The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-18
Congress Hotel Is an Histor-
ic Structure.-Some Cos
sip Concerning Principals
at Convention.
BY CARL NOTE.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 1S.-After wan
dering through the halls of the Con-
gress hotel, being skyrocketed to the
ninth story in one of the many ele-
! vators in search of the passageway be-
| tween the old and the new sections
one is reminded of the old homestead,
series of additions, revisions and
abridgements made to meet increased
domestic needs as each new hopeful
| arrived to disturb fathers peace of
mind in the Silly night
Peacock Alley, standing invitation
to the curious who don't want to pay
Sahara prices for bottle of beer, is
| the most glazing departure from the
old homestead. Leading off from Pea
cock Alley are three large rooms which
differ somewhat in the style of furni-
ture. Also, you can buy a filet mignon
in only two of the three while mint
julep can be had in all. Naturally they
are all popular with convention
crowds, even if the weather is too cool
to complain of the bad water. =
The Congress and the Auditorium,
of course, are under one management
or the tunnel which leads from one
to the other never would have been
built. The auditorium is an imposing
looking building, something like fort
or an armory. Men with their wives
stop there because they can escape to
join in the gayety across the street.
The Roosevelt delegates are thor
oughly national in the composite mix
ture of temperaments. One sees farm
ers, bankers, merchants, professional
men and professional politicians
among them. Cummins' delegates and
Cummins' boosters may be told by
their deep brown tan and Indifference
to BARRIERS and razors. One Cummins
booster, who got lost between the
Florentine room and Parlor A, looking
for the Cummins headquarters, said
he had brought load of cattle to Chi
cago and Just thought he'd drop up
for while''
He wore hickory shirt and old
black SLOUGH hat, but in all probability
will take more money back home than
several visitors who have their cafe
bills charged to their room and drink
pinch bottle high balls before dinner.
Two or three La Toilette badges ap-
peared just before the convention met.
Pompadours accompanied each of the
badges and this suggests that pompa-
dours are very popular in Wisconsin
since the country began to talk about
what La Toilette did" in that state.
Much has been written of the South
ern negro to catch on to Northern
ways seems to me to be the most hope
full sign of the race. Many negro dele
gates who came to Chicago with stove
pipe hats, frock coats and celluloid col
lars, from intimate association with
campaign steering committees, are
now wearing Panama's, smart. close
fitting coat and trousers and the Gus
tomary linen.
Here in Chicago, the negro delegate
is supremely confident his constitu-
ents will approve whatever course
seems best to the man on the ground
Among the Roosevelt negro delegates
much is said about the preponderance
of Roosevelt sentiment in Georgia, Ala
bama and Mississippi and of the thrill
with which the negroes of these states
must have received the colonels an
nouncement about deep waterways.
Taft negroes are strong for the road
roller. To them it represents about
the acme of temporal power and they
will exult in its ruthless ravages when
they prepare for the next political as
size at Waycross, Montgomery and
Vicksburg.