The sun., 1916-10-10
BUTCH MDEYIYT IN
WHITE HOUSE RACE
~elf-NOminated, Wilkesbarre
Founder Puts Through
Convention.
PROVES HIS PATRIOTISM
Doesn't Wait for Cocktail at
KnickerbOcker When Duty
Calls Uptown.

Any one who cherishes the notion that
Butch" McDevitt came here yesterday
on a Lehish Valley special train to nomi.
nate himself for the Presidency merely
In the spirit OF satire or egoism may
just as well forget Il. That Butch was
bubbling with the pure spirit Of patriot.
lem is illustrated thus:
He ordered a cocktail for himself and
lemonade for his cohorts at .b5 r. NJ
In the Hotel Knickerbocker. He had "a
be at Terrace Garden in East Fifty.
eighth street at 4 +. NJ. to start the Nc.
Dewitt Presidential convention. The
cocktail was a n or two late and II
came up In the elevator as Butch started
north and east In his taxicab. Had
Butch entered the Presidential race Just
for fun he would have waited and waited
for that cocktail.
800 Words q Minute.
When Butch arrived at Terrace Gar
den and put himself in nomination he
began at a speed Of 900 words a minute.
Because he ordered only soft stuff for
the delegates the little party. on which
he laid out a few thousand dollars. went
through like a Wilson ratification. Butch
was seen In the roles OF temporary and
permanent chairman. keynoter n nomi-
mating orator. To-day he will trot down
TO Atlantic City n do the work Of the
notification committee. The proceedings
yesterday in Terrace Garden might be
described as containing all the excite
ment OF a national convention without
any OF the vexatious delays.
One OF Butch's most Jealous delegates
was Spike Lynch. who sta rted his career
as "a fTntnhf hnttnH h,,s h.. - t.
the world with the millionaire for a Day"
fonko was In the party too. Now Yonko.
otherwise Anthony Zawol. Is a lad who
works In the McDade foundry in Wilkes
barre, where Butch used to do a little
pain and fancy laundering. Butch
thought fonko would run errands.' But
II was Yonko's first trip on a railroad
train and FIRST visit to a hotel. so Butch
had his hands full rescuing Yonko from
under taxicabs and yanklng him away
from the elevator. Yonko didn't know
enough about n big city to call the
walter on the telephone. so you see what
a lot OF good he was to the National
Butch party.
lust . hit DOwncast.
Buoyant as Butch usual Is. he was
"A bit downcast yesterday afternoon when
he hit New York with his white badges
n his delegates INC found that the
city had not turned out with brass bands
and bouquets. When he left Wilkes
barre In the morning all the adherents
OF the National Butch party were AT the
station. and having studied Charles T..
Hughes's observation platform manners
as depicted In the movies. the candidate
made a good Job OF his farewell speech
and caused an uproar. But he put
through his convention. after warning
all the delegates that II they didn't vote
FOR him he would make them walk home.
AZ for the actual proceedings In Ter
race Garden. the nomination OF william
Riddle, ex-Mayor of Atlantic City, as
Nice-President and the selection of Will
bert Robinson, Bill Carrigan. Billy Sum-
day n Thomas Mott osborne for the
Cabinet. those are md;tors INCH must
go down In history aloug Vl.n the other
conventions. so why bother with them
here. Butch brought the AFFAIR to a close
by reading the receipt the Terrace Gar
den people gave him for the 500 rent
OF the hail.