Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-06-21
HEARD ON THE SKlRMISH LINE OF
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
Study in Headuear,

ting ABOUT ne congress MOTEL heaG-
quarters will find an interesting study
In examining the thatch coverings
that adorn the heads that bob about
there in the course Of a day.
Colonel New wears a broad soft hat
that ~bespeaks the Importance Of the
position he is occupying at the present
momen: Nobody could miss him il
told to look for that hat. Governor
Stubs may be found beneath a funny
little white felt hat that is not at all
like b sort of covering one would ex-
pect to find protecting a state execu-
tive.
There are at least twenty Texan
sombre ros. each having exactly the
same kind of a little strap around
them and the same kind of a brown
and be-mustached face beneath hem.
Also. there is Colonel Younger, from
Alabama, whose hat looks as belliger-
ent as its owner. 1t falls off every time
he opens his mouth, which is about as
often as any s~elf-respecting person
would desire to lose his hat.
Deserted Wives Retaliate.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed by
the wives of politicians here assem-
bled for the convention, because they
haven't seen their husbands for two
weeks.
What do you think of such and
such a measure, Mrs. Hayward" ask
ed some one Of the pretty young WON.
en- in her big suite overlooking the
lake.
Gracious me, / haven't seen my
huchonI cirra fho{ oon,a I'M nnp't
come to me for any news of the con-
vention. When I heal it it will be
stale indeed"
In retaliation the m have in.
stituted what might be mildly called
a boycott. They have appropriated
the machines rented by the politicians
for their stay in Chicago, and have
scattered to the four winds. Mrs.
William Hayward, in the temporary
family car, o her small son, Le-
land, to the South Shore country club
for the day and evening. Mrs. Victor
Rosewater went on a sightseeing tour
from nine in the morning until well
beyond dinner time. The latest seen
Of David Mulvane he was wondering
wildly where his wife was. Mrs. Jo-
seph Healing went out into the sub
urbs, where she would have some
one to talk tot was lonely to be
alone in a big hotel"
Mrs. Joseph Dixon and her large
family had no complaint to offer and
remained ION the job" She and the
little Dixons. including two-year-old
Betty and Mary Joe, who is five, en-
tertained the reporter for more than
an hour. 1t was extraordinarily fine
entertainment, too, and led to the
formulation of an axiom, Simpler is 1t
! to manage a presidential campaign
than to bring up one Mary joe"
Selects His Own Portfolio.
The secretary Of agriculture has al.
ready been picked. No others need
apply.
G. r. Werner Of Brewster, Kan, is
to be the man. He also says he is the
only man that can fill the place.
81 am confident that Colonel Roose.
welt will be nominated" he said. "and
after he is l shall take the stump for
him. My work will have a telling eff.
feet. When l 60 out for a man it
means a whole lot to him. 1t is not
going to cos me anything, for the
common people, I am confident, will
be willing to pay all my expenses, for
they will want me in the cabinet
There is no one can fill the place and
do it right except me-"
Green and Orange Decorations.
"An Irishman picked it,"
That's the never-failing exclamation
when a Republican convention dele
gate enters the holy of holes where
! the national committee sits.
BY sit" he leans the color scheme
Green walls, green mating, green fur
niture, green palms and ferns are
seen, and last, but by NJ means least
the green-bound lists Of contests.
All but the ceiling. That's orange.
That son of Erin must hav come
from the north country" was the caus
tic comment made by one Irish dele
gate. 'The idea of picking green and
: %orange!"
Teddy Hats In Drinks.
Trough Rider" features in the cam
paign received an added attraction al
the Congress hotel in the shape Of q
Teddy Hat" made Of range peel,
which was placed in all drinks served
in the Pompeian room during the eve
ming. Look at the Teddy hat in the
lemonade said n Of the Taft fol
lowers as he flushed the orange peel
from the drink. Il guess they will
give us Teddy hats in our bread and
butter next"
hatIn-Rine Button Adopted.
The Mountaineering button now worn
by Roosevelt adherents has been
| adopted by Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon,
manager Of the Roosevelt campaign,
as the official Roosevelt emblem.
The inventor of the button, B. M.
Jones of Muskogee. Okla. has fol.
lowed Colonel Roosevelt through
twenty-one states selling the button
and is said to be making a fortune
Healing Picked the Winner.
, Taft headquarters at the Congress
hotel resolved itself into a baseball
grandstand n occupants devoted
themselves to watching an information
al contest on the lake front.
A team Of Italians from the Gault
court district clashed with a picked
nine from the West side. Numer-
GUS bets ns-y back and forth between
spectators of the game and excitement
ran high when the game neared an
end. After it was all over and the
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