Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-07-11
Experiences of Some
Ottumwans at Convention
TBY j. K DoUGHERTYl


Newt and Tom to everybody here
were standing out in front of the Iowa
headquarters at the Brown, when Gov
ernor Haskell and Senator Gore of
Oklahoma. approached A friend In
troduced the Oklahomans and Ottum-
vans and the five stopped to talk.
Senator Gore, who is totally blind, for
some reason imagined that Mr.. Arri-
son was deaf and he addressed his re-
marks to the sixth ward representa-
tive in a voice that could be heard at
Pixies Peak. Mr. Pickler was begin
ming to enjoy it, until Senator Gore
accompanied a convincing argument
with a sweep of his hand that caught
Ottumwas former mayor on the side
of the face with resounding whack,
and then it was Nevis turn to laugh
Senator Gore apologized, and then
one of his friends explained that when
the blind senator is talking it is good
idea to get out Of reach, because of
his habit Of illustrating his remarks
with random full arm swings.
| George Taylor, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Haiti
how would that sound? Mr.. Taylor,
who was a candidate for president on
the National Liberty Party before as
suming his more humble, but also
more lucrative position on the Ottum-
wa police force, thinks 1t would sound
rather well. And a boom has been
started for Taylor, dependent, of
course, upon Bryan's election. jim
Omaha. who is rather a big figure at
the convention owing to his close
friendship with Bryan, was asked what
he thought of the Taylor boom as nc
was passing the Iowa headquarters.
I'm for Taylor, all right" said he,
"but not for minister to Haiti. What
We'll do is send him out as ministe,
to Dahomey."
Claude Myers, the SECRETARY Of the
Iowa delegation, was standing dis
when friend came along. Whats
the matter, Myers" he asked, mother
in-law coming to visit you?"
/ 20 shut up," was the reply. II had
three tickets to the convention for be-
ing on the delegation. Tom Phillips
and Nick Reed took two Of them away
from me- and now they're trying tn
ceedings from the top of telephone
pole while they get some one in on
my last ticket"
The ticket problem, by the way, is
just as serious here as it was in Chi
I cago, and if anything worse. To
glance at the crowded street Of Den
yer one would gain the impression that
half the United States is, spending its
Il vacation here convention week, and
every one in this bunch not only ex-
poets but demands ticket Holders
of the precious documents are guard
ing them closely by day and locking
them up by night.
4 There was something of an Iowa
celebration in the lobby of the Brown
the other evening. After the Co y,
county marching club with its ban6
had finished a parade through the lot
by, Nick Reed of Ottumwa, and Tilt
Richmond of Abba, thought it was
cordially Nick introduced Tilt to the
crowd, and after delivering a short
, talk to the mass of people who jam
med in the lobby in which Bryan was
hailed as Iowa's choice for president
Jerry Sullivan for vice president ant
Dan Hamilton as Iowa's favorite son
Mr.. Richmond introduced Mr.. Hamil.
ton for speech. Just as Mr.. Hamil
, ton was starting some one in a crow
, of Johnson boomers yelled, "Hurral
for Johnson" Nick threw his hat a
the offender and then started to fol,
low the hat. The Johnson me,
squirmed their way through the crowt
l ana NICK was VlnQlcaled. Inc JOnn
son boom is on the rum" he yelled a
the retreating Minnesotans. "Hurrai
for Bryan" Reed has been hoars
!, ever since that night because of hi
valiant efforts in whooping it up 80
: Bryan.
i "What are your impressions Of tn
: convention" was the query a Denve
t newspaper man put to Tom Stodghil
g well, I'll tell you," said Tom.
/. have been impressed by the size C.
your mountains, the size of your hote
bills, and the size Of your stems, bu
the thing that impresses me most
to see w. H. Cooper of Ottumws
wearing Bryan badge on his coat
Mr.. Cooper, who hasn't missed
session of the convention since til
opening one, says he wears a Brya
badge because everyone else does. g.
$ wouldn't be courteous to attend M
Bryan's convention" he explaine
without showing him some mark
respect"
Married Out of City.