The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-07
DEWEY FOR PRESIDENT
NOMINATED BY "HOBOES" AT
DHtTT, IOWA.
Tramps Hold a National Convention
and Put a Ticket In the Field-"Fili-
Pine Red for Vice President

BRITT. Iowa, Aug 23.-The Tourists
| Union of America, the uamps, the
"hoboes'' have Just concluded their M
tional convention here, with the ,iomi-
nation of Admiral Dewey for president
of the United states, and Filipino Red"
for vice president
Britt is a prohibition town. The idea
of such a convention, and of holding it
in Britt, was conceived by Tom Potter,
a wealthy young man resident here,
who occupies a handsome home in the
best part of the town. He doomed il
successfully. There were delegates
from nearly a dozen states and terri
tories. They came in on freight trains,
riding the blind baggage" and every
way but walking, and none of them
paid fare.
They began coming several days be-
fore the date for the convention, and
their first inquiry was for Tom Potter's
house. They struggled into his velvet
Carpeted parlors, and their first
| questions always We're, Where do
we feed?" Where are the suds?'
The people of Britt when they saw
they were in for it, answered the first
question by providing quarters and food
for the delegates at the fair grounds
and the second question, by bringing IN
car load of beer. This was supple
mented by the citizens giving them
money and letting the drug stores do
the rest. But the fair grounds did not
prove large enough or convenient
enough quarters for the delegates, and
every spare room in town was soon pre-
empted by the visitors, and the -Nlice
force was doubled.
Like delegates to other national con-
ventions the delegates to this came with
separate and distinct booms for diffe-
rent candidates The Kansas delega-
H. AINa1
man, arrived booming Mrs. Mary Ellen
Lease for president. but this boom was
badly injured by the fight made on
Ysobel's right to a seat in the conven-
ton. based on the claim that she came
riding in chair car, instead of in the
regulation way She proved however,
that she had paid no fare and was ad-
mitted to the convention. The Roose-
welt boom was in charge of "Old Sport
Campana," of Chicago but he never
got to the convention. Among those
prominently mentioned" for the vice
presidential nomination were Hungry
Ike Jones of Wyoming and BOX Car"
Hall of Missouri
Delegates with booms and others sup
posed to be playing a leading part in
the convention would only consent to
be interviewed after being paid twenty
five cents. The convention was held in
the stable yard of the fair grounds.
The business of the convention was
transacted swiftly and with some de-
corum. Charles F. Noe of Sycamore,
Ill, was temporary chairman, and
George Hungry" Richard of New York
temporary secretary. The only discord
rose over the seating of Miss Fredona
of Kansas, but this was quickly dis
posed of, and then Tim Shields, printer
nominated Capt. "Handout' Bush of
Garner, Iowa, for permanent chairman.
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named for secretary, and both nominal
ton were carried by acclamation.
Onion" Cotton of Danville, ILL.,.
placed Admiral Dewey in nomination
for the presidency, and the convention
voted to a man for the hero of Manila
Free Entree Morrow of Cincinnati,
chairman of the Ohio delegation, nomi-
mated Tom Way Of Britt for v1ce-presi-
dent, but his speech was interrupted by
the clamor of locked-out auditors, ana
only the heroic efforts of Filipino Red,
delegate from Minnesota, saved the
convention from riot at the hands of the
village masqueraders His reward
quickly followed for Handy Chris Nor
tenson of Walla Walla, nominated him
for vice-persident, and the convention
gave him its unanimous vote.
The vice presidential nominee of the
convention is in many ways a distin-
guished American. Within two years
he has served the flag in three separate
wars-in Cuba, in the Leech Lake In
dian uprising and in the Philippines.
His real name is Joe Brazell, but his
hobo sobriquet is Filipino Red, be-
cause of the color of his hair and his
stories of war in the orient. He was at
Cavite while Dewey was on duty in
Manila bay, and is proud of the fact
that he has often stood at salute as the
admiral, now his running mate, passed
along in his gorgeous uniform.
The platform deals principally with
what the convention considered the
scarcity of liquor in Britt. The sentI-
ment of the convention regarding Its
nominee for president was expressed by
NebucadneZzar Lloyd, of Utah. who
said:
Dewey is our logical candidate for
many reasons. In the first place he
has been thrown down and roasted by
all the other parties. From the day he
sailed he wanted to be president. Ma
turally we know how he feels. Then he
is one of us, because he never had but
one home and he gave that away. He
believes in free trade imperialism, sill
Yer, gold and everything else that is
repudiated by the other parties. He's
our choice"
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