The sun., 1900-06-19
CONVENTION SIDELIGAIS.
By The SUMS Special Correspondent.

Dy llle sun > opeCldl Correspondent
Philadelphia, June IS Ii the Wood
ruff vice. presidential boom did not grow
during she day it was for no lack OF en-
ergy on the part of the friends of the
Lieutenant Governor. Callers began to
ing and the candidate was assisted bv
Mrs. Woodruff in receiving them. Mrs.
Woodruff proved herself most charm
ing hostess and it was conceded that she
may prove quite an important factor in
the cam paign before the week is over.
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An interesting relic OF the Republican
Convention of '56 was displayed at the
Union League yesterday in the shape OF
transparency about twenty inches long
ON each OF its four sides and about the
same height. On one side the inscrip-
tion reads: "Fremont and Dayton;"
another proclaims "Free Soil for Free
Men, third reads: mo extension OF
Slavery" and The Republican Ticket"
completes the number. The banner was
carried in the parade tonight.
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David w. Walters is head bartender
at the Walton, and he has been studying
the delegates tastes in liquids. I'VE
have to divide these men into two sets, !"
he said; ''the Southerners, and the
Others The others drink anything, with
rickeys and iizzes little in the lead. The
Southerners drink nothing but toddies
and mint juleps. 1t is thus with them
from morning till night. They don't
seem to know there are any other drinks.
They say we make toddies and juleps
here in Philadelphia just like they do at
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The attempt to force the Vice Pres
Dental nomination on Roosevelt brings
forward the most popular man that has
yet been proposed for the office.
Had Roosevelt at any time in the past
few months signitied his willingness to
be a candidate, the Vice. Presidential
nomination would have been as easily
settled in advance as McKinley's.
The powerful combination which has
been formed in the past twentyfour
hours to put him on the ticket willy
nilly is playing a gard which has behind
it an abundance of strength with the
people at large. There is no doubt OF
Reosevelt's sincerity in endeavoring to
avoid the nomination. But the fact is
bnab ne Is tle one anu Only man WHO mas
aroused, or is likely to arouse, strong en-
thusiasm in or out of the convention.
The Platt-Quay- -Wolcott combination
has shreNdly sized up the situation
along popular lines end in getting on the
side OF q big hurrah.
Ex Postmaster William II. Boggs, of
Smyrna, ell, a leading Union Republic
can OF Kent county today had an in
teresting, though quite usual. expert
ence in Convention times. Mr. Boggs
has two sons in Montana, one. George
Boggs, living at Stephensvile. In the
corridors of the Hotel Walton today ex-
Postmaster Boggs was introduced to
Delegate Worden, Of Montana. AS the
conversation progressed it developed
that Delegate Worden was resident OF
the town oil Siephensville, was intimately
acquainted with Mr.. Boggs' son and had
seen him only the day before leaving the
West for Philadelphia.
Not have seen his son for several
years the Smyrna ex.postmaster led
Delegate Worden to a seat and piled him
with inquiries. The son is also in poll.
tics, it appears, and is going to run fol
the Legislature this fall.