The Washington times., 1912-06-18

apprehension of the steam roller"
suggested a friend Of Col. Cecil Lyon.
as the Texan appeared at the Roose-
welt headquarters today wearing the
smile that won't come on
We'll beat them anyhow" conided
the prize raconteur OF the Roosevelt
forces. I'VE can do 1t with what
we've got, so why worry about more.
I'VE used to have an old Indian
down In my neck of the woods. who
always sat in the sun outside the rail-
road station rolling homemade cigar
cites. He always had one eve closed.
One day fool tourist got off the train
and asked the old Indian IL he was
blind in the eye.
Then why don't you open itP' per
sisted the tourist.
"'See all want with one,' replied
the noble red man."
Opinions Differ.
Every member Of a contesting dele
cation had an individual opinion of
the course which had been pur-
sued by the national committee.
About the coliseum and in the hotels
these were expressed sometimes with
vigor and again in quiet tones to a per-
son agreeing with them.
"Roosevelt's mistake has been that he
tried to win the nomination solely with
the big stick, and the people won't
stand for that kind Of business" would
assert a Taft supporter.
The national committee is hopelessly
splitting the party" would declare d
to win solely with a steam roller and
the people won't stand for that kind
Of business"
Party loyalty Is yet a factor much
too strong to cause people to run of
because the, man who is leading 1t as
| serts that he Is good party man."
would declare another Taft man.
The old guard and the stand pat ma
chine are simply trying to save them
selves" would declare a Rooseveltian.
They know they can't elect Taft, but
acting with their customary selfish mo-
tives, they propose to hold that old
the party down to defeat in November.
| They think they can get back in the
Roosevelt Is the only man In the
RRepubliean ReE1noIe party who can defeat the
rejoinder. His record Is known and
from his past administrations the peo-
pie have confidence in him. He can be
The man inclined to look impartially
at the matter and consider both sides,
would cogitate: This Is a bad split.
l don't believe that the Taft people
will ever vote for Roosevelt or the
trouble is. it looks. like hopeless split.
It's All Roosevelt
Il can't get away from the Roose-
velts," said a newspaper man at the
Coliseum press table. Here my folks
take me away from this convention and
send me to the Olympic games at Stock.
holm and holy Christmas, Teddy Roose.
welt Pell is to be written about in the
worlds tennis contests"
| We've got a tugboat in the Chicago
river" put in a Chicago reporter. tina
Is named Teddy Roosevelt The blank
ETY. blank thing whistles seventeen time.
for a bridge, when 1t is necessary tc
whistle only twice, according to tn,
rules.
Buttons We're Gold.
| Western delegates who gather in tn,
lobby OF the Congress Hotel, of an even
ing. are wondering about the 'mys
terious stranger" who every day aftel
the Michigan avenue lights are lit. ap
pears in the lobby in dinner clothes.
| rs that New York style?" asked on,
man from Nebraska, pointing to th'
stranger. rs that the style to weal
five brass buttons on your low vest
like a waiter?"
When an Eastern delegate assured th'
Nebraskan that the bright vest buttons
which were not brass but gold. wer'
indeed an Eastern fashion, the Ne
braskan exclaimed
We'll, I'll be doggoned. I though
that fellow was a waiter"
Too Small For EN-.
Either Ben B. Lindsey, the famous
Juvenile court Judge, Of Denver, or A
NJ Stephenson, big Steve,' Of Denver
Is likely to spill over into the lake be
fore the convention ends. Chicago II
too small to hold both Of u.s." sait
Lindsey.
Lindsey, as soon as he heard tina
big Steve" had attended all thu
meetings of the national convention
as a proxy for first one and then an
other of the committeeman. issued {
blasting statement, in which he call
ed Steve an assortment of names tina
could barely be printed. When thi
statement was shown to Stephenson
he replied with names that were be
yond the line of availability for th'
press,