The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-09-07
STRAUS NAMED
BY BULL MOOSERS
AFTER STAMPEDE
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purpose Of making a nomination.
You may have fve minutes" said
MIR. Straus.
III he IL to pu, somebody In non1ina-
ton he is entitled to fifteen minutes
whispered Gen. Horatio King.
Thine presses" replied Mr.. straus
Don't tell him."
The voice OF "Suspender Jack" ID
high In pitch and penetrating in quail
ity. His gestures are primitive and
awkward and his folw OF language Il
interspersed with hurdles. Many OF
the delegates openly Euyed him. Mr..
sraus smiled and stroked his beard.
srAMPEpEo CONVENTION WITH
THE NAME OF sTRAUe.
Came the mention Of Mr.. straus's
name BY "suspender Jack" the flood
Of sentiment that swept over the great
hall. the quick appearance Of waving
pillows Of red bandannas. the snatch
ing OF standards from their bases, the
wild roars Of men, the screaming Of
women and then the booming of me
band and the rise and fall OF voices
to the strain of Onward Christian
Soldiers" The little man on the plat
form. the object OF all this demonstra-
ton, fairly reeled a. the force q II
reached him.
Though Mr.. straus was temporarily
stunned, there were others in the hail
who preserved their sense Of balance.
Among those was william II. Hotchkiss.
Here was the situation come TO his hand
that he had worked In vain to bring
about for three days a THIRD candidate
was In the field-and what a candidate.
How Mr.. Hotchkise got from his seat
away down in the wes.chester dele
CATION to the platform in an Incredibly
short space of time has not been ex-
planned. Maybe he few. The main
point 10 that there he was on the plat
form. exultaton showing in his face and
his actions. He grabbed the savel.
smashed the desk q series of resound-
ing blows and bodily took charge Of the
convention.
He turned TO Mr.. Strauss and In a
few earnest words besought him to
take advantage Of the opportunity. Mr..
Straus was beseiged from all sides. He
yielded. Somebody scrawled with q
lead pencil on big piece Of yellow pa.
per the words: He accepts"
WOODRUFF Is QUICK TO GET ON
THE BAND WAGON.
Holding this sign high above bis head
Mr.. Hotohkiss faced the delegates. Mr..
straus was nominated then. The sue
ceeding formAlities were merely ratifl-
cations Of the will OF the convention
and Timothy l.. Woodruff. who had not
slept for nearly sixty hours. pinchsd
himself and pinched himself until he
came to areaiization Of what had hap
pcned.
Then Mr.. Woodruff showed his politi-
cal generaiship by dexterously leapins
aboard the 6traus band wagon and
dragging William A. Prendersast and
the entire Prendergast following with
him. But Mr.. Hotchkss had preceded
him and was on the drivers seat.
An echo OF the hostility that had
prevailed previous TO the necromanttc
stunt worked by "suspender jack was
heard when Mr.. Hotchkiss introduced
Mr.. Straus to the audience.
Mr.. Hotchkiss, however. did not pre-
sent Mr.. Straus solely as the candidate
OF the convention.
Men and women" he said. using the
Bull Moose formula, 'allow me TO pre-
sent your new State leader"
In view of the fact that the Hotch-
kiss following had been accusing Tim
othy l.. Woodruff OF trying to steal the
State leadership this announcement car
ried sting that was not wasted. And
then just to add to the overflow Of Mr..
Woodrur's cup Of Joy the clarion-voiced
professional cheer leader, under pay to
divect the enthusiasm OF the convention.
bawled through a mesaphone five feet
long.
Three cheers for Tiny Tim"
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