The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-19

OF the ancient and honorable hoary
joke about what the one said to the
other. These two Governors have(
been together two or three times
every year, on an average, for tae past
decade or so. Yet whenever they 10,
why it suggests drink and the old
gag. It's good enough gag, and of
course, there are yet a few in the
world who have not heard it more
than hundred times, so that it is
perhaps excusable. 1t always cx-
cites a little mirth anyway. So let
it alone.
Somebody nominated Gov. Glenn
for vice president&some admiring gov
ernor who knew the North Carolin-
lan's fondness for being mentioned
for anything. Somebody is always
nominating him fol something, lust
after one of these big speeches he is
also so fond of making. The one most
like the governor of North Carolina
III the country is, perhaps, the GOV
emor of Georgia, who was of course
missed. Whenever the name of
Hoke' was mentioned. every one
instlnctivcly thought Of "I.ittle Joe
Brown, and wondered whether next
year tnere would be any such governor
as Hokc Smith to attend governors
conferences and be nominated for
wee president, like his double, Gov.
Glenn, of North Carolina.
One Of the features of the occa-
sion was the takin" Of photographs
at the White House. Gov. johnson
was very much concerned about the
extremely strange position his friend
Mr. Bryan was placed in by those who
arranged the picture. "Bryan's il
good fellow,' said Johnson. 81 hope
he will get out of that. Why, look at
him. Hc is seated up there in the
midst Of the plutocrats. - And, 10. it
was true. here was the Commoner
seated up there between Andrew Car
nc"ie and the big railroad king j. J.
Hi. Some one remarked though,
that the presence of another to the
left Of Hill made it all right. This
was none other than the famous union
mine worker, who engineered the bic
coal strike, john Mitchell. Some say
hereabouts that Mitchell is the man
to be nominated for vice president on
the Bryan ticket. Gov. Glenn looked
askance when somebody suggested
this, for The governor of North Caro-
lima does not govern himself accord
ing to rule.
Besides the governors there are
here for this governors conference,
three conferees from each State. And
since the White Hc-.-e has limited
room and the president wants to have
a sort of star chamber. exclusive af-
fair, none others than those with the
governors and five or six picked men
are admitted. At times even news
paper men were not admitted. This
was the plan in faor originally an
nounccd, but it was not carried out
w TIE letleT. llcrC are 100 many men
there who had typewriter speeches,
made primarily for home consumption.
And as there is no Congressional Rec
ord in which to insert such speeches,
then have them frankcd all over the
country, there just had to. be some
way of getting these speeches ont
among the "pee-pul,' so that newspa-
per mon had to be called in to help
out the statesmen.
Besides the conference of COVER
nors there have been in session here
ii the sarc time two othe.' national
conventions, and one other "confer-
ence.' These are the drainage con-
gress, the watcrworks convention and
the geological survey officials. So
that the town has been full up with
experts on how to serve the country,
outside the realm of ordinary poll
ties.
But of course, the whole kit and
bilin' of them are talking politics.