New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-22

. last night ana 0aa thought l'I Nun
! rto could just as we'll have sailed on
| down 10 Fourteenth street and lied up
opposite the Coliseum. ! made better time
| though by sailing down IN taxicah.'
! one Of tho FIRST men met BY Corners
when he reached the Coliseum was Will
lam J Bryan.
what's the natter asked Corners
! "Forsaklrg tho Democrats FOR the Repuo-
ilcaus7'
no, vet" answered Bryan. Just do
ing some newspaper reporting"
! Going 10 BALTIMORE
! YEP"
Going 70 he a reporter there. too
| "Not mc-he too busy otherwise
Wei. I'm here for newspaper work.
too-but not doing much of It myself.
| Goodby"
! SLUMP IN T. Il. BUTTONS street
vendors have been DOING q thriving business
| recently In selling big Roosevelt buttons.
! TIE price has been 10 cents and the mar
| kct has been good The bottom dropped out
! Of IL tonight. though. one Of the pcd.ors
made valiant efforts 10 rid himself Of his
stock as tho delegates and spectators
troopcd out Of the Coliseum tonight
Here you are. Roosevelt buttons. only
| a dime" There were no takers He
| droppod his price to cents. with no batter
results. Finally. in desperation, he fol-
| lowed a group Of spectators and urged
them:
say. take some Of these, won't you? I
will make Il n bargain-siX for quarter.
want to get rid OF this stock and get
in some winners"
PRICE OF TICKETS FALLS The
| bottom dropped out OF ticket prices to-
night Pasteboards which heretofore were
eagerly sought at $50 each were offered at
| $40. with few takers.
The cause for the drop in price" OK
planned one ticket seller. is that we ar"
afraid the convention will run into next
week and the remaining sessions for
which these tickets are good will be dry.
Many persons who bought tickets to-day
| and saw practically nothing will not buy
| again until they are certain there Will be
| some fireworks"
Some tickets were sold for $50 each on
| the opening day. Most OF the tickets were
obtained from persons whose business
prevented their attending the gathering.
| a ticket dealer said.
; NICK" LONGWORTH SCORE Rep
! resentatlve Longworth watches the conven-
ton proceedings with painful care ana
keeps a record OF all the votes. as does
Mrs. Longworth.
You must be keeping a box score" said
one OF his friends
No" said Mick" IT am devoting all
my time to fouls and errors"
At that moment "Bill' Finn was rising
I 10 make another cry Of fraud and thiev-
cry"
MRS. DAVIs'S "RENARD"-Mrs W. A.
! Davis, who on Wednesday threw tho con
vention into a state of confusion by dis
playing a Autograph OF Colonel Roosevelt.
! to-day was guest of Mrs. Nicholas Long
| worth al the Blackstone Hotel After the
demonstration, which was closed ny the
police requesting Mrs Davis TO leave the
Coliseum. temporarily. Mrs. Davis told Mrs
| Iongworth she would like to call on her.
I'VE lust had a women's talk" said
Mrs. Davis. after leaving the Longworth
apartments NO. we didn't dwell long on
politics"
MUSIC ADDS TO T. RS WOE.-To add
10 Colonel Roosevelts cup IF bitterness. a
we'll meaning bandmaster halted his aggre-
CATION Of musicians under the cooners
window this evening and. in extraordinarily
SLOW tempo. played repeatedly Aud Lang
Syne" There were no cheers from the
crowd, which seemed to regard II as espec-
tally appropriate for one who was propos-
ing 70 leave for all time the Republican
party. and 1t sent series Of mournful
thrills through the whilom Roosevelt sup
porters who had accepted at it's face value
his assurance that I'VE have them beaten
TO a frazzle.'