Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-11
LANSING ADVISES I COLBY TO OBTAIN
 ! OFFICE NEXT EXIT
But Its Only Quip at Dinner of GridirOn
 Club

Washington, April Having ar rived at the presidential age of 35 years, The Gridiron Club, celebrated the event by turning it's dinner into \ national non-partisan political con- vention, at which 1920 candidates heard their claims presented in fashion new, to party politics.,
 Many were nominated and more were discussed in such way as to suggest to all the candidates who were present the notion that perhaps they take themselves too seriously.
 The Gridir0n convention was call ed to order by the changing of dim rer bell, and when the delegates, ewho also included guests, filed into the hall and took their seats at the dinner tables they discovered that both great political parties were heavily represented by some of their most distinguished members Among those present were Secretaries Colby, Meredith, Houston, Payne, and Dan 1els; Attorney Gen. Palmer; Speaker Gillett; General Pershing; the Japa- nese Ambassador; the Polish Minis ter; former Secretaries Lansing and Lane; Homer s. Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National Commit tee; Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Committee :; senators Watson, of Indiana, Owen, of Oklahoma, Harding, of Ohio, and Poindexter, of Washington: Govern ors Sproul, of Pennsylvania and Nor row, of Kentucky; and Colonel Geo Harvey.
 The convention was opened by the selection of temporary chairman following which it proceeded to elect a permanent chairman, who proved to be w. w. Jermane, the new presi- dent of the Club. The proceedings were mixed and fast and, while touching upon many phases of the 1920 campaign, really settled none off , them.
 A press section was filled with working newspaper correspondents and large number of editors and publishers tried to crowd in. Dr. Al bert Shaw could not get seat among the correspondents, who also rejected applications from William H. Taft and William J. Bryan. A pair off "sob sisters" who applied for seats met the same fate
 The working correspondents, how. ever, were not without their troubles
 I was told to describe Herbert 1 Hoover" said one. gro what party does he belong ?"
 T don't know", was the answer II haven't asked him since yester- day"
 Peace Pudding. NRlatforfn blanks on prohibition, la Dor. the tariff and the war made their. appearance.
 correspondent asked, whether Me Adoo is for or against government ownership of railroads 2"
 Answer "Yes", he was advised. IA session given over to the minis tfationss of three mediums, who sum IMoncd spirits and made them talk hy means of ouija board, operated IhysteriOusly without the use of the hands and in full view of the dele gates
 The spirit of Charles E. Hughes remarked: "I would have been all right if Will Crocker had not fed me those California ripe olives"
 Said the spirit of Joscphus Dan inls: "I am being punished for my sins" The spirit of Vice. President Mar shall observed: What the Demo- cratic party needs is fool killer Then the few of us left can form a new party"
 Frank Hitchcock's spirit told the delegates: "lt pays to advertise Ii, put an ad in the papers, reading as follows: Situation wanted as politi- cal manager for some candidate. Terms: Florida delegates on deliv- cry. Fast color guaranteed Now look at the job got"
 < The spirit of Robert Lansing sol emnly said: May I suggest to you, my dear Colby. that it would be the part of wisdom and discretion to