The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
By HERBERT II. RFAHLER.

BY HERBERT n. Ef'A HER.
Baltimore, June H.-At all past Demo-
cratic conventions Tammany Hall and
the braves who are members have cut
an awful swath. At this convention the
| Tiger reminds one of the harmless cats
| that the Commissioners of the District
/ OF Columbia are about 10 impound. II
| Tammany ever had any claws they are
| not being shown outwardly. Tammany
may have changed with the years. or
/ the old crowd may be missing, but the
| wigwam bunch Is so quiet that a recita-
| tlon room in a deaf and dumb asylum is
| q racket compared with the uproar Muir
phys men are making. Gone are the
brass bands the picturesque characters
/ and the demonstrations on the floor. But,
/ perhaps, Tammany has no occasion Or
no man to shout over.
! John Walter Smith, Senator from
Maryland. laughed this afternoon. It was
/ the first time that a smile cracked his
countenance during the last week.
PanneI Garden, who raises radishes.
carrots, and other things on his farm
rear Wheeling. W. Va. and thereby pays
| his tickets and his contributions to the
| church, and who as a side line sepa-
rates the government from some money
|
| sentatives, guards door at this conven-
| tion in the inimitable Garden way.
| Not to be outdone by the hotels, res
| taurant keepers, and owners Of lodging
houses the Turkish bath establishments
| got the habit also. real Turkish
| sweat. such as one gets in any well
regulated place for 81. now costs in Bal
tlmore a price that sounds in figures
/ like a staterOOm price for trip to
| Bremen. Five dollars is all IL costs 10
sleep in one OF these places. But there
is some return remuneration. For in
stance. every morning a chiropodist
awakens one and asks whether the tired.
sleeping man want his feet done. D."
| Three dollars is all the man wants. He
/ is humorousIy referred to as Doctor" "
| His title is worth the price Of the bath.
The Underwood boomers are a quiet
| lot For the first time to-day the CO.
| horts OF the AIabamian made a little
noise. Led by a fellow who was about as
big as Tom Sharkey and had voice
like a steamboat whistle. a number Of
the boomers entered the Emerson Hotel
just as the rain started to fall In the
crowd were two little colored boys, about
eight and ten years old respectively.
In the middle Of the lobby OF the hotel
the boys executed the grizzly bear dance
for the ed.fication Of the crowds while
they sang:
Every ones for Underwood, Under
wood. Underwood;
Hes a bear. he's a bear. he's a bear.
Three of the happiest little fellows at
the convention are George Ade, Joe"
Letter. and Davis Elkins. They were
almost inseparable all day yesterday.
All three are at the Hotel Belvidere.
Baltimore is disappointed because
the crowd at the convention was not
as large as expected. Complaints were
heard on all sides, but not near as
many as were heard from the crowds
that II a larger number Of persons had
attended where they would have been
lodged. Baltimore spent 100000 TO
get the convention. and the crowds are
leaving about $500 900 in the city. The
complaint comes from many merchants
who imagined a national convention
was an occasion when every one came
to the city to buy everything they
needed for a year
Does It cost money to attend a con-
vention in BaltimoreT'
Chorus in answer: TT does"
An example Of how much it costs is
best explained when one knows the
rent that is being paid for some of the
houses. Part of the Ohio delegation, |
with a desire for comfort, leased the
Basil Gordon house for a week. The !
house is beautiful, and in the dining |
room all the Basils and Gordons for |
many generations look down on one |
while eating the breakfast food The |
house is maEnihcentIy furnished and is |
an ideal home.
The rent paid for the week is only |
$500.
Gum Shoe Bill Stone, who does the |
secret service work for the Clark boom, |
waves an American nag about two or |
three feet in size. The act OF waving |
is so measured that it leaves an i'm |
preston that it hurts the Senator to do |
the patriotic act.
Bill Kelser, formerly official oper-
ator at the House OF Representatives. at /
Washington. is here seeing that the Pitts
burg correspondents get their copy home /
via his line. Kelser reigned about the /
time that Thomas Bracket Reed was in |
the chair. Kelser knew the late Speak
er so well that he used to call him
Tom" which is knowing the speaker
quite well.
The North Carolina delegates are hav-
ing trouble tieinS foVr-in-hand ties. One
man brought his wife along to see that
he kept dressed up.
There must be something about the
atmosphere of West Virginia which is
conducive to longevity. Two OF the !
oldest delegates at, the convention are 4
Henry Gassaway Davis, the former run
ming mate of Alton B. Parker, and John
J. Davis, an attorney of Clarksburg, and
father Of Representative John w. Davis.
The two delegates are not related to
each other even II they have the same
name. Henry Gassaway Davis is about
nlnat.- wear. old and the ClarkshIIEZ u