Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-09
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pennsylvania delegation in CONGRESS
is here to attend the convention and
take part in the deliberations, which
are mainly held outside of the con-
Nention hall. congressman Griest,
ware and Graham are figures in the
delegation, while Congressman Kreid er
has lot of friends among the busi-
nessmen. including a number from
the western end of the state. Con-
gressmen Kiess, Porter and Farr
have been among the spectators.
Horace Brock, the Lebanon iron
master, was among the arrivals for
the opening of the convention and
stopped at the Auditorium.
Representative H. Atlee Brumbaugh
of Blair. came out to see the sights
and to look over automobiles.
Robert w. Herbert, the Greensburg
editor, is working with the newspaper
mer and has decided to remain until
the convention ends.
City Commissioner George l..
Holmes, who did the Legislature for
the North American and who Is now
a Philadelphia city official, says this
is the best convention he ever at
tended. He does not have to work.
Senator Penrose, Governor Brum-
baugh, Attorney General Brown, Con-
gresham Ware and Commissioner
Magee bumped right into each other
at the entrance of one OF the Con-
gres elevators. Hello, Mr. Mayor"
exclaimed the Senator. The others
nodded and the situation was saved.
Over a dozen Lancaster county men
are here attending the convention and
are taking a big interest in the har-
mony program.
SecretaE of Agriculture Patton is
sporting the badge of an assistant ser
gcant-at-arms. Several Pennsyl-
them so that they could get out of the
wet.
Prince Cupid, which is the colloquial
name for the Hawaiian who would
have been king if the United States
had not annexed the islands, called on
the Pennsylvanians at their headquar-
ters in the Congress. Some of them
did not know him and thought he
was from Lombard street, Philadel-
phia. Then they woke up and offered
him one of the gilt chairs.
Chicago newspapers say that Roose-
welt men helped Penrose cinch con-
troll of the Pennsylvania delegation
and hail him as one of the big figures
OF the convention.
Some of the Pennsylvanians have
solved the problem of what to do on
a rainy day and a Chicago rainy day
at that. When it rains here the winds
take part and as the whole convention
business is on the lake front the
sweep is magnificent. Fortunately
the two big hotels are connected by a
tunnel and communication is easy.
But the unfeeling hotel management
has taken all the chairs out Of lobbies
and corridors because of experience
in 1912. Hence, when you are not
eating you must stand if you want to
sec the parade. Chairs and .settees
arc at a premium in headquarters and
the next best thing. if you are one of
the great army of teetotallers and are
not on speaking terms with the bar
tenders, is to get shaved, hair cutted
or ma1icured.
Probably more men have discovered
the need of hair cuts since the rains
began than could be counted and some
have taken to being shaved twice a
day with all the frills that go with the
opC ration. Leaning against a wall or
with everyone herded together the
barber shop looks like a haven of
refuge. The average delegate or
alternate and convention sightseer re-
CARDS going to his room as something
not to be thought Of He might miss
something. Hence he stays in the
crowd and gets josted and pushed
around until he feels that he needs u
shave. And as for the manicure girls
they are working in defiance of the
women's employment laws and coin
il:g money in tips for prolonging the
work for delegates and visitors who
are tired of standing around
Pennsylvania seats in the conven.
tion are away up front in the Coliseum
practically the same place as they
were in 1912 and the men are sc
sitrated so that they can De seen from
every part of the vast hall. The
Coliseum every Chicagoan says is the
greatest hall in the world and 1t does
seem to be able to take care of an
awful lot of people. You could gel
the greater part of the population oil
Steelton into II and yet the acoustics
have been so arranged that you car
hear speakers in every part. The
Pennsylvanians are right near New
York, the two big delegations having
been neighbors since the days of QUAY
and Plat. They are TO the left of the
speakers stand. which iuts out like a
PROV of ship from the main plat.
/ form wioc~e tho officers ard dignitaries
/ sit. The Kcy5tone men have the merit
OF being prompt because they have
! been in their seats when the gave
/ fell and because of the stories which
came here about the disturbances al
home they have attracted much atten.
| ton. A. B. H.