The Democratic advocate., 1907-08-23

do not buy votes. Suddenly she re-
membered that somewhere in the dim past
she had heard something about what MIR.
"Bilr' Jackson did. She mentioned it to
the Agreeable Man in the hopes Of being
enlightened, and the man only said,
"Hush ! Sometimes money is necessary"
"Didn't you tell me once, persisted
Julia, ''that Mudd was the brains and
Jackson the pocketbook Of the Republican
party?'
''For heavens sake forget it!' urged
the man, and thereupon Julia decided al
ways to remember it. In the course of his
speech Mr.. Parran made several remarks
about the settlement of factional strife,
and then the agreeable man told Julia that
Senator Wellington had something to do
with that remark. 1t developed later in
the convention that the people'are very
fond of Mr.. Wellington if the party is not,
and they showed almost real enthusiasm in
crying for him to make speech. But
somehow he could not be found, and the
man said that Mr.. Mudd had slowed him
away.
Mr.. Parran is a Southern Marylander
and is really very attractive. He looks
like fighter and fxer, too and Julia
decided that she would hate to make him
mad. He had such bristly hair, which
threatened to become ruffled with his
temper.
He said that he had a pleasant little
surprise in store for the convention, and
that was the appointment of MIR. Rich
mond as chairman. Then the crowd tried
to look interested, but somehow it could
not. 1t had known this same surprise for,
10! these many moons.
Mr.. Richmond talked some more about
glories possessed by certain scions and the
general .'cussedness' of some other per-
sons, and then the convention adjourned
for luncheon to let the committee on reso-
lutions do some things.
Julia took this intermission to do some
bargain hunting, and being especially sue
cessful in securing a sidecomb for 49 cents
that at the beginning of the season had
cost so cents, she came. back to the con-
vention in jubiant state of mind. The
committee was not ready to report yet and
so the people called for speech. They
tried hard to persuade Mr.. Wellington to
appear and then they called for everybody
in the convention except Colonel Supplee.
Thereupon Colonel Supplee was called
forth by the chairman. He came in a
tripping, fantastic fashion that reminded
Julia of piece she once learned at school.
And that speech of his Julia decided at
once that he had been studying it since
that time, long years ago, when he ran for
some office or other. 1t had a number of
high flown remarks about the 'great and
good man Gather and then some more
remarks about Mr.. Gather and then still
some more remarks about Mr. Gather, and
every time the crowd heard Gather it
cheered. 1t was the sort of a speech that
conld be held over from year to year and
the name supplied whenever it was neces-
sary.
He said several things about the con-
vention being unhampered in the selection
of Governor and about the victories that
would perch on the banners, and about
unanimity and harmony, and then he men,
toned Mr. Goldsborough. My, how the
people shouted They really seemed to like
Mr.. Goldsborough, and Julia, looking way
down there in the crowd, sought him out,
and, finding him nice looking, decided that
he would make good Governor. Colonel
Supplee has a voice that is cross between
Cook tour and megaphone, and so he
made quite good effect.
After he had finished his few impromptu
remarks the convention called for Senator
Day. Senator Day came at once. He
had to be escorted up the aisle as if he
was funeral procession. As matter of
fact, he was so fat he needed assistance in
walking. He wore queer costume made
in sort of jumper effect, with sashes of
white at the waist.
He talked in little squeeky voice that
came either from his toes or the back of
his head, Julia was not sure of which,
until he had to be stopped. Mr.. Mudd
appeared with the resolutions.
''Just as if Mr.. Mudd had not been
here all along-in spirit said Julia, as
the crowd applauded nicely. Mr.. Mudd
read the resolutions and nobody heard him.
'That did not make any difference though,
they will agree anyhow. But what |
don't understand is that if each platform
and set of resolutions is made for the high
est good Of the people why each party does
not hit upon the same platform. y
"Women never did know anything about
politics, said the man Grossly.
II could say something wise about
what I have discovered about men and
politics, but sweet temper prevents me,
replied Julia.
1t was Mr.. Goldsborough who nominated
Gather.
''I think he is a hero,' said Julia.
Somebody told me that he could split the
party if he wanted to make fuss, and
here he is acting nice and unselfsh, and
saying he does not want, and would not
have, and refuses what Mudd won't let
him have. That is what I call nice
man. Don't you?'
Mr.. Goldsborough really acted very
nicely after all and said enoug gh nice things
about Mr.. Gather to make Mr.. Gather
too bashful to appear and be the personi-
fcation of so much virtue. 1t seems that
everybody in the Republican party considers
Mr.. Gather "the finest specimen of man
hood in the confines of the State May
be Mr.. Mudd did not tell them to, either,
and that is an added cause for praise of
such an opinion.
After each and every orator from the
counties has made speech so that he
could tell the folks at home about it and
had used Mr.. Gather as an exclamation
point and climax the convention was
over. Of course, there were some other
candidates nominated, but they did not
count for much in Julia's opinion.
81 enjoyed it after fashion, she said
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