The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-06
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Sd. Louis Conventfon storiee.


The following stories of the St.
Louis convention are clipped from the
special reports of several papers:
Through the lobby of the Jefferson
there floated an alert young man but
tonholing everybody.
ITS the greatest noisemaking ma
chine ever invented" he explained. TT
beats all ear-splitters made since the
Deluge. It's a combination of cowbell
and horn. You blow the horn and that
makes the cowbell ring. It's enough
to drive 'em crazy"
AT last he tackled benevolsnt-
looking old gentleman with silver hair
and kindly creases below the eyes.
My boy" said the benevolent old
gentleman, go up to the tenth floor
and stop at Room 1,030. l think you
can make a sale there"
The alert young man boarded the
elevator in jiffy. Later he came down
without single one of his Internal
machines.
Sir" he said, addressing the old
gentleman. 'Tn buy you a drink for
that"
Room 1850 is the headquarters of
the Hearst boom.
Three athletic persons descended up
on John Sharp Williams as he stood in
front of the telegraph desk of the JEFF
ferson writing message.
Would you mind stepping out into
the lobby minute?" they asked Sc
ductivelv.
What for?" demanded Mr.. Will
Hams.
I'VE want to take your picture" they
explained.
No roared Mr. Williams. mot on
your life. Go away from me-"
They seemd surprised, and asked
him why he objected to a simple lit
tie thing like that.
Have you got any prejudfces
against t?' they asked
Under the circumstances. yes" said
Mr. Williams, and he poked out his
chin and rubbed it with his hand
There was about two days growth. of
beard on it.
Then one of them seized him by
each arm and the third pushed, and
despite the minority leaders violent
protests he was taken out and photo
graphed, two days beard and ALL
Col. William Greene Sterret, of Texas.
had occasion to remain on sleepless
vigil all Saturday night. At six O'Clock
Saturday morning he left the Planters
Hotel to take the morning air, and
WnCIl uC ItdCIlCu DIOduWdy lOuIlA d
man wavering on the curb and gazing
in astonishment at the rising sun.
Great heavens, neighbor," said the
man to Col. Sterret, how light the
moon is tonight"
William J. Corners, of Buffalo, ar
rived yesterday. 1t was very hot this
afternoon. and Mr.. Corners expert
mented with a belt as a support for
his trousers. He was observed stand
ing moodily in the lobby of the South
ern Hotel.
What's the matter, Jim?'' asked a
friend.
why" said Connors. 1--WE got a
belt on for the first time in my life,
and feel as if 1 wasn't dressed"
1--WE demand Is to in the platform. -
a Missouri delegate loudly shouted
in the New York headquarters.
YOU had it in 1896 and 1900" Billy
Wilson exclaimed, ard you can't have
it again
II dcn't mean that" exclaimed the
MisScUr'an: Sixteen beers to oae water
is my platform
At~r which thu q was a general
scramble for the beer department.
FIT" the button man. was true
prophet at Chicago and had Roose-
welt and Fairbanks buttons all ready,
before the nominating speeches were
made People have a way of asking
him how it is going to turn out. BIN"
has an answer ready. 1t is a button
with his own face on it, and this le-
gend on lit:
They've got me guessing. Bim."
Thirteen Parker men from New York,
including ex-senator Hill, doomed up
at the clerks desk in the Southern
Hotel and registered. As tSey did so
everybody looked at the clock. 1t
was exactly 10 minutes past 6.
"Gee!" said a Southern delegation
as the party Travelled over toward the
elevator. "If Hill can overcome such
a thirteen hoodoo as that his luck must
have changed. Wait for the balloting
and see."
One feature of life in st. Louis is
a little staggering to the wayfarer
from New York. On the great broad
stairs of the jefferson, leading up from
the lobby to the floor above. pretty
girls and their escorts sit all day long
watching the surging crowd below
The stairs are used as a regular rec
ognized vantage ground from which
to view a place of amusement, the
lODDy DellS lle SNOW. some OF the
girls sit there for hours at a time,
guessing at the identity of the poll
ticians below. When one couple go
their places are taken by another.
John Sharp Williams, who is to be
the temporary chairman of the con-
vention, has been in st. Louis for
the past week. When he came here
he registered at the Inside Inn, the
immense caravansary inside the
Worlds Fair Grounds. Yesterday
when some of the political leaders de-
sired to get into communication with
him they went to the Inside Inn, only
to learn that Mr.. Williams had paid
his bill and left the place.
The hotel people did not know where
he had gone, and it was only after
several hours of inquiry that those
who were hunting the minority leader
got track of him. They located him
in a boarding house on Washington
avenue.
When asked what had induced him
to take up his quarters in such an
out-of-the-way place, Mr.. Williams re-
Dlied.