHNA'o Nii the recent national election and pub. lie issues enliyened the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight Presi | dent Wilson, members of the cabinet, diplomats, political leaders, members and members-elect of congress, pub fishers and prominent industrial and financial figures of the country were guests
 Musical and vaudeville slits satir- izing public men and events with members of the Washington newspa- per correspondents corps in operatic and thespian roles kept the guests in merry humor The climax of the en- tertainment was presented in The Gridiron Follies of l9l6,' a musical re- view revealing facts. foiDles and fan cies of the hour The scene for the follies was laid in Lafayette Park op- posite the white house, and revealed as principal characters Vance McCor- mick. chairman of the democratic na- tional committee and William R. Will cox, chairman of the republican na- tional committee.
 At the close of an ening chorus sunk by a Galaxy of States" with the theme Come, let us have a jolly time, no matter who's elected" McCor- mick and Wilcox were disclosed and engaged in good-natured dialogue:
 McCormick-Cheer up. Mir Wilcox, the battle is over. Somebody had to lose.
 Wilcox Somebody did
 Mccormick - Remember. you've much to be thankful for
 Willcox-Yes, 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 dispas- sionately.
 Wilcox Say, l thought you said the battle was over
 McC0rmick-S ii is Tonight we are just indulging in a it',o eaustic comment on current events.
 Willcox-Well. if you're boiding post-mortem, what was the matter with New York?
 McCormick--Murphy curse h.m.
 WilIcox-What will become Of he Tammany Tiger?
 McCormick-It will 0e an o)an sea son on tigers for the next four years. Here comes the wondering mirstrel now.
 At this roint the Tammany leader entered to strains of the "Rogue's March" and to felicitations from Will cox who said he (NIurphy) was "in Dutch" Murphy replied that he took gamblers chance and lost" and ther sang:
 Forsaken, forsakeH,
 Forsaken am T. The Tammany Tiger
 Is turned out to die go to 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:
 Wincox-By the way. did William J. Bryan participate in this cam aisn?
 Mccormick Certainly. He support ed the president loyally
 Willcox ox-Perhaps But he must have had laryngitis. His voice didn't carry as far as usual
 Mccormick Speaking of weak voices. the State of Maine had some impeachment in it's eech on Novem- Der r. From l70oo in September to 1000 is some drop.
 Willcox-But Colonel Roosevelt did not suffer from vocal trouble. His voice was heard throughout the land
 McC0rmick-So 1 noticed from the returns. He helped us in the winning of the west
 Here the voice of Roosevelt inter rupted the colloquy, saying am now deyoting my attention to my du- ties as grandfather. But my health is bully. In 1920 the country will know where to find me My address is still at Oyster Bay.
 Wilcox What about New Jersey?
 Mccormick Hush, hush, we will talk of other things WillcoX-Wel how about Indiana.