Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-14
Gr1dir0nC2ubD1nner Made
Occasion Of PoSt-N0rtem
Of Presidential Election

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE thir-
ty-fifth annual dinner of the Gridiron
club was the occasion Saturday night
of a post-morteln on the presidential
election, the purpose being to give
the politicians and Z some of the
statesmen present an opportunity to
see themselves as others saw them
during the campaign.
One of the episodes was front
porch meeting at Marion. O., set to
music, with such characters as Sena-
| tor Harding, Harry M. Daugherty,
| former Senator Weeks, Al Jolson. w.
J. Bryan and "Slush Fund Rumor''
participating: Mr.. Daugherty stalk
| ed the front porch in the role of
Koko, the lord high executioner
while there was a rumpus when the
| "Slush Fund Rumor" invaded the
Harding lawn. During the skit Will
f. Hays sang plaintively to the Re-
| publican o"7didate political parody
on "Then You'll Remember Me-" only
Mr.. Hays request was, so please
remember me-"
re- ing the political future, saw
President Harding sending the
| League Of Nations to the alien prop
erty custodian. The gazer also an
uOuHCSQ Illdl IIS CIy ldl IeNCdlcu
President Harding receiving from
| Samuel Gompers the key to the back
door of the y White House and re-
turning it with a note saying:
Gon1per's white House Key
MAY 1 not, my dear Mr.. Com
pers, ask you to keep this key as a
souvenir? 1 have changed the lock. "
-,~ seer revealed that Harding
was at work on a message to con-
hn nt Two
the text. ass inquirer that
"the style will not cause any intel
lectual Inconvenience"
The crystal gazer also found for
n,er orator J. Hamilton Lewis ap-
plying for the job of publicity di-
rector under Harding, but his serV-
ices were declined.
Mark Anthony Hitchcock delivered
his famous Grafton over the body of
the league covenant following close
ly a historic model He explained
that he came to bury the covenant,
not to praise him.
Meeting of Best Minds
Another extension of the post-mor-
tenn to the fields of prophecy was a
meeting of the best minds" at Mar
ion in conference with President
elect Hardin hey included Col
onely George Harvey, former Presi-
dent Taft, Senators Borah. Johnson,
Knox, Lodge. LaFollette and Reed,
Major General Leonard Wood, Gov
ernor Lowden, Samuel Gompers. Her
bert Hoover and Elihu Root. They
appeared dressed as school boys and
Colonel ! ~vey insisted on being the
master nd" because he was the
author of the conspiracy" that
elect riding.
Chief among the interested wit
nesses to the post-mortem. were Vice
President Marshall. to whom the
CLUB presented a large silver grid
iron as a token of its regard. A sim
il gridiron was sent to the White
House as a gift to President Wilson,
who was unable to attend the dim
ner.
Besides the vice president, the
ate and the house of representatives.
guests included Attorney General
Palmer, Secretary Daniels, Secretary
Meredith, Secretary Payne. Postmas-
ter General Burleson, Sir Auckland
Geddes. the British ambassador;
Jules j. Jusserand. the French am
bassador; Augusta Alencar, the Bra
lillian ambassador; Associate Justice
McReynolds, of the supreme court;
General Pershing, Major General Lee
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