The Washington herald., 1908-07-06
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to his whiskers which. he said, retain all
their former glory although somewhat
faded at the ends.
Mr. Charles Bryan was an object Of
much curiosity. Mr.. Bryan is a fine ex-
ample Of living relative. albeit he suf-
fers from a congestion OF language as
marked as is the eruption OF speech
noted in his illustriOus brother Indeed
Mr.. Charles Bryan's vocabulary seems 10
be composed OF the phrase. "Bill says to
do this" which he repeats with monot-
onous regularity to the men who think
they are running this convention. At
that. other words would seem TO be su-
perfuOus. for what Charles says Bill says
to do is generally done forthwith.
Like Il Real Convention.
Denver began TO realize this morning
where she is going 10 get back that
100000 she put UP for the convention.
for the delegates arrived rapidly, and
the anti-convention crowd, which. up to
this time. has consisted Of reporters and
few hurried statesmen. took on tone.
Reception committee arrayed IT. busters
and light felt hats, trudged back and
forth from the union station, and each
delegation that would march was given
band 10 lead It to the stirring scenes
uptown. Oklahoma arrived early, and
surged into the Brown Palace Hotel,
whereupon several members Of the dele
cation leaped and made vOluminOus ora
ton. mostly deprecating the fact that the
hotel rates are more than 81 a day.
Gore, the blind Senator from Okla
I III -
the Oklahomans and drew the first real
cheer that has been heard here since the
Greek letter boys left for home.
Pennsylvania came In and various other
States. and by 6 o'clock in the evening
the gathering became a sort OF a wash
| drawing Of a real convention crowd two
days before the convention Is 10 meet
! The town is gay with bunting and bril-
! liant with lights. and all the people are
organized into a welcoming corps. DEN
yer is out 10 make a record. and Will
\ for II anybody Is uncomfortable II Will
/ not be Denyer's fault.
Gre ted Once, All "A Mistake.
| Judge il.on b. Parker. Of New York.
was among those present in the Brown
/ lobby fro.a time 10 time. Judge Parker
was greeted effusively once. be-
1 badged delegate rushed up 10 him and
stuck out his hand
Hello. John" he said; I'm glad 10
see you. When did you go up from ST.
/ LOUISE"
4 think you are mistaken" the Judge
replied
Wei. by jinks; 1 guess I am" ex-
claimed the delegate. Excuse me. You
I looly g,,4. lilo o r,,, f-or., O. I o,,fg 7
know. No harm done" and he backed
away.
/ Meantime the anu-Bryan men kept get
/ ting higher and higher In the air They
/ held conferences and consultations and
/ caucuses, and at midnight were still fac
l ing the uncomfortable fact that this con-
venton is owned By Bryan. sewed Up In
a sack and sealed and that when the
time comes they viii do what Bryan tells
them 10 do. There was desultory talk
about the platform and Col. James ".
! Guffey. Of Pennsylvania. sadly left the
reservation. having been compelled %
take this step by the fact that Bryan
kicked him of before he decided 10 60.
Murphy on the Band Wagon.
Mr. Charles F. Murphy, OF New York,
who selected his seat In the band wagon
on Friday night. stuck there stolidly and
solidly and the usual amount Of piffie was
peddled by the piffle peGdlers.
Through IL ell was the Undertone: why
IS Bryan grinding US into submission in
this way? Why is he so arbitrary and
that reminded Col. Bill Skinner OF the
man who asked the hotel keeper al Tie
Siding. Wyo., why the Union Pacific road
4 removed the railroad station from the
center Of the village 10 a point a mile
away. much 10 the discomfort OF the Tie
Siding people.
Pears TO me-" said the hotel keeper,
that the Union Pacific moved that sta
tion because they could.
Which appears to be the answer. Bryan
is doing what he wants 70. do. because he
can do what he wants 10 do, and there
does not appear 10 be power enough OF
any kind here 10 stop him.