The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-07-11
DENVER CONVENTION AS
A WOMAN SEES 1T
More Interested in the Frills and
FurbelowS OF the Wives oi
the Political Bosses.

The average "womanly" woman,
as the anti.suttragists put It, very
merkly aud tttingly Fclegates the
task OF looking after the family
politics and publicity bureau to ner
emlnently superior husband. Hap.
py and satisfied with her duties to
the three ks, kinder, kirk, and
Kitchen" her club and her em.
broldefy, she doesn't burden her
pretty head with politics and ,quai
suffrage, candidates or conv-n.
tions.
But there are others; few who
dare to dahblc in the forbidden and
who relish keenly the great game
OF graft and grab called politics /,
few who hold their own OPINION
oi the great issues oil the day
These women are not necessarily
sutiragettes' from Colorado,
Utah or Wyoming. You will tind
both scoltle- IN Denver this week
and the sutragett-s also.
The former, that is tn, womru
who would die rather than be
caught at the polls or have a politi.
cal opinion, are here with their
husbands, the men who are to make
or mar the fortunes ot the demo-
cratic party. Ihey came Tor re-
creation to see the great west and
the picturesque rockies.
Then there are many IN Denver,
who are interested IN the events
taking place 20: the thing itself
And lastly we have with US the sui
iragISts who wanI TO place a nc,
hardwood plank IN the platform
Bryan is going TO make that wall
relc a.. ..t their heaven born rights.
80 you see tins Rocky Mt. city
IS turning with interest Tor the wo.
men as we'll as thr men.
And the women with an obscrv
tng eye sees many things. Bong
l woman, OF course she is interest.
ID FIRST OF all IN the prominent per.
ronapcS OF her own sex. 10 SET.
hem when not on parade one should
20 to the great hotels where the
vdrlous political delegations have
heir headquarters.
The uotables and those who can
tiiord to pay two hundred dollars
week tor a mere room, can he
Duud IN great numbers AT the Al.
'an>, The Brown Palace, the Saw
~ and others oi the ndgnliCcnl
hostclrcS' OF which Denver can
b asst.
Standing in one OF the marble
md bronze corridors oi the Brown
Palace, where the National Demo
cratic committee have theIT head
quarters, looked down INTO the
lobby where the notable democrats
ut the UuIted States were milling
uodnd like herd OF steers az a
round up. and d, cided thar the,
locked like most men wrll-hrrd
we'll .groomed gentlemen they wer,
with no flaming hall mark to pro
claim to the world that they had
hohnubhrd with tame and Chuck"d
dame fortune under the cum. h,
only man who made any great i'm
preston upon me was the cowboy
mayoT It Omaha, Dalhlman, who
IS To nominate Brvan, aud that hr.
cause he wuTe the typical western
somhrcro and had such a lollv good
natuTrd red face. Oh, yes. anoth
~ notable did make an impression
| did not learn his name but h,
came from Chicago and was twenty
Tour hlghbaIls, according to Den,
yer, above sea level. They said
he would not be able to come dowr
until he returned to Chicago. Fol
a scientist has estimated that in the
rare air OF one mile above sea leve
eight Chicago hlghballs woulC
equal twenty.to IN Denver
And at that rate the rammanS
Delegation will probably he up toe
high even TO hear the tiger roal
when Bryan squelches him, TO
they, are said to have brought alonI
500, 900 in good hard cash witt
which to concoct highballs an'
such ilk
But TO get back to the lemal
contingent oi the convention. AT
ter taking in the distinguished mel
hguratively OF course, | begun I,
cast about Tor their wives an'
daughters, also Tor the suffragists
| found them to he very pleasant
lnconspicuously dressed women
There was not a particle OF differ
ence IN the wives OF the big meu
: the determined advocates OF equa
suffrage and Just an ordinary VIC
man, They all wore pompsdour
. with rats under them and pufs a
n over their heads, fetching tub
&. coat suits OF white, pink, pale-blu
y and maure rep, linen and piqu,
Y pumps and hose to match, sailol