The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-22
SlDELlGnTS OF
 DEMOCRATIC. C0NVEnTlon

Baltimore is sprucing, up for the convention crowds. next week, and
 hundreds of business and private properties are painting, repairing and fixing generally. 4sIn the downtown
 sections gangs of mem are ssworking overtime repairing and cleaning
 streets and sidewalks.
 Roger Sullivan, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois, is giving free advice to young politicians. He says: .z. r A- ssTo be a good politician man must have application, he must have a. good word for everybody, must be good mixer, know how to read character
 and above all must keep his word.''
 Mrs. Thomas Taggart, of Indiana. who is here with her husband, the na-
 tional committeeman from Indiana, Baltimore, the 3Sth anniversary of said Mrs. Taggart, .'and I take only a passing interest in politics.
 With his pink whiskers and his hourly changes of clothes, from hats to shoes, Jim Ham Lewis, of Chicago. is attracting more attention in the hotel Iobbies than any 10 other Demo cratic leaders. When he isn't posing for the camera men he is telling fun ny stories. it.
 - MT. and Mrs. Harry Belmont are here from Washington to watch the fun. Mrs. Belmont is planning a number of social events for next week.
 There's a tuning ups of long distance telephone wires for the benefit of candidates for President who will not be here during the big 9doings. Special lines have been run from Baltimore to Trenton. N. J., that Woodrow Will son may keep in touch with the pro. ceedfngs. Clark and Underwood will get; the news in w Washfngton. Georgia friends of Underwood have arranged a special wire for convention news.
 While they have taken the precau- tion of even fire-proofing the conven-- ton hall bunting and there will be firemen and fire apparatus in the gall lery, the rule of "No Smoking will be strictly enforced: o,sT es4 $
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 When a. pedestrian'se eyes. are dag zled by flashing light he knows that a, member of the committee is here and the sun is reflected from his glit-. tering badge. ~
 On the steps of the court house. to- morrow night, the Mayor will touch a, button and night willa be turned in to day by the blazing lights of the "Great White Way Then there will be a parade of police, firemen and merchants in automobiles.
 A woman. who is in Baltimore for the convention attracted a lot of at- tention by appearing in a hotel lobby attired in a brown fur coat and a hat covered with pink roses. Balti- more isn't especially cool at this time of the year.
 ways be found in the vicinity of the room of Charles F. Murphy. the Tam many leader. "waiting to find out what their sentiments are to be" they say. @
 Baltimore historians have figured out that this is the 17th national po- litical convention that Baltimore has entertained. Jackson, Van Buren, Lincoln, Fillmore, Pierce and Polk were winners among those named here. Also lot were named who afterwards were defeated at the polls.s
 .sPitchfork'' Ben Tillman, of South Carolina. was posing for the camera men, .sP1ease raise that can of yours," pleaded one of the photographers who wanted him to appear hostile. .Pitch- fork grinned. 'sWhat for" he ask ed, "I'm not hitting anybody nowa- days" '. A Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth will watch the Democratic convention next week She will be prominent in a number of social affairs that Mrs. John R. Mclean, Of Washington isl planning. I
 Miss Katherine Elkins, daughter of the late Senator from West Virginia, will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Lee in Baltimore, next week. Mrs Lee is a daughter of Henry Da- wis. who was the Democratic vice. nominee in 1904.