Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-07-11
EVEN THE SCHOOL MA'AM ou-
ON HER VACATION LET'S OUT /
FEW WHooPs FOR "RlLLH
BRYAN.
EVERYBODY HAS
NOISE FEVEk
EVEN ROCK RIBBED coNsERvA
TIVES BELIEVE THAT JUSTICE
is NOT DONE UNLESS A DEMON.
STRATIoN is MADE.
rRY 4 K DoueHERTY.1

(BY j. X. DoUGHERTY.]
Denver, Colo, July o. Especial -
1t takes more than thirty-three hour
trip and a cloudburst to dampen the
spirit of a bunch of convention-going
Ottumwans. They looked a little the
worse for wear when the Ottumwa
special pulled into the union station
Monday, just nine hours late, but aft
er a change of clothing they were
back doing the convention in the most
approved style, getting used to the
noise and learning to pick out the big
guns Of Democracy from the lesser
lights, trying to get accustomed to
the gorgeousness of j. Ham Lewls's
whiskers, and beginning to argue the
merits of some one of the "57 var
leties" of vice presidential candidates.
They're All Noisy.
They're all politicians, the school
ma'am on her vacation and the. dele
cation from Lick Creek township out
to whoop it up for "Bill." And they're
all noisy 1t is agreed on all hands
that for pure and unadulterated noise,
the Denver Democratic national con-
yention of 1908 has set a record that
will never be equalled until another
Democratic national convention is
held in Denver.
There is noise in this pure noun
tain air. It's the greatest effort to walk
down the street with your lungs full OF
the invigorating air, fresh from the
mountains, without letting out few
exultant whoops. And with something
to yell for no one makes an effort to
n PNnGanlIlnH
Denver this week is one continual
w-h-o-o-p-e-e we're-all-Demo-
crats-and-were-gl -glad-of-it -whee.
Chicago Wasn't in 1t.
Noise?- why that Roosevelt dem
onstration, when eighteen thousand
lungs made dent in the atmosphere
that swayed the walls of the Coliseum
was mere whisper compared to the
babel of sound that has rocked the tri.
angular walls of the Brown Palace 'ho.
tel ever since the train loads from the
north ard the south, the east and the
west, dumped their thousands into
town Monday. 1t is not all due to the
mountain air, although that plays q
big part in filling the lungs with the
shouts that never cease. The main ex
planation of the unceasing whoops is
that this is a convention of Democrats
and Democrats are not afraid to exu
berate when occasion demands
Republicans a re conservative
tive. When they wish to display great
emotion they clap their hands, wave
their handkerchiefs or exclaim thur
rah!"
Whoo-oo-p Her Up.
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brethren. When they are happy they
want the whole world to know it and
the most conservative followers O.
Thomas Jefferson in the world would
deem himself derelict in duty If he
should let such an occasion as this
go by without letting out few
'whoo-o-o-ps" And where the Re
publicans clap their hands and wave
handkerchiefs. the Democrat slaps his
neighbor on the back with a Com
anche Indian yell and throws his Goa
in the air.
The Democratic way is much thu
better It shows that the whooper ane
the coat thrower have blood in thei
veins, rich red blood that runs to thu
surface in moments of excitement
And it makes national convention
much more interesting to the specta
tor than the convention of han,
claps
Iowans Whoop Too.
And yelling as loud as anyone ar
the Democrats from Ottumwa AM
from Iowa, who are here by the hur
dreds. Here are just the few that hav
registered from Ottumwa and vicir
~ III -, /
quarters. There are many more, bu
they have been too busy seeing tn
sights to add their names to the list
From OttumWa.
Claude Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Pickler.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Arrison.
John Weidenfeller.
Mr.. and Mrs H. B. Patterson
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Y. Cowherd.
N F. Reed
Thomas Stodghill
Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. Knipe.
Clarence Knipe.
c.. A. Lager.
William Murray.
Dennis Maloney
Miss Frances Lynch.
Miss Celia Bell
Miss Julia Mahoney.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Cooper.
Former Ottumwans now living
Denver who have called at the hea
quarters and entertained parties fro
the delegation are:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Linton.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Pallister.
A. D. Moss and family.
Charles Farrell.
From Southeastern Iowa.
Among the parties at the conventi