The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-05

There b Lat -r n.l. tax Today .EHNI
the YOUNG crowd The T"aSr.! "t 1t'-
proball. j. that there is 80 much OF jh"
old crowd h'T'. to-day that tu,. new uCGtni-
zliiur. ii!l" losing uu:l, Of its Initial vl,"r
and a@ur-~~lN eHy=~. l. SOM, what swallowed
up lI u.lHreT. Furthermore taUl this has
"a most important trarinch there are "a great
many ~ rho ErW'IlHsTS tal= ur rGHl;i- VINO
ar f'S' - yo'uS H~ IN" S'-'elled N"NN7
crowd. md Wh" don't agr.. with II in %
sinEI, particular. except. perhaps. N me
facr thaf ihc h-mo'racE Is ~ IA" SIMON
pure ,l-hyr-n-karaJ -lGtlIty.
This morning whcr o4U" Of the ftr~"a
Club boys GOT here. and when Joe Johnston
began to circulate around the H'Hr. the
young crowd situation became rather
amusing. For certain IL Is that hawe- iua
Johnston ar IN 10 sense toSS:iZ'd. Yet IN
III" present s"tn""h hat chaotic c'uo'jinn %.
T. latfHI~ between a variety Of huCrheS oi
good Democrats all. hey are !ar from be
arg in entire sympathy with IN ni"N .I'l'-Il' IS
Cpuda,t,G by III, fat ana agreeable tlr-
CuuklIu-; aud H.. aapicur Mr.. Morton.
by 'H" way Er. Morton worked -" hari
am earnestly yesterday campaigning with
Mr.. : !brrj. Mr.. nnCacgy ana ether u'trhi-
Democrats. that he found himself worn 'II
Ia the ve. Ic of ij.n' - last evening. aud WAS
compelled 70 TAX" To- his bed under a doc
tor ''rr. II passed ii good nlShi. ana ms
afternoon ne l. on the H'or again a ri"us
in spotted .h'rt and tie firSr linen S'lIl
that has turefi forth In this Particular Kan
SaS C!ty season
Representatives. of this young crowG'
assert with some confidence. ;hat they pro
p".c L. otEaniZ clubs all ot.T tA.' state
unless they come IN 'gr III" sort # recon-
tAiv!l'i;3 l' Rf-h NtLE - t"t AT tlt !stIil~
OF the present convention.
As | have saii. however. their grounds
are a Htii" ohScur" Wen II * observed
that 50 many rqGaay young and equally
asgressiv" Democrats seem willing ~ r.
main with the so-caIl-d "old fellows
faiinwegianH Make Noise.
General VI Fred Ben. who. hv the way.
has cut tn" Fred To =. on his hsai"Ga~r r,ss
sign. has taken the ladies re,c.,riaV-r,n ON
on tn first floor Of the Midland Hotel Hr
- doing his entertaining. ir company with
his -arl-lr-l George. Wasrn.-
was of the first visitors 70 arrive IN
town The Bon club of Fulton. Mo. along
with a great crowd Of tgmultuous Gala
WeSIahS. came in A. o'clock y j. evening.
The Bel GROVE! PURPOSE {" make lot "t
fuss. and tat Adi.taUt General Insists that
beneath al! "t iha tUInuit there is strong
chance 10" victory.
one of the mos, interesting personalities
on the door T. Judge John W. Henry. VINO.
with his CicAF-Cut. fine OLD face, bears q r.
semhlance 10 som" nt the statesmen whose
pictures ". see in baCucrreotypr histories
9f our eariy-statosman period Al lat"
hour tonight l saw Judge Henry oa the .
floor OF the Midland lobby his white can
Ias hat cooked over his i..fJ eye. hiS Shuul-
Gors thrown back. his cane under his arm.
Looking and acting lik, a man of 70.
4 am out OF politics. he said hut |
don't believe l ever looked on with greater
interest than do at this moment"
With him was former Governor 7. 7 I
trltteEden, looking every minute as Young
au6 every bit as handsome a. In the lar
back gay when, II the southern Hotel Ia
St Louis he kissed the famous P:rti on a
dare. have heard Governor Critteudcn
say that he hoped to live 10 see the time
when that Patti kiss would pass out of the ,
public mind.
Colonel John H. Carroll came to town
this mnrn!nS from 81. Louis He says that
he has keen interest in all that is going
on, but is not endeHYoriug TO advance The
cause Of any particular candidate
What I! want to see, said he. is i
oid-time ms tcrities that Will keep Missouri
IN The front iine of Democratic strong
holds"
Three Certain Candidates.
Mr.. pockery. Mr.. cook and Mr.. crow are
occupying peculiar positions. Each one of
these seatIemrn has his nomination in his
been been di.cr.ety Keeping 10 themselves, NJ. d.
Cook. in particular. mas been little seen
about The headquarters.
-rir Dockery on the other hand. has been :
persisteatly active since reaching town
Saturday evening. Despite his weight. he
gets about the lobby Of the Midland Hotel
sixteen or eighteen hours a tay with all
the SpriEhtiiness Of a IebGJaute. In two days
| haze seen him in = chair hut twice-"nc"
with virgil torkliEc. and al another time
waiting for someone y no was to call on
him by appointment
II account for ny ability to he around
with - much eese, said the sEovernor-to- .
be. by the facC that my general healJh IS
away aboN" the average ! am normal ~
every respect"
George Walter Berry. helping Ad.urar,
General Bell in his campasn. has devised
rare specimen Of poetic arr 70 be used to- e
,norrow Nv, as a campaign .ye!l hy the brass
~ +. Bell. II. r Bell!
Hell be nominated.
Yell. yell yell.
One OF he Generals rival candidates. I'D |!
on hearing the co,IpI.t hunorajIsiy slia-
gested that ne knew i word that would !
rfk me WITH equal ntness. bui it wont dc t. 1;
print 1T here
10. Shannnn
Strangers in town are Interested in the
ners nality Of Mr.. Joseph shannon known
locally Joe. Last night a citizen who .
has Observed the doinss Of Mr. Shannon
several years. said:
If there ever WAS Il man born to poll
tics. II : this man Joe Shannon. H. may
know other things. but he hreathes and /
lives On politics he Is wonderfully con- ,
sisfent, rderfC!ly successful and | be- !
nsvp. has a future.
Mir. shannon bears on his face evidence !
Of his peculiar strength !S smooth shaysrl B
keen eyed and has the sort of a smile that
Is said 10 SET women ravi-l-. Like most
men who do things. he Is not strong on con !
''weiEhty with meaning"
One Mystery Explained.
one is impressed with the readiness with !
which men stand the nervous ana physi- I
a. TINS. but Whsn Il S"st't Is told The myS- /
terry NIuiShes. NJ. SCiberf who seems 10 I
be -vriEW5rr" all of 'ha time, from early /
HtCakfaSt unfll mtf:lEht and after, Is one 4,
of the men VIII" has discovered r. Long a /
90! vsnt!H9 tT"gf''I I-t'r. he has l~arrIed he /
Gsl'c;'r. t3i nf tituin; - rest When the or- :
=, .l-l a,o.s &" - room. where. he gets. M ,
rnIcouiii,.. forty wink
There Is hardly an old-tiner a. tiIts con- |
veutiCa VINO docs not steal a few minutes !
in every four or five hours fer the purpose /
of bit # Tccupcration.
This WORT r"curaratIoc brings 10 mind !
the fact that il is significant in connection !
with the present gathering OF Democrats.
The Midland Hotel Company. with what /
appeared to be foresight, ere ted a bar the /
entir.. length f tire hiilisrd-Ttum. ard rtiS !
lar. mimi y"u. is ia addition 20 the already /
spacious MAHOGANY tadt is IN permanent !
the hotel Is jammed with delegates end /
other convention visitors. the big bar has ,
not beer. much IN use. Gl tn. contrary, !
there has hardly been tim" when III, old |
has not served al! of th.- thirsty one, |
and it is no; 50 cold h"re, either.
To Handle tbe Crowd
Regarding this crowd and the evident |
pressure eNcrtel by # ON local capacities. the /
visitor IL moved to wonder on the subject |
of what will happen in july. when. as most (
of us know. the very asphalt IN the streets |
s!zyies in the summer -Un.
Richard Lindsay, who has charge OF 4 !
portiun Of the afraGga MEETS for visitors, !
gives assurance that enteTtainm'H mt VIII De !
in all ways adequate Mr.. lindsay admits !
tina. the capacity Of this hesp7t.bic city I!
win ha fully tested. hut he crr"cfS that |
hours some here in the Nv. nty-fpur am! !
that three meals viii be visited upon any /
body who has a reasonable price TO pay
for them The local committees ar' pa /
ticuiarly irsiztent upon tnIs word reason !
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