The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-28
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NKEN do love to wear badges. The
M more they have Of violently in
~'A harmonious lines, the more ut
tcrly contented and amiable individ-
ualS they are. EOu should have seen
them at the Republican legue convon-
tiOn in the Lyceum the other day..
They positively made one dizzy. But
in spite of the barbara taste of the
people who manage our politics, badges
are toning down in color. You don't
see as much gold fringe and SO many
unbcComing shades of yellow satin as
used to he evident on the manly chess
of our patriotic citizens. The national
colors predominatc nowadays and the
cellulod button things are more sub
dued. Alas now almost universally is
seen mingled with the gay tints, the
somber touch of black which mutely
tells that hard-headed. practical. hust-
ling, as are the men of America, they
have sentiment after all in their busy,
active brains.
The significance of this Was felt at
The meeting in the Lyceum. Not Il
speech, scarcely a resolution was Of
fered from the platform that did not
convey the thought uppermost in ev
cry heart The cleaning badges bore
bit of Grape above their fastenings.
The only badge Senator Penrose wore
was that sad emblem of the loss which
he seems to have constantly in mind.
senator Thurston, too, had the symbol
of the nations grief on the lapel Of his
Prince Albert coat.
1t has always been the opinion of
the writer of these lines that Republi
cans are very fine looking men. That
conviction is deepened since looking at
the great body of delegates who were
in our city this week. The lcaguers
seemed To have a predOminating taste
for dark hair and moustaches. There
weren't many baldheads, and almost
no boards a la Jerry PETER. \ notice
able feature was the prevailing fash
ion almost all the delegates had of
wearing black ties. Was that. too, Il
tribute to the memory of the dead man
they honorcd? If so il was a graceful
thought. If only these black bowed
hlaCk demonstrated men knew how well
they don't look in almost any color
but black they would conhne their
choice of ties more strictly to that hue.
\ man of the type of Senator Pcnrose,
for instance, would look like bandit
in a red tie and most dark men do so
love to encircle their visages with raw
ing red ties.
Recorder Connell made an excellent
speech at the convention. His EN-
phatic statement that the name of Will
liam Mckinley's assassin should not
so down in the records by the side OF
our dear presidents found heartfelt as
sent, The impression made upon the
city's guests by the recorder was one
of which the city should be proud.
by the way, it should be mentioned
right here, that Mr.. ID. b. Atherton,
secretary of the board of trade was
the other person on the platform Tues
day night whose height approached
that of the junior senator's of Penn
sylNania.
Speaking Of thin men, it does seem
as II there is something in Philadel-
phia's politics which isn't conducive TO
comfort and therefore fat for the am-
bilious ones who want to get some-
where. Mr. J. Hampton Moore, who
seems TO have endeared himself so eX-
tensiyey to the Republicans of the
state, is at an alarming stage of thin
ness, Mr. j. Martin Rommcn. is IL
possible thinner than Mr. Moore. Pol
itics in Philadelphia must be terribly
wearing, fearfully strenuous, or, dire
thought perhaps II Is the effort to run
"A Republican league order To retain
balance of $l5 in the treasury that
superinduces emaciation. How panied
We should be 10 see our MIR, Fleltz
pine away like a tender flower under
such a responsibility. Would that we
had forcibly restrained that ovcr-en,
thuslastic league from placing him in
such perilous nosltlon