Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-05
CONSPICUOUS MEN IN CROWD
ON-HAND FOR THE CONVENTION
Delegate Who Looks Like Ollie James and
Chief Justice White Divides Attention
With U. S. Champion Dark Horse.
BY EARL GOODWIN.

BY EARL GOODWIN.
CHICAGO, June 5-There's a man
here from Chicago who is the liv-
ing image of Chief Justice White
from one angle and the living image of
Ollie James from another. He is prob
ably the only man with duplex-self-
acting ahbi in this entire political side
show today. He is the only man who
carries the likeness of himself. Supreme
Court justice and a senator all under
the same hat. Little fellows, who are
ON the lookout to get a peek at the noted
characters they drift by punch one
another in the ribs and whisper. There
goes Senator Ollie James of Kentucky
The duplex individual walks few
feet and some one else says, go on. you're
crazy. That amt Ollie James. Don't YOU
know who that is? Why. that's Chief
Justice White"
All bets are off because both wrong.
This wonderful imtator is none other
than big Archie Stevenson of Colorado.
C;azed at head-on. he has the appearance
of the judge. GaZed at from the rear. his
hat which covers about acre and a
half looks like that of Senator Ollie
James. Big Archie gave his panama to
la bellhoy to hang up Yesterday. and
the thing locked like a walking haystack.
It's canopy big enough to hold a con-
vention under, with seats enough for all.
Was Played by Heney.
-Four years ago Big Archie Stevenson
sat in the republican convention. and
had the hide taken off him by Mr..
Heney of progressive fame. Heney
was out for Roosevelt. and Big Archie
was steam rolling for Taft The work
he did in opposition to the bull moose
effective that Heney gave Big
Archie worse tongue lashing than
Bryan gave to charlie Murphy. And
there wasn't any doubt about whom
Heney was talking to. or talking about.
despite the dual appearance of Big
Archie.
As I say. Archie was so anti Roose-
welt four years ago that they nearly
killed him for it, and now look, Won
der of wonders he is out in the ring
today yelling his head off for Roosevelt
as the republican candidate.
There is another marvellous person
he;e in the being of one William Grant
Webster of Chicag go, who has made n
profession of the dark horse business
AS Il dark horse, Mr.. Webster has
reached the ultimate in opaque black
for political equines. People who have
viewed his achievements declare that
as an unknown he has no equal anywhere
on earth. and that for remarl<a BILE vote
getting ability he beats anything they
have ever seen. While Mr.. Webster is
seen sitting on lounge in q hotel he
does not impress the beholder as man
who could reach from here to Oregon
and set the people crazy, but that is
" hat he has done.
Never in His Own Home Town.
William Grant Webster has a craze
for running for any kind of office in
any Kind of community except his own.
There is a local election in Chicago to-
morrow. but William Grant Webster's
name appears nowhere on the ticket.
However, If there was to be primary
for United States senator in Arizona to-
morrow and William Grant could get
into it in any way the chances are he
would be there strongly intrenched and
with wonderful chances of winning.
Here's one of the things he did No
one had ever heard of William Grant
Webster in Oregon any more than they
have heard of Frank Hogan in Chhua-
hua. However, the Oregon laws allow
any man with SIS to spend for an entrance
fee to have his name put on the ticket
for any old Office he chooses William
Grant looked over the Offices he would
like to FIJI and calmly selected that of
Vice President Why he didn't choose
President no one seems TO know. Per
haps it was because some Of the Hughes
supporters filled the space up with their
own choice first. At any rate, Oregon
ballots printed with the name Of
William Grant Webster u candidate
for Vice President. asking the support Of
the voters Of Oregon And all the time
William Grant was attending to his knit
ting in Chicago.
There were other names on the ticket.
In addition to Charles Evans Hughes.
there were the names Of Burton, Cum
minis and Borah- The latter. 50 the story
goes. had considerable support in Oregon
a : President
cumminS and Burton actually sturnpcd
the state. The people had chance to see
and hear Judge Hughes. every one
knows. WAS on the ticket simply because
people who liked him put his name there.
He never went near the state. of course.
Neither did William Grant Webster of
chicago. the perpetual candidate for any
thing
Oregon's Choice for Vice Presidency.
And the people of Oregon turned
down Cummins. Burton and Borah
and Charles Grant Webster, the great
unknown, stands a s the Oregonian cam
date for the vice presidency He beat
Borah by $4,000. Evidently the people
of oregon are strong for unknowns
But here's something else that Will
liam Grant Webster did. and when one
thinks it over it would seem that there
is something grand and high sounding
In the name. william Grant Webster.
All it needs to be complete compen-
dunn of American history is the addi-
tion perhaps of Washington and Lin
coin. If he could sandwich in some
thing along that line he would prob
ably he nominated for emperor with a
life job. To resume the discussion of
the advance Of this political windstorrn
he had "A hankcring for the presidency
about the time the ohio prima ries were
to he held. and some one put his name
on the ticket there.
No one knew him, no one ever heard
of him. but there was something
strongly suggestive of American ideals
in these two grand old names of Web
ster and Grant, and the state of Ohio
actually deposited $1,000 votes in the
ballot boxes for a man they never
knew. never saw and never dreamed