The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-22
stories of the Convention.

stories OIL the convention
Theodore Roosevelt came to town last
Saturday in parlor car, says the Phil
adelphia Press He was driven to his no.
tel in a coupe He dined to the music Of
a hidden Hungarian orchestra. amid the
white of spotless napery, the glow of
June roses and the adulation to which the
Governor OF New York of right is enti-
tied.
Weary of the pomp and ceremonial of
his welcome Theodore Roosevelt slipped
away from his hotel about bedtime and
walked slowly down Broad street. In the
shadow of an electric light he paused.
Beside him stood another man. This
oher man was neither reassuring in ap~
pearance nor savory OF presence. IL he
needed a square meal as badly as he
needed a shave he must have been raven
ously hungry.
Theodore Roosevelt eyed him with sus-
picion and moved toward the curb. The
other man faced him, straight and SOL
darly in all his shabbiness. He held out
one hand and with the othsr touched his
battered hat in military salute.
How do you do, Colonel?" he said.
You seem 20 have the advantage of
me" said Gov. Roosevelt.
II held your horse for you down there
by the Sunken Road when you got off TO
Il was a Rough Rider, sir
Il remember the incident" said Theo-
core Roosevelt, but 1 can't place your
face You don't look wealthy. Is there
any hing l can do
Colonel" interrupted the tramp. 81
helped you get drink in Cuba. Can you
Rocsevelfs hand slipped into his pocket
bright half dollar lay in the other
mans palm.
Thank you, Colonel" said the tramp.
There hasn't been much said about it.,
but there is heap of kicking here among
The cOlOred brethren from some of the
Southern states. says the New York Suns
report Some of them who in times rast
have ben properly rounded up and have
been sent on their way rejoicing find this
a convention where the picking is mighty
dry. One of them was asked yesterday
by a reporter who was the choice of the
colored delegates for Vice President, and
he said:
"G'way, man; huh huh, who cares what
de cullud mans choice is. Chew never
hear bout Majah Matson of Alabama,
sab? Well, Majah Matson he owned a
niger, sab. named Yaller Jim. Jim he
was fond of 'possum huntin,' but his dog
was no good. DR.. Swanson was Majah
Matson's ueighbah. and he had two fine
dogs. Well, when Yaller Jim started out
by d'light cd moon t'catch 'possum. he'd
and round Doc Swanson's place, N he'd
blow a bugle De Docs dogs deyd come
arushin', and Jim 'ud go off after pos
sum. n he Away got en-, too, for de
Docs was fine dogs; N Yaller Jim he'd
sling de possums n start home, n before
he got dere he'd jes turn on Docs dogs n
he'd say: Go wan home, you darned black
skull<in' things. You amt no good, nohow
What TO- you cum loafin' round here. Clar
off now, you doan know muffin no how
sho.' Do you think we colored gentlemen
like helm the Docs dogs? Well, we amt
cotchin' possum's now"
They have kept the colored delegate Out
of the bedrooms but not out of the bars
says the New York Press special. They
line up with the whites at the best cafes
in the city, and call for rye and bourbon
with large land animated voices.
Some of the delegates here are having
a lot of fun with the device in use ir
some hotels called telescene, says the
Chicago Tribune's special. A man from
North Dakota tackled one in the Walton
last night. and after setting the pin or
different spaces on the dial proceeded tc
punch the annunciator most vigorously
He drew in rapid succession two gin
rickeys. the house physician, q bottle OF
man from Tennessee punched the but
tons and got seven straight Nwhiskies
while a man from South Carolina rang fol-
q pint of beer and drew a quart of cham.
payne.
There is standing joke in Philadel
phia which runs something like this
philadelphia has paid more money fol
stationey than any other city in the coun.
try" "How's that?" queries the coun-
tryman. Why" responds the Phnadel
phian. 'she paid S13.OO0,OOO for station
for William PENIS monument" Will
lam Penn's statue is on the top of the
new City Hall trephlning instrument +:
necessary to see the joke, but it is uni
versally liked here, all the same.
IN beats thunder how soon people ar,
forgotten in this world" exclaimed 6
husky Iowa delegate in the corridor o.
the Walton Tonight, says the Suns re-
port. See that man over there. Yol
don't know him, do you? Nobody else
knows him either here. and 1t was only
a few months ago that his name was or
the tongue of pretty nearly everybod,
from Maine to California and from Cana.
da to Mexico. Why, everybody was talk
ing about him Even the English news.
papers were printing stories about him
That's the Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon who
ran the Topeka Capital the way he thought
Christ would run it. I don't know what
in the blazes he is here for. Maybe he
wants to run this convention the way he
thinks Christ would run it,"
Senator Hanna pronounced national
as if il were spelled "nay-tional," and
when he said "eye-ther" for "either" q
Colorado delegate muttered: Hes go
money"
The elevator in the Walton broke dowr
on Sunday and fell five flights. 1t was full
at the time. but some automatic arrange.
mont caught ii and the elevator slid
down gently. Never mind" said a wag
in the car, this is Philadelphia eleva-
tor. 1t will come down slow"
"Darn Fool. Smart Fellow"
A certain young congressman is goine
back to Tennessee with the reputation Of
having made himself quite conspicuous ir
the House with the help of a ready tongue
much persistence, and a series of brilliant
neckties. says the st. Louis Globe Demo