The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-07

III the state standards ws.v ON the
way. The delegates snrTed 10 tns
xront. Women stood On chairs anu
cheerrd. some OF them WEEP ttheis
laughed.
Property Man on the Job.
Presently Medili Mccormick, WHO
acted as the property man the gath
eriug. went out on the bridge that tx-
tended toward the audience ana be
gan picking out personal trends 81
The colonel, and Inviting th@m 10 come
IN and shake hands. Two of them
were J. &. Gilmcr and G. II, jones,
soiored delegates from West virginia.
Then the q. n u. fife and drum
corps. which had been steadily beat
ing time TO the yelling and singing.
flied forward and the colonel grasped
each by the hand. Frank II. FUNK,
candidate fer governor OF ILLINOIS, on
the progressive ticket spranE to tne
riatferm and ehucked his hal at the
audience. announcing that II W@s IN
the ring.
Mrs ~ Fritz SengeE. of Chicago,
ia 8 tan dress and tan hat with
Votes fer women" eublazoned across
rer breast WAS carried on the Shout
GERS Of four men t. the platform. a
hsasky newspaper man gathered her
.4n and sat her on the platform
After that he was Kept busy Wo-
men came UP by the score ana loV
each ha had to convert himself into
a human winch and hoist her aboard
the platform. Among those "n"
came was Miss Jane Adams, the
famous charity worker, of Chicago
In hall an hour the eoipHcl had
weceived all OF those who cared 10
venture Up 10 him. Ecveridge, who
had been standing beside him. beat
hastily for order with the gavel. The
eeIonel Shoes his head az If - say
Let 'en erjop themselves So the
Communication continued till il went
~ fffy minutes. three more than the
record - forty-seven made by Roose-
vet and Ijsdlev Jointly at the carrier
battle of Artuageddon.
Among the last women 10 greet the
raloueI was Mrs. william Davis, Of
Chicago. who ted that former demon
st~atfon 2irs. Davis had taken a
back seat this time. and as the colonel
walked half a dozen steps TO meet
her she never got into the picture
al all,
when the last cheer had been
rhec?ed. and the last hurrah hh d
been shouted, RooeeveF nodded 10
Beverjd&e and the latter got order
Simply hy raising his hand
: At that minute n picture Was taken
A minute afterwaEd a wildeyed young
man dashed forward. Whispering eX-
cited1y:
VIVA, do you WANT demanded
.IooE at the fire. returned the
youth.
Bet eridge locked and rurne1 a tfifie
pale. One Of the big cloth bags
that held the hashtight smuea WAS
blazing CheerfuEly hundred t"et OF
Whereabouts overhead. 3gt gallant
ERE laddie. on the job iu an instant,
swarmed up an arch * steel Eirder.
gathered the flaming menace TO his
be- SOM and queuehaf X ~ his sine" =
arms. What mIght pave Aeen trag-
edy was thus hapnlls averted,
The colonel sailed into his speech
with euerRy- II was man'festly ia
tended 10 he his masterpiece, In Il
were ali the views rs has expressed
on the stump IN his eight against TAft
none %. them new bat all of thou
delivered with that triek Of earnest
nes which makes impressive most
OF what he has TO say
Address Lacks Fire.
The address lacked fire of Rev
eridge's utteranCe of the day before
1t used many more words Ia SAY In,
&affiE Things 4AHiA@t nom tue hN&F@ INA
bile extetnporaueous remarks abyu
ane negroes and the Mississippi. !
contained little that B"vcridge Ia,
net said
But It was the colonel who was de
ffvering II, and he got all the atten
ton he could have asked from hi
gAighffi1. There were few cheers In
much handclapping as he PROGRESSED
Jtike Beyeridge he aroused most on
thusiasm when he declared that wo
men Of right ought TO have the ballo
That got Tim Woodruff on his fee
Tim has been one Of the pioneers IN
the suffrage movement IN the party.
When he had nearly concluded
taking plenty of time, using his ronnt
est voice and laying aside entirely IN
falsetto squeak which he employs
point his huWorcls passages he r
rnernbered that he had forgotten q
about the tariff So he returned, dh
posed OF that by declaring for pr,
lection ansW erred thu questions frcl
the galleries, and once more declasn
"a his solemn pea GRAFTON.
Then the credentials committe "A
bounced "a tujius that knocked o.
the Southern negroes finally and II
all time. the rules committee commi
ted the rules fer permanent organic
iion. and Mediti Mccormick moved g
RI tournament ttE4f +-sttt-t 6
morning
In the meantime the colonel h'
DISAPPEARED More cheerful than
Was the previous day, hut sim sto
and naughty he retired to his qua
ters iu the Congress- hotel 10 gath
strength for his battle for the non
nation lie had told tha deleEnt
that If they wanted anyone else (
.Aefr on pdf,fate fhat might choose hi