The Topeka state journal., 1916-06-05
NOISE IS FEATURE
Room for Ford Is Quietest
Thing in Chicago.
Bell Hops Use MegaphOnes u
Page the Delegates.
CHICAGO DRY FOR TWO DAYS
Sunday and Local Election
Closes Saloons Until Tuesday.
Roosevelt Boom Less Uproarl-
Gus, Says Damon Runyon.
CHICAGO DRY FOR TWO DAYS
BY DAMON RUNYoN.

r,bicaeo June 5.-They began pag-
to-, neonIe through megaphones
aro,,nd the Chicago hotel lobbies Sun
40, the noise exuded by the incoming
aa1ega+es candidates, statesmen, SEN
otors congressmen, justices OF the
neace. authors, actors, corohers'
county chairmen, taxpayers and peas
ants connected with the Impending
Republican national convention naVine
,,rad,a1lv grown to such volume that
g. ordi1ary- tUio-cylindered bell hop
liza ~ wake his voice audible above the
roar. ..ao+ e,,ns
in the face of strong opposluon up -
as late as noon. They were aotI ~
,,,alxe their naked tones heard IN lhelt
caIIs for Mis'um-glum at a distance OIL
ten feet. Several of the harder youtns
emploved at the Congress ana bI1Ih bO;iA-
stone hotels claim a record OF 'wei 'eso
feet. off hand paging, up 10 -. oU
o'clock. but about that tlnIe aI Iii the
New York train got in ana an INC
hons succumbed and took to the meg
The chief characteristic of the as
sennblaee is the noise referred 70
above. Old bedlam was prooay %
deaf and dumb asylum compared 70
certain sections of Chicago at inns
v,ritine-to most sections IN IacI anu anu
az This nreparedness parade wh1ch was
current in this city up to IaIe LOU LOU
has finally almost concluded 1Iue,
there were segments of 1t still tloatlils
around early this morning waiting Tor
the dav shift but in the main the pa
rsda is over and all the local noise Is
now being provided by the Repuoiii-
cans and Progressives and other Vlsll-
ing patriots
Afflicted With Tire Trouble.
SUNDAY. a dav when people go home
70 he annoyed by callers, the stir ana
hustle around the hotels grew stlrr1er
and bustlier as each hour waxed ana
waned. The only real quiet places IN
the neiehborhood were the community
eyrayevards and that spot Immediately
adjacent to Henry Ford's presidential
Mr.. Ford's presidential boom has
never been especially virulent since
this gathering set in and Just at pres
ent if lies so cold, and still, yet W1thaI
so lifelike that many people fear the
worst. 1t has been suggested in sew
eral quarters that an inquest Is 10 pc
held to determine whether Mr.. Ford
boom is suffering from rigor mortls,
tire trouble or a dirty spark plug.
That Roosevelt Boom.
The Roosevelt boom which has been
one of the really agile booms of the
period, ceased straining at the leash TO
that it is wholly quiescent, but 1t is
less uproarious.
It might reasonably have been ex-
pected that an apostle of preparedness
would be prepared forty ways from the
lack for such an occasion as this, and
vet it has been discovered that Mr..
Roosevelt's friends brought his boom
along to these parts with a singular lack
of preparation. 1t has scarcely oeen
eroomed let alone conditioned. The
result has been of some profit to the
Postal Telegraph and Western Union
Telegraph companies, for every mo-
ment or so some one connected with
the Roosevelt camp dashes out and
sends a night letter to some one else
The fact that some of these night
letters go to men already pledged to
some other candidate and frequently
refer to delegates already otherwise
bound seems to make no difference to
the senders. All this unpreparedness
brings saltine accents into the voices
of old time followers of the colonel
whenever they mention the matter.
There was great sadness among the
visitors when it became generally
known that Chicago is having a dry
spell two days hand running. Yester-
dav was dry because it was Sunday,
and as such respected even here. To-
day is dry because they are holding an
election. or some other local rite of
grave Importance The boys fought
through Sunday with few casualties
bltt TODAY mother daV