The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-25
SIDELIGHTS OF
 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

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 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION It was reported at, the Belvedere
 last night. that Senator Gore, the blind Senator from Oklahoma, hat been embraced and kissed by a very pretty woman in the lobby. It devel- oped, however, that 1t was Mrs. Gore
 who had come over from Washington to join him.
 A tall, affable young man, with I elastic step and florid complexion ii
 Senator F. D. Root. of New York, who
 is here as one of the leading boomers 1 who blocked William F. sheehan and
 brought aabout the election of Sena-
 tor O'Gorpan year or so ago.
 Scores of Autographs depicting May
 or ". ,. Gaynor. attached to the mar among other details buttonhofe iu the lapel of his coat. Friends of New
 York City's chief executive are great l ly annoyed by the antics of New Jer- sey men who pinned large ssVote for Governor Wilson button on the lapel. George, Pickett is: .prosecuting atforh ney of Shelby County. Kentucky, s'the grandest county of the grandest state f in the union suah" and he came terday, with 2 directoire walking stick
 It Is the only thing Of it's kind seen in. a Democratic convention. and it created a profound sensation. 'T did not know there was anything odd about 1t, he explained.s Lots of us carry lem back home. z sa
 The country is. going stQsx the dogs wrathfully announced Major R.. F. De. laney of Missouri. when aT Democrat can show up with things like that.' Champ Clark followers are in dan. ger of losing their "Houn Dog Ele- vator boys and chambermaids and little boys and policemen, champ clark ers are warbling IS hours a day about
 sIf this keeps up I'm going home. 7 walled A. l.. Austin, of Chicago It's got my dawgI mean my goat.
 Judson Harmon led an Akron crowd in singing "Blessed Be The Tie That Binds''. is being circulated by liar. mon managers. 1t says Harmon won his Akron fight by this episode.
 Must refer to a railroad tie. - com rnented Bryanite.
 A sort of breastplate Or stomacher with the portrait of Champ Clark on it is the latest monstrosity in cam paign badges. It is fixed to the coat with a stout cord and every Clark
 The wife of Former Senator Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, ones of Clark's managers, arrived lately and wanted very much to -eee her husband. She was told he was in an important con- ference on the 18th floor and could not be. disturbed. ..But IsIam Mrs. Dubois she told the Clarkite When the sentry rapped apof0setfcally on the door That's not the way to. knock" exclaimed Mrs. Dubois. and whack. ssIt's too bad when 1t gets tso a woman has to knock on a door to see her own husband"
 .swe don't want too much harmony q said David H. Smith, of .Hodginsville. Ky. the birthplace of Lincoln. "A little fighting at the start twill do us all good. DO you think for minute. I would have come all the way up here from Kentucky if had thought there was to be no scrap? Not much. 7
 Pretty good cigar what's the name of it?" asked Former Governor Fran. cis, Missouri, of the tobacconist in the lobby of the Emerson.
 That's. a Bolt Special was the re-
 "our Dave" thought t joke and the weed down in disgust.
 Give me something else. That things loaded, he said.
 Tn striking contrast to the western states which sent two women dele. gates, Mrs Hubbard and Mrs. Cole, of Columbus. O., are here to prevent, if possible. the adoption of a suf- frage plank by thex Democrats
 Eighty five percent of the women of Ohio do not want to mix up in politics. They prefer to stay at home. 7 Mrs. Hubbard declared Mrs. Cole and will appear before the com- mittee not to include the equal suf- frage plank in the platform.
 While the Peerless One" Is stop- ping at the B6lvedere. the name of l 'William J. Bryan on the Stafford l The Stafford's guest is a second VII. Ham J. Bryan. He comes from Abe | line, Tex. however, and is not relat- 1 ed to the celebrated Nebraskan but | they have been friends for years. at hotel, all the reporters chase me" 1 said the Texan.
 There are some wonderful sartorial | effects among the Democratic states | mon. First and foremost there is J. | Ham Lewis. of Chicago, who matches | his auburn whis1kers with a brown | suit, brown socks, brown shoes and q | brown hat Senator-elect vardaman. | of Mississippi. makes his color scheme white.
 Then there ia John L.. Snuff, of | Ohio. with a resounding black and white check--suit, shirt, tie, socks and | hat.
 Bartholomew Grosan, of the Windy | City. is also present. He is the ir- vontor and pAtentee of the we'll recog- | nized principle Of politics, viz 'The