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Show I-y GRIDIRON CLUB , POKES FUN AT . , pup II Annual Dinner Turned Into National Non-Partisan Political Po-litical Convention NOTED AMERICANS ATTEND BANQUET 'Palmer, Hoover, Bryan, Low-den Low-den and Others Are Cari-, Cari-, catured During Interlude .i' WASHINGTON. April 10. Having " - arrived at the presidential age of 35 years, the Gridiron club, celebrated the, event tonight by turningiits dinner din-ner into a national non-partisan political polit-ical ' convention, at which 1 0-0 candi-v candi-v . dates heard their claims presented in a' fashion new to party politics,. . Many were nominated and more ycrc discussed in such a way as to suggest to all the candidates who were, present the notion that perhaps j they take themselves too seriously. The Gridiron convention was called to order by the clanging of a dinner bell, and when the delegates, who also included guests, filed into the hail and look their seats at the dinner tables they discovered that both great political polit-ical parties were heavily represented bv- some of their most distinguished members. Among those present were Secretaries Colby, Meredith. Houston, Pavne and Daniels, Attorney General Palmer, Speaker Gillctt, General Pershing, Per-shing, the Japanese ambassador, the Polish minister, former Secretaries Lansing and Lane;' Homer S. Cum-mi'ngs, Cum-mi'ngs, chairman of the Democratic national committee; Will H- Hays, ' chairman of the Republican natldnal committee; Senators Watson of In-, diana, Owen of Oklahoma. Harding oi 1 Ohio, and Polndexter of Washington; Ti,. i n-T.-r " f-PffmnsvlviiD lrr,..an .l, . Morrow o Kentucky, and Colonel George Harvey. Chairman Chosen The convention was opened by the selection of a temporary chairman, following which it proceeded to elect ai.pormancnt chairman, who, proved to b'e3W. w- Jcrmane, the new president of the club. . The proceedings' were ipi'xcd and fast. find, while touching upon many phases of the 1020 campaign, cam-paign, really settled none of them. -A press section was filled with working newspaper correspondents and .a large number of editors and publishers tried to crowd in. Dr. Albert Al-bert Shaw could not get a seat among the correspondents, who al30 rejected applications from William H. Taft and "William J. Bryan. A pair of "sob sisters," who applied for seats met the same fate. AVluit About Hoover'.' The working correspondents, how-jf how-jf ever, were not without their troubles. "I was told to describe Herbert - Hoover." wiid one. "To what party does he belong?" "I- don't know." was the answer. "I haven't asked- him sinco ycatcr-dapiatform ycatcr-dapiatform planks on prohibition, labor, la-bor, the tariff and the war made their appearance. '-"My. paper wants to know." one correspondent asked, 'whether Mc- Adoo Is for or against government ownership of railroads." I '"Answer .Yes'." he was advised, - A session given over to the minls- tvations of three medium, who sum moned spirits and made them talk by means of an ouija board, operated mysteriously .without the use of hands and in full view of the delegates. J Fed ttlpe Olives i The spirit of Charles E. Hughes J remarked: "I would have been all right if Will Crocker had not fed me those California ripe olives." Said the spirit of Joseph Daniels: k I am being punished for my Sims." J - The spirit of Vice President Mar- fi shall observed: "What the Democratic party needs Is a fool killer. Then the 1 few of us left can form a new party." i , Frank Hitchcock's spirit told the) delegates: "It pays to advertise. Ij , put an ad in the papers, .reading as I 1 follows: 'Situation wanted as political ( i , manager for some candidate. Terms, 5 Florida delegates on delivery. Fast color guaranteed.' Now look at the job I got." Wisdom and Discretion The spirit of Pvobert Lansing solemnly sol-emnly said: "May I not suggest to c you, .my dear Colby, that it would bo the part of wldom and discretion to H move your office, to tho ground floor, rf It is much safer. Cordially and sin- cercly yours." K There was a musical interlude, also ft political, in which Senator Harding, j Attorney General Palmer,- Herbert 9 Hoover, General Leonard Wood, Gov- ft ernor Lowden And William J. Bryan iw all found themselves caricatured. u The- political status of the peaco I: treaty also was considered. |