Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
CONVENTION sIDELIGHTs.

IUNvEN IIUN SlUEll6n ).
Striking Features and Incidents Of
Democratic National Assemblage.
Snow and snowballing in July at the
Democratic national convention-that
was the feature which Mayor Speer of
Denver, true to his promise, offered to
visitors and delegates the other morn
ing at Denver. Early in the forenoon
eight wagons, heavily laden with snow
which had been taken from the noun
tain sides and brought to town on a
Moffatt road train, moved up Seven
teenth street behind a band which did
not play "Therell Be a Hot Time In
the Old Town Tonight" Edward Con-
way, the local committeeman, who Or
dinarily deals in Denver real estate
and not in snow, marched at the head
Of the band.
Each wagon had a banner with the
words, "Snow from the Moffatt road"
AS the wagons filed past the Albany,
Brown Palace and Savoy hotels WIS.,
itors made a dash for the tempting
piles aboard, and presently there was
u AOl 41NCo puIl1c WILL 6uOW Uu1lS.
With what was left Of their cargoes
the eight drivers hurried on to the
Auditorium and deposited the snow
around the entrances Of the conven-
ton hall. 1t gave a cool breath to an
already delightful day and afforded a
novel spectacle for those who had been
suffering with heat in New York and
Chicago.
Under a warm sun the snow banks
rapidly became smaller, and the proc
ess Of diminution was furthered by
small boys and delegates, who started
a second war.
The composite character Of the Amer
lean people was shown In this con-
vention as it has never been shown
before. There were a lot of Indians here,
and they attracted no end Of atten-
J ton. Most of them came from Okla
homa. There was one Indian woman
in this crowd, and she charmed all
beholders. She is Mrs. Burlington, the
better half of Tom Burlington, a for
mer Cherokee chief and one Of the Ok
lahoma delegates. Although she has
. the raven tresses Of the Indian woman
and also many of the features of the
redskins, she is a Of refine
ment and has q grace and charm about
. her that would fit any drawing room.
Some of her gowns drew EXPLANATIONS
3 of delight from the women Her hus-
band is a banker and stock raiser and
. . is worth more than 100000. In addi-
ton to being big politically he is big
4 physically, standing six feet six inches
in his stockings. He controls 1000 or
more Indian voters.
4 Thomas Il. Grady, state senator from
. New York, created one of the big SEN
o %sations of the preconvention proceed
!. ings with his hat. No sooner had he
J landed in Denver under an enormous
panama of weird shape than the local
{ cartoonists seized on him and drew
i funny pictures which are four-fifths
hat and one-ifth Grady.
mo, Sir" declared the senator when
his friends began to 'kid' him about
his panama, 81 shall continue to wear
this hat no matter what the cartoon.
. lists do. This hat has a history. II
3 cost $3.50 and was presentd to Big
. Tim Sullivan by a friend of his. They
j guyed Tim till he got cold feet and
gave it to Milt Gray. Milt wore II
at the race track until life became 9
= burden for him, and then 1 fell he'll
to the hat. l never expect to have an
Q other lid that cost $3.50 and Pm going
g to be game. Fire away, you knockers
n but me for the $3.50 bonnet"
Passengers on the train which took
the Oklahoma delegation across the
K p%rairies to Denver had a bit of enter
S tainment which was denied others. A
e dozen of the delegates drew their re
r volvers and shot prairie dogs. One o.
g the marksmen killed seven out Of ter
: shots While the train was rushing a
full speed. Thousands of the little ami
mails can be seen from the car win
= dows in the waste lands of western
Kansas and eastern Colorado.
Denver was very prettily decorated
% for the convention. Aside from tn
!, decorations on buildings, there was
: lavish display Of bunting and flags OF
: the principal streets of the town. Sew
$ enteenth street, which extends in
is straight line from the Union station t
the Brown and Savoy hotels, was ais
le decorated with red. white and blu
way. At night these lights p~resente'