The sun., 1908-07-10
Oklahoma senator Says He Feit the Demon.
stration a. Kecniy ~ Men with Eyes
indians Plentiful; Negroes Scarce
How Gus Thomas Came 90 bo @auelched


on the platform yesterday hearing and yet
not seeing the excitsd action Of the Bryan
men the interest in him was dnged with
sympathy. The crowds In the galleries
watched him as they have watched NO
other man under similar circumstances,
for whether you agreed with him or not
the fact that the man whose words had
produced this state Of semi-frenzy on the
part Of 80 many was the one man In that
vast assemblage not privileged to see
what was going on touched every one.
Men before this had set fire to crowds
by some spoken word. bus probably never
before had 1t fallen to the lot Of blind
man to be the instrument 1t was not
Bryan who was being talked about after
1t was all over and the people had poured
out Of the building. 1t was Senator Gore.
Il saw the waving banners. the marching.
gestculating crowds and the look Of triumph
on the faces Of the Bryan followers az plainly
as II had had my sight. for q blind man Is
not so remote from the world as the person
with good eyes and no imagnati ion," said
Senator Gore when asked to describe his
feelings afterward.
"Eyesight." he went on, us not as valuable
as the magnetism which every blind man
possesses. We feel what is going on not
only in the sense Of being independently
affected by it, but we enjoy a sensation un-
known to others. When face an audience
l know what their feelings toward me are.
and when they are impressed with what
say the fact Is communicated to me mag
netically before there is any applause or
demonstration. To-day faced the crowd
and saw what was going on. and believe
my picture Of it was as vivid as that Of any
man or woman present"
Although it was doubtless the intention Of
the trainers Of the Constitution to olothe
the Vice-Presidential office with great dig
nifty. the fact is that at conventions the
selection Of the candidate for that Office
is always meat for the jokesmiths. Judge
j. X. OConnor Of Utica, who once declared
that II Chairman Conners came to Utica he
would have him looked up. got telegram
from his friends at home to-day reading:
For Vice-President, G. W. Gammell Of
New York"
Mr.. Gammell is an agent for a brand Of
beer and a popular member Of a oongenial
coterie in Utica. This was the telegram
the Judge sent back:
'Gammell's picture in all hotels. Porto
Rico, the Philippines, Guatemala, Pata-
gonia pledged. A carload Of Sohltz would
fix things here despite Murphy's query.
Who is the lobsterl"
A telegram was also cooked up for Gam
NELL whose Office is in New York, reading:
Your picture in all hotels. Vice-Presi-
dent. Great cheering. Answer acceptance. y
No word has come from Gammell yet.
One of the strangest incidents of the
Bryan demonstration was that which oo-
CURED when the cowboy band, possibly
hard up for a substitute for Dixie" hit on
Marching Through Georgia. To the sur
prise Of many onlookers some of the
Southerners whose enthusiasm had reached
the point of frenzy began singing it. The
man carrying the Florida standard went
by the press stand dancing up, and down
ing tune which in calmer moments prob
ably would have made him fighting mad.
~There's a heap of difference between
respectable Southerners and political
Southerners,' said man from the South
as he watched this with disgust written all
over his face.
"I had the name of the candidate for
vice-President," said a political statesman
from New York, but l Put It doyn on a
Of paper which shows how this Vioe-Presi-
Dental situation is treated.
Just as was predicted when visitors first
arrived here, the fascination OF the Rockies
and the sight Of aerial snowbanks in July
Yesterday the trains for Colorado Springs
we're packed with folks who have decided
that Pixies Peak has got pack OF super
heated politicians beaten all ways from n
Sunday as an attraction, Some Of the
delegates and quite few Tammany leaders
were in the crowd Of excursionists, 1t has
been harder to hold cauouses and committee
meetings here than at any city ever
selected before for convention.
One Of the oddities in the newspaper
line in Denver is the Japanese paper called
the Denver Shimpo. 1t is semi-weekly and
is printed in their hieroglyphics, adorned
with views Of local scenery such as the
Colorado State Capitol Building. a lake at
one Of the parks, the street on which the
office of the paper is located and repre-
sentative citizens. 1t also carries some
advertisements in English. It's editor is
named T. Hamatani. 1t Is noticed that
some Of the Japanese advertisers are con-
tractors. There are also Chinese adver-
tsers in the sheet. 1t has been in exist
ence for five months. They have their
own typesetting room and the editions
are struck OF in the preesroom OF large
printing concern.
They are going to print special number
showing the Democratic convention and
Incidents connected with 1t. This no doubt
will be enjoyable reading to the representa-
tves Of the race living in this city and
region.
Colored politicians are scarcer than hen 8
teeth at this convention as they have been
at former conventions OF the Democratic
party, and their absence here 10 noticeable
to any one who saw the crowd Of colored
men pulling wires and making threats at
Chicago. Not only are they missing from
here as delegates but you cannot find any
among the spectators.
Their place has been taken here by In
dians. They are as plentiful around the
Oklahoma headquarters as oolored men
were around the headquarters Of some Of
the Southern delegations at Chicago. One
of these Indians who went around shaking
hands yesterday just like any other real
politician, bears the name of Moty Tiger.
He is chief Of the 1900 Greeks in Oklahoma
and knows 30 little English that he has to
talk through an interpreter. The Okla
homans did not know Chief Tiger was Q
Democrat until he blew in yesterday and
assured Alfalfa Bill that he was for Big
Chief Bryan, all right.
There's an uprising Of Snake Indians
In Oklahoma. They are a branch Of the
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