Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-20
Preparations for the Conven-
tion Tomorrow.
PICTURE OF PRESIDENT
PORTRAITS WILL BE DISPLAYED
IN THE COLISEUM.
Their Absence Had Caused Extended
Comment and the Defect Was
Promptly Remedied.
Stan Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| at the Auditorium began to reflect the vigor
of the nominating delegates this morning.
| There was for the first time the hustle
| attendant on the eve of a great convention
| Rooms set aside for the meeting of various
state delegations were scenes of activity
| and meetings were arranged for this after
noon and evening for the election of chair
| man and assignments on committees.
At the headquarters of tie delegates there
was exhibited until today a great horse
shoe in bright colored electric lights. The
horseshoe was placed there in view of the
great derby which was run Saturday, but
many delegates thought it had reference to
the party meeting in convention. This
morning it was removed and then every one
learned that II had no rela lion to the polti-
cal gathering.
The headquarters is the scene of constant
photographing and sketchng by artists.
Senator Cullom was asked to take a pose
for a slap shot today and the camera
was placed in position 1t fell to the tiled
floor in a heap.
The Llncoln-like features of the Illinois
senator form one of the best objects for
the artists and they are constantly sur
rounding him.
Go ahead, boys" ne always says in reply
to the requests for pose, but don't keep
me here too long"
Pictures of the President
People who have seen artists produce
crayon portraits with a rapidity almost
equaling the sensitive plate of camera
will understand how IT will he possible
to have the features of President Roose-
welt in colossal size look down on the
thousands of people who will assemble in
the Coliseum at noon Tuesday and to
have additional portraits in various promi
nent positions about the big building in
which the convention is to be held. There
is now no doubt that the features of
President Roosevelt will be very much in
evidence when all the delegates get here
The posting of pictures of the late Sena-
tor Hanna in the convention hall and else
where and the absence of portraits of
President Roosevelt caused such wide
spread comment that corrective measures
have been taken in hand, and in day
or two there will be no cause of conf
plant on the part of the most ardent of
Mr.. Roosevelts admirers.
The absence of these pictures when the
national committee was holding its meet
ings here last week was one feature of
that lack of party enthusiasm that has
caused the blood of republicans who are
ready to plunge into an active political
campaign to grow cold. They couldn't un-
derstand it, and they said They de-
clared that the picture of the proposed
nominee Of the party should be displayed
as conspicuously as his popularity in the
rank and file of the party workers all over
the country deserved
Senator McComas was one of those who
yesterday called attention to the omission
of these pictures. 1t was then explained
that the fault was not that of the ma
tional committee or Of the committee to
arrange for the convention. The conven-
ton hall and the rooms in which the ma
ticnal committee has been meeting had
been prepared by the local committee, 1t
coid md hny mod q nY,ofr1 q
portraits of Senator Hanna. as it was he
who had caused the convention to come
to Chicago. AS there was no contest over
the nomination they did not give much
thought to a display of the Presidents
picture.
The mistake and the indignation it caused
being realized measures to correct 1t were
promptly taken. Chicago is very rapid
town, and 1t supplied what was wanted in
an incredibly short time. Yesterday artists
were making these pictures with lightning
speed. So quickly was the work done that
last evening portrait of the President five
by seven feet in size was hung near the
entrance of the meeting room Of the ma
tional committee. Another portrait eigh-
teen by twenty-four feet in dimensions
was at the same time carried into the Coli
scum building and hid away in the loft.
1t was rolled up and is to be spread in
conspicuous place in the convention hall
This colossal picture was made larger
than 1t would have been ordinarily, but as
the Hanna portrait over the speakers plat
form was ten by fourteen feet in size IT
was determined that the Roosevelt picture
Thus Is about to end the story of the
missing pictures.
Populists May Come Back.
The appearance of former Senator Marion
Butler of North Carolina, chairman of the
national populist committee, at the head
quarters of the convention today and his
declared purpose to be a witness to the
proceedings Of the republican convention
caused considerable comment. At first it
was supposed that Mr.. Butler was coming
to discover something to find fault with
during the coming campaign. The pOpulst
party having disintegrated 1t has been a
question where Mr.. Butler would find politi-
cal shelter. 1t Is said there are many thou
sands of men in the former strOngholds OF
populism who are In the same predicament
that surrounds the national chairman of
their party.
Many Of them went out Of the republican
party years ago because of political theo-
ries which they have not been able to pat
in practice. and they are ready to go home
again.
1t Is now declared that Marion Butler is
likely to take the lead Of populists who will
vote for President Roosevelt in the coming
campaign.
Mr. Butler began life as a newspaper
olina and mixed in politics. He was a man
Of enthusiasm with a head filled with un-
tried theories. He was an ardent advocate
of his ideas and they fitted into the populis-
tic propaganda perfectly and were brought
forth co-incident with the development of
that party. They thrived so well that a
public sentiment was nourished in North
Carolina which carried Mr. Butler into the
United States Senate.
He became the most conspicuous populist
of the country and In the two great cam
paigns OF 1896 and 1900 he was at the
head of the popuiist organization, which
fused with the democrats and worked for
Mr.. Bryan's selection. With the decline of
populism. Mr.. Butler lost his seat In the
Senate, and then for the first time in his
life he devoted his energies to the prac-
tice of law and to business enterprises with
which he became interested. Theories were
of no further use to him unless they were
based on the soundest OF business princi-
Piles. For several years he has carried the
burdens of Industrial enterprises. He Is
deeply and personally interested In the
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