Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-15
CARRY
GRIPS IN PARADE
National I. P. A. Demonstrates that
1t Has Sent Many Live Mem
bers to Omaha.
SOUTH OMAHA COWBOYS A HIT

The Travellers Protective Associa-
ton of America delegates branded
themselves as a real live bunch"
right from the start of their national
convention, which opened Monday
morning with a big parade.
The Fontenelle hotel and sur
rounding streets were alive with the
men, most of them in the linen suits,
white hats and shoes of summer
time, and looking especially gay with
canes and the handsome badges sup
piled them by the Commercial club.
Governors staff GaiIy Decked.
The parade formed on Douglas street
between Seventeenth and Twenty-second
street. Governor Morehead and his STAFF
were there, some fifteen strong, and Solo
mon In all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. The governor, in his plain
clothes, was marked out from among the
others. loaded with gold brain and but
tons and seated upon prancing steeds.
Right back of the leading platoon Of
police rode. two little girls in cowboy
array. They were Miss Ruth Griffith.
daughter OF j. s. Griffin, marshad Of the
parade, and Miss Mildred Wohhord.
daughter Of o. L. wohlford, chairman of
the publicity committee.
While the parade formed, a bunch Of
cowboys from the South Omaha yards
rode UP and down the line terrifying the
delegates from the peaceful eastern cities
with their shrill yells and revolver shots.
These desperate characters went to the
Fontenelle bar and there discharging
their guns. sparing the big mirrors only
after an appeal from the barkeep. Then
they came out and mounted their horses
and continued their wild demonstration
throughout the parade.
Fair virginia Drum Corps.
Every state delegation had some dis
tinguished feature as IL marched. The
men from old "Vireinny'' caied Virginia
hams and they had a drum corps made
up Of three slim fair beauties from the
old state.
The men from Indiana all wore straw
hats, linen suits and blue ties. The lads
from Texas wore white hats, pants, shoes
and blue coats.
Tennessee was distinguished by a dozen
banners. each inscribed with boost for
one Bass. who has a fine campaign or
ganized to be national director. This
man Bass. be it known, broke the
worlds record by writing $50 applications
for membership in one year, In one great
day, Bass took off his coat, rolled up his
sleeves, grasped his pen and wrote fifty
eight applications. All this was set forth
in the banners One even pleaded thus:
Give Us Police Protection to Keep Bass
of Tennessee from Writing Applications
in Omaha for His Post"
Singing "My Maryland"
The Marylanders wore white fezes with
blue tassels and sang the most famous
song of their state. About the white
hats of the Illinois delegation were blue
silk bands inscribed illinois, The
chaps from down Missouri way were all
% In white with blue bands on one arm
marked with the name OF the "Show-Me"
state.
And here comes Pennsylvania big men
and fat. most of them. bearing testimony
to the pies and scraffle of the keystone
state. They are CARRIED all in white and
wore white helmets. They were headed
by q band playing an imaginary tune
on pasteboard instruments.
Iowa was headed by a gentleman driv-
ing two horses, tandem style. to a Stan
hope. And last came the Nebraska and
Wyoming division, wearing white hats
with blue bands.
Ak-Sar-Ben was we'll represented, his
cohorts distinguished by white hats with
bands of Ak-Sar-Ben colors
Servants OF the People.
Let not the servants of the people be
overlooked. Congressman Lobock, Senator
Hitchcock and Mayor Dahlman were all
in line. They were on the job early, in
fact. shaking hands and welcoming the
visitors. The reception committee was
there in force and the visitors were
made TO feel that Omaha is mighty glad
to have them here.
The ladies were also present in force
and added not little to the gaiety OF
the day.