The evening world., 1904-09-02
Woman Reporter Sees Voters
Struggling to Get Into Meet.
.Inus Of Commercial Men, and
Follows to Get Some Ideas.
HEARD ABOUT PARKER
i AND THE CONSTITUTION,
l II Was All Greek to Her. but She
Did Admire the Cut Of the
Clothes Of the Republican
Orator.


up Broadway to-day and tried In vnin
10 get past a mob Of hungry. excited
men who were falling over each other
IN wild enthusiasm to get into two
buildings opposite 10 each other In
Broadway. near Houston street.
The men on the east side OF the stree,
seemed TO be fighting to get over on
the west side, and the west-siders were
struggling to get into No. 5e6
What Is the matter7" asked the re-
porter who. being a mere woman. could
attribute the hollowed.eyed enthusiasm
70 nothing short OF religious ecstacv.
Political meetings OF the Commercial
Travellers" replied a cop. who was
trying to save the reporter from being
trampled under foot
These here men 20 without their
lunch Just to hear some feiler scream,
tabout Roosevelt or Parker"
But those wild screams on the inside
lef the bulldlngs' That booming and
Missing sound. Was that escaping steam
Or an explosionI'
Don't know Of no steam pipes bust
lns. miss. said the cop though there
y plenty Of hot air. for sure"
y The Dividing Line.
But why do the men push and strug-
gls In opposite directions? Why don't
ehsy Just drop into the building near
ct to them7"
why miss. don't YOU know a Repub-
Hnan wouldn't 20 into a Dlmocratic
ueseln or Dmicrat into a Republican, (,
They're maxim political campaign
opsschss."
Il know Az about the Commercial
trsvsllsv." said the woman reporter.
rhey ars the lovely young men with
whom all the girls In Western towna
fali h love. have heard how they
~ the fashions and make the girls wise
% the fact that the native beaus are not
ne real thing In fall styles. I am
surs would like 10 attend the political
msstnGs. but II doesn't matter TO mo
which one. Just so the commercial trav.
ellsrs are there and can get some
q these perplexing political situations
explained"
owe In the Republican headquarters
yhsrs pictures Of Roosevelt we're mani
feh was the inscription National Com
nsrcial League"
= bslfsvs will try the Democrats
0St" ssid the reporter. Il know mora
about commercial travellers"
I uato the DSmoofatie Business Men's
3ooonday Retreat at 5g Broadway
sdosd me reporter, Men looked startled
ed wonderingy at her. A lovely
youus man In q white waistcoat and
NJ hair parted In the middle kindly
e4srsd TO explain wsrythlng and helped
ths bswildsrsd reporter TO a seat Every
whore there were mottoss like ITO Pre-
serve the Union the Constitution Must
lBs Preserved The Pen IL MiGhtisr
than the Sword" while up on a rlat-
form . man who looked Hike Bryan with
his hair cut short was Grating
Men were everywhere Not q woman
vas In sight Smoke rose In clouds,
oor II they could DOT eat tbsse fasting
nan could smoke.
Wonan Reporter Pushed.
Ths man on the platform was taking
aeout the situation In Porto Rico,
which hs didn't seem to like Anyway
q ne woman reporter could under.
eonnd Wa that the Philippines ought
- have elf-govsrnmsnt. The Iopo
on4a Wondered u Porto Rico was in
IAndAd
Seem 70 matter.
Before the Philippine situation was
poeted bo her satisfaction the orator
3egan to talk about how much the
southern man loved the negro. though
te didn't think Rooseyelt ought TO
INNER at the White House TSe man IN
wore Q gray snit. and the lone woman
Adp't hke the cut Of his hair.
Isn't II exottingr asked q young
pan nsxt 70. the taporter. We come
0oee rpther than 80 70 our lunch every
u H,,ii,. II We true Democratic spirit
"You are . .hssborn American eiu-
-" screamed ths orator. while every
kody Wildly applaudad. and thsn the
Nesting. scanning to be over and the
hungry man Ming cut the rsporpsr
Eoss the street who're red, whits
vSlfs Tcturss. The sound of singing
came forth IN strong volumA
"PsrhAps I en- gst soma suliFhts1.
ment on the political situation hsrSt
ssssss s:ssss. p: s.ss ssSs1 s:: :ns sAs s,s:; "a
d,atsiy sslssd and dslugsd With political
pamphlets and nterature, while he.
Sary were sfsstsd with Republican
We NEE, hss sysy dAy s~awss.
ld ssld SScmsbody; "and VS. SrsSl"
over In me bsmooratio hsaAquartsr.
there was norhing too good 70 b sAc
SPOUT Parksr and nothing TOO sting
ipsly saroasfao sbout the de-liaAtsd hr
Roossvelt But few fest away somA,
body was sAgtnG perfectly Dreadful
things about pns Judge and dsnounnlnl
the Democratic atatude toward ~
yhilipplns Qusstion-or sometmng.
But HIS Clothes Fitted MIN.
A man with beautiful olothea cut u
the latest style, got up and began e'
tell everybody that they wars America
citizens. Everybody ohssrsd. Then h
said that he loved hls country bette
than nimseli-just like the orator owe
across the street had said-and that h
yanted TO see the country saved By tn
Republican party.
The woman reporter, who didn'
understand what all the cheering wa
shout and all the vitality over Amerl
can citizenship and illusions to IN.
Philippine questions, wandered blank,
cut into the street wondering vlgueli
Why the two parties didn't get togethe
- long a. their Interests were ali IN
nms And they both wanted the bes
~ the country. Anyway, It youlc
e91p the bloclmde on Broadway an,
+ y1dd save al those poor hungry mel
48a going without their lunches.
y peaker vas In the right. FOR hi
~ lifted him perfectly. Then, too
~ man on the platform locke,
u oRnn WAn street oy corporation
~ - 4 lsys'E Ns0V0l,t.' !.