The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-17


got In and reported at his state head Il
quarters. He was badgeless. but per- Is
haps, IL he were lucky, by night he Il
had his neat yellow and black SER n
geant-at-arms badge. Then mis- state p
badge followed. and perhaps that OF L
favored candidate. About that time Z:
he got the badge souvenir craze and n
took up the trail to the various head T.
quarters. IL takes about four miles OF I,
walking and enough pushing and shoy- Z
Ing to win football game 10 make e
the tour, but nearly every elector pres 4
ent has made 1t. Now the breast oe q
our prominent fellow citizen Is be- lz
decked even like that OF major-yen. (,
eral. He has Taft badge the slxS q
OF saucer with a long blue streamsr. 4
cute brass and red streamer "Unc.9 :.
Joe" emblem. the massive contraptic,a u
OF metal and tri-color that Lears ti,s
Fairbanks picture. and n miscellane~ II
Gus assortment OF other insignia ind;- u
catlve OF candidates. ambitions. u
Honest. some OF tho Michigan mos q
make noise Ike junk wagon whom u
they parade. n
There Is n never-ent.ng stream of Z
brightly CARRIED. handsome women 4
through the corridors OF the Audi :.
forum Annex. There are the wives
and daughters and friends OF senators. Il
governors and congressman. the r. ii
male relatives Of the rich who would I
like to have party honors. the miscel-ir
laneous rich, and then some. Andtl
there are many, just as extensively Il
dressed, just as lovely to the eye. +
whose faces are well known In Wash q
tfngton though not IN the ofiicfa1 err
| Giles. They are the women OF th0r
type Of that one who killed her sena-l'
tor-lover year or so ago. There are
many of these and one sees them Z
most often In the richly decorated
| Pompeian room.
Verify. 1t Is a garden OF feminine :,
loneliness. such as may be seen but y
rarely outside the capital city.
There were two state booms In one 4
auto Tuesday noon. when G. A. Barr :
and Nelson A. Dingley. both OF whom
aspire to the same state honor, went
| riding down to the Coliseum together. ]
| Like unto a field marshal in dress
uniform IL Police Chief George M
Shippy, OF Chicago. When we saw J,
him few weeks ago In Detroit at the (
police chiefs convention, there was I
none more unpretentious In attire than d
the Chicagoan. But as he marshalled
the police about the convention hall. 4
he was resplendent In white cap, i
white belt and handsome uniform In
which gold stars and glistcning but 4
tons bore q conspicuous part. Al
police orderly accompanied him about /
a yard behind. The anarchists tried 1
to get Shippy once and he Is taking {
no chances now.
There is one reason why do not I
favor Guild for vice-president." stated .
Judge Michael Brown, OF Big Rapids. !
1T reminds me Of the time 20 years +
ago In Chicago when James Joy sec
onded the nomination of Blaine and
told by how many thousands he could
carry Michigan.
THAT Is all right, but we want .
man who can carry New York. Any
one can carry Michigan declared Ros-
coe Conkling.
That IL the way feel about Guild (
and Massachusetts,.
1T seems good to get back among 4
Michigan folks again." declared e. F.. i
Johnson. Judge of the Philippine SUI
preme court. as he shook hands all /
around In the state headquarters !,
Judge Johnson was an instructor In \
Ann Arbor, for 13 years. He has been y
seven and half years In the islands !
and has grown to be accustomed to
the way Of that land.
In person, Judge Johnson Is even >
larger than Taft and he is an enthu- J,
siastic supporter OF the latter.
"He can have the full vote of the 4
Philippines he declares In joke. X
| Archie McMullen Is the only De-
troiter on the hospital list. havinglt
split his hand by fall on the unevens,
nag walk in front OF the Hotel Ma.
jestic.
Thos. J. Navin and Col VIII A. 1
Waite are among the fortunate ones
who got sergeant-at-arms badges.
Here Is an outrage: Iowa has five
doorkeepers and Michigan but one.
What's the use of being the birth place
OF the Republican party
NJ. F. Cottrell. OF Jackson Is here II
exhibiting line OF qualifications foi
state treasurer.
Philip H. Mcmillan has the vacant
place as alternate In the first distric.
delegation.
"All this fuss about a separate Ne
gro political movement means moth
Ing" says DR.. ]. w. Ames, OF Detroit
The men that are behind II are not /.
Republicans and have tried the same
thing before BY cold weather all
their splurge will be forgotten. I
! Around the big hotels where the lob !,
bies seethe with politics from morn 4
to midnight and along a few main
streets where delegates and visitors
throng,> one would imagine Chicago
was given over TO the gathering. But
n a delegate wander block or so from Z,
the beaten path. he will find his badge
/ drawing attention and stares. Most
or Chicago Is too busy to even remem-
Der there Is n convention on. I.
The Michigan delegation has the Z
rarity of having father and son sit