The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-19
Chicago is a Large Wart on
the Face of the Republic
at Present, end us
Fellows From the Prov
inces," Have But Little
Show.
Nv Louis p. Head

Chicago. H., June 1S.-WiIliam
Howard Taft, of the great county of
Hamilton. in the good state of Ohio,
will be standard-bearer for the repub-
Hcan party in the presidential cam
paisn of 1908. In a convention cull
of enthusiasm, to- say nothing of other
things imbibed during the day, he was
nominated on the first ballot for the
highest office within the gift OF the
American people. Eighty million @ree-
men were supposed to have been rep
resented in the republican national
convention.
The real fact of the matter is, that
one man and his immediate support
erS, constituting the royal family
ruled the rOOst- and were lords of all
they surveyed. Roosevelt nominated
Taft by vote of 704 a. against 76
for Hughes, his closest opponent
Knox, of Pennsylvania, ran third
Uncle Joe Cannon, of the good city
of Danville, fourth, and the rest, no.
where.
Burton, the man who ran against
Tom Johnson of Cleveland. made the
nominating speech. / don't know
whether Burton really appreciated his
opportunity, but he made a pretty
good talk. Cor all of that He started
dI --U ana ldhhcO uHLIl d1leI the one
O'Clock extra of the Chicago papers
were out, which is quite a while
The Evening Post got a bunch
that Taft was to be the nominee, and
said that he had been named before
he sent in a visiting card. 1t really
looked like a sure thing 10 me all the
time. With bands playing Yankee
Doodle and Dixie all the way from
the lake front to the postoffice, includ.
ing a stop at the corner O. a So a
day hotel, l was really reminded of a
democratic convention down in Nc
Cracker county, Kentucky. I was in
clied at times TO forget that | was
an independent and had nothing to
do with all of this celebration. l was
almost so foolish as to get on a Chi
cago street car, thinking I might go
somewhere sometime. but even Taft,
in all the enthusiasm that follows a
big man, could not induce me to try
this last resort, so l stUck, and am
still sticking, to joan Roth's hotel
which is a pretty Fair place after. all
for fellow 10 spend his money
I have not seen our cOlored friend,
Joe Lee. of Duval county. nor have
] seen his eminence, Col. NorthHp
/ know they are here by the bunch
of noise that's being made down
about 10th street There are quite
a number of other southern repubH-
cans in town. In Fact. this village
that Skinned Buffalo Point out of the
nomination some moons since. is
quite wart on the face o. the repub-
lie just at present
AS between the Chicago Traction
Company and Ettiene GirardOt. who
plays NAMES Uncle" or some such
play at some old theatre down town,
We fellows from the country provinces
don't stand much Of a show. We
merely guess at the prescription and
fake the medicine. A hotel clerk said
TO me today: Your bill Is $500"
I told him to guess again, that / had
more money than that.
Deliver. of Iowa, who really re-
sembles Moses. and who, I think is
a cousin of hin, looks like a lead
pipe cinch for assistant president
OF course, some o. the other dubs
might butt in, but I don figure for
any OF them 10 get in on this job.
As l write an elephant IS chasing
himself down Dearborn street. fol-
lowed by a lot Of Indians, negroes
and God knows what, meaning by the
utter, southern republicans.
All OF which ] take. TO be a most /
excellent indication that Mr.. William !
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