The Washington times., 1920-06-10

his Wilson anecdotes. they Will
amuse you. He says that in giving
England hundreds of thousands OF
square miles. and everybody every
thing he wanted, Wilson only wanted
for himself the job of recording
angel!
Depew tells of Democrats who say
1--WE are tired of the Democratic
party. We only ask you Republicans
to nominate a good man and we will
vote for him." That ought to be a
warning to the neatly dressed me-
chanical engineer from Massachusetts
trying to run the steam roller. II this
convention doesn't nominate the right
man, another convention will nomi-
nate Hiram Johnson as an independ
ent. Johnson will get the votes Of all
those Democrats that Depew speaks
of. And he will get three-quarters of
the votes in the Republican party
represented by the men on this floor.
Now Depew finishes as strong, ap-
parently as when he began. 1t is
risky work for a heart eighty-six
years old, but he seems to stand 1t.
He has been speaking as a straight
Republican in public for sixty-five
years, and coming to Republican con-
ventions for more than half a CEN
tury.
Now lady is to speak, a delegate
Of course. Mrs. Margaret Hill Nc
Carter, from Kansas. Tho lady is
just introduced Q2:10), by Mr.. Lodge,
who probably mutters within his pret-
ty gray whiskers:
God knows l never expected to see
this day"
Mrs. McCarter is a writer. Fiction
is her specially, and, be it said most
respectfully, she can talk as we'll as
write 1t. She says, II represent
twenty million American women, of
whom nineteen millions are Repub-
licans." Mrs. McCarter begins her
speech a little ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
from the housetop" style. But her
voice gets stronger as she goes along.
1t is quite clear that she is not going
to say anything you never heard be-
fore, but at least she can be heard,
and she is dignified, honest. a vast
Improvement on the average man for
delegate.
This lady, first to address a gath
ering OF this kind in the history of
America, dressed all in brown. hardly
gives you time to describe what she
has on before she is done. Her
little speech lasts only two minutes
and a half and winds up with "the
land of the free and the home OF the
brave" She is spplauded so well that
the management turns the spotlights
on her and Mr.. Lodge offers her his
arm and escorts her out on the
bridge.
Then you learn that another bitter
Ill 4. l.. l..
to be photographed for the movies
with that lady, while Mr.. Strong
Lung announces, 1--WE shall all sing
two verses from The Battle Hymn
of the Republic" Lodge will never
live as long as Depew has done. IL
they make him go through much of
this.
Twenty minutes past twelve, four
teen thousand people are trying hard
to sing Julia Ward Howe's mag
nifcent hymn. the best song ever
written in this country. 1t is evident
that they know less about IL than thew
do about the second verse of the
"Star Spangled Banner" which means
that they don't know anything about
1t. Strong Lung is trying II again
and begging for "a little pep" He
says, suTtly you can sing GlOry,
Glory Hslleluja,'" which seems rea-
sonable. He is trying a third time,
but it's no use. This crowd has evil
IDENTIFY not Seen the Coming OF the
Glory of the Lord" They will see
something pretty nearly as interest
ing, when they see Hiram johnson
coming along as an independent.
Poor Strong Lung tries to start some :
thing that the crowd does know, but
Lodge sends strong arm to pull
him away from the bridge. Evidently
Lodge came here to be a statesman.
not a vaudeville manager. Welcome
surprise.
Young Jim Wadsworth OF Now
York, looking just as young as when
they used to lift him on to his pony at
Geneseo, gets up and moves that the
convention adjourn until eleven
o'clock tomorrow morning. The
steamroller Is going back into the
garage, and for that. very very much
obliged. Thus endcth the second
session.