The Republican journal., 1916-06-01
Washington Gossip.
r.st. and searchlights on Public Men
and Events.

ana DCdi VIA ssOAA$ lawn
and Events.
+, .Hl%droN, May 20, 1916. If Oliver
Nth could see Washington in about
,a4ks he would probably be so
tv the bucolic quiet of the place
/ ,s would write another Deserted
@.g.. Congress will be officially in
| the government departments
,s running and the stores will be
s.r business, but Washington will
.,. lead The politicians, the con-
4 ..,.sr and high government officials,
/ ,ss rewspapermen will all be out to
1 --s.r party convention at Chicago
st4r At st. Louis.
1 Try four years Washington expert
-. This exodus. The town has its
,;.t oeriod of Information, and then
E.,ss the resurrection as everybody
,ns. hack from the conventions to talk
!. bout them
r5- p5fiticjans will lead the parade to
h. ,sra. The various headquarters of
t. Republican candidates will begin
,.,rr out to Chicago next week. Next
follow he newspapermen. Most of
,4sr wlj get into Chicago the week of
h. .h In the final group come the
,,r---ssn-n and other officials. Many
\ them ar- delegates, and there is no
rss- I'm them to be on hand until the
bg -uags eommence.
E 5 not very we'll known generally
Ia, 4. the press arrangements for the
,rs-r-rria' inventions are in the hands
/, Washington newspapermen. A news
m.-- io-s not necessarily have to send
n EssgHgton correspondent to write
m sr. luuu news, but it it usually
io-. Consequently, the political com
r.r-s have found it convenient to leave
}. a-L.4s, arrangements in the hands
n r5 mmjttee of newspapermen which
i elected annually to boss the press gal
sr-s Is the national Capitol.
IN biggest job handled by this com
Mite Is the seating of all the news
]a9--uer who apply to report the pro-
zee .rgs Of the conventions. At the
Republican convention there will be
ansthlag over 800 seats, and there have
ysfn oyer l,200 applications for them.
-ms+ l1eatIy, the correspondents COM
.l-s- has to break over 400 hearts, but
s l0iHg so ruthlessly. Only the big
vs r5wspapers of the country are given
ss.1g. and their privileges are being
m-t
Heretofore it has been fine arrange
bert Tor the owner of some big city
5fspe- to get a block of press section
ssts AZ the convention and occupy them
msf. with his family and guests, CIV
g ri IF convention house party, as
7Ee while the working newspaper
lsn st'7i up or found what seats they
. g. IN the auditorium. This year
Is 10 Bag different. A strict limitation
tlt on those who enter the press
-e.l1 Any newspaper owner is well
9a- 70 SIT in the seat signed to his
atsi tut if he does SO his paper will
s77 70 go without the news, unless the
Tsr chooses to do the reporting him
e. ,lArs will be no extra seat for the
4g- .al correspondent of that paper. If
5- H5 axes the seat, the working re-
4+f IS be shut out automatically.
" b. diplomacy was used by the
-T lonenUs' committee in seating
'-f-a -urial staff of the Central Press
@"A.u Of Cleveland. This organi-
s." ned up the three big headliners,
.da.. Byran, Samuel G. Blythe and
Lob, to cover" the conven-
as hEtne and Bryan are not good
'-- at all. Therefore, it was
'''- That if they were placed in ad-
'". -"aFs Incidents might arise that
'-. tea the attention of the conven-
wv AZ 4y from its regular business. All
' solved, however, when the COM
' lee ranembered that Cobb is also on
F central Press Staff. Cobb is one of
w largest physically newspapermen
''a ard also one of the most neutral.
L. gets along all right with Brya also
@ Blythe; likewise, with most any,
wy. 30, by seating Cobb between
'Sao and Blythe neither of the bellger-
1 can see the other, and both will
ave me time talking to Cobb. In
-F"'a''y' Bryan and Blythe are no
.''teF"elghts themselves. The Gen.
d Tess section of the auditorium will
'''S1ly be braced extra heavily.
"dShington, the Beautiful.
'as1 ngton at this season of the year
9. Tug nest. World travellers say that
MAY and June Washington is the
'1' tsa1tlful city in the world. 1t is
' ''e'' no doubt, which brings the
'''''' TO Washington IN droves during
'pr'ng months. Washington always
''1flsts, but in the spring they over
n the town.
,e" even old Washingtonians, realize
." makes their city so superlativeIy
-''''u IN the springtime. One large
''0a IS that Washington is the only
~. NJ III the United States where the
,. ~,''pal authorities have complete
h, se OF the trees of the city. In most