The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-17
CONVENTION SIDELl6hTS
Sonic :. Interesting Observations of Ch3ef Pawns in the Strug- gle For the Mastery of
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 This time the new recruits have usurped . place In the limelight that in other days was reserved for the old line leaders. It comes hard for some of the old "regulars" who have been crowded out of print by.mere young sters.
 Former Senator Chauncey M. De pew. of New York. a district delegate and a lesser light of the present cam paign. stepped out of the. Congress. today. into . range of g firing squad of newspaper photographers What is the name?" asked one of the .snappers. Depew". And the srapher -st'Channcey M.'' replied the victim s4d ddsning as some spectator filtered .And whore arc you from?' Depew fled. It was plain that the in cident was no joke to the former Cele- brity whom Father Time had side
 John Chandler Cobb, of Boston, president of the National Tariff as. sociation. is here to appear before the resolutions comnittee to urge adop- ton of the platform plank favoring establishment of permanent tariff committee to succeed the present temporary tariff board.
 J. Henry smythe IT,, of Philadel- ,phia. known as the grand old party megaphone man, arrived. today. at the Hamilton Club. With megaphone and flag, Smith led the 1904 convention, in its enthusiastic Roosevelt" ovation. Smythe. who is University of Penn ehe National Republican College league. He hopes to 'come back at the present convention.
 A page shouting for MT. Blihu Root attracted a. small sized entourage in his wake at the Congress Hotel. to- day. Fully a score of reporters fol- lowed the youngster all over the hotel hoping to zee better luck attend the pages efforts to find Root than had crowned their attempts.
 Nicholas Longworth Is around boosting Uncle Ted. Young Roosevelt was coxswain of the freshman four at Harvard. last year.
 Three South American diplomats and Director John Barrett. of the Pan- American Bureau. are the advance guard of a score or more of Srepresen- fatives of foreign nations who will at tend the convention in seats furnish ed them by President Taft The three Latin-Americans are Dr. As Naon,
 
 Bezete, Peru and F. De Gama,. Bra. gil.
 Some honest soul gave rise to con- eiderableS amusement in the Congress hotel. today. The honest one picked up az fadys black velvet sash which had been lost by it's wearer and, seek ing something on which to pin it that it might be more easily found by the owner..- stuck it near the jam of Sem
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 Colonel Roosevelt's new campaign hat is a departure from the sombrero which he made famous Instead of a gently rolling br1m, the top piece he now wears is a flat brimmed affair, soft in the crown and rigid of brim.
 Colonel Eugene Zimmerman, Cincin- nati multi-millionaire railroad mag nate Is q fellow townsman of Presi- dent Taft who believes that Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated for Pres. ident on the first ballot at Tuesdays national Republican convention.
 Taft is losing strength every min- ate uow." oaid Zimmerman. "I be- gieve Roosevelt and Bryan will be the nominees of the two national party conventions and I also believe that w. 10. Bkyan will be the next President of the united states.
 Watching the scorebeard" is a pastime of hundreds of Congressmen and other visitors from Washington, |She latest town to fall victim to base |ballitis. Hundreds of dollars are be- |dng wagered on the capital contingent. Senator LaFollette's children landed tn Chicago. Sunday, prepared to stay the convention. Robert Jr, Philip, Mary and Fola. with Fola's George Middleton, motored from Washington. It is expected the Senator will join them here Asked n hiss fighting father-in-law is to arr rive, today, Middleton denied and re- Treated
 A throat epidemic spread through khe camps, today. driving the boom krs to tke drugstores for relief Gov brnor Stukbs' voice, usually audible Above the. 1ip and roar of the Roose- Felt camp dropped into hoarse, The most Affixed of missing man in M.g& 1N 1T k4