The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-07

MOUNTAINS
Convention Scenes, Strange and Otherwise
breast OF every man. woman and child
was a big, white badge with Johnson's
4 picture. and underneath it:

breast OF every man. woman and chilt
was a big white badge with Johnson's
/ picture. and underneath it.:
Johnson gets the votes"
Nominate a winner
The train bearing the Johnson peo-
lple was five hours late, but, despite
their long journey, they tackled with
a will the job ofistirring up enthnsi-
crowd OF men and women marched
Into the Brown it was pandemoniun
lslet loose The women shouted fol-
Johnson. and their voices could be
mate man that can win" shouted
the men, gain and again.
or course, some of the Bryan shout
ers rushed in, and an attempt was
made to drown out the Johnson cheers
and they got lot OF others to join
them For half an hour the shouters
had great battle trying to drown
out each others cries. but the band
from Minnesota helped the johnson
men to win out. 1t was by far the
most enthusiastic crowd that has thus
far reached town.
This evening the Minnesota delega.
to their candidate to the last. Senator
tG G. Hardy said that the New York
delegation would be for Johnson on the
first ballot.
6sT1RYAN,,. said an Eastern dele
* gate. won't carry single
- Staten M part of the country
Just you see
MY friend" Interrupted Kansas
ldolater OF the peerless one, "Willianl
ID. l3ryan does not Eave to carry any
thing this time. 1t is up to the people
this time to carry Bryan and his poii-
cies'
United States Senator owen, Of Okla
holna. gets pointed out as IN Indian
although he's less than half one. His
grandfather was Cherokee chief
who got a medal from Thomas Jeffer-
| son.
Senator owen is tall and striking in
appearance, and seems to interest the
crowd a whole lot. Some of his adj
mirers got him up on the stairs at the
Brown Palace Hotel the other evening
and induced him to make a speech,
introducing him as the only Indian
Senator of the United States, which
made big hit.
"I hope I'm good Indian, said
Senator Owen to the crowd before him.
II had an occasion to explain just
what / was to committee of Congress
and 1 told them thar under the laws
of the United States I was Cherokee
Indian, and by the grace Of God was
a Scotchman.''
In the window OF a Denver cigar
| store is a picture of Bryan made out
of cigar ashes. 1t Is made out OF gray
and white ashes and some black.
That's pretty good. said big i'm
Brennan, one of the Cook county DEM
ocrats. Bryan has reduced the Democ-
racy to ashes, and now his picture is
meeting the same fate"
n, FTE' idea that YOU cannot5pt1 away
as much booze III Denver as you
4 can on the Bowery has been
pretty well exploded, judging from
the way the bars are doing business
Nine out of ten visitors came here
TITLED with this notion, and for q day
| or two trade was a little slack for q
ltme The experimental stage did NOT
Hast long, however, and the early birds
| arc now falling the later arrivals Ina :
their fears We're groundless. AS q
result, there mas been rush to the
bars. Some OF the enthusiastic ones
are now telling their friends that the
climate here has Increased their cons
sumption,
"rhnt report about what booze would
do to you here was certainly carried
! East by those prohlbitionists, re-
marked one of Big Tins RoWery con- o.,
stituents, MS ne put away his fifth
highball, 38
Judge r. G. stlmson, Of Denver, who
mlngles much with tho crowd here to
help along Denver's boom, looks SO
much like Norman z. Mack that you
ICannOt tell the two .IlllRe Stln-