Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-19
REPUBLICAN A. p. Leased wirel

fervor stirred participants at the
closing dinner of the season given by
the Gridiron club of Washington last
night with President Wilson. mem
hers of the cabinet and others prom
inent in government and business life
of the nation as gnestS.
Songs that rang with the spirit of
Americanism and demonstrations of
loyalty to the president We're inter-
Spersed with travesueS on the peace
note leak investigation, woman suf-
frage pickets at the White House
gates, prohibition for the District OF
Columbia, CALIFORNIA; part in the ma
tiCnaI election with Senator elect
Hiram Johnson impersonating HIM
self and with other satirical allus-
ions to various phases of national
life
The leak inquiry was earicatured in
several sketches, one of them a mu-
steal melarge and another a melo-
dramatic effusion entitled The Naif'
IN which Administration Leak APP
peared as the heroine and Barney
(T W.) Lawson" as the irrepressible
villain. Introducing the musical
sketch, one of the correspondents
with tremulo tenor sang Down on
tie Lea6y Way which was followed
in the character of Representative
WOOD of indiana, whose resolution
led to the congressional investigation
into charges of leak on the note
message.
The "Leaky Way" chorus ran thus:
Come where the information oozes
Down on the Leaky Way
Come see the Lambs at play,
Bears eager for the fray:
81 sal-,
Giving the leaks away
See the brokers gay,
They are making hay
Down on ihe Leaky Way.
The impersonation of Representa-
tive Wood was presented as William
WOOD, plumber, the Man Who Stops
Leaks. WIG sang.
l came Tom Indianny,
A statesman great and true,
And when I smell a scandal
l don't care what | do;
Oh. if l hear a rumoI.
I follow it for weeks.
For I'm William Wood, the plumber,
I'm the guy who stops the leaks.
Hazel Jones" as one of the silent
suffrage sentinels al the White House
was introduced and made The target
of several iibes in a minstrel skit.
Do you know Hazel JOnes?r quer-
ieG one of the wandering minstrels-
correspondents.
Why, yes, was the response. she
is one Of the silent sentinels at the
White House gates"
DO you know Hazel had an awful
accident"
Is that SO? What happened to
Hazel?"
why, one of those big. fat SPUR
rels in the White House grounds bit
off her ear
That's horrible. Did they kill the
squirrel"
No. indeed. The president said
it wasn't the squirrels fault, and the
president was right"
Il must disagree with you. The
president was wrong"
Well suppose you were the SPUR
rel and you were hungry and you
couldn't get any pork chops, or lamb
chops, beef steak, or fried onions, or
anything like that. and you were
Just plain old fashioned squirrel
with an appetite for nuts, and for
eight hours in the rain and the snow
and the Sieet. somebody stood in
front of your house that they called
Hazel. | leave it TO you. The
president was right, sure he was
right"
Camping tonight was song to
the suffrage sentinels, running thus:
We're camping tonight on the White
House grounds,
Give US a rousing cheer:
Our golden flag we hold aloft,
OF cops We have no fear
Many of the pickets are weary to-
night,
Wishing for the war to cease,
Many are the chilblains and FROST
bites, too,
Il is no life of ease
Tom Lawson, Barney Baruch,
Charley Sabin and Otto Kahn APP
peared as a quartet, singing:
They met Tom Lawson in the street,
Barney ard Charles and OF
He said. You boys appeared to know
Mere than the public ought:
Now won't you come to Washington.
And tell about the leak?"
They whispered. No thank you,
Fom,''
And didn't give. squeak.
But Tom came Willingly. eager too
And said they should he brought
SO Henry sent a sergeant at-arms fo1
Barney and Charles and OF.
Now, boys" said OFT come lell US all
About this inside ring
They whispered. NO, no thank you
Bob"
And didn't tell a thing.
DR.. Grayson, whose nomination as
medical director of the navy with
rank of rear admiral. was another