The Washington herald., 1908-07-09
WRITER'S OF PLATFORM
DELUDING THENSEL YES
Largest Aggregation of Patriots at Denver Busy
Saving the Party and the Nation
BY SAMUEL C. BLYTHE.

BY SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.
Denver. Colo. July S.-All day and all
night the little willing platform makers
tofed and moiled over the declaration of
principles on which William Jennings
Bryan will take his stand
This making Of something that Is al
ready made is laborious and exhausting
work Still. it must be said. the subcom-
mittee Of the resolutions committee have
given a fine imitation Of statesmen Gre
ating something. You would think, to see
them in the stress Of It that they were
really incubatlng.
Considered as group. the largest ag-
gregation Of patriots Of the same type in
Denver. next 10 the amalgamated protec-
tive association Of Vice Presidential can
dates, is the bunch OF Men Whom Bryan
Asked to Write the Platform They have
been coming in on every train. and to-day
the lobby OF the Brown Palace Hotel was
thickly populated with them.
They are 10 be told by their high and
lofty air. the masses OF manuscript stick
ing out Of their pockets. and their eager
ness 10 engage in joint debate on the
burning topic Of SAYING the Democratic
party from dire disaster by the applca-
ton OF their own theories to the situa-
tion.
Bryan n Gentle JoIlier.
II seems Col. Bryan has developed into
a gentle jollier He put his arm around
the necks OF about 900 leading citizens
who dropped off at Lincoln TO discuss
great affairs with him. and incidentally
to ask him TO remember them when II
comes time 10 distribute the post-offices
and such-if II ever does-put his arm
around their necks and whispered into
their fiattered ears that the only way 70
make victory sure. TO copper-rivet II. tie
1t down so Il cannot get away, would be
for the citizen he had the srangle hold on
at that particular time 10 write the plat
form
Col Bryan. apparently held close
communion with about one hundred large
and furry ears. unless he whispered into
it good. which would bring the total 10
two hundred, for there are about hun
dred platform makers here, all enthu-
siastically on the job.
The subcOmmitteemen have been pa
tient They have listened with well-stim-
ulated interest TO all sorts Of PROPOSE
tons. from one from Nebraska TO make
it imperative that the hens should stamp
the date OF the laying on each egg 10
another from Texas that all lunch was-
ons should be equipped with roof gar
dens and fire escapes.
Large and substantial gentlemen have
surged on 70 the committee room and
explained how necessary it Is to deprive
the courts Of all functions except hearing
admiralty cases, and others have talked
for hours on the proposition that each
labor leader should be entitled to issue
his own intunctions.
Alfalfa Bill TO the Fore.
Alfalfa Bill Murray. in the course OF
a brief argument OF some three hours.
presented a condensed version of the
Oklahoma constitution for the earnest
consideration Of the committee, explain
ing that after much arduous labor he
had condensed that immortal document
from some 10000 words 10 a trihe over
1900, which, he thought. would be Just
about right for the preamble, and vol
unteering to furnish any number of
needed words up TO a million. which he
must do II the committee really wants to
win this year.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobby-no,
not Hobby-Hobson, of Alabama, not hav-
ing prepared a speech, talked only four
hours and a half. Mr.. Hobson, who now
is in Congress, unleashed so many dogs
of war that the meeting place looked like
a bench show before he had been going
thirty minutes.
He was much thrilled. he said, by OBJ
serving that one of the local places of re-
freshment has Japanese boy slicing the
free lunch ham, and considered this but
another proof that war is imminent
more than that, war is already upon US.
The Japanese have snuck In enough OF
their hated race to wipe us off the earth.
and unless something is done about 1t,
We Will all be wearing kimonos by the
time we get ready to march up to the
ballot boxes next fall to exercise our glo-
rious right Of suffrage.
The way 70 stop this, in Mr.. Hobson's
opinion, is to build ships. He was of the
opinion, evidently, that Urey Woodson.
and Roger Sullivan, and Gov. Haskell.
and Tom Taggart ought to go right down
into the lobby Of the hotel and construct
few Dreadnoughts before morning.
What he desires is an appropriation of
few billions or trillions Immediately, and
he thought IL the subcommittee would
say the word the money would be avail
able by Saturday night
This made a great hit with Lewis Nix
on, Of New York. who Is in the ship