The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-22
VERY HEAVY SALE
OF LOADED CANES
Hawkers' Entire Supply Quickly
Snapped Up by Conven-
ton Crowds.
NOT A DREssY AFFAIR
Only the Negro Delegates Stick
to Statcsman's I'rock
Coat.
A DRESSY AFFAIR

Chicago, Juno 21.-On the principl.
OF striking while the iron-or tho
head-was hot. on the morning utter
the 1. *. speech with Its pugilistic
policy tho street hawkcrs too up
their station In part OF one of tho
side entrances of the Congress Hotel
and began to do a thriving trade sell
Ing loaded canes at 81 apiece. Ac-
| cording to tho hawkcrs. these canes
are made of leather, Ono prospective
purchaser DnquNed it these sticks
didpt come under the law against
CARRYING concealed weapons. und q
| hawker exclaimed assuringly:
This aint no concealed weapon.
This cane is not weapon. Look at
1t. ladies and gentlemen. The lead
goes right through.
These canes, Of which ten hawkcrs
much to their regret. had only about
zoo In stock. were snapped up by
the Roosevelt adhcrcntc with as mucn
avidity as though they were govern
mcnt bonds. rs one particularly ex.
uberant delegate purchased his cane
, he murmurcd softly:
We stand at Armagaodon and we
battle for the Lord"
III any one thinks that this conven-
| ton Is ii dressy affair he Is much in
error. for such an ex-dandy as Chaun-
cey Depew Is attending this meeting
In last seasons summer pepper ana
salt suit ana sloueh hat which looks
a" though IT might have weathered al
, ready az least half dozen political.
campaigns. IN fact. II Il were not for
mo coiored delegates. who remain
loyal to the frock coat high hat and
white lawn tie OF the Southern gentle
man. sab" this convention from sar-
torial point of view might be reckoncI
complete failure. Not only do tina
eolored delegates themselves. but all
their adherents. to almost the lowest
OF their camp followers adhere strictly
It. the frock coat
But apart from their clothes some
Of the colorcd visitors. who not being
delegates. ha1c no hopes OF financial
piums cropping into their mouths from
either side Of the political fence, have
shown that they arc not at all adj
verse to turning an honest penny on
the side a, the Sherman Hotel where
the West Virginia delegates have their
Headquarters. the members Of tho col
cred glec club. wbo have been tearing
away. singing II Love u Sec My Little
TEDDY Bear" last night dropped their
high hats and their dignity with one
tei!' >woop as the crowd began TO throw
dimes and quarters at them They
continued TO sing for at leas, an hour.
and earned tidy sum. even though.
as one OF them subsequently, remarked
II would take about 70 per cent. OF
i'eiT winnings 10 nav. 'Nc!r clothes
pressed.
That the management, OF tho con
Eress Hotel had determined 10 have
no more such occurrences as that on
the second floor in from, OF the
Roosevelt headquarters on TUESDAY
night. wAen a crowd OF mon and wo-
men was TANNED in q solid mass I'M
able TO move in either direction for
over an hour. was proved when az il
tried mako "a 81 Of
da, a raft glce club crocodile seventy
men long was cut into three cqunl
parts by two Roosevelt brass bands
Tho yards and yards OF TAFT croco-
die. each man with his hands on tho
shoulders OF the man in front OF him,
nd just made one successful circuit
Of the lobby when from Michigan
Avenue came marching In the Roosc-
Welt brass bands. each playing a diff
ferent air for all it was worth. Just
FOR moment IL looked like baby
riot. hut the detectives made shor;
work OF the crocodile, and after they
had wrenched a few trombones and
French horns away from the Roosc-
Welt musicians. peace, In a; least
three octaves. was temporarily re-
stored
In the absence Of Tetrazzini, Mary
Gardner and a few OF the other high-
est priced sopranos, til, Roosevelt fac
ton. in an endeavor to administer
those charms by which Il;isic Is sup
posed to soothe even the Taftinn
breast. last night let ioosc a small
avary OF lady sonEbi III large
fleet of automobiles. each OF which
paused every block two and per
United the sonSstcrs % omit some
OF their highest notes through BABY
grand moEaphones.
After the song was finished one of
the men In the motor spieicd off a
few kind words. y Roosevelt census
of tho songs sung along the principal
boulevards disclosed the Interesting
fact that the repertoire rendered by
the ladies extended all tme way from
Nearer. My God. TO Thee" to Every
body's Doing It Now"