The sun., 1904-06-19

north w1u hAvo 70 pass u. ActOD ol'S |.
entrance u . great sign -The Open Churon.
Lower, down Is an electric sign directly
spsas ssss The dc door; .ss e as asp
who enters that church leaves hope behinai
but that 10 not what the pastor thought OF
when he had the sgns put
From N'York, ehi' said Chicago
man as he climbed aboard q cable car,
entering a seat at the end OF which sat
yep" said the man In the end seat.
Thought So" said the Chicago man
-We don't have any end seat hog IN the
ffhen he began 70 shoot tobacco. juice
ali over the Hoor and looked Is though
! he had settled the Eastern city once for
all.
United States Senator Joseph Ralph
Burton Of Kansas 10 here and can %
/ identified by the fact that all the other
Senators are a. far away from him - they
can get. The Senate has not acted on
| Burton's case since he was convicted o!
criminal offence In acting - attorney for
.get-rich-quick' concern before the foes
Ofloe Department and sentenced to jail
until the courts have finished with the case
the Senate will do nothing. It Is noticeable
that all the Senators seek to avoid MIN:
, Four years ago, when President Roosevelt
was delegate from New York to the phila-
delphia convention, the Kansas delegates
held meeting and voted to support him
for the yce-Presidential nomination.
Burton was big man IN the Kansas S
flower delegates to Gov. Roosevelt's room
| and there told him OF the States decision
IN most complimentary speech. When
Iowa withdrew Senator Dolliver and nomi,
mated Roosevelt the Kansas men unfuried
a big banner marked Kansas First for
Roosevelt and led the cheering.
Another Senator who attracts attention
Is Reed Smoot. whose prominen ce in the
Mormon Church has brought him before
a committee Of Senators for Investigation.
The committee Is going to Salt Lake City
to lock up matters there. senator Smoot
wants to have look at him.. and the women
seem to be more interested In him than in
any one else. Mr.. Smoot is not polyga-
mist.
Uncle Jerry Simpson has arrived and
still calls himself the Populist Republican.
He would rather talk about the rich farm
that he owns in the Pecos Valley than about
politics. Yesterday man asked him about
Il always wear silk ones,' replied the
ex-stateSman.
Apparently Chicago does not indulge IN
the favorite Eastern game Of "stoning the
auto Many OF the machines ono sees on
Michigan avenue have panes Of plateglass,
about four feet square, on top OF the dash-
board and in front Of the driver. Such q
target could hardly be resisted by the New
York small boys, but they must be let alone
out here.
The big hotels may not have raised their
prices during the convention, but one restau-
rant keeper has. During ordinary times he
sells breakfast or luncheon on the American
plan for 20 cents and dinner for quarter.
On Friday he chalked new figures up show:
ing that the price Of dinner had been raised
to 30 cents end Of breakfast and luncheon
to rs cents.
The Hon. Elihu Root, who is to Be tenn
porary chairman Of the convention, ar
rived to-day with his speech In his pocket.
Tho only portrait put up 20 far IN ths
convention hall 10 an oil painting Of Sem
ator Hanna OF heroic size. It hangs over
the chairman's platform. 80 It will
b visible In al parts Of tbs hall except to
can flags are draped about tho picture.
There are no portraits Of President McKin-
lev on view now, and those who have seen
the hall wonder whether any will be put
up. 1t is explained here that the citizens
committee had charge OF the decorations
in the hall
Through some error . mistake was made
In sending out the notifications to those
who are to receive tickets. and they wore
told to call at the convention hail and get
them yesterday afternoon. No one was
on hand to tell the seekers about the mis-
take and they wandered around for hours
looking for the secretary Of the conven-
Sm ut enc wSe was Busy in III The meens
at which Gov. IAFollette Of Wisconsin,
and his radical big four were thrown
through the windows.
Finally a policeman in the employ Of
morning and was kept busy all day ex-
planning to those who called for them.
1t is declared to be the ambition Of Gov.
La Toilette to succeed United States Senator
Quarles Of Wisconsin when his term ex-
pires. Some Of the Governors friends
J.. Bryan, whom they seem to regard a.
| the best known and best beloved speaker
now before the public.
This was Doroy LAY ana al the delegates
who Ike horseracing went to the track
Some Of those who didn't 20 got bet down
In the city.
These are the ofhosrs Of the convention
| a. decided upon by the national committee:
Temporary chairman, Elihu Root; tenn
porary secretary. Charles W. Johnson Of
| Minnesota; assistant secretary, John r.
Molloy Of Ohio; sergeant-at-afmA. william
| r. Stone Of Maryland; assistant serEeant-at-
arms, David G. Owen Of Wisconsin.
The Illinois boomers Of the Hon. Robert
B. Hit for the nomination for vice.Presi-
dent arc going to hold maas mestings on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday even
ines ct the Auditorium. Among the
speakers are to Be j. Adam Bede, John
Dalsell, Senator Depsw, 6enator Dolliver
and ex-senator Wolcott. These meetings,
II is given out are not to be IN the interest
OF Mr. Hit, but In the interests Of al Re-
publicans.
National Committeeman Grseme Stewart
of Illinois took the national committee
TO witness the Derby to-day. None Of
the member could bet on the grounds.
for Mayor Harrison had 600 policemen
there to prevent II, but bookmakers we're
about ali the hotels all day long taking
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