The Washington times., 1912-06-19

SIDELIGHTS
WBAL TZMORE
BALTIMORE. June 10.

VINO represents the First Maryland
district and who lives as near by as
Easton. took a run into Baltimore to
mingle with the arriving delegates.
Harry was also interested in the sub
lect OF gallery tickets to the conven-
ton, which are more in demand than
iced drinks on a desert.
"How's the outlook for tickets?" ].
Harry was asked, as he stood rather
irresolutely about the Belvedere lob
bies.
Say" he confessed. ITS awful.
You know I live in a district where
they talk politics all the time. Every
body is more or less Of a politicians
and my folks think 1 ought to grow
tickets to the convention. Heaven
help, I don't know what I'm going
to do
Just then Uncle Fred" Talbot. the
national committeeman from Mary
land. strolled through the lobby and
CovinFton walked over to talk tick
cts with the veteran politician.
Nothing To Say.
Uncle Fred" Talbot. by the way,
Is wise old Democratic owl who sell
dom talks for the newspapers, that
correspondents surrounded the Mary
lander today and began to ask ques-
tions about the temporary chairman
ship. The satisfactory answer re-
ceived went like this:
II don't know anything, and II did
II would be breach of faith to tell
you. But l don't know. really"
Mr.. Talbot loosened up to say that
ne believed any Democrat would
Holding Hands.
Three distinguished Democrats. Perry
Belmont, Norman E. Mack, and Ma
tional Committeeman Wood. of Michi-
gan. posed for a group picture. At
the trio ranged themselves along the
sidewalk in front Of the Belvedere.
Mr.. Mack appeared to be reading a
paper, and Mr.. Belmont and Commit
teeman Wood clasped hands, in a
'howdy-do" for about a minute. Every
photographer was satisfied except an
especially ambitious snapshot artist
from New York. who wanted still an
Say" he shouted. won't you hold
hands there a minute longer with the
well, 1 be hanged" said Wood, of
Michigan. as he grasped the moist fist
OF Belmont once more. This is the
longest I've ever held hands with just
man."
Thank you," said the camera man.
as he reproduced the tender scene.
How He Got Even.
Such is fame Tom Pence. chief pub
licity man for Woodrow Wilson's boom.
has had his name printed in the paper
as Col. Tom Spence And it's a paper
that Tom used to work on, too.
Major ]. ]. Dickinson. the New York
editor. was twitting Pence. introducing
him as Spence" Thence" and by a
few other cooked-up names, whereupon
Thomas got even. He handed out some
copy wherein the famous Major Dick
son." 1t was printed and the score Is
even.
The interest some Democrats take in
their own convention is amazing. APP
proach the average delegate or COM
mitteeman here, ask to be enl,ghted.
and the customary reply Is nothing
much doing" The delegate then inter-
Say. what is the latest from Chi
cago?"
The Fight for Space.
Say, grab that space before they
take it,"
1t was a Champ Clark lieutenant CIV
ing hurried orders to a subordinate In
the Hotel Emerson lobby. The lieu
tenants eyes were flxed longingly at an
unoccupied space between the lobby and
the balustrade of the mezzanine bal
I cony.. 1t was about the only spot in the
lobby not adorned by photographs
of Woodrow Wilson or Judson Harmon.
All morning two stalwart workmen
had been busy swinging big Autographs
of the PrinCetonian, and now and then a
Harmon boomer came along and slap
Ohio by 100000"
The Clark man arrived just In time.
The Clark headquarters are also in the
Emerson, and there is bit OF rivalry
on between Clark and Harmon and
Clark and Wilson. Yet, not a picture of
the Speaker gazed down thoughtfully
upon the politicians below.
Grab that space! shouted the
Clarkite again, and the fellow who re-
ceived the order chased into an ele-
vator, hurried TO the mezzanine floor
and staked a claim to a large plot OF
balcony just above the main door to the
hotel OF course, everybody will have
to turn around to get a good look al
the Speaker after the photo is hung but
It's pretty good work, considering the
fact that the Wilson and Harmon bill.
boar dartists have been al work In the
lobby of the EmeFEOn for seVeral daVa