Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
ON SPEAKING TERMS
No Evidence of Enmity Among
the Rank and File.
JOKES INSTEAD OF THREATS,
Roosevelt's Double Made Conspicuous
by His Good Nature.
RIVALRY IN THE SLOGAN LINE
Roosevelt Badges Call for Taft
"Retorts''-Dr. Tindall Gives His
Hotel Experience.
JOKES INSTEAD OF THREATS
RIVALRY IN THE SLOGAN LINE

Special From StaH Correspondent.
| CHICAGO. ILL.,. June 1.-THE rank and
| file of the Roosevelt and Taft delegates
| to the republican national convention are
!: still speaking to each other. William l..
Ward. who drew attention to himself last
| December in Washington when ne re-
fused to attend the dinner given by Presi-
dent Taft to the republican national COM
mittee. met Job Hedges, another New
Yorker, today.
/ The steam roller is pushing ahead,
remarked Mr.. Ward
1T seems to be case of steam roller
gainst a cash register. and the first
+. time a cash register is proving inenect-
| ive," retorted the ever-ready Hedges.
| Senator Newell Saunders of Tennessee.
one of the fair haired boys in the Taft
camp discovered short cut to the plat
form from the seats of the delegates, and
started down the aisle.
You can't go through there shouted
a policeman, holding up his stick.
| Senator Saunders looked at the stick
/ and then at the array of badges on his
own coat, that almost made him round
ShOulde..ed to carry.
! Those badges won't get you through,
| the policeman added.
| ne UlllO-IldHUGTtu uOl at
/ tempt to dispute the decision.
! Roosevelt's Double" Happy.
| John NJ. keyes of Concord, Mass, a
! delegate from the fourth Massachusetts
| district. bears a marked facial resem-
blance to the man whose hat is lin the
ring and he enjoys it. He has had
| some cards printed. bearing his picture
Y DnIi N<al
He has lined up with the Rough Rider in
| more than facial way.
Irving c. Norwood and Woodwork {.
Clum, two former Washingtonians, now
registered voters in Davenport. Iowa,
| have been greeting lot of their WASH
ington friends in Chicago this week. Mr.
| Clum, being secretary of the Davenport
| locomotive works, says ne came on to the
| Windy city to look after some business
| in locomotives. hoping to have them take
4 the place of steam rollers. Mr.. Norwood
| being secretary of the Greater Davenport
| committee. and distributor of the Every
year-a-bet r-year-for-Davenpor put
tons came stocked with Davenport lltera-
] ture.
| It's a dull day that does not see some
new slogan badges worn by the Roose-
Welt adherents in the Bull Pen, as the
| lobby of the Congress Hall has beeh
dubbed. They are mild in the beginning
such as Oklahoma for I. r. or Mary
| land for Roosevelt" sunday. how
| ever, the badges that appeared said
/ Steam Rollered. but Still for 1. X.
| Then Tuesday the Rooseveltians sprang
| this one:
| Thou shalt not steal.
Taft Men Strike Back.
| 1t was on the day following that the
Taft boomers sprang, in retaliation.
| badge with crown at the top with
pair of eyeglasses and double row of
| teeth underneath.
In view of Roosevelts statement OF
| yesterday nominating himself there is
expected to appear before long this
| legend:
| Just ~ ] am.
| DR.. William Tindall one of the Dis
| trict's alternates. is not finding attend
ance upon the convention all glory and