Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20
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upon to raise bedlam.
Notss Of tho Convention.

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upon to raise bedlam.
Notss Of the Convention.
Visitors swarm through the head.
quarters Of the various state delega-
tons each day. Chicago people are
going the rounds, looking up the regis.
tiers and seeking friends from home.
The Iowa headquarters were thronged
yesterday, which IL not at all strange
as there are from one thousand to
twelve hundred Iowa people attending
the convention and most of them have
friends who called to look them up
during the day.
The Burlington boy scouts, who are
on bicycle trip from Burlington to
Buffalo, arrived in Chicago this after
noon and created small furore. A
battery Of newspaper photographers
lined them up for photographs and
then they were taken into the Iowa
headquarters, decked out with badges
and escorted to Manager McKinley's
rooms, where they presented letter
from President Taft. The boys left
Burlington on their bicycles Thurs
day, June II and they have been
travelling. by easy stages. They are
dressed in khaki and carry complete
equipment for camping out. They are
under direction Of o. l. CLANCY, scout
commander, who is manual training in
structor in the Burlington schools.
There are six boys in the party all
about IA years DID,
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convention visitors that the Iowa head
quarters have carried off the palm. The
Iowa rooms is twice as large as that Of
any other state. Only the Roosevelt and
Taft headquarters are larger The
iowa delegates were not stingy when
it came to providing convention quar-
ters and Sergeant-at-Arms Frank B.
Clark had instructions to 60 as far as
he liked. He did, The room costs
81 200 for convention week. The
flowers and greenery, which are kept
fresh by Tourist, cost 500, the flags
and bunting were rented and cost as
much. Mr.. Clark is assisted by 0. l..
Shadford in looking after the head
quarters. Lorenzo Vinson, better |
known in tonsorial circles as Wren"
Is doing the honors in welcoming the !
visitors "Wren's' experience as a |
football quarterback has come in handy
in getting the crowds moving through
the headquarters.
A. G.. Harrow, who sat in the press
seats in the convention in which
Rutherford B. Hayes was nominated in
1876 is attending the convention.
Senator Kenyon was interviewed by
a "star" reporter Sunday afternoon.
It was none other, as Laura Jean Lib
hey would say, than William Jennings
Bryan. Bryan is reporting the con-
vention for syndicate Of newspapers.
He was on the rounds interviewing the
managers Of the various candidates,
and it wasn't half bad as an advertis-
Ing stunt. After Kenyon had given
Bryan his view Of the situation and of ,
Senator Cummins' chances, Bryan
started to leave the Cummins head. /.
quarters to find the crowd lined up to |.
shake his hand. AS he left the room
3 cheer went up that rivaled in small .
way the noise that greeted Roosevelt's !.
arrival. AS Bryan proceeded through ,
he crowds he was followed by q
crowd. The newspaper men cordially =
welcomed Bryan into their crowd.
Many of the we'll known political
eaders Of Iowa are here to attend the
Some Of the we'll known
men registered are: F. A. Allfree OF !.
Newton, who made the congressional !.
ace against Congressman Kendall
ately; Attorney General George Co.'S !
son; c. F. FRANKIE Of Parkersburg,
chairman Of the republican state CEN
raj committee; Carl F. Kuehnle Of
)enison; Louis Krutz, postmaster of
)es Moines; Orc Williams of Des z
Noines and Jud Welliver Of Washing =
on, D. c., two we'll known news writ a
rs who have done yeoman service in =
advancing Cummins' fortunes; H. w. h
rerrill of Mt. Ayr; John H. Darrah OF h
now member Of the Iowa r
louse and a candidate for the state :
enate; Garrett Klay Of Orange City; q
robert J. Fleming Of Des Moines; Con.
FRESHMAN 8. F. Prouty Of Des Moines;
v. B. Martin, of Des' Moines; ]. U.
'ammis Of LeMars state senator and
ormer head of the national Elks' or.
Ben Ness sheriff Of Des
Ernest r. Moore Of Cedar
aapids member of the state legis1a-
ure Emery H. English Of Des Moines,
ormer state printer, Smith Brookhart
+ Washington; w. H. Spaulding Of
c. c. LATER Of sigourney; S.
v. Needham Of Sigourney: Howard
Tam of Manchester, who writes the
Sidewalk Sketches In the Courier;
BENJAMIN Salinger Of Sioux City; NJ.
Tobin Of Vinton, United States dis
rictN attorney; George Christian, for
Ter United States marshal; Gov. B. F.
'arroll; Charles Grilk of Davenport,
Tho made the race for congress two
ears ago against Congressman Daw-
on and George A. Lichty, Waterloo.
The bands welcoming the trough
iders" entry Saturday played such
ignified airs as "Everybody's Doing
~ There Will Be Hot Time in the