The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-24
ChienEo Convention stories.

Chicago Convention Stories.
The following Chicago convention
stories are clipped from the special
reports of various newspapers:
The Hon. Hamilton Fish, assistant
treasurer of the United States, in
| charge of the sub-treasury at New
York, has learned that all are not ser
vile who have black skins. Mr.. Fish
arrived in Chicago on Sunday evening.
When he reached the hotel at which
he had engaged quarters he saw two
burly Afro-Americans at the door of
the hostelry. Mlstaking them for ems
ployes he handed his valise TO one of
them and directed him to take it to
his room. Imagine his. surprise and
chagrin when he found that he had
insulted a fellows tatesman. The
Afro American glaIed at the man from
New York and then remarked in cut
ting tones: Il amt no bellboy; I'm
an honorable delegate from Alabama. =
Senator Depew's resolution, offered
in the convention inviting the entire
convention TO visit the Worlds Fair
at st. Louis. as the guests OF the fair
company was so novel a suggestion
that it was talked about all day. The
fair officials offered every delegate
round trip transportation from Chi
cage to ST. Louis and free admission
to the fair.
A Chicago poet was moved to indite
a few lines, as follows:
Said the eloquent Chauncey Depew
To the delegates. "I'll take you threw
The show at the Pike" :
Said they, "if you like,
But don't tell our wives IL you dew"
Capt. Joe" Dickey, State Railroad
Commissioner, and Senator George r.
Malby, are charged with composing a
song that has Caught ON with the
delegates. They tried it on some of
their friends. 1t is sung to the tune
of the camp meeting melody "There'll
Be No Sorrow There The first verse
follows:
Teddy" Roosevelt, he'll be there.
Teddy" Roosevelt, he'll be there.
The gallant Rough Rider,
With his jug full of cider,
Teddy" Roosevelt, he'll be there.
The Indiana men say 'hook and
horn when they mean killing time by
hobnobbing with their friends talking
politics.
"I'll hook and horn around here with
the boys until s O'clock" said State
Chairman James P. Goodrich to one of
his callers.
Course we say hook and horn"
said Mr.. Goodrich.
Go way, you don't mean ITO say
you don't know what hook and horn
means? Why it means just hanging
round swapping yarns and killing
time generally"
One of the Ohio delegates says that
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana. who
was born on a farm in Union county,
| Ohio, always hates to milk the cows.
Charlie Fairbanks never lodged
anything in the line of work but milk
ing the cows" said the Buckeye man.
HE was long and ungainiy when he
was boy, and l guess his head must
have come right up against the cow
| Anyway, he would not milk If he could
! dodge it. One day he was thrown off
a horse and broke his arm. AS soon
as his arm was out of the sling, he
was ordered to milk the COWS. He
suddenly discovered that he had weak
ened his wrist, and that he could not
milk cows any more. His brothers
waited for that wrist to get we'll, but
it never got well; or, at least, it never
| seemed to get strong enough to milk
the cows again"
The standard Fairbanks story, which
| he can tell with much gllsta, bears
repeJltlon, because IL is illustrative OF
several matters:
'I was campaigning in Iowa with
| Gov. Gear said Senator Fairbanks
and one night Joe Blackburn, of Ken
lucky. was in the audience. He hap
pened to be making a campaign on
| the other side.
after the meeting he met us and
proposed to step into a convenient
place md get a drink. / was very
| tireo with my effort and the sugges-
| ton struck me most favorabIy.
What will you have, Governor
| asked Mr.. Blackburn.
Gov Gear was thoughtful for a
moment and then replied: I think
I'll have a glass of mineral water
Fairbanks, what do you want?'
asked Blackburn.
should like a glass of milk I
replied.
1.-The waiter stepped forward and
| looked inquiringly at Mr.. Blackburn,
whose face wore a very peculiar ex-
preston.
Oh he remarked, with ex-
| IRENE disgust, bring me piece of
| piep "