The Washington times., 1912-06-13

| cision goes to the man who sma hes
| most precedents and balls up parlia-
mentary usage worst the while es-
Gaping alive.
| The worries OF a campaign manager
are not circumstances compared to
the troubles of Chicago newspaper pub
fishers just at this juncture. The Chi
cago journalists are rather a naughty
lot anyhow; they know that Chicago
has the greatest and best papers on
] earth, and never feel squeamlsh about
/ admitting II.
With all the world looking on, they
want, of course, to demonstrate their
period. The pressmen most disoblig-
ingly went on strike short time ago.
and the stereotyping departments have
| got more or less mixed in II.
Consequently the papers have to close
up and go to press-that Is, try to go
to press. two or three hours earlier
than they would II these forces were
not so crippled. After that things are
molders and blacksmiths who have oeer
| pressed into service; II nothing breaks
down. the forms don't get pied, and the
cylinders of the press haven't been
used by some malefactor for a highway
| rock-cracking machine, the paper will
ultimately get out some copies.
When a great Chicago editor appears
In the Hobbies in overalls or a coat out
at the elbows it's sign that he has
been working few hours in the stereO-
| typing and press rooms in addition to
the heavy work upstairs 1t isn't re-
Rarded as good for the health TO josh
| him about the matter. He is liable to
! bite.
Francis J. Heney, the man who
| fought graft in San Francisco, couldn't
be kept out of n scrap long after he
reached Chicago. Heney hankered to
! nf IN ha
tional committee proceedings. He fumad
ard frctted about the hotels for awhile
ten the Indiana cases were disposed
o. and some Of the militant Roosevelt
uproar because the Roosevelt commit
teemen hadn't stirred up more Of a
light.
| 5. X. Way. who Is on the delegation
| from, South Dakota, took It into his
head there ought to be some way OF
setting Henay into the meetings ol
the commit:aa.
Let's get n proxy for him" he said
at time like this.
ANY good progressive ought to b.
willing TO give up his proxy for a cas-
Then he hunted up TON" Thorson
Of South Dakota, national committee
mar from that state. explained tn
situation to him, told him somehod!
ought to be given a hand in the com
|
a hattle, and Thorson said Heney coult
have his proxy. The result was thn
Heney took part in the deliberatlon
Of the committee in the Kentucky case
and made things lively.
| Nov I've got you this proxy expect
ing that You'll put up a scrap" sal
Wav, as he turned It over to the Sal
Francisco graft hunter.
If I don't. I'll turn 1t back ant
tapologize," said Heney.
, However, he hasn't had TO apologize
One of the delegates to the Chicago
convention from Pennsylvania II
Richard r. Quay. He is a son Of tina
renowned politician. Matthew S
Quay. He was elected as Roose
Welt delegate from Pittsburgh. H,
Is an ardent Roosevelt man and
moreover, Is a side partner of VIII
liam Finn. In old days, Finn ant
Quay, senior, were arch enemies. Blu
times have changed and politica
animosities are often quickly forgot
ten. The case of Col. Lafe Yount
coming out for the nomination o
his old enemy Cummins for Presi
dent is a case in point.
The manner in which the nationa
convention has disposed of the tick
cts to the convention still continues