The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-07

talking. "When 7 rule q gentleman
out Of order / intend that he shall take
his scat said Root, "and if he does
not do so ! shall have the police re-
move him from the building" Finn
subsidized and scarcely murmured during
the rest of the convention.
J. Ham Lewis, perpetual Democratic
candidate for United States senator
from Illinois, and piece Of Democratic
scenery always on display at national
conventions, was viewed and admired at
Baltimore. j. Ham 8 principal asset is
set of cream -colorod whiskers most
wonderful to behold. j. Ham bestows
much affection on these whiskers and is
constantly fondling them. He also has
n tremolo voice that he uses when oc-
casion requires and often when it
doesn't. Occasionally when Ollie James
went out to get sandwich J. Ham pre-
sided and on the fortysecond ballot was
given one vote for president, much to
the amusement of the delegates. Some
one suggested as a ticket koogan and
Lewis with dynamite and whiskers as
a platform.
When dark horses were being sug.
gested at Baltimore some one trotted
out Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee
and quite a boom was started before
it was discovered that Luke Lea, the
baby of the senate, is only 80 years old
while the presidential age is 36. The
Tennessee youth will scarcely be able
to qualify four years hence.
James f. Thompson of Pittsburg, a
Princeton alumnus, almost occasioned
a stampede by walking down an aisle
in the convention hall at Baltimore.
Thompson bears very close resemb'
lance to Governor Woodrow Wilson,
and it was with difficulty that he as
sured the delegates that he was not
Wilson but merely a Wilson booster.
Mathematics played no small part in
the Baltimore convention. Kansas had
twenty delegates instructed for Clark.
Their instructions were TO vote for
Clark until two-thirds of the delega-
tion decided that Clark had no longer
q chance for the nomination. Nineteen
delegates from Kansas were at one ses-
sion Of the convention and thirteen of
them decided that the delegation
should vote as a unit for Wilson. How
ever, the delegates could not decide
whether thirteen was two-thrds of the
delegation. A. Mitchell Palmer, floor
leader for Wilson, insisted that thir-
teen was two-tbiTds of the delegates,
while Theodore Bell of California,
looking after Clark IS interests, decided
that it was not. Many pencils ana
much PAPER were used. Finally some
one made the lucid suggestion that
each Of the nineteen delegates be al
lowed to east one and one -ninteenth
vote and that one and one-nineteenth
be multiplied by thirteen divided by
two and this Quotient used as the di
visor of twenty. This result multiplied
by two would be either more or less
than thirteen and would thus fix The
status of the Kansas delegation. The
day was saved, however. by the arrival
of the twentieth delegate. VINO voted
for Wilson and even Mr.. Bell admitted
that the vote Of the delegation then
must go to Wilson.
The "rah rah'' bows OF Princeton
were always on the Job at Baltimore.
A great variety of new Princeton yells
were uuleashed. The enthusiasm OF
the Princeton students and alumni was
a big factor in Wilson s victory
Daily parades Of the Missouri dele
gates accompanied by marvellous col
lection Of CANNES Of uncertain ances-
try formed feature Of the Clark
I'houn' dawg' campaign.
after Taft had won in Chicago the
Roosevelt supporters wore badges in
scribed "Thou Shalt Not Steal.' Taft
supporters retaliated bv wearing
badges labeled "Thou Shalt Not