The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-25
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
AS Seen and Told by the Oklahoma
Village BBlseksmith.

.NbN l ltl yer. ltltIS, DOut the
convention" said the Village Black.
smith, upon his arrival home yester-
day. 1T was a whoopin' big gather.
ing. Every fellow who amounts TO
much in the party everywhere and a
lot that don't were there.
Now ! am one man who has
travelled considerably in my time.
seen lots Of people at ball games and
circuses. heard some Of the best
speakers shoot the air fun of holes
and noise-well remember We made
a little noise oursclf here in Shaw.
nee on recent Fourth of July.
That wasn't in IT, Nothing was in
/ it except pictures OF meetings you
have seen in the papers.
why fcllers. the only way to 90
to a national convention is to get
there early. be appointed assistant
sergeantatarms with fifteen hundred
Others just as cute as yourself,
wedge in when you can, grab a
seat, fan yourself like you are start
ing a camp fire, yell when some
feller tells YOU to and then go up
town and buy a newspaper to find
out what it was all about.
Now, We Oklahoma fellers had
seats on the main floor--that is they
were seats all right, but they were
placed just as far away from the
scene of action as it was possible
to put them and still can call il
inside of the building.
Some of the Muskogee bunch
started to kick on their seats. Don't
be knocker,' said |. Don't put
the convention to any trouble boys.
wait till you get home to do your
kicking.
"The boys agreed with me, and
outside of Dennis Flynn making a
speech seconding the nomination of
sherman and the little incident that
modesty prompts me to admit per
mitted the Teddy bear to get down
my way no further, We were hot
bothered much as delegation.
therefore 1t was rather quiet around
our way and the Oklahomans seem.
ed TO like IT.
mo, didn't see it all. On the
last day my pass and badge wouldn't
work on the door-keeper so | went to
the bali park and dug up. seventy
five cents to see the White Sox
maui thunder out of Philadelphia.
What about Cade?" We'll Cash
he got through pretty well OF
course he was all there was to
the Oklahoma delegation Why fellers
| see Cash trimming corn that
grew on the bottom of Charlie Tafrs
right hand a corn that Cash saiG
was caused by writing too man!-
checks for his brother, Bill. Sure,
Cash got familiar with the big ones.
"Yes, 7 saw Alice passed her
once and she held out her hand to
shake but just then some sucker
wearing a tile hat got in between
US and paid a nickel TO shake
hands with a lemonade woman who
- said Alice had given her the glad
. nit three minutes before.
Taft? Wen, now, fellers you all
know | never was much of a hero
| worshipper, but when got there
and looked over the field, talked
; with Cash and Slippery Charlie from
! Asher | decided that the dark horse
proposition wasn't going to work,
p threw the horse shoes into the
, drainase and forgot 'em,
P Nothing TO il, boys. That man
Taft is the doughnut, hole and all
. Cash says they can beat him, ex
+ cept in Oklahoma, where Taft was
, against statehood, and that We are
J. all going to get a look in after all
l What am | TO get out OF it?"
Now this is on the dead is IT,
}, All right boys, keep it mum few
n months and then | will accept your
congratulations am to be United
e State marshal of the western DIS
l. trict to succeed the Wolf Catcher.
"Well, Cash he does want the job
n but fellers, slipped up on Cash a
2, Chicago. When | saw how she wa
/. going | applied to Teddy instea
5, of to Taft, cause | know that Bil
5 is good feller, but he is to b
J. president by proxy."-Shawne Hel
aid