The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-20
st. Louis Convention Echoes.


Mr.. De Lamar who likes 10 be called
the Monte Cr.sto OF Idaho. has not turned
up yet. although he is usually an active
participant in presidential conventions,
says the Chicago Records CORE
spondent. He was married a year
ago or more 10 an uncOmmOnly
handsome gil in New York. He has
bought her a beautiful house in Madison
avenue. a summer cottage down on the
/ Massachusetts coast and a yacht. and ne
probably finds more enjoyment in her SO
| eiety than in the political fracas- M.
I De Lamar was never trOu 5ied with mod
esty, and is always willing 10 furnish his
] photograph and such Information about
himself and his own affairs as may be de-
sired for publication. The only facts ne
conceals are his age and the incidents Of
his early life. Pat Lann0n. the round
and rosy editor Of the salt Lake Tribune,
SAYS that the nrst tine he ever saw de
Lamar was when the latter was a candi-
date for the United States Senate some
years ago. He came down 10 Salt Lake
| City TO secure the political support Of the
| Tribune, and made his appearance in the
| editorial room while Brother Lannon hap
pe1ed 70 be writing an important leader;
not wish 10 be interrupted
Good morning" sad Mr.. De Lamar.
"Howdy,' replied Lannon, without look
ing up from his manuscript.
I'm De Lamar" said the visitor.
sit down. replied LannOn-
lie Lamar ala not take seat as re-
| quested, but stood gazing intently at the
editor untl LanuOn got nervous and,
looking up a him, exclaimed: why the
- don't you sit down and wait till / get
this writing done" The inquiry was ig-
| nored. but the visitor, who is not o large
man, expanded himself TO his greatest
degree possible and said; My name is De
| Lamar; am the richest man IN ldano,
I have an income of $4,000 a year, and
want TO know the reason why you can't
give me your attention.
a 1umnnI
De Lamar by both hands shook them v-O-
emily and exclaimed: My dear sir. you
have $4,000 reasons for not interrupting
me while I am writing an article. nave
10 work for q living and you do not; take
q seat over there in the corner, and when
have finished this paragraph l VIII talk
to you"
He was an anti-Cleveland man along
back in 1894, says the Chicago Times-Her
aid special He sat up In the east gallery
| Of the Chicago exposition. and when the
! late Gov Albeit of New Jersey essayed
/ TO speak he yelled Louder" until the
! trUsses groaned in the echoes. This led
| Gov. Albeit to paraphrase Tom Corwin
| remark when he was Interrupted. "Gentie-
come to an end and the heavens are roll
| ed uD as a SCROLL and above the crashing
| of planets the trump OF Gabriel is heard
SummOning the dead from the graves, Ill
| bet some son OF gun from Buffalo viii
| rise to holler louder.
] a
/ ing around the city for nearly week
/ spending money ike water, says the cor
| respondent of the Philadelphia Record.
/ He has put up champagne for 1.-The boys
| whenever the occasion demanded, and has
! been hail fellow well met. He wears a
| huge black hat with a rim foot wide.
| which is a sign that he is in from Texas.
/ The young man was mystery 10 a great
! many people for while lie is r. h X.
/ Green, the son of Mrs. Hetue Green, the
/ richest woman in America, and he is a
] b. S.
] He has one ambition, that is to get the
! republican nomination for governor Of
! Texas.
There is a crash suit craze raging in
| this town. says the Philadelphia Record
| special. The crash suit appeared here the
day that the delegates began arriving.
! Four or five clothing stores In the city
! laid i'm a tremendous supply of them and
the sale began that the people have 70
! stand in line and wait their turn. The
crash suit costs 81, as they say here, and
it looks like the old style linen suit from a
distance. When you get close TO il is easy
| to see that its chief recommendation is
| that it is full of holes and the wind per-
| does through The whiskers of Hon. Thorn
as Henry Carter Of Montana just about
| one-half the delegates have invested in
the suits and the other half are after
them.
This city is full Of the most awful
noises That the human ear YVES ever com
PEELED to listen to, says the Philadelphia
Records correspondent Every known
device for making a noise, from the whis-
tie to the locust rattle. is here and being
sold on the streets by fakirs. These IA
kris came expecting to see great and
enthusiastic convention: They brought
enough of their ear-splitting devices tC
supply four such conventions as this one
and the oyerslpply has resulted in a
things within the reach of the small boys
Of the town. Nobody can escape from
the noises; even the rooms on the TOT
floors of the hotels are penetrated.