Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-16

gates of oratory will be opened. AS
an indication that this will not be the
work of few minutes it may be
pointed out that four years ago with
only one candidate in the field, 1t took
the convention from 10 o'clock in the
until 2:25 o'clock in the aft
ernoon to nominate Roosevelt Just
how long it will take to nominate Taft
with all the favorite sons in the field
and orators galore each with a burn
ing message to turn loose on an eS
pectant nation Is problematical. From
present indications, too, the nominal
ton of a vice president may not
prove to be quick lunch job. The
vice presidential sentiment, however,
may crystalline around one of the
many candidates in the field before
this part of the program is reached.
With view to pleasing all tastes
Sergeant-at-Arms Stone has arranged
for plenty of music during the con-
vention.
Convention Notes.
One thing that impresses the north
erner at the convention is the num-
Der of colored delegates. The colored
men swarmed around the Coliseum
Annex yesterday, awaiting the returns
from the last of the contests to be de-
cided and the wire pulling they We're
doing in efforts to hold their seats as
delegates gave proof that the colored
man in the south is a pretty good poll
tician They came from all classes.
There were some of them silk hated
and frock coated and others who were
not logged out so well. But all had the
appearance of being intelligent men
and leaders among their people at
home.
Another thing that amuses rather
than impresses one is the enthusiastic
abandon displayed by men who never
think of unbending at home. Here
are men from everywhere who are
the leading lights in their community
and you can almost picture them walk
| ing down the main street of theil
home towns and bowling with grave
demeanor as they proceed on thei
dignified way. But here you see then
Shaping each other on the back will
dignity driven into the lake. Ant
wear badges--they pile them on
| You'll see Knox button, Tai
badge, Fairbanks ribbon and like
ness of Uncle Joe" pinned to thei
coats and few more tied aroun'
their canes. They are the counterpart
of the young collegian on the day o
the big football game, and their antic
bring the realization that men, afte
all, are nothing but grown up ''kids.
4 The Iowans are expected in tonigh
in droves and they will find ready 70
them the most elaborate headquarter
in town The Auditorium Annex
the real storm point of the conventicl
Some of the out-of-town delegations ar
quartered at other hotels, but they a
meet in the Annex to pull off the 81
deals and you can't turn around in tn
place without brushing into senate
a governor or a congressman. And o
the second floor of the Annex, just
the top Of the stairway, lcal'ng frol
the dining room Is the palm rool
7 where Iowa will be headquarters
There will be register for the CUES
1 and every visitor from Iowa is g
, pected to enroll his name and h
! hotel SO that his friends may kno
: where to find him. There Is big +
j cent scale and plenty of rest room
The quarters are large enough
n accommodate all the Iowans that m;
r attend the convention and the frien'
they may desire to entertain Their
8 The ladies,too will be made to fe
}, perfectly at home. The New Yol
t delegation and some Of the other ca.
y erners have come to revise their forl
4 er opinions of Iowa after glance
s the elaborate, headquarters.
9 Emanuel Phillips, manager Of Tai
/ Wisconsin delegation. arrived in toy
It today and he was engaged most of t
G day comforting with his delegate
The conference did not greatly a
r tate the convention reporters for t
y reason that when Mr.. Phillips &C
a ferred with the Taft delegation frc
L Wisconsin he was only exchanging
line of conversation with Walt
! Alexander of Wausau, Wis. Mr.. Ste
T enson was the only delegate pledg
d to Taft elected in Wisconsin. All t
9 others were pledged to La Toilet
y So it may be seen that Mr.. PHILLIP
duties as manager Of Taft's Wilson's
delegation are not what you wor
call onerous.
u George e. Roberts, president of t
= Commercial National bank of Chica
70 and formerly director Of the Unit
er States mint, was visitor in the 10
:; headquarters today. Mr.. Roberts liv
- In Fort Dodge before assuming
" presidency of the Commercial panK
y, Benjamin P. George, who was
y years prominent in business and soc
=, circles in Ottumwa, is frequent cal
=, at the Iowa headquarters. Mr.. Geol
y is now in business in Chicago.
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