Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-06-23

Three Cabinet Members Present.
Among the many distinguished men
in attendance at the convention were
three members of President Wilson's
cabinet. These were Josephus Daniels,
secretary Of the navy; David Houston.
secretary of agriculture, who was
merely coming back home. and Secre-
tary of War Baker. The last men,
TONED was really the most important
of the three, so far as the convention
was concerned. for 1t was recognized
that he represented the president, and
he brought with him from Washington
Mr.. Wilson's ideas on several planks
of the platform, II not the whole struc-
ture. Mr.. Baker was very busy man,
and much of his time was given up to
conferences with the party leaders be-
hind closed doors. Between these con-
ferences Secretary Baker was in fire.
quent communication with the White
House.
Hospitality Of ST. Louis.
Northern energy combined with
southern hospitality characterized the
treatment that the convention visit
ors received from st. Louis and its
people. OF course the weather con-
tributed to the success of the COM
mittee in charge, for whereas in Chi
| cago the previous week everyone was
| waterlogged after the first day, here
| the sun shone most of the time and
pleasant breezes tempered the heat.
But the weather was only an incident,
| after all, for many ingenious plans
were laid and carried out to fill with
delight the spare hours between ses-
sions.
Clubs and amusement places were
| thrown open to the delegates and doz-
| ems of private citizens entertained
each evening. 1t all began on Mon
day. when the newspaper correspond
ents and other early arrivals were
taken in automobiles to August Busch's
| famous farm-the farm once owned
| by U. S. Grant-and there treated to
what Irving Cobb called natures own
remedy, made from herbs and simples
the real mint julep. Dinners at va
| rious choice places followed, and II
the remarkable hours at which the Wis
itors reached their hotels meant any,
| thing. the evening was an unalloyed
| success.
Tuesday afternoon there was an
other excursion In motor cars to show
the strangers more of the city's beau
ties, and in the evening the Press club
gave a smoker to visiting newspaper
men.
Wednesday evening was marked by
the annual frolic of the Press club ut
Delmar Park, and many hundreds of
delegates and visitors took advantage
of the invitation of the local scribes
and attended 1t. The affair was adver-
tised as being "Sunset to Sunrise" and
judging by the sleepy-looking folk next
day, 1t was all of that.
Not Much Noise Outside the Hall.
If the Democratic convention itself
was more enthusiastic than that of
the Republicans, the excitement and
noise connected with the former, out
side the hall, was much less than In
Chicago. With no contest over the
nomination for head of the ticket, and
not much for second place. there was
little excuse here for raising hubbub.
For two days the lobby Of the Jeffer-
son, where most Of the interest CEN
tered. was 'thronged' with CORE
spondents eagerly questioning one
another for bit of news, and
cartoonists seeking for some subject
for their pencils.
BY Tuesday night the delegates were
coming in fast, and some of them
brought with them some needed en-
thusiasm. Roger Sullivan and his
loyal boosters from Chicago arrived
with q vice-presidentia boom which
in public they holly asserted was sin
cere and hopeful, but which they pri-
vately admitted was designed only to
make evident that gentleman's su-
premacy in the Democracy of Illinois.
Pennsylvania's large delegation was
accompanied by a considerable num-
Der of nondelegates, and they and the
Indiana bunch in pretty white hats
with red ribbons made things lively
wherever they appeared. Tammanys
crowd from New York was numerous,
but in no way assertive.
The scarcity of bands was notable.
If the st. Louisans fell down any
where, 1t was in not supplying enough
music. Once in a while bunch of
musicians would invade hotel lobby
and stir things up bit, but there was
not near enough of that sort of thing,
and the band brought by the Sullivan
crowd from Chicago was the only one
from out of the city.
Some Interesting Characters.
A Democratic gathering always at
tracts picturesque figures, and this
was no exception to the rule. Early
on the scene and always the center of
a curious group were the delegates
from Hawaii. Most of them were ma
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