The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-12
JAMES GETS
A LION TANNERS JOB
Kentucky Senator Will Pre-
side Over Convention Of the
Unterrificd in st. Louis.
PONT1uS AND HEROD MEET

ST. Loris. June 1t.--Jack Bonavita.
the gifted lion charmcr. who. according
TO the gossip OF the back stairs cabinet.
has been prominently mentioned In a
wholly unofficial way for the Job Of
permanent chairman OF the National
unterrined Convention which opens here
Wednesday. was stlil hiding among a lot
Of Hons down at Coney Island, accord
ing 10 latest advices received here from
the East tonight. Consequently Sena-
tor Ollie James OF Kentucky will prob
ably gct the Job.
But the Hon. Col. Bill Sapp. head ~
the Kansas delegation-Sapp heads the
kinsans because he Is national commit
teeman from Bleeding Kansas-headed
this wa: from Galena IN -uch a hurry
that nc got here at IA " n
II was a murky dawn with lowering
skies which changed the muddy waters
~ the Mississippi all along the 81.
Louis river front TO a deep Wurzburger
hue. Before the day was much more
h onc-half gone however. the sun
HAD staggered FAR enough into view
10 cause tho rushing waters TO grow
all III up with delicatcly beautiful pale
pilstcr tin's OF gold.
by this time statesman after states.
man had crashed into town, while the
dull roars coming family AZ first from
east. west, north and south rap'dly
grew more deafening. Before nightfan
a glance ~ the names on tho registers
of such hotels - Tho Jefferson. the
~ antTEA tB. Hr.Fn al th. n p2t 40
and the Marquette showed that Tonight
ST. Louis is sImpl! popping greatness
at every pore.
Nanny spots IN Town.
Besides Rrn Sspp. we have with us
tonight Dclegat" Emanuel Spots OF
York. Pa. aNcctionatclv known as
NANNY spots and among the other hum
dreds. perhaps thousands. % leaders OF
men 10 he seen beneath Two quart high
hats around tho hotel lohbi,s were Dele
gates Pontiu- Of Ssndusky. Ohio Herod
OF Oklahoma, Congressman lial Flood
of Virginia and Stcv. iiailstone Of
Logan, Utah Chick irubhs OF Mount
sterling. Ky Bill Won Of Tallahassee {.
Charlie Ten weeges and y Z. Jones Of
Delaware. Bill Fdw, Art Niggs and Lee
Iisrr - Tennessee. Lab Whit" of smith,
Tex Ia Dick of Buffalo, Okla., and
GEORGE Deadly Of Bad Axe, Nich.
And that isn't all. Listen. Among
the delegates already on the job are
tho Hon. Bill Moon. Lee Crum aud iIy
Castsel. st Of whom. like tho Hon Jay
Byrd. are delegates from Mississippi.
Not only that, hut among those present
also. II Wa. gratifying To- learn tonight.
was none other than Mrs. Bird Hobby
~ Fl Centre. cal. the fr>t woman dele
gate 20 arrive. she reached here Just
about the Same time that tho Hon Bill
u Bunker. Tod Wise Carver. George
Vice and George Cats also got here to
represent California.
Statesman Jack Nciah"o Of Tar
ho''um. Ga. has ius' do'rsirei Kin
! Perky Of Boise. Idaho Statesman chct
Roop OF Tsrrolton Ga BIZ Bla'z Of
Millsttd'. III Hans Blas", Jasper Hess
and barney Jung. all ~ Chicago. just
blow ~ OF the Wabash. Indiana al
ready e. represented here 10y two Hellers
Delegates y II and td-aud by Glenn
T~hi~'l"vsttc "f Richmond Iar Blue OF
Flora and Scott BOO Of kinsuau
II - oul, fair to aid thtt among the
others now uupark.I are the Hon. Ike
Haas Of Monroe, La sam B,aks of Ann
.Nrhor. Jim shine Of Saul' Ste. Marie.
,fiu cowgirl ~ kau~hS CITY, job Dim.
INIT 81 S'l.lh'na. Mo ls.s Rice OF
Neo~ha. Mo Wal, ',ou,h Of Lincoln.
Nsb I'D NutE of Lincoln, sob. CON
gresham vi I'ou Of Nprth Carolina and
jim Tinglr from the sarne state, Jay
rarc - r1khoru. W. WYNN Eddy Of
Bingham city. lIil National Commute
ie.min cato SOIL Of TtNas, Jack short
Of Highlands, IA Lawyer Id lick ard
Banker B,ll Gpforth of GarNiu. pkla. 4.
Jake Bun Of ,;e,tysturg, Va Jim Cash
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