The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
All Are Members of the So
ciety for Hotel En-
richment.
KNOX NEEDS 900
FOR NOMINATION
Hammond Vice Presidential Boom
Conducted by a Confidential Man
With a Tenor Voice.
By JAMES Hay. IR.

story It's about the ALLIES and their
state of mind. To be lrief and brutal.
the Allies are bit 10 the point OF
being bitter.
When / started out here, the porter
showed me 20 car called ''Driftwood"
and led me TO n chair numbered g.
That porter was himself an evil omen.
His every feature looked like q head-On
collision. Plainly enough. with the
driftwood. the number and the face.
catastrophe was ahead. Ny arrival
safe and sound in Chicago was the
time when 1 began 70 give thanks
But right there the evil omens began
to deliver the goods. The calaInltics,
the glooms and the accidents began 10
happen. One OF the managers of the
ALLIES showed up. I stopped 70 talk
to him. Every time you stop 10 talk
10 a" Allies" man in Chicago, the
newsJOys get behind a telegraph post
and make faces at you. Sometimes
they call you a -'rube" and ''come-On-"
After the newsboys have had their
fun. a TAFT bandwagon roars around
the corner and neatly nips on the most
useful part Of your kneecaD.
Therefore, the conversation with that
manager was very brief Later. the
managers OF all the allies" were seen
IN their various headquarters. II is
the general impression that the Allies
are all the political revolutionaries
bound together by a secret oath 20
tight Taft. This is not so. The al
lies" are a benevolent organization, Tor
the enrichment OF the hotels OF Chi
cage.
First Aid to Hotels.
AT this business. they are distinctly
not IN the slouch class First OF all,
there was John Eyers man, representa-
tive OF the Cannon SOom and presi-
dent OF the Society for Hotel Enrich
ment. Eversmau was surrounded by
pictures OF Cannon and several suites
OF rooms. Cannon was not there.
Things are going 10 change" says
Mr.. Eversman, referring thus vaguely
TO the manner in which Taft has the
nomination nailed down. tied up. ana
led away. There viii be a change this
week. When all the delegates get here, /
they won't stand for this business"
Nobody seemed 10 know where MI
Cannon was, but finally some one an
nounced that he was At home; that he
had stopped smoking cigars, and was
eating them raw, 10 indicate his dis /
pleasure with things IN general, and
the convention in particular.
The Knox boom is located In another [
OF those SwelI-As-Possible ho-sls. /
There Representative Burke Of Penn |
sylvania holds the fort. Incidentally, /
he writes all the checks that go 10
swell the fund for hotel enric lmenJ. 1t /
Is easy for the houses 10 mike money !
ny renting many rooms for bOoms not l
big enough to all the space. Inc car /
nets are not worn every day by sweep [
ing Burke was pessimistlc about the |
past, and optimistic about the future.
Burke Has a Surprise.
There is a suspicion" he said. in a /
low tone. as If afraid % let the echoes 1
get loose IN the empty rooms. that /
the delegates will insist on running |
the convention for themselves Wheh /
things omen up Tuesday. They viii not 4
stand for this high-hssnded treatment
we have been accorded the past week /
II they carry out their wishes, Knox /
may be nominated
Close figuring showed that Knox
needed about so votes to give nh the /
nomination. A query as 70 where Ne I
was brought out the information tha1
he probably was n Pittsburg, having /
pictures Of the French revolution tat
tooed on his arms ms Ao"9F0li -
not believed by Burke. ~,
The Fairbanks headquarters were 1uIi
OF mink upholstery, electric laLS, a ~
Joe Healing. These rooms aIe @- $50
Gated in a iust-the-Jnlng AoLolt VIZ NJ
fha view OF the lake Is grand me
srSsh breeZes come in and Wander 4
around until they get lonesome me 4
echoes from the automoDteS Sltus /
chue-' on the asphalt OUTSIDE - a-94o IL
sIIv disarrange a piece or furniture, t1e
looms NOT being used 10 such crowd
- Otherwise, Mr.. Healing is quite happy |
and comfortable - 49,, n.
announced. Then he changed 10 another
he denied the rumor that Fairbanks /
was in Indianapolis ordering up COCK
tails. lust to break the glasses Win /!
tack hammer. -.
The Foraker Headquarters have not
vet been located but Big JOINS, VINO \
represents the Senator, Is i t SHSIg p.aCS
at once. He answers TO 'Hi!' or any
loud cry, and is very ODnglnB Win eS-
Inmates Of what the vote VIII De il the
committee on credentials ana the con
vention itself reverse al Ile aCtS u
the national committee OF last week.
The High Voice Speaks.
But there is one more place which de-
serves mention. It is the headquarters
of John Hays Hammond, free-lance
candidate for the Vice Presidential nom
nation, and picturesquely generous in
his contributions to the fund for hotel
enrichment. His rooms are presided
over by a gentleman with blonde hair
and a high voice.
While the blonde hair fiuttered in the
breeze that also came from the lake
front his voice colored up the situation
about as follows;
'sOf course, We are inclined to be Op-
timfstic The Administration, We under
stand is friendly to US"
At this, Gus J. Karger, who is one
OF the Taft workers, had Mysteries, and
used up all the breeze trying to recover
his solemnity.
Here is an estimate OF the votes we
will carry" continued the utteTanCe.
''You see, we have a splendid show.
The estimate included Utah, Nevada,
and California.
'If any of the Presidential boonns col
lapse. We Will take their quarters and
add them TO these concluded the
blonde voice.
But the votes and the delegates are at
the Taft headquarters, which are COM
paratiVely small. The sumptuousness,
the upholstery, and the electric fans
are with the ALLIES" The votes are
with Taft.
Thus it happens that the allies"
have been bit to the point OF being eX-