Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28
POLITICS AND TRAVEL
OVER THE BRlNY DEEP
Our Foreign Correspondent Gives US
Impressions Of Trip

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DEAR GAzErTE:-Again your Tor i
eiop correspondent is about TO write /
Won OF a few impressions most strik
ing to himself since leaving MS
home town June %, 1912. q
Eirst. I attended the Democratic
Convention at Baltimore, Md, ana
there saw the greatest aggregation
Of brains ever gathered together
under one roof. l had some dithcul-
ty ia procuring ticket, but through
,ha;nf,uence and assistance OF prac-
tically a stranger at last got one.
/ visited the Virginia delegation AT
the Rennert Hotel, saw tee Governor
his son. the Elk -Governor Ind sever
al others supposed to be looking 10
the interest of their constituents
but there was NOTHING DOING Tor me
in the way Of ticket. tried 70
find nv friend. Hon. b. st. Geo.
Tucker, believing If ticket cou'o
be had regardless Of conditions he
would procure one for me, but never
in sight of him could l get; so 10
strangers | was forced To go. Wnen
Won want a real accommodation
strangers are the best to go TO at
all times, believe me.
I attended two sessions oil tnat
great convention and was thorough
~ mortified aud Disguised with a
speech made by certain Congress-
man. who, l suppose, in his own
estimation was making the speech
OF his life. This Congressman is
smart fellow. He is compelled u
he smart for be was educated at
school that makes smart men, ou
at the same time when man at
tenpts to tell William Jennlng
BRYAN that NE is trying to wrecl
the Democratic party aud that tn
Virginia delegation did not nee
ans suggestions, influence or any
thing else from him (Bryan), that
the limit. The real facts in the cas-
were simply these: Bryan run th'
convention and run it just the wa
he wanted to. That great effort
the part of one H. d. Flood r
minded me of these words:
love the man who knows IL all,
Who knows all things both gre
and small,
Who knows all things from nor
TO south,
Then tells it with his great big mou'
Yes, love him out of my slgl
Wilson was nominated. believ
all the time he would be and II II
will vote for him and he is goi
TO be elected President of the
United States just as surely as
sun shines ON the unjust as we'll
the just.
The latest invented article OF q
Is the Roosevelt Sandwich, CT
posed of calf brains an tongue.
left Baltimore for New Y
City where l remained few q;
and then bought passage on
|. "Pennsylvania," Hamburg Am
! cao Line for Hamburg, Germany
July 9th, a lovely day hut
hot. /, with many other Americ
as we'll as a good number OF all
items on board at 11.30 sharp. m
a start sail as is generally S
but it's not sailing now, it's ste
ing. Sailing is thing of the
We had on the ship few more
five hundred first class, nearly
hundred OF them females mar
ana single, all ages from seven
to the point where they do
count; nearly two hundred Sc
class. nine hundred third class
a few over four hundred crew.
Now the quantity OF food req
TO feed this crowd is an item,
sisting of fresh meats. vegeta
fruits, butter, eggs, all KID
fowls. milk, water, ice, etc.
ice chambers. cold storage df
ment. have a capacity OF 33,oOo
feet. Seven barrels OF -four pc
are required to feed this c
with bread alone.
The first three days OF the v
we're very disaqreeable In
10 weather. In all my experit