The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-09
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Tines Dispatch.
I'm ENVER, COL, July s-The spec
| tacle provided last evening by
- the people of Denver was some
thing to make the old timers who have
been going to national conventions
open their eyes. Denver was out to
Guido herself, and she apparently did
lit. Multiply the white light district Of
Broadway thousand times and you
may have some idea OF 1t. The prin-
|cipal streets for miles were arcled by
lvari-colored electric lights, the big
buildings were lined In the same fash
lon and through these streets moved
at intervals string Of trolley cars
festooned with lights. each car carry
ing band. From all over the West.
from the wing caps in the mountains
and from the ranches on the mains
people had come to see the show. and
,hey ilned the streets as Broadway Is
ilred on the day OF a big parade. IT
vas crowd pf gigantic proportions
Tor this part of the country
But what struck folks here from
me pig cities OF the East was the small
numosr OF police. and yet the lack OF
any disorder lsA VI
~, Denver e., seems to have only a hand
- poilce. put no more We're neces/
sary apparently. The johnson ana ~,
BRYAN paraderse at times woull, co,,,a
together, but there was nothing hut
good natnred rivalry. Several hun
dred Apaches. in full war paint. formed
part or the show. and they rode through
! Lhe streets on some OF the decoratf = !
trolley cars. with their squaws ana
papooses. uttering their shrill war cries
to help things along.
ITHE bath room OF the Illinois dele
cation has been used for commits
sary purposes instead Of what it
was Intended for. The Cook county men,
as soon as they reached here, promptly
proceeded to fill that bath tub with
cracked Ice, and deposited therein
everything from gin to beer. Any on,
who shows signs OF interest Is APP
preached by one Of the Chicago men
| who says: will you have drink"
and leads you at once into the bath
room.
The two big snow piles brought from
the peaks of the Rockies and deposited
near the convention hall as part OF tfo
general boost game for Denver. may
have served their purpose albright but
they also were theScause of some trou-
BILE.
While the carnival was in5progress
IN the evening oLtgOI men. Wqf1en
and boys descended ton the snow piles
and proceeded to throw snowbals at
the crowd. Some OF the women took
delight in dashing handfuls OF snow
into the faces OF men much as they
would throw confetti. Nobody minded
that. and a8good manys%en5oyed tho
noveltYo Of getting a little snow down
the neck in JULY t5
But when the jewellers gotto hitting
people with hard snowballs the police
concluded that 1t had gone far enough,
and stationed a guard around tho two
snow piles. After that N body was al
lowed near them,
Every managing editor Of a Denver
newspaper has revolver in his desk;
so has every hotel clerk.
"You don't need 'em often" said
one OF the editors here. but w hon you
do need EN-, you need EN- like hell."'5s{{
Judge Parker has been advised by
tiis friends here to mingle little
more with the crowd T ley think tho
peopl e have the Impression that he Is
too much CT an arIstocrat. which Is not