The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-06-16

All sorts or devices were resOrte
to by supporters of favorte sons. i
the Fairbanks region at the Congress
hotel women sold carnations for tina
tall sycamore. Cant | sell you
flower for dime?" one of them aske
husky negro. What for?" why
for Fairbanks" 81 should say not; h
ain't worth a dime to me-" was tn,
reply
Those negroes were among thu
amusing features of the hotel Hobbies
for they were forever getting into
acrimonious dispute with one another
Don't you try to tell me nothin',
said big colored Indianian to one
from Southern state. You darkies
from down there are on the market as
soon as you get here, every time"
rs that SOP" was the sharp re
Spouse. We'll, you tell me when did
Indiana ever send a colored dele
gate?"
Lots of times"
But when | asts your"
Lots of times, tells you"
But, l asts you, when?"
And so 1t would go on unfortunately.
Wednesday night was the liveliest
in the hotels, for the boosters were out
in all their glory and as yet uncurbed
In the Congress swarm of cowboy
hated Sherman shouters took pos
session of the lobby and at intervals
the T. R. paraders would undertake to
march fbrnIOb 10
Teddy" signs. Every such attempt
was the signal for a near riot and
those signs were soon smashed by
umbrella-handle blows.
Then the Sherman boys produced a
baby elephant and a goat labeled
"Teddy's" The little pachyderm was
as once banished to the baggage room.
where it's trunk was checked and its
manager ordered half a ton of hay
from the Pompeiian room AS for the
goat. it was run out in a hurry, and
the hotel management issued an edict
that no more live stock should be
brought into the place So thereafter
the crowds were content to go mill
ing" about the various rooms, here
watching movies of Roosevelt parades,
there listening to speakers tell of
the virtues of Burton or Fairbanks,
and elsewhere collecting badges and
buttons. For the Lords sake take
They won't be worth a darn next
week" Which was necessarily true
of all but one variety. then unknown
Black Mark for Chicago.
Mention has been made above of
Mayor Thompson's committee, and
credit must be given it for doing much !
to entertain the delegates and other
convention visitors. In addition to big
fiocks of free automobiles, there were
many and varied forms of entertain
ment, parades of fremen, fireworks, /
and the like, so far as the wretched [
weather permitted, and on Thursday
night there were dances in dozen of
the leading hotels to which all were
invited. So far, so good But big
black mark must be placed against the
mayor and his political friends for the
outrage of Friday afternoon. At that
time just as things were getting in
teresting. an immense swarm of ward
down on the Coliseum, armed with
green tickets or sergeant at arms
badges, and so thronged the building
that the police and fremen finally
closed all the doors The doorkeepers
we're given orders to honor no tickets
and hundreds of newspaper
and men and women
who had paid as high as $3.50 for adj
mission tickets were rudely thrust
aside. The order came when a great
many were outside the hall for lunch
md they were unable to get back to
heir seats.
To make bad matter worse, while
FOLDERS of proper credentials argued
md battled with the police in vain,
houting their indignation and trying
utilely to send word to Sergeant at
Arms Stone, the ward workers were
Tipping in by the hundred, entering
through the emergency hospital door.
where Doctor Robertson, the city
lealth commissioner, and his aids
we're stationed.
Mayor Thompson appeared at the
coliseum shortly after the doors were {
losed
who ordered the doors barred?"
@ was asked.
Sergeant at Arms Stone" he re-
lied. {
How does the fire department fig {
re in this outrage?" the inquirer
sked. '
"Mr. Stone asked for protection. He {
aid there were 5000 too many people !
/ the building already" t
What do you know about the green
ckets?" t
The mayor walked away. q
From casual inspection of the i
rowds in the building Friday it h
semed that there must be thousands r
men wearing the badges of SER I
eants at arms, and at noon one alder {
an was standing in the alley handing
EN- out to his constituents by the :
ore. When the doors we're closed 8
me 5000 wearers of these badges still