Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
GO|NCS-0N IN CHICAGO
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some years ago by Mckinley and. Hanna
as an active and efficient worker in the
ranks of the Order OF Railway Conduct
ors. These two astute gentlemen decided
that Rae was hiding his light under a
bushel -.
After he had been OF considerable use,
politically. he became a paymaster in the
United States Army. Later Mr.. Rae had
a thoughtlessly careless interval and
hooked up with some folks who we're in
strenuous opposition to the powers. that
the Philippines for his health,
There, in meditation and retirement, and
in an exceedingly chastened mood he was
found by. SECRETARY Taft on the latters
most recent visit to the Philippines Rae
promised to be good. was granted indefi
cage SOOTHING the frrftated labor element
He says. the climate of the Philippines
did not agree with him. and nowadays
he is as gentle as cooling dove. When-
for SO much as. a moment, which is -lnishty
infrequently. he utters a loud scream of
distress and swoons on the spot. =.
Mr. Rae is still on indefinite leave OF
absence and seems to like 1t.
Ladies Envy Minister WI. ~
w. the ndefatigable. the irrepressiole
Minister WI of Washington and of
Shanghai. is here with bells on. Every
time he hikes down Peacock afley-for.
they have one of these fashionable lanes.
here in the anneX-the women sitting on
either side glance enviously after his
smashing. rustling. cracking robe-clad
form and remark enviously:
Isn't 1t a shame one cawnt buy silk
like that in this country?' =,
john Hays Hammond. who is DESTROYS
of swapping highest salary hOnors for
the vice presidential tag. is on deck with
ii manager and seven well oiled type
writer's. operated by seven blonde speed
wreckers. They turn out campaign ma
terial, sketches of John Hays. platform in
terviews and such like while you wait.
Senator Dick of Ohio has Won himself
the title of the Greek chorus" He
giooms up street and down street and
segregates. in the lobbies OF the various
active hotels, running his fingers through
his Justly celebrated hair and wailing,
Woe is me! Oh. woe is mel
Richard Randall Mcmahon Of Harpers
Ferry and Washington is In Chicago as
delegate to the national convention from
the second West Virginia district.
In 1896 Mr.. Mcmahon was a delegate
from the same district to the democratic
national convention. He is now an en-
thuSiaStic republican and a leading shout
er for George +. Cortelyou for Vice Pres
ident.. He is trying. by irreproachable
conduct and active labor to live down his
democratic record
Cecil Lyon. who. as everybody knows.
is national committeeman from Texas. is
certainly one dsconSoiate soul under
pressure. He has given up his third
term stampede idea and. as he was the
only genuine and living original third
termer. it. came mighty hard. He made
more faces than a baby with hair trig-
ger palate taking castor oil.
1t wasn't so much that Lyon was for a
stampede as 1t was the way he had
planned It, He had it all framed up that
the Alabama and Texas delegations were
to swap places. Then. when his trained
performers had let out the initial whoop
for the President. all the other western
ers and southwesterners who felt the
same way were to charge up the main
aisle of the Coliseum. tastefully clad in
sombreros ''chaps'' and red neckker-
chiefs, firing blank cartridges from six
shooters as they charged.
Dear Cecil had overlooked that any
! such ruction as that would probably re-
suit in a stampede plus panic and wind
up by clearing the convention hall In