Evening star., 1928-12-09
Continued from First PageD
Three Governors Attend.

piled: that is Carter Glass being
broken by Cannon"
Election Day in Dixie. or The Shat
tered South" was presented by Grid
iron singers in the same vein. The
cast included Senator Glass of Virginia,
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina,
former Secretary of the Navy: Chair
man Raskob OF the Democratic ma
ttonel cornfnlttee: Bishop Cannon, who
led the anti-smith Democratic hosts in
the South, and a member with black.
ened face ana white wig. "Old Black
Joe." The chorus was garbsd as South
ern gentlemen OF middle of the last
century and Kentucky colonels."
Smith on Cold Ground.
While the band played "Msssas In
the Cold. Cold Ground" the cast sang
twenty votes lost down in Texas,
Twelve in Carolin',
Twelve are missing in Virginia,
Florida in six behind.
CHORUS:
sway down In Dixie.
Hear dat n1ournfll sound,
All the Democrats are weeping,
! Smith lies on the cold, cold ground"
At the conclusion Of the song Senator
Glass announced:
Gentlemen, the purpose Of this lodge
OF sorrow is to find out what hit US.
Grant was more magnanimous than
Mr.. Hoover-he left us our horses. Mr..
) Hoover took our shirts"
He added that the South threw aside
racial superiority and went Republican"
|, Whereupon, ID the tune Of "Old Black
.Joe." Senator Glass sang:
:.Gone are the days Of Cox and w. j.,
Gone are those votes from the cotton
fields away,
Gone to the North, and the -outh is
deep in woe, 49,
Z. For Democrats are voting now with
Cd Black Joe.
~ CHORUS:
I'm coming, I'm coming,
For I've no place else to 60;
You vote for Hoover when you vote
With Old Black Joe."
Old Black Joe at this point was dis
covered in person." In reply to q
question as to what he was doing, Joe
replied;
rs postmaster OBJ Richmond, and I
done put IN application to be q am
haSsador. - He added sadly that DR..
Work had told him "about dis here OBJ
structive emigration" which prevented
black Republicans from becoming am
bassadors.
Raskob Clad in Barrel.
John ]. Raskob ambled onto the
stage, clad in nothing but q. barrel He
said he was going South
Don't you know" q member asked,
'that that is no costume in which to
appear? What are you doing here?"
II was told" replied the barrel-clad
Raskob, that win Hays was here, and
wanted to have a whispering, confer
ence with him.
"On what subjectp"
Campaign deficits" was the reply
IN sad tones.
When the Democratic chairman had
been made properly welcome In 'the
shattered South" he was asked how he
expected to raise the $500 900 deficit
which the Democratic national COM
Ii1ittee' faces.
The method is simple" said Raskob,
and proceeded to sing, to the tune
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as follows:
Swing low, sweet Cadillac,
Coming for to carry rne home.
Swing low, sweet Chevrolet,
Coming for to carry me home.
] looked at the deficit, and what did
see -
Coming for to carry me homer
"A feet of Bucks coming after me,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing low, sweet Pontiac,
Coming for to carry me home.
Swing high, sweet common stock,
Coming for to carry me home"
Episode Aboard Maryland.
The Democrats vanished from the
stage. The scene shifted to the deck
Of the. battleship Maryland. An episode
on the PreSident-elect's floating home
ives given. entitled THE u S. S. Mary
land, Or Peace and Politics in Panama. p"
Senators Curtis, Moses, Brookhaft and
Watson were disclosed, dressed as sea-
men. They did a hornpipe and sang to
the tune of Sailing the following:
Sailing. sailing, through the Culebra
slip:
eailors we, all fun of glee to be on
sailing, sailing. ! hite the canal does
Many a COB wfll want job when
Hoover gets back home.
"Now Hoover sails the Southern sea
While politicians anXiously
All wait to learn what may befall
While Hoover listens to the call
OF
Larboard watch, ahoy!
Larbcard watch. larboerd watch,
1nrbcard watch, ahoy!"
The Senators had joined the crew
"to keep an eye o.. Mister Hoover" Z
The main thing" said Senator
Moses, lis nobody shall find out we're
here. Don't get found QUIT That's my
cardinal rule in politics."
II should think it would be, after
what happened to your hot stuff let
ter" was Senator Brookhart's comment
Dr. Work came. in, wearing a flrS
mates uniform. All stood at attention
except Moses, who tipped his hat ovel
cne ear. ,s t.s.. +.
DR. Work to Senator Moses:
Attention you'll" !;
SAY. do you know you're talking Il
Mr.. Hocver's personal Eastern man
Ager?" reioined Senator Moses.
Returns Proved 1t.
"You bet I've known it-ever since
the returns came in from Massachusetts!
end Rhode Island" was DR.. Work.
cauStic reply.
could / help it," said Moses, IF thu
Democrats made the Irish believe
Hoover was British?"
II was agreed that, II necessary. they
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