Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-15

ity. Il note that all the swinging doors
in Chicago have push the motto of the
city, on one side and pull the motto OF
the republican party on the other
And yet there are those who have pre-
sumed to say that the rubber-heeled. soft
voiced Mr. Hitchcock has no sense of
humor. To the lions with them. He got
his reputation simply because he doeSn
lie down on the floor and shrek hysteric-
ally every time body shakes the moth
balls out of jest.
Joke on Coolidge.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Louis Coolidge, custodian n-in-chief of the
languishing Cortelyou vice presidential!
boomIet. is veritable magnet for the
colored brother out here. Whether it's
because Mr.. Coolidge looks like the per-
sOniication of trust-which he cert ain
ly does-or whether It's because both he
and his chief are so close to the bulging
government money bags. is neither here
nor there. 'Tis a fact. however. that Mr..
COOlde can't move across the Annex
lobby without a train of dusky politicians
at his heels. and he has conversed SO
much with them of late that he is losing
his New England twang and beginning to
slur his RS. This morning Mr.. Coolidge
didn't come down to the lobby at his
usual early hour. and several of the col
ored brethren were much worried. Final
an intimate of the assistant secretary, to
discover where their idol was keeping
himself.
"Oh. that's all right replied Richard.
Don't you worry. He'll be down in a
minute. He's upstairs blackening up
More Lookers-On.
W. w. w. Parker. vice president of the
National Metropolitan Bank, and a son
of E. Southard. is one of the lobby regu-
lars at the Annex. He says he is just
looking on and praying for a spectacu-
lar convention row. He is not too opti-
mistic about his prayer being answered.
however. Commissioner of Patents Moore
is another local man who is out here to
see the sights
Late sleepers had no show here this
morning. The Cannon and Knox bands
were out for warming-up concert
mighty early. about dawn it seemed to
those who had been up working or play
ing last night, and a little after the
bands of the various arrival delegations
and marching clubs blared their way up
Michigan avenue to the convention hotel
center. Consequently. the universal and
continuous performance oom-pah oom-
awakened Rip Van Wrinkle. The Blaine
Marching Club of Cincinnati. the Colorado
and the Des MoineS and ST. Paul delega-
tions blew in early this morning. and the
Albany. Indianapolis. Rhode Island and a
host of other delegations and political
organizations, marching and otherwise,
are due during the day.
Mr.. and Mrs Nicholas LOngworth are
expected in town today and, during their
convention week stay will be guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Medill Mccormick at the
latters scrumptous Lake Shore Drive
home. Mrs Douglass Robinson of New
York. President Roosevelts sister, will
also be guest of the McCOrmicks. as will
Mrs Mark Hanna and Miss Phelps OF
Cleveland, mother and aunt of Mrs Nc
Cormick. All of these prominent folks
intend to be regular attendants at the
convention and will occupy seats in the
balcony section with Mrs. Elmer Dover,
wife OF the secretary of the republican
national committee. Among other promi-
nent Washington arrivals today were Mrs.
Beekman Winthrop, wife of the assistant
secretary of the treasury, and Miss Mabel
BOardman. Mrs. John A. Logan is ey-
pected tomorrow.
Col. Ham Young. who is known to
everybody back home and who is look
ing after Western Union interests here. is
happy man today. Col. Ham has at
tended every national convention since
stun by wire instead of pony express.
This morning he rushed up to me with his
face lighted up and his chin whisker wav
ing. and clutched ME by the arm. by
gracious" he cried, I've found man
who attended a national convention be-
fore l did. Introduce me to him. I
pleaded anxiously. Can't replied Col.
Ham with no diminution of enthusiasm.
because he's one hundred and two. deaf
as a post and goes round In wheeled
chair with a trained nurse. But he's
genuine all right he's genuine" And Col.
Ham shook my hand violently, swuna
round on his heel and loped off like a two
year-old /. C. n.