The Washington times., 1912-06-20
bLLaHEIGaH- J.B BRILE
AMo clos. P 2EHGER,
SIDELIGHTS
WBAL TMORE

BALTIMORE, June g.-There Is quite
bit OF good-natured by-play among
the warning political factions at the
Emerson, where nearly all " the car
didates have set up headquarters A
Wilson man came through, wea ring
upon his coat an ornate button in
scribed:
Wilson, the Man of the tlour'
A Harmonic glanced disda'nfully at
the Wilson emblem, walked over to the
wearer, and said these taunting words:
Yes, and that's just about how long
he will last"
Clark's Snap.
The Champ Clark boosters have hung
their map in the hotel lobby. 1t is a
mammoth affair, recolored ry one CT
the Clarkites SO that all States carried
by the Missouri candidate In the prim-
aries shows up brilliant red. The
Wilson States are marked blue. the
Harmon State white, and TIE other can
1idates take almost any old color Sc
lected by the map painter. The streak
OF red across the map, extending from
coast to coast, shows up a hundred
yards away.
After n Ticket.
Congressman Martin Littleton stoppe
over in Baltimore an hour or so late
Yesterday. The photographers insisted
he was a delegate and he posed for a
picture.
Il am over here trying to get a ticke:
to get into the convention he said
"voicing the general complaint as to
the scarcity Of the pasteboards.
At the Ball Game.
where are the boys?' inquired one
Wilson boor,er at the Emerson.
',ione out to the hall game. Seems
| that Baltimore has team" said a
ready informan; from New York
50 II was proved that thcr" are still
| two national games In Baltimore. In
competition has causei a temporary
slump In baseball, there
Disliked Picture.
Texas connoisseur was making a
critical examination OF the huge " ilson
picture in the Emerson lobby. The red
paint used generously by the unfa med
artist met with his iisarprcval.
.HHmphn :n,t he ,,inSf6Sso 1n9Ftsd arS can DoG IL
hands tied bshInd nv lack know
Governor Wilson. He don't art his
hair that far down on the side. He's
highbrow. Thar artist fellow Must
have used good brand OF red paint. "
And he passed on 70 the bar.
Honest Men.
Treason was uttered by former Con-
gressman Lafe Pence, a stsnch Clark
man. yesterday.
Champ Clark is the most honest man
that ever lived" asserted Publicity Man
Harry Price. Amt he, Lafe?'
| mo. he amt" says Lafe, says he.
why" Price managed to utter after
, swallowing his amazement.
| "Dionysius, the Tyrant of Syracuse,
was the honestest." gravely stated class
| ical I,afe.
you see, Dionysius admitted that he
was the honestest man ever. Clark
never has. SO there you are"
| His statement was not denied, and the
peer was drunk In silence.
Underwood Men Open Shop.
The Underwood campaign headquar-
ters will be opened here today, and the
Underwood boys will be as busy as bees
before night. The vanguard OF the
Alabamaisns boomers will comprise
about twenty-five campaign managers
end publicity agents.
Senator John S. Bankhead of Ala
bama will be at their head. The office
force Of the headquarters will be in
charge of DR.. Thomas H. owen, the
secretary OF the Underwood national
| campaign committee, who has been at
the head of the Washington Underwood
bureau. The opening of the Underwood
| headquarters will mark the arrival OF
the last of the four leaders and aVowed
! candidates on the battlefield.
The remainder OF the Underwood
Marching Club and the Underwood
boomers from Alabama, Georgia. and
| Florida. will arrive this afternoon to-
morrow. and Saturday. There will be
400 In the delegation and they will stay
at the st. James Hotel and the anneS,
opposite on Charles street. Both OF
these buildings will be decorated in
side. and out with banners and bunting
and flags and with portraits of Oscar