The Washington herald., 1908-06-14
NOTES OF THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Chicago. June l3-Col Tom Blodgett.
who wasn't as successful in persuading
/ the national committee that his delega-
tion from Georgia should be seated as
| he thought he should have been, is still
/ indignant He busies himself now relat-
/ ing TO all who will listen the outrages
/ that are perpetrated down in the Third
/ Georgia district in the name of party
regularity.
Why. sir" he explains. do you know.
sir-have you any idea, sir, how that
convention down In the Third Georgia did
its work? Permit me. sir, to ennghten
you on that exceedingly entertaining and
important subject
Mr. r. 5. Richardson calls the con-
vention 20 order. Mr.. $ s. Humbert
acts as secretary, Mr.. Humbert rises TO
his feet 20 move a resolution. He has II
typewriter, sir. and this is its purport:
That Mr.. Richardson be elected tenn
porary chairman and Mr. Humbert tenn
porary secretary; that the committee on
credentials De dispensed with. as no con-
tests would be recognized; that the tenn
porary organization be made permanent;
that Messrs. Richardson and Humbert be
elected delegates 10 the convention at
Chicago; that they serve as district chair
man and secretary FOR the next four
years and that this convention do now
adjourn. That. sir. is the way In which
that convention was conducted. And that
convention thereupon adjourned.
Were there no protests2' Indeed. sir
there were protests I'm abundance. a col
ored delegate asked for a division. You
don't git none. pa-d. said the chairman
Then I appeals from de decision Of de
chair
WAS that appeal entertained? No.
Stree No. you don't appeal. you go and
sit down. was the ruling OF the chair.
Yes, gentlemen. the outrages perpetrated
upon law abiding and patriotic citizens In
the name of party regularity are manifold
and distressing.
There was excitement IN the air. Sena-
tor Penrose. of Pennsylvania: A. b. Hum
phrey, of New York; Senator Hemenway,
Of Indiana, and Representative Mckinley.
Of Illinois, had disappeared together in a
COmmOdious apartment Of the Auditorium
Hotel These men. leaders in the cause
Of the allies. what mischief were they
plotting? Was the fate Of Taft. aye. Of
the nation. at stake? What momentous
questions were being disposed Of? 1t be-
hooved Tafters 70 be on the lookout.
The newspaper colony waited in pa
tience. A half hour passed. an hour. and
yet another half hour. Still they remain
ed behind locked doors. The tension was
almost unbearable. At all hazards the
truth must be learned.
A foOlhardy correspondent. unable long
er to restrain himself. knocked at the
door. Softly II opened inward
I hold sixty queens Mckinley was
heard, 70 say
Mines forty in spades and the Jack of
diamonds in the voice Of Penrose.
They were playing pinochle for the sup
per.
John Williams. assistant clerk OF the
National House Of Representatives and
secretary of the Pennsylvania state Re
publican committee. is the most militant
Of the Knox men now on the scene.
There is a thrill in Williams every min
ute. Last night he started out on his
round OF pleasure, bedecked with Knox
buttons, badges. and streamers. until he
looked an itinerant reproduction Of the
late lamented BIN the Button Man. Taft
men were his special game II they
hadn't been he couldn't have had much
fun, for I'm these crowded hotel Hobbies
the anti-Taft men were as rare and in
conspicuous as real marble statues at
an art museum.
First he decorated Claude Watts. OF
the Columbus Taft bureau. with a Knox
button the size Of tin plate. Then he
IN.
ing him first. and performed a Ike serv-
ice for that Taft leader Frank II. Hitch
cock was next in order Then came Col
]. ID. Ellison and Harry NJ Dougherty,
Of Ohio.
But the real ioyousness of the occasion
did not occur TO him until he spied c. P.
Taft. The sight Of the Secretarys brother
proudly bearing the colors of the Penn
sylvanian made him glOat like the holder
Of an invincible trump hand. Mr.. Taft
wore the badge for a time, then quietly
put 1t away as a souvenir. But Williams
had his eagle eye on him all the time
He approached deferentially and apollo
gized.
Il really fear" he said. that some
one has stolen that very valuable Knox
button from you. They are in great de-
mand. Here's another one"
He suited the action to the word. and
fixed him a second time. Mr. Taft was
game. He wore the Knox insignia during
the remainder Of the evening.
One Of the Knox boomers caused mild
sensation in the Annex lobby to-day by
with a pennant in blue cover
ing the entire front of his coat Pinned
we'll up under his chin. the top Of the
banner displayed in white a reproduction
Of the features Of Senator Knox lust
where the letter would show on a college
flag. Below in a sort Of diminishing effect |
trailed the word Pennsylvania" This |
bit Of local color is only the start. The
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