The Washington herald., 1908-06-15
Delegates Who Have Gathered to
Nominate Taft Whenever the Word
Comes Gaze TOIernntIy on what
They call Funeral PrOcession-Sa-
looms Do Business for the Msssc,
on sunday in Convention City.
BY sAMUEL G. RLYHE-


their captains gave the hoarse command:
Guide right-or left" and they exc
outed this difficult and complicated ma
neuver with faultless precision. albeit a
few Of them stopped over on the lake
front while endeavoring to go two ways
at once. wherein, by the way. they emu
lated their leader. the peerless but under
sized statesman, p. Knox.
They made the welkin ring. all Chicago
weIklns being open and doing business
under special dispensation Of Mayor
Busse, albeit there were some things that
were not open, TO wit: The bars at the
clubs
Deadly Rivals in Trade.
Chicago and New York may be said to
be deadly rivals in The busy marts Of
trade. but there are times when Chicago
gets nearer TO the proletariat. closer TO
the great. generous. puIsating people than
they do in New York
They are supposed 10 close the hotel
bars in New York on Sunday and leave
the clubs open. thus giving distinct irri-
Satins advantage 90 the classes. But I'm
.Chicago-in dear old Observation-Disclosures
close the bars in the clubs and lei the
hotels and saloons sell thus putting one
across on the classes that makes them
spend all their pocket money on Sunday
nights stocking up the rooms in the
clubs
When the Peletiah Webster Knox
Marching clubs arrived the people Of
Chicago. together with the few scatter
ing enthusiasts for Taft who have ar
rived 10 participate in the great upris-
ing Of T. H. Hitchcock and few others
that is. 10 give that 5oc-pound states
man the nomination on whichever day
this week that may be selected. the on
lockers. 10 use a comprehensive term.
treated them with proper respect Not
a person tried TO scurry across the street
between the ranks Of these stern and
earnest men who came here 10 name
their choice for President.
Bad Luck, You Know.
Not a person endeavored 90 get from
one curb to the other while the parade
was going by. It is bad luck 10 cut
across funeral procession. you know.
At that. il must be said for the allies
that they are furnishing all the amuse-
ment They have put out finer line Of
corpses than has been seen at any con-
ventiOn for years. and the obseques are
as interesting as they are conclusive.
IF it were not forithe Uncle Joe Cannon
dead marches. and the Charles Evans
F,T-.
Warren Fairbanks crematory odes. il
would be a duh place indeed. for care
less Of the joys Of people, the manage
ment of the Annex have planked over
the fountain in the POmpeiian room. thus
depri.t~S the visitors Of one of their
natural rishts. the privilege OF seeing an
occasional Senator Of the United States
or a great party leader fall into the basin.
ever and anon, making a lovely splash
and soaring the goldfish into fits.
Sunday n Quict Day.
Sunday is a quiet day in Chicago. They
have only about eleven hundred and
forty BAN games and such other diver
Sions as appeal-that is to say. the entire
pOpulace gets out and makes the blue
laws look like an amendment to the
Sherman antitrust law the Supreme
Court has passed upon.
Usually there Is a leaf or two stirring
at the Annex, and the Annex 10 the An
mex. and the Annex to the Annex Of the
Annex. and all Of the rest Of the flock
OF hotels where the high lights Of the
nec Republican, party are
quartered Yesterday il was as solemn AZ
the various Annexes as a meeting Of the
allies. where James Francis Burke. for
Knox; A. b Humphrey, for Hughes:
Joseph Healing. for Fairbanks. and
William B. Mckinley. for Cannon. were
ansaged in a joint debate to determine
which one OF their respective candidates
had been driven farthest into the clay
by the administration pile-driver
There was nothing doing except 90 hectic
discussion as 20 the proper candidate for
Vice President.
Il seems that Mr.. Roosevelt. thinking 20
the interest OF the delegates
and spectators al its present high ten
sion, has decided not TO uncover his can
iidate for Vice President until Tuesday
night or Wednesday. thus allowing the
in this fervid outpouring OF
the repreSe entatives of the people 10 name
4 man whom the people want for Presi-
dent. one subject on which they can talk
without the knowledge that what they
say is pifile-up to this time.
bouquets. 81.