The Washington herald., 1908-06-17
BY SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.

Chicago. June 16.-Spesking eXtraneous-
". the difference between the Republicans
and the Democrats In this contingency is
that the Republicans cannot nominate the
man they want and the Democrats have
got 70 nominate man they do not want.
At that. the exultant and exciting name
Of T. Roosevelt. who Is specified as the
man the Republicans want but cannot
nominate. started no cyclone Of applause
when Julius Caesar Burrows. the only
United States Senator IN captivity with
a classic name except Aug%ls Octavius
Bacon Of Georgia, IN his capacity as tenn
porary chairman. impaired it confiden-
TALLY to the people sitting directly in
front Of him. None Of these rip-snorting
Roosevelt folks tore UP any chairs or
waved any flags or rushed madly down
the aisles to shout fealty 10 the man in
the White House.
Instead. there was a mauve outburst OF
catarrhal cheers. lasting almost a minute.
and then the convention passed on to a
period OF rapt attention Of Mr. Burrows
repetition of the first forty-seven pages Of
the statistical abstract.
Temporary" Only in Name.
So far as Mr. Burrows is concerned,
there was a grave error made when he
was designated as temporary chair
man. There was nothing temporary
about him. In fact, there were fears
he would decide TO become permanent
and never finish at all. However, he
had not been speaking long until It was
seen that aside from calling him tenn
porary. the snational committee knew
what il was doing when Burrows was
| selected.
No man could have been chosen who
could have emptied the hall so quickly.
AS soon as he reached his second para
graph the audience began seeping out.
and when he finished the place was al
most empty. Without seeming effort,
Mr. Burrows depopulated the hall. And
so far as being, conservative and safe
and house-broken is concerned, Mr.. Bur-
rows fulfilled every expectation. More
over. he was nice and comfortable and
chatty and confidential about Il ALL
The Ohio delegation attempted 20 PUT
across a Taft uprising. but. unfortunate
| ly. il was frozen IN some mysterious man
ner as soon as II made its appearance,
and was a solid mass Of ice and snow
| by the time the delegates reached their
seats. The Ohio chaps remained out
/ until Just before the affair began and
| then made a triumphal entrance with u
sturdy chap carrying a banner on which
/ was displayed the smiling cOuntcnanca
and mutitudinOus chins Of the heir ap-
parent.
Such n Surprise to Them.
The delegates were talking among them
selves, and as the Ohio procession came
down the aisle there was a general pause,
a hurried exclamation of We'll. I de-
clare, That's Taft. isn't it," and an i'm
mediate resumption of conversation. There
are some 700 votes for Taft in that con-
vention, and all Of them were present
when the Taft banner came in. but no
body was effusive about it. They are a
calm and self-contained lot. and have
their emotions well under control.
The Roosevelt boosters listened for the
wild applause when the Presidents name
was mentioned. and were appalled, at the
decoTous cheers They learned, then and
there, that the operation of stampedine
that convention for anybody at any time
is job that viii give Jonathan Bourne
pause before he gets away with it. The
only way 10 stampede that convention
would be to set the hall on fire.
The gentlemen who are here TO o. K
Mr.. Taft are set in their opinions YOU
might sway them by exploding a ton OF
dynamite. but not otherwise.
Aside from the talk of the lifelike imi-
tation Mr.. Charles P. Taft and Mr.. Ar.
thur Vorys. followed by the Ohio delega-
ton, save Of Peary on the search for the
north pole, the principal hot-airing in the
hotel lobbies concerned the platform. The
Vice Presidential end Of It sagged a bit
for It is almost time for word from Wash
ington. and no delegate desired to commit
himself for fear he may get too far from
the bandwagon when it starts.
Anybody Can Have Copy,
So far as the platform is concerned
twenty or more eminent citizens have ac,
curate drafts in their possession and hav,
given said accurate drafts to the press.