Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-11
GR|D|RQN CLUB GIVES A
POLITICAL BURIEsQuE
Ircsidcntlni Candidates and Would
he Nominees Arc Caricatured
ut Anniversary Banquet.
oUDA TAKES BIG PART
Shades of Many Wcll-IInown Men
Arc Consulted OH Issues OF to,
Day Via the Spiritualistic
Route.
NY Assnria,cd pres..l-

ny Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. April l0.-IIaving
arrived at the presidential ago of IS
years. the Gridiron Club. celebrated
the even: tonight By turning its din
nor into "a national non-partisan po-
Utica! convention, at which 1890 ran-
didates heard their claims presented
IN q fashion nov to party politics.
Many were nominated and more
were discussed In such Il way az to
suggest to all the candidates who
were present the notion that perhaps
they take themselves too seriously.
\ Tho Gridiron convcution was called
TO order by the changing OF dinner
bell. and when the delegates. VINO
also Included guests. filed into the
hall and took their seats at the dln-
ner tables they discovered that both
great political parties were hcavity
represented by some Of their most
distinguished members. Among those
present were Secretaries Colby. Mere
dith. Houston. Payne and Daniels.
Attorney General Palmer. Speaker
Gillett General Pershing. tho Japa-
nesc ambassador. the Polish minister.
former Secretaries Lansing and
isoHc. ItolIlcT -. 'uUlTlncS, chairman
OF the Democratic National Commit
tee: Will IL Hays, chairman OF tho
Republican National Committee:
Senators watson. Of Indiana: owen.
of oklahoma: Harding. OF Ohio. and
Poindexter. OF Washington: Governors
Sproul. of Pennsylvania. and Morrow.
OF kentucky. and Colonel George
Harvey.
Settled No Issues.
The convention was opened by the
selection Of temporary chairman.
following WHICH il proceeded to elect
permanent chairman. who proved
10 he w. W. Jcrmanc, the new prcsi-
dent Of the club. Tho proceedings
were mixed and fast and. while
touching upon many phases o: the
1920 campaign. really Settled none Of
them.
A press section was filled with
working newspaper correspondents.
and n large number Of editors and
publishers tried TO crowd In. Or.
Albcr, Shaw could not ge, a goa,
among the correspondents. who also
rejected applications from William
II. Taft and William ]. Bryan. y
pair OF sob sisters who applied ror
The working correspondents. how
ever. were not without their troubles.
Il was told to describe Hcrbert
does he BELONG"
Az TO Hoovcr's Politics.
Il don, know was the answer.
II haven't asked him since yestcr-
day"
Platform p.anks on prohibition. la
Dor. the tariff and the war made tneir
appearance.
MY paper wants TO know" one
correspondent asked. whether Me
.Adoo is for or against government
ownership OF railroads.
Answer Yes" he was advised.
4 session given over 10 :he minis
trationa o: three mediums. who sum
moncd spirits and made them talk
by means o: Il ou!ja board. operated
myster!ously without the use .of
hands and in full view OF the dele
gates.
The spirit o: Charles Z. Hughes
remarked: II would have been all
right II Will Crocker had not fed me
those California ripe olives"
Punished for His Sins.
said the spirit or Josephus Daniels:
81 am being punished for my Sims"
The spirit OF Vice president Mar
shall observed: What the Demo
cratic party needs is a fool killer.
Then the few o: us left can form q
new party"
Frank Hitchcock's spirit told the
delegates. 1T pays TO advertise
put an ad in the papers, reading as
follows: situation wanted as political
manager for some candidate Terms:
FLORIDA delegates on delivery. Fas;
color guaranteed Now look at the
sob got"
The spirit o. Robert Lansing SOL
EMMY said: May I not suggest to
yo", my dear Colby. tina. 1t would
be the part of wisdom and discretion
TO move your office to the ground
floor? II is much safer Cordially
and sincerely yours"
The spirit o. Secretary Baker sent
this message: IT'S all very wei, 10
INSIST on Your lnve. but why o!dr't
you kick me upstairs :nto Lan.:ng's
job?"
Cure,i of Insomnia There.
From tho slir:: of Henry White
Tt1a II 81 4 l.