New-York tribune., 1908-06-18
CONVENTION INCIDENTS
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Chicago. June IL.
ox,,c ,,,rrprcT-Wu Ting-fang. tho
c,,,.sa M,nister is a new to Chlcaso' 80
wherever he goes he is the centre Oh All - ht,,
| tbrong Crowds follow him, babies ois III
| end he has more appreciative auuenoe -
times that the Blaine Club eiephan'' ~
| hand or Frank H. Hitchcock . -u...
he induIees his naive curiosity to TIE iu -
extent and the interest which ne mas s a.
(,bicago's institutions and people IS So. III.
| surprising to those who have not Io
srccassr, career in this country MS la' W.,
| .,..,-o,at;on "IIow old you7" applied VIII
ont distinction Of sex, is still uppermosl oii '
| Inns He inquiries feelingly and "ithou, ~, 80 -
| junction How much do you get a "ee ,r.
.Does vour husband drink and enjoys ao 'iDi
~, a,scon,ature of the allies" whom ne
,s+. IN asking why they allow themselves u
| be unseated. etc. .z =. h.
To-day he was the cynosure or many eyes % ~
sat behind the chairman's PLATFORM ne wa"
| toa,,cad TO many prominent Chicagoans' 'hciu'
ing one Of the city's boasted oeauties'
-, r,os NJ delicate silk Minister WI aofnireu
it openly.
"rhat is a pretty frock" he remarked
"Oh it's nothing answered the gu s,,,. ",,
"It is something" the diplomat repieu' -
ch,no that would cost greatly. What did you
pay for it?'' 80 +o+ber
bought it." . ..Dtd he
your father" the minister inquired Du "'
make his money packing pork?
Iu.+ then Senator Lodge mentioned the Fresi-
dent. and the beauty's answer was lost IN '"'
cheering.
rpADIrIoN vICTukIOUS.-By the way
General Keifer has put on his swaiio"'aii coa'
for four years more
rpEp1DaTION,-sydney Bieber, the national
committeeman from the District or Coiu'hoia' -
the same Sydney whom Senator carte.
of getting many acres or Washihston'
front on clouded titles. Yesterday lie " -
ing In front of the Annex gazing fondiy AT haAo
Michigan.
What are you looking at, Sydney? asked rep
resentative Mudd, of Maryland L am aonii'"s
the lake" Bieber answered
That's all right. 1 don't care how much you
odr;re Lake Michigan, but please don't ever cast
admiring ewes at the Patapsco around Baltimore
AM III, OMEN-When the Knox boomers en-
tered the hall to-day they carried open umbrellas
over their heads. Senator Penrose the chair iiaAi
of the PENNSYLVANIA delegation, noticed 1t ana re-
marked to Representative Olmstead: Ihey Say
that means years bad luck
mot If YOU look over your left shoulder was
the answer.
Wbereupon both Knoxites broke the spell
AN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Depew has been
accused by Chicagoans of having lost his sense Oh
humor Several Of the papers have remarked that
he had not told joke since he came mere HI
response to this he said to-day
.F'our wears ago l told this story to a group OF
Chicagoans I in an Oklahoma cafe once, ana
on asking what sort OF dessert was PROVIDED the
waitress answered that she had apple pie, peach
pie bueberry pie, mince pie, cherry Pie and GUS
tard pie. told her to bring me apple pie peach
bIueberry rnince and cherry. She was much as-
erieved and inquired: Stranger, what is the mat
ter with the custard?
Now, when had finished this story the Chi
cagoans in a body asked: Senator, what was the
with, he cUstard?'
out 1 must be silent"
HOW THEY PRONOUNCE IT.-New York, Taft;
Connecticut. Tahiti; Maine. Teft; Kentucky,
Tab-abft. Arizona. Taf Virginia, Toft: Massa-
chusetts Tauft; the majority of the delegates.
our next President: the allies Theodore Roose-
Welt.
NO EXCEPTION.-The Rev. Rufus S. Stout.
president of the Williams Industrial College at
little Rock Ark Is as enthusiastic Republican
as he is a Methodist He was talking to party
OF delegates outside the Annex to-day when an
inebrated citizen swung along.
81 am sure he's q Democrat, said Mr Stout
One of the party approached the man and In
quired Are you a Democrat" After the distin-
guished manner of David B. Hill. he answered,
IT am a Democrat" and, moving e few steps,
added land q Methodist. too"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jim Wadsworth, In
his speech the question OF Southern represen-
tation, said: My home county In New hork gives
a greater vote to the Republican party than the
whole State Of Mississippi but Mississippi is rep
resented in Congress by eight men, while my home
county only has one-tenth of me In this conven-
ton"
AIDES sOLUTION-George Ade Is delegat te
from Indiana. and he has his own solution of the
negro vote question.
''As small, barefoot boy, have you ever stepped
| on a chocolate cream? That's the answer. he said
| to-day. 1T sticks"
John Ade George AIDES father is attending the
convention. He is eighty years old and was a
| delegate to the convention which nominated Ere
| mont On the resolution Of Senator Beyerdge he
was invited to be OF the group OF veterans who
sat the platform to-day.