The evening world., 1912-07-01
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Mr.. Doyle. who IL himself the gentlest
Of guiders OF men, are working TO get
the crowd out as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Bryan Is Q good listener. but he Is
not one OF the unfortunate men who
are doomed by their dispositions to 10.
visitors talk to them long after the WIS.,
itor has finished what he really has to
say.
There are no secret signals Of dis
tress. There is no code. But in
stinctively. as quickly as Mr.. Bryan
has learned from a caller all that Is to
be had out OF him. or when the caller
has got out of Mr. Bryan all that Mr..
Bryan means to give. the conference
between caller and commoner Is inter-
rupted. the caller finds himself talk
ing tn Mrs. Bryan or Mr.. Doyle. and
in a moment more Is rushed back at
Mr.. Bryan (who has now been con-
ferring with somebody else. II shaken
by the hand and finds himself out in
the hall and pressing the elevator but
ton before he knows It,
Incidentally the handshaking has
Interrupted the second caller, who Ii
just as gently sidetracked to make
room for the next And there you are.
Some OF the talks are ten minutes.
Others last hardly ten seconds. They
average about minute each. Thus
the room can nearly always be cleared
OF the assembled group and others
who are added to 1t while the recep-
ton is going on In about half an hour.
Mr.. Bryan drops back into his room
again for more dictation and more &C.
cret conferences until the parlor Nils
again.
Bryan's mail Is very heavy. and last
night there were in his room three
waste baskets filled with unopened tele-
grams.
One OF the most urgent duties of Mrs.
Bryan and Mr.. Doyle is to stand OF
| tho messengers who como with urgent
demands for immediate answers. and
incidentally those who come from young
Mr.. McN!tt demanding copy.
HEARTY LUNCH PRECEDES
WORK IN CONVENTION.
Mr.. Bryan's lunch is as generous as
his breakfast. lie eats like a farm hand
in naying time. Chops, a small steak.
vegetables. two or three long glasses OF
icod tea. ice cream varied with pie or
shortcake 20 the same way as the
mighty breakfast, and then, after a
small loaf-about, for the sake OF dyes
ton. he is ready for the session OF the
convention.
All sorts Of people. delegates. acuuaint-
ances, party leaders. correspondents
run crouching along to the aisle to them
and whisper In his ear. He mods or
shakes his head, and sometimes says
n few words, but always his Keen eye
Is either on the man In the chair up
aloft. or roaming across the hall looking
for trouble, or a chance to manufacture
trouble
II particularly interested In what a
man has to say, Mr.. Bryan pulls him
down into the seat which Is usually left
vacant on his right At the very first
Indicate that 4 is time for him to get
into the proceedings he rises. watching
the whole hall like war-hawk. II the
alarm for the call ; battle seems real
he puts his foot firmly on the seat.
takes n twisted grip on the stanchion
with one arm and reaches out his arm
to the rostrum with the other.
Mr.. Chairman his big voice booms
out. Other delegates may have to cali
to the Chairman for three. four or ten
times; they MAJ have 10 wave their
arms In the air ana dance on their
seats: they may have to call on their
whole DELEGATION to help point them out
TO Mr.. James. or MIR. Jimham Lewis, or
Mr. Sulzer, or whoever may re the par
uamentary ruler OF the moment. But
not William Jennings Bryan.
Not only the Chairman, but the whole
q roar the galleries lean forward. FIX
cited correspondents climb on their
chairs and their writing tables. The
official stenographers rush pellmell for
the floor TO get near him. Police block
the aisles to make sure he does not rush
to the platform before he Is invited.
Mr. Bryan returns to his rooms at the
Belvedere the moment the session II
over. He wastes no time in pulling and
hauling struggles at conversations on
the floor. Those who feel II necessary
TO see him must 20 to the hotel. And
those who go must wait until he has
had at least fifteen minutes OF rest.
II there Is not a session OF the con-
vention late at night, he Is in bed by u
and refuses to answer calls either IN
person or by telephone, At any rate he
gets to bed as soon as he can grind out
his article for the morning newspaper
with the help OF the faithful Bob Rose.