Evening journal., 1908-07-09
SIDE LIGHTS OF
THE CONVENTION
Funny Incidents There That
Divert the Mind From
Politics

DENVER, July s.-Proud Of her hus-
band. the Governor Of Oklahoma, Mrs
Charles II. Haskell, surrounded by 40
other women from the infant state,
gave her views on politics. women an
Oklahoma. Her matronly face ligSt
ed up when she was asked about her
husband.
I'm verv much interested in all tha.
he does" she said, mo matter what It
is. I would be just as interested If he
were simply saving wood. 1 should
want to see that he sawed the wo,
straight /. is a woman's duty 10 loo
after her home and her husband. You
know we have six children.
I'm not a woman suffragist don't
believe in it. And we won't have It in
Oklahoma. We have fixed that in the
constitution, which bars women from
voting A woman will have all she can
do to attend TO her family and her hus-
band. The Denver women cannot con-
vert us to woman suffrage. and IL viii
be useless for them TO try"
Some Bryan men played q trick on
Judge Parker when he ordered a horse
TO take his usual morning ride IN
stead Of a big. mild hammered horse
such as he has been accustomed to
ride, the Bryan men trotte dout FOR
him a young pony with bronco pro-
cllvitios.
III he rides that horse" remarked
ope OF the Bryan men, wen introduce
him TO Jim Dshlman, the cowboy
mayor of Omaha, and maybe get him
a job as one Of the judges of the bron-
co-busting contest"
The New Yorker, however, did not
qualify. The pony displayed so much
spirit that ths Judge gave up the ride
as a bad jeb.
Plenty OF Booze.
The idea that you cannot put awas
as much booze IN Denver as YOU can
on the Bowery has been pretty we |
exploded, judging from the way tAo
bars are doing business. Nine out OF
10 visitors came here filled with this
motion, and for day or two trade
was a little slack for a time Tho
experimen stage did not last ionr
however, and the early birds are now
telling tho later arrivals that their
fears were groundless, with the result
that there has been a rush to the bars.
Some Of the enthusiastic ones are now
telling their friends that the climate
here has increased their consumption
"That report about what booze would
do to you here was certainly carried
, East by those Prohibitionists," remark
ed one Of Big Tins Bowery constitU-
ents as he put away his fifth high
ball.
United States Senator Owen, Of Okla
homa. gets pointed out as an Indian
, although he's less than half a one. His
grandfather was a Cherokee chief, who
lgot a medal from Thomas Jefferson
Senator owen is tall and striking in
appearance and seems to interest the
crowd a whole lot. Some of his ad-
. mirers got him up on the stairs al
2 the Brown Hotel the other eveninf
' and induced him TO make a speece =
Introducing him as "the only Indi n
senator OF the United States" which
made a big hit.
Il hope a good Indian" said Senator
I Owen TO the crowd before him. Il had
an occasion to explain just what was
to a committee Of Congress and tol,
them that under the laws of the United
States / was a Cherokee Indian anC
by the grace Of God was a Scotch.
, man
: Bryan in Ashes.
In the window Of a Denver cigal
? store is a picture Of Bryan made ou
of cigar ashes. It is made out of gray
and white ashes and some black.
. That's pretty good" said big jim
: Brennan. one Of the Cook county Dem.
ocrats. Bryan has reduced the Demo
cracy to ashes and now his picture Il
meeting the same fate"
The composite character Of the Amer,
! ican people is shown in this conven
p tion as it has never been before. There
are a lot Of Indians here. and the'
attract no end of attention. Most o
/ them come from Oklahoma There Il
one Indian woman in this crowd. am
. she has charmed all beholders. Shi
is Mrs. Burlington. the better half o
D Tom Burlington. a former Cherokee
= chief. and one Of the Oklahoma dele
gates. Although she has the ravei
f, tresses Of an Indian woman. and alsi
j many of the features of the redskins
she is a woman Of refinement and ha
a grace and charm about her tha
would fit any drawing-room Some o
her gowns have drawn exclamatio =
of delight from the women Her hus
s band is a banker and stocS-raiser an
is worth over 100000. In addition e
being big politically. he is big physi
cally. standing six feet six inches 81
his stockings. He controls over 100