The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-05
St. Louis Convention stories.


The following stories of the St Louis
convention are clipped from the special
reports of several papers:
An aged but not venerable citizen
with white mustache and vast
quantity of unassinilatedi spirits on
board tackled into the jefferson, fell
into a chair, and proceeded to sleep it
off, oblivious to the throng of boomers,
delegates, and newspaper men. The
throng surged about him, but he slum-
bered on, His head hung on his breast,
his arms dangled helplessly over the
the arms of the chair, and his mouth
was open.
Presently there came along a news
paper artist, in search of subjects. Out
came a sketching pad, and in moment
the artist was producing lifelike rep
resentation of the relic.
A crowd gathered around and in
moment the rush of politics was for
gotten. The groups of wrangling poll
ticians suspended operations to gather
about the artist and his unconscious
subject, and laughing comment took
the place of argument.
What are you going to do with
that?" asked a national committee
man. as the artist put the sketch book
in his pocket.
81 am going" said the unprincipled
artist gravely, "to print it in my paper,
with the label Prominent member of
the National Committee, after a busy
session.
Charley Mann, Maryland Demo-
cratic politician, and doorkeeper of the
House press gallery in Washington, is
pervading the hotels with a fearfully
and wonderfully made cap. 1t looks
like the headgear of a Cossack warrior
as shown in the illustrated papers.
Mann became tired of parrying sar-
castle inquiries about his cap, and
when No. SO asked about it, he replied
TITS the Kuropatkin hattie latest
You are a jay"
Now it's all over town, and every
body is asking for the Kuropatkin hat
Innocent minded people have driven
several hatters desperate with perfectly
honest demands for it.
Immediately over the center of the
bar at the Hotel Jefferson hangs a
Autograph Of Senator Timothy D. sui
Ivan of New York, and surmounting
the Autograph are the words.
our choice for President"
"Hooray hooray!" yelled some of the
Western delegates getting into the
winery by mistake this evening. AT
last we have candidate we can warm
up to. Sullivan-'Big Tim'-for Presi-
dent"
president nothin'," said the barkeep-
er; that's a hangover lithograph
from the time the big Teller was run
ming for President of the Eagles. We
dug it out to-day, thinkin' the Tam
many crowd would like it there"
Hoke Smith Of Georgia, Secretary of
the Interior, under President Cleve-
land, is conspicuous in the early con-
vention gatherings. The Georgia dele
cation is instructed for Parker but
Smith, who is a delegate still is loyal
to Cleveland.
Yes. I'm here as one of the chattels
of the Parker BOOM" said the ex-Sec-
rotary. LAS All instructed delegate /
am for Parker, but should Cleveland
be nominated l think it would be "a
great triumph for the Democratic par
ty."
When Perry Belmont received a tele-
graph message from a friend in New
York saying that he was quoted in n
New York paper as conceding Parker,s
defeat, he was so full of wrath that the
pavement was hot for radius of sew
eral feet. He Immediately proceeded
to burn up the telegraph wires between
st. Louis and New York with indig
nant and white-hot denials. ss
While he was in the first heat of in
dignation he seized telegraph blank
and dashed off the following message,
so furious that he did not take the
trouble TO write legibly or to punctp-
ate:
Interview fake. Have not been in
terviewed at all. Parker's nomination
is assured
The telegraph girl took the message
and rendered the last sentence this
way:
"Parkers nomination is absurd
When she read this off to the per-
spring and furious Parker boomer he
went up in the air two feet and then
endeavored to speak, but it was use
less. He could only hang on to the
counter, glare at her. and gasp.