The Washington times., 1912-06-17

CHICAGO. JUNE IL.
One of the busiegI individuals about
Chicago is former Congressman Jim"
Watson of Indiana. He was long Re-
publican whip of the House and the
right hand man of Speaker Cannon.
Colonel Watson can lead a Methodist
choir with the same facility with which
he can run a caucus or engineer a
steam roller. He Is on the Indiana
delegation. and 10 one of the most
omnipresent members Of the Old Guard
in Chicago until the national commit
tee had seated him.
Didn't want to come to the conven-
to ton until as,,s I was sure ! could get a
Soon, as they gave me my ticket. I
Boosting the Colonel.
Col Joseph r. Baldwin has a big hat
that almost suggests that you address
him as colonel before you learn his
title. And he's the only man at the
convention who really comes from two
places at the same time.
He Is an elector-at-large from Mary
land, where he lives, and he is In busi-
ness in Buffalo. His family does not
fancy the Northern town as resi-
asaSs pfss AND %osSs * they haS ys h Rere sa
boost the colonel into the nomination.
Just Giving Ideas.
c. Y. Vanderlieuwe, theosophical
gentleman and student, resides at the
Blackstone Hotel, while he is here
from Rotterdam. He isn't here for
the convention, he insisted. but consent
inasmueh eve as that hat CANDIDATE % 0GssVe is by en,
cestry, at least, Netherlander.
The colonel Is loved in Holland" he
said, but he does not command the
admiration which he might If he were
informal at times"
ALI Remain There.
Although tossed over the transom by
the national committee, every Roosevelt
delegate whose contest was decided in
favor Of the Taft forces Is remaining
here. Not one has gone home. All are
hguring upon ousting their Taft oppo-
nents II Roosevelt secures control Of the
credentials committee.
'T.Ni.Ted.,
The latest badge exhibited is a cross
bar Of aluminium bearing the legend
"U-Ni-Ted," to be pronounced you
and Ted" It's from Indiana.
Talk Socialism.
Almost beneath the windows of the
Taft and Roosevelt Headquarters the
doctrine of socialism is being preached
each night to big street crowds, whose
applause sweeps through the open win
COWS into the hearts of the warning
Republican camps.
mrs. ROsewater There.
Some Of the Roosevelt workers are
wondering today If Mrs. Victor Rose
af nr,oa
OF the national committee, is not some
politician on her own hook Last night
sne gave dinner party, with the wives
OF several Roosevelt delegates from Ne
Hospital Ready.
A complete hospital, with the latest
equipment nurses, and a large corps Of
physicians, Is being installed in the
coliseum. An annunciator with red sig.
nals at the chairman's desk will fash
distress calls from all parts of the audi.
torlum. Present indications are that
, u may be very busy little annunciator
Lillian's Husband.
AS the newest husband of Lillian Rus
sell, Alexander Moore, Of Pittsburgh.
is the cynosure of all feminine eyes in
the hotel corridors.
Il left Mrs. Moore at Pittsburgh. and
can hardly call her by her first mama
today. 0" u tf'enos
But Just Wait.
How do you like the steam roller ?"
a Roosevelt delegate asked Henry Allen,
state chairman of Kansas.
sure working fine Allen
snapped. but the band wagon is 90
Ing to finish in the lead"
How He Says II.
"Elec-tory-al" is how William Finn.
OF Pennsylvania, pronouncees "elec,
toral" referring to Pennsylvania elc-
toral votes, which, he says will be cast
Tor Roosevelt, no matter who wins this
week. Similar action Is predicted by
the electoral delegates of West VII.
ginia, Maryland, California. and ore
gon.
Has the Voice.
The loudest voice in the convention
nall will be that of E. B. Lampson, for
merly reading clerk for the United
states House of Representatives and
CHOSEN as parliamentarian for the CON
vention. Asher Kinds, of Maine, who
was to have acted at the convention, is
III. Lampson has record in the House
or SIX hours solid reading, without even
cracking his voice. '
Got the Money.
Col; Sam Parker, the Hawaiian mil
nonalre, discovered that he needed
money. He felt through his pockets