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80 could have pu; him on the Ticket
this year he would make Garrison
county solld for tho whole ticket
but then. you know. he's impuisive
and e%rrAtlc. and we've got 20 get down
90 business"
No Politics. All Reform.
II was on Monday that | met my
friend from the Ninth district again.
He was In the Pompclan room Of the
Annex when | found him.
The only true thing" he said. as he
waved proudly for the boy and ordered
a split OF water-"the only true thing
about this convention Ia that nothing
is true"
AS he slipped the fuzzy water and
recalled his promise to Mrs. Handy
before he left home. Abner added re-
hectively: THE trouble with this con-
yention is there is no politics in 1t.
There are no politicians here. I've
looked at this man Hitchcock-noth.
= ing but a card index. that's all there
IL to him. And I've looked over Vorys
he won't do; he's perfectly frank.
Haven't heard him called a liar since
I've been here. No man gets far In
politics until his enemies call him a
liar.
Say" added the colonel, as he
leaned across the mosaic on the table
top, "say-now honest-why did your
paper cut the Hon of in front OF my
name? like 1t. Tell themste put II
on. was around when the New Yorl
delegation held a meeting to-day, and
say! They don't know any more poll
tics than a rabbit. They decided to dc
nothing. Imagine a convention where
4. the New York delegation is such &
four spot that they have to debat,
three days to decide whether they will
take the vice-president! And, what
more, imagine a convention where tn,
most serious item OF interest is thu
nominee for vice-president! And nov
, the New York delegation is going Il
, have its palm read to find out whethe
1t will take Hughes for vice-presiden
or rally around Jim Sherman, the pee
pies choice, or commit hara-kiri wit
Tim Woodruff"
Mr.. Handy reflected for a time an
sighed. Its h-l!-it's certainl
h--l!-but what else could you es
pect Of a convention where people al
paid their railroad fare. You re
formers will get this country sewed u
h in a sack SO that there won't b,
any politics any more. They'll nomi
nate the delegates by direct primaries
e instruct them on the chief planks O
the platform-and where will the pa
ladium Of our liberties be them"
e There is something in Abne
Handy's view of 1t. The alternat
n from the Ninth Kansas district ha
n been drifting around to-day looking TO
the old familiar faces. and he find
they are not here. There aren't
l. dozen bronze buttons In all the thronl