The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18

| An Sim
Which l wish TO remark and my IAN
! guage Is plain.
| That for ways that are dark ana TOT
! tricks that are vain,
/ Californys mighty peculisr--Whlch
I the same / am here to explain.
Hiram j. was his name, and / sha'i
! not deny
For bluffSng the game vhaF that
name might Imply
Though his smile it was cmldlke
and bland.
Twas November :. and sof' was the
skies,
Which it might be inferred Hiram ].
| was likewise,
Yet he played ii that day on dear
Charley Hughes
/ In way that / surely desplse-
When it came time to vote Hiram J.
took a hand
Though he claimed twas a game he
did not understand,
And his smile it was chIldlikc and
! bland.
/ The voting went on a way that /
! grieve.
, AMI my feelings were shocked ut the
state of Hy's sleeve
Chuck full OF double- cross ballots,
the same with intent 10 deceive.
The result as We know, convulsed
The whoie land.
And here's Hiram J.. who did not
I understand.
And his smile i, is chldlke and
bland.
Hiram is Doings.
The sketch continued
Hiram 1ohnson-See here you
slant eyed. g-taiIed. rst-eatiiig. hop
smoking Honeknne hatchetman. do
you mean anything personal
! Al Sin s~urpri sed) -NhaSsa mat
tahA-you no Hkee?
Hiram Johnson tin despair) -
You sec. gents the reward we re-
Of the heather. And yet the last
hope Of the nation comes from Cali
fornia-yes, from glorious Caiifor-
MIA. that shining shore. where DER
and o er-~And more and -more-oh.
sunset land. oh poets strani--
where the Pacific rolls and rolls--ah.
gents. ! could so on forever singing
the glories OF that golden land Of
flowers and wonderful majoritIes.
All s14iA w NlhkNF IN NFf'f1tF' "a
ecutive session, sebe?
Iohnson--Bahi
CroCker--Tha: reminds m"
Bennett--Why. Mr. william IL
Cr"cher why tins strange apparel
Crocker--only the ordinary prepa-
ration for typical san Francisco
day. As | say. I don trust election
returns any more. demand a re
count of Bennett's vote.
- L.
elbow They amt goin' to he no re
5-o1T7r- if'f1e eiE7fH14ts---,.-,,l94} @ee-.ee
hat Bennett was elected president
of tho Gridron club
AN-Yea no
1uba Bili-Ajl IN favor of Ben |
prlt for president hands up, points !
2tu under Crocker's nose, who puts /
bands up Thar " be y Lar Cal |
torNn majority. without dissent /
IN vote
Messenger being tho deci- /
son, Mr.. President. take pleasure /
in Investing YOU with the emblem Of !
authority Glands gaveD.
Exeunt. band PLAYING H q 81
Frisco
Banquet Guests
The guests at the banquet besides
high officials OF the administration. I
included the following:
Benjamin r. AffleCk Chicago Felix I
Agnus, Baltimore American John /
Alden, Brooklyn Daily Eagle: John
a. Aiken, chief Justice superior court, /
Massachusetts; Maclyn Arbuckle. !
New York city; Manson F. Backus, /
Seattle, Wash. Admiral George w.
Baird, {. $ y. Cretired>; William !
Barbour, New York city: George $ +,
Bartlett. Chicago; Richard j. Beam /
ish Philadelphia Press; A, g, Bed |
ford, president Standard Oil com !
pany. New York city; Edward s. !
Beck. Chicago Tribune: Fred l.. 7
-Blerdtuger. Lehigh VALLEY railroad:
ward II. Roles. Lehigh VALLEY rail I
road stephen Nelson Bourne, phila-
delphia; James II. Brady. senator
from Idaho; Edwin y. Brown. Eos !
ton. George W Brown. Boston; Lieu |
tenant !. w. Bunkley. L. S. y: Her
bert !. Carr. New York city; Joseph
G. Cannon. representative fr o m
Illinois; Robert Carey, Jersey City:
John Il. Crown, Baltimore sun. VIII
liam Coyhe. Wilmington, Dell;
Charles Curtis, senator from Kansas
Franklin A. Dean. Montreal. Can.
Frank f. Doremus. representative ]
from Michigan, NORTH Dunn Chi |
cage, s. r limerick. New York city. !
Isaac Emerson, Baltimore: Samuel
l. Elias. New York city, James FaI-
low. Chicago: f. \. Fenton, Montreal
Can: II. Fl. Fish. Western Ncwspa
per union. Omaha. Joseph W Ford
uey. representative from Michigan.
Archie L. Foise. New York city; lie
Roy Frost, New York city, Alvin r.
Fuller. representative elect from
Massachusetts,: DR.. Cary r. 1rayson.
r. S. n. Harry r. GugReuheiu, New
York city; John f. Harris, New Y ork
city; w. j. Harahan, Seaboard Air
Line railway, Warren G. Harding.
senator from Ohio; VIII II. HAYS.
Indiana polls; Colonel ". w Harris.
L. s. A. Alvin r. IIert Louisville:
, Richard Hooker, Springfield Repub-
lican; Beale r. Howard, Washington
Evening Star; Raymond Hubbell,
/ New York city; Samuel Insult, Chi
/ cago: Ollie NJ. James, senator from
Kentucky, f.: w Julian, Western
Newspaper union. New York: Sismund
Kann, Baltimore; julius Kahn. rep