New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
CONVENTION SILHOUETTES;
SUNNY SIDE OF BIC FIGHT

, ever you offer. make IL short for there n
a determination upon the part of the Taft
people to get very short, concise plat.
form" +,rrr
To-day the same enthusiast met the sam.
| newspaper man, and said Come over
here and / will tell you something which
may be Of value. but for heavens sake
don't quote me, and ] rather think you had
| better not publish it at ALL" Then no put
an arm around the scribe's neck and whis
| pered in his ear II have been talkinx
| with the powers that be- and have II on
| unouestionable authority that they are Ss.
termined to make the platform short-con.
else. you know
MUCH BITTERNESS ENGENDEREp-
J The holier-than-thou attitude OF many OF
the Roosevelt adherents Is rapidly freezing
I'D the fountains Of good humor that usu.
ally gush riotously under the spell OF con.
vention enthusiasm. Fred Upham, treas.
| urer OF the National Committee, follow
ing the usual custom, took occasion 10 IN
vite the members to a Sunday dinner at
the South Shore Country Club When tn.
Roosevelt members received their invita-.
tons many of them looked upon them as
| personal dllIOnl, VI dl lcocA ctfluSO 10, ana
prompt declarations were sent to the hospi-
table host Most of those who refused to
share in the Upham feast gave a perfume.
tory excuse for their action. Others held
I'D their hands and looked gravely india-
nant
What they said. sit at the sam.
table with thieves and robbers"
Those who attended the dinner ate with
good consciences. despite the absence Of their
colleagues. but 1t is becoming evident that
! the present convention differs from all pr..
vious ones in that the delegates and COM
mitteemen can no longer expect to fight
each other 10 the death politically and then
| go out 10 drink together or break bread a.
friends.
ELIHU AND CHAUNCEY When sena-
tor Root arrived at the Congress Hotel to-
day he became an object Of respectful AT.
tention OF the convention sightseers who
scan the crowd in the lobby for the fac. O,
one whose greatness has made him familiar
through the newspapers While he was
chatting with a friend another person ap.
preached him from the rear and slapped
him on the back with such force that his
| hone lOO HcfNhicdh ildhlc Win
the Jar The onlookers gasped with horyi.
! fed amazement and expected 10 see the de-
/ monstrative interloper crushed with a
glance from the dignifed Senator from New
York They were still more amazed. how.
ever, to see Senator Root turn and quite
as forcefully slap the other person on the
back, after which they entwined them.
selves In each others arms. The interloper
was Chauncey Depew. who oozes good
nature and old stories, and appears to en-
/ 10Y himself in the convention atmosphere
as much as he did many years ago. one
observer who saw the exchange Of greet
ings between them and was obviously dis
appointed that Senator Root should behave
like an ordinary person said, with tone
of disgust:
Hell! that's just his convention manner"
WANT TO SEE A HANGING-Senator
Borah, who is rapidly coming to be the
hero of the Roosevelt cohorts, was ferreted
out by two broad hated delegates from the
West to-day, who wore Roosevelt ribbons
and made the repository for various sug-
gestions All Of these he received smiably
and kept to himself. One, however deliv-
cred in a parting whisper. loud enough to
be heard by others. was:
Count on us for anything. Well be glad
to pull the rope