El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-08
Bryan Is Still Popular
SideLights On Convention

Los Angeles, where he Is now a
broker in moving picture plays
Little Chris said: Daddy. know
what They sent the fruit up TO your
room for me and the flowers for you
He can't eat the flowers
Every day during the convention,
the visiting newspaper men received
either a bouquet Of flowers or bas-
ket OF fruit in their rOoms-and one
day an extra basket Of fruit arrived,
with compliments I the san Jose
chamber of commerce. The St Francis
guests got an extra offering in the
form Of a big silver platter OF fruit
with the compliments Of Ihos- J. Cole
man, manager OF the hotel.
One OF the features OF the San
publication OF 1.-The Lobbyist" by the
st. Francis hotel management. 1t was
filled with contributions from the 80
or more writer's who made the hotel
headquarters and the "milliOn-uOllar
editorial STAFF included Irwin Cobb.
Ring Lardner. sam Blythe, Dorothy
Dix and others OF equal note Con-
tributing TO It was SOL ething Ike
telling q funny story when initiated
into the Elks-you lose II you tell II
and you lose II you don't Every
newspaper man in the house was in
formed on arrival that he must eX-
pect ostracism II he didn't furnish
copy and when it saw publicity, he
had TO undergo a griling criticism
from all the rest OF the gang" Out
saw the light IN four irsues during
the week-front page alongside OF
Irwin Cobb one day
The suggestion has been made that,
since the convention was run from
IN nv % a 70 h
licans should try TO have the nomi-
nees notified that way so the cleo
ton viii come and pass while CEN
tral is getting the connection
II one hadn't been to Chicago first,
he would have thought. on listening
TO the speeches here in san Fran
cisco. that II there was a Republican
in France during the war. he must
have been in some other uniform than
that Of the Z, s
Bourke Cochran. the silver tongued
Irish Tammauy orator from New
York, looks for all the world like
Phil Young. former FL Pasoan, now
OF Ocean Park, Calf Bryan was the
only man here who could out-orate
Bourke-
People in the galleries OF the con-
vention hail. once they got in, had
10 stay II they would hold their seats,
for there were always more seekers
Of admission than there were seats
for those holding tickets II a gal
lery seat holder left II TO go TO the
corridor below for a sandwich, some
one else vas admitted 10 the balcony
as he went out, and got the seat
Gallery spectators had to carry their
lunches. have friends send il up by
Boy Scout messengers or 90 hungry
When I wrote that even the police
you" I hadn't tried to gain admis-
sion 70 one Of these balconies Send
ing some lunch UP 20 little Chris by
a Scout, ! had occasion to stand al
one OF the doors awaiting his return
and listen 10 a burly Irish copper
talk to people who were trying 10
get in. and IL was an outrage. The
policeman even swore at women for
having the temerity 10 knock at the
door he was guarding when they held
tickets emitting them TO seats II is
a known fact that police and door I
keepers admitted people without [
tickets 70 all parts OF the hall. The I
five I saw showed in as Whites /
friends" the other night were an ex- ,
ample Of this ] learn that the White !
referred to was the chief OF police
The Irish appeal TO the convention /
for support was based largely on the /
ground OF the preamble OF our own I
constitution, Whereas. all just gov
ernments derive their consent from /
the governed"
Marshall Hicks. former mayor OF |