Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30

laration is claimed by the republicans
in the convention who were opposed
to the extreme stand pat idea.
Congressman Hull, who Is chairman
of the executive committee of the re-
publican congressional committee; Col
onel Hepburn the hardest hitter and
most dreaded debater in the house of
representatives; Congressman Cousins
the word painter and orator of the
house; they were all present.
Men of National Prominence.
It is perfectly safe to say that no
other state had half so many men of
power and influence and high place of
reputation;, men nationally known, as
Iowa. and 1t was notable that the dele
gates and the guests in the convention
not only knew the big Iowa men, but
admired them as we'll as shown by
the applause with which the entrance
of Senators Allison and Dolliver, Sec
retaries Wilson and Shaw, Governor
Cummins, ]. W. Blythe, Colonel Hep
burn, Governor Hull and others was
greeted.
too much admired, politically for ones
own personal comfort. We're Senator
Allison other than the unruffleable,
kindly. disposed man that he is, he
must have been literally worn out by
the swarms Of Iowans and people of
other states who sought to have mo-
ment with him. Practically all those
in the lobbies who sought Senator Al
| lison simply desired to pay their re-
| spects to the veteran Iowa senator and
to shake his hand, feeling that seems
to fill everybody who knows SEN
ator Allison. Whenever he came
into the main lobby of the STRAIT
ford hotel he was instantly surround
ed and hauled this way and that, try
man shake of the hand and some
other man nod and smile. And this
Ing to give this man word and that
continued until he managed to work
his way to point where the elevator
or the street enabled him to disappear.
Senator Allison was occupied con-
| siderable portion of the time with the
\ great party leaders in the considera-
ton Of the great questions with which
| the convention and that party had to
l
long after midnight he was on the Ar
ing line or in conference. While Sen
ator Allison enjoyed the convention
and meeting and greeting of friends
and aiding in mapping out Of ways and
means, he is not as strong and vigor-
GUS as he was twenty-five years ago
The hard strain was rather severe
upon him and he was glad when the
doxology had been sung
4 Shaw Did Not MingIe.
1 Secretary Shaw did not mingle So
much with the throng. He was fire
quently In conference with the leaders
and when a respite occurred jumped
: into a carriage and whirled about the
boulevards. Secretary Shaw was al
the Auditorium and spent most of his
time in hiD room, when not riding or ir
conference.
/, For some reason the artists and car
toonists found in Senator Dolliver sub
ject particularly to their liking during
the convention. Almost every day one
or more of the local papers had the
senator depicted in some pose, though
always represented as man after thu
lines of Secretary Taft, portly of fig
ure and with an expression altogethe
: unknown to the junior senator. Senat
or Allison and other prominent Iowan
save Governor Cummins escaped tn,
3 eagle eye of the cartoonists.
Scramble for Tickets Unprecedented
The scramble for tickets was I'm
:, precedented, so far as Iowa was con
cerned. The town seemed to be full o.
Iowa people. You met them in the lob
: b1es and on the street corners. They
: had no particular business; just there
to see the convention, but 1t made thu
delegation hustle to get the boys al
under the roof of the big coliseum.
Many Of the delegates were in de
spair over the prospects of taking care
OF their constituents, when 1t wa'
found that couple Of Iowa men wer,
in charge of doors in the coliseum. Aft
er that, no son of the Hawkeye stat
was allowed to stand outside or peel
through a knot hole.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong o
the treasury department was bus,
man Monday afternoon. He came Vi
from st. Louis in the forenoon an,
!. went out to the coliseum to get
glimpse of the interior arrangem ents
He did not remain long inside, an
when he emerged 1t was to make
Decline for an establishment wher
Autographs may be had by wholesale
That afternoon, over 1000 Autograph
of President Roosevelt were place
where they would be seen in the bi
hall. Up to the time Mr.. ArmstronI
viewed the situation, the President wa
practically not in evidence in the CO
liseum.
A Banquet for Armstrong.
& Mr. Armstrong was treated hane
lsomely by the Chicago newspaper boys
with whom he worked as a reporte