The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-08
THE MILLIONAIRE" TRAMP AND
EMMA GOLDMAN FOR PRESIDENT
More Free Soup and Less Work
Chief Plank in Their Ingenious
Platform
NBy Associated Press.l


New York, July s-5uinping IT'S
date ahead OF tha Bull Moose party.
the National Association OF Hoboea
OF America. otherwise known az the
brotherhood Society OF the unem.
ployed. and sometimes known as the
Wandering Willies' League, Will
hold its Nationa, convention tonight
at Casino hall, No. IS East Fourth
street, for the purpose Of nominat-
ing us standbearers III the race for
the presidency and vice presidency
OF the United States and to ADOPT a
platform that, with its motive OF
securing less law and more SOUP
while insisting on the most rigid
enforcement of laws against over
work by human beings, is expected
TO win the widest approval and full
support Of the peripatetic proleariat
For the last forty-eight hours
delegates to the convention have
been arriving on special (freight)
trains and over high hats at the
Doctors, the Inferno Cripples
Creek, the Fleabag and the Bis
marcll hammock lodging house
along the Bowery have been dis
cussing the candidates and the pro-
gressge policies to he supported in
the furtherance OF making effortIess
lives all olives and celery and roast
duck and pudding aud brimming
beer.
Big Men of the Party Gather Here.
Distinguished hoboes, men whose
names and chalk marks are famous
along the water tanks OF every big
railroad in the country. have arriy
ed in town, and aside from the
Bowery there are scenes of anima-
tion in Madison Square. Battery ana
Union Square parks and other fash.
ionaale resorts of Bodom.
The fayort Of the convention which
meets tonight to name presiden-
tial candidate seems I'd be James
bads How Of st. Louis who has
been the Bwana Tumgo OF the cult
for the last five year Mr.. How be-
ing a gentleman who has fnself a
million dollars but has by ,hofee
sold newspapers on st Louis street
corners and hit the lhlind baggage
and battered handouts in the I'M
terest Of sociological study
But he has two strong rivals. One
is acknowledged to be eCsulper"
Kelly, who in the interests OF the
people, warmly supported by an ens
-husiastic branch OF the party. caus-
ed several Bowery saloons TO reduce
The price Of 'red-eye' to two drinks
'or FIVE within certain early hours
OF the morning 4s
The ultra progressive wing Of the
narty declares that Emma Goldman.
he Anarchist lads who has address
ad their conventions symDathetical-
y IN the past. would make an adj
and militant championess
)t the hobo cause
Some Of the Possible Speakers.
Chuck Connors, Dopeydildock
Dangerfeld Of Georgia, Red Rooney,
'Iush Meyers and others viii BE
among the speakers, It is said. and
addresses may be made. as in %
past, by Hutchins Hapgood. the
luthOr, and Alexander Law OF the
eight Hour Work Association
The hobo convention platform
vill put all Iifes troubles hard up
o Uncle Sam The 'Boes win de
lare not only for government con-
rol of wor6ing hours and making
hem mighty short. but they VIII
sIso demand free railroad transpor-
atiou to jobs when they have to
AXE them. and that when they
avn't got any jobs the United
tates should be penalized for not
rovidiug them. and anyway when
hey are not WORKING the govern
lent should ray them 80 cents q
ay till thev feel strong enough to
ct busy
The millionaire hobo candidate
Or the presidency vis conserving his
.gnity by not appearing at the con
ention this year and il IS rumored
lat Emma Goldman win be suddenly
Introduced on the floor and start a
amuede for herself