The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-21
,anlc-Stricken Delegates Seek Compromise Candidate
Convention Notes and GOSSIP

Chicago. June c0.-One OF the many ,
acquaintance OF Colonel Roosevelt
who succeeded in penetrating tho
double lines of policemen who stood
guard over the corridor and doors
which command the approach to his
pesencc was Robert 7. Wynne, whom
he made postmaster general. and who
was afterward cons ,.l-generaI at Lon
don. His visit was brief. but when
he emergeG he said: THE Colonel
evidently intends to fight it out to
the finish" The ex-postmaster-g<l eral
was only one of the many who made
an attempt to sec Colonel Roosevelt.
Gordon of policemen who guarded the
corridor and the doorway to the
presence of the third term candidate
had hard work to keep away the NUT
titude OF friends who had met him
during various bar" hunts and cam
which stands at the door to the pres
idential suite which he occupies OK
pressed the opinion that IL he had
been bar hunting all his life he
could not possibly have had time to
meet all the people who present
themselves to shake hands with him
on the strength of such acquaintance
ship.
Chief Doorkeeper John j. Hansen
removed several of his aides after
taking their badges from them and
caused two former Aldermen TO be
elected from the annex In each case
Hansen said the men had been found
accepting entrance fees" Tho tic
kets accepted. but which We're said
to be counterfeit. were the same az
tho regular tickets. only they did not
indicate the entrance. section, row
and seat number. The tickets arc
said to have been distributed in ma
tional committee envelopes bearing
the words Admission Only"
Many joke tickets were also present
ed. These entitled the holder to pass
by tho Coliseum any day during the
week.
State Senator Patrick Sullivan. OF the
Wyoming delegation. told his associates
that q little brown sparrow had indi-
Gated to him that William II. Taft was
the man who was going to carry off the
nomination.
II don't believe In omens." said SEN
ator Sullivan. but oday q little spar
row flew into the Taft Headquarters
and perchcd OIL n large picture OF the
President. after flying about in a circle
for several minutes. That tells me
that Taft is the man."
This convention is developing several
interesting cases OF doubles In ono
instance the resemblance between two
serious results. There is a striking
likeness between Henry w Taft tho
Presidents brother, and EX-Represcn-
tative j. Van Vechten Olcott, OF New
York City. An acquaintance OF Mr.
Olcotts rushed up to Mr.. Taft to-day
and engaged him in conversation.
Presently he inquired about the health
of Mrs. Olcott.
She's very we'll" replied Mr.. Taft:
at least. she was the last limo 1 saw
her. 1 don't suppose see her once in
| n couple of months"
His companion gasped. and fcw
moments later was telling another man
Jake" Olcott and his wife, for they
saw each other only once In two
| months. Fortunately tho person to
whom no conveyed this interesting in
| formation was close friend OF Mr..
Olcott's. and managed promptly to get
the case OF mistaken identity set
straight
Henry J. Allen, OF Kansas. one OF
the Roosevelt orators. looks like Will
liam J. Bryan. His hair isn't quite so
! long and he hasn't reached the same
degree of avoirdupois yet. Otherwise
hos Il close copy, and has been spoken
to by several persons here under the
assumption that he was the peerless
leader"
Then comes James l. Malcolm, OF
Albany. who is as like Judge Ben b.
Lindsey. of Colorado. as one pea in a
| pod to its neighbor. Malcolm was
talking to friends in the Roosevelt
rushed n stranger exclalming:
How are you, Judge Lindsey? I've
got some friends here I'd like to pre-
sent to you II 1 may"
Malcolm explained that he'd like to
serve as the judges understudy, but
couldn't permit any confusion OF lden-
titles.
Theodore Roosevelt's followers here
!. usually have little trouble in under
standing the Colonel when he makes a
speech. but when he declared in his
mass meeting speech. I'VE stand at
Armagedden. and we battle for the
Lord" he puzzled n lot OF his support
ers They could understand what I'VE
battle for the Lord" meant, but they
didn't know where or what Arranged
den" was.
One delegate insisted that 1t was
battle-ground in the Civil War. but an
other delegate was sure he was wrong.
You're way off," he declared THAT
place is n little station on the railway
on tho way up here. / remember 1t
very we'll because we stopped there
for FIVE minutes, and bought two ham
sandwiches"
Many persons who have supposed
George w, Perkins was the "chicf pro-
wider" of the Roosevelt campaign funds
are wondering If the wherewithal is
running out. They say Mr.. Perkins
searched his pockets for quarter for
messenger boy. and could find only
dime. and then he borrowed Il quar-
ter from Medill Mccormick.
One OF the Roosevelt delegates who
heard n discussion as 10 whore Mr..
Roosevelt was when he declared 1--WE
stand at Arma gedden." remarked that
he'd settle 1t at once. He knew. he
said. the place was mentioned in the
Scriptures somewhere. hut he wasn't