Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-16
sIDELICHTs ON THE CONVENTION.

lvsntion hall for the national colors OF
lCuba. He raised the standard OF the
Lone Star state high above hi: hoary
Through the struggling mass Of dele
gates who were jumping up and down
thousand strong. yelling and stamp
Ing and whistlins: Behind him Tiers
seemed to be headed indian file toward
the platform. Had Longfellow seen
Pat. he would have revised those I'M
mortal lines which tell Of the youth OF
high purpose who struggled through
snow and ice down the Main streets OF
the principal Alpine villages. lodging
guides and giving the go-by to ailur-
ing innkeepers. There were dimcu!ties
in the way Of Pat in the way of police,
whole ranks of delegates. but there
never was a snow pillow that went truer
to the mark. Pat. leading the days Dig
gest demonstration. went right on
Of the crowd. whooping 1t up forever
and ever. followed him. On the plat
form. where such gentle souls as Alial-
IA Bill Murray were sitting. another
ing wild men from the convention
floor
| A sardine in his little tin can would
have felt footloose and lonesome com
met. Pat was wedged between the CON
vention floor armies and the platform
armies and was squeezed upward some
thing in the manner of tooth paste.
tup into the air with him. and was grab
bed by eight separate hands. There
| wasn't any big American nag to wave
at this glorious burst Of Americanism.
50 they fell onto poor okeefe's Lone
Star state banner and waved II mercf-
lessly.
Senator James. glad to have respite.
was tanning himself and looking over
the storm which he had caused used. ., me
| standing alone, broke loose from the
main riot and made for him. The leader
Of the delegation wrenched from the
the sign Kentucky" at its head, and
bored through the mass. headed BY
Ollie, and followed by the other colonies
in the delegation. The sign was even
tually placed in a commanding position,
with the name of the Blue Grass state
proudly faring over the head of the
senator, but there was complete lack
Of cooperation on the part OF the oanu:
This grand aggregation OF St Looee
best tooters evidently has slight COM ets
States. because 1t played war songs
from the Army of the Potomac at mo
| ments when the southern delegatees
wanted something IKE "Ri sne...v w nut .
At were vainly trying to signal me
bandmaster and point out to him tnat
the word Kentucky was the keynote
that moment. the band leader was ma
| ing short strokes with his wand ana
looking dreamily right into the main
exit of the tuba, from which were pour
ing the most strenuous "oom-p ah DOM :
pah" notes ever heard. the name OF the
piece being Marching Through Ceor-
eia." Eventually a man fought MS
way through to the band leader ana ana
switched him on to MY Old kentucky
Home" Later they played the natlonal
anthem of the late lamented progress
sive party. Onward. Christian Sol
diers," which started some rude onlook.
ers in the gallery to yell. we want
Teddy"
Later, when the noise stopped. sena-
tor James painted a picture OF EURO
pean battlefield. which could not De
heard very well from certain sections
of the press stand. One paragraph
| seemed to have a sentence in 1t which
described a soldier lying on the battle
field with a broken Preside.