The Washington herald., 1920-01-09
MONEY TALKS
FOR SAN FRAN
100000 Certified Check
Discouraged Pleaders for
Chi and K. c.
ELECT LOCATE OASIS
Prohibitionists Acquire New
Strength-Movie Men
On Job.

When Isadore B. Doclcweiner. ma
tional committeeman from Csufor-
mia, slapped down a certified check
for $4,000 to get the Democratio
convention. the chances OF Kansas
City and Chicago blew"
They Joshed Homer Cummings
about II afterwsrd, for II was
gers closed on the check. he had
. look on his face like that OF \
cat In a creamery.
There viii te 1900 more coming
on April J. and besidas that the
committee has fhs binding promise
OF every Frisco hotel to maintain
normal prices. In addition IL was
announced that a one-and-one-third
round trip rate had been promised
by the Railroad Administration for
delegates with q short bsnlzroll.
There was a little anteroom adjoin-
ing the banquet hall that proved very
popular to those who had the COM
binstion. Men went in there looking
jsded and came out full OF pep"
Only the elect were guided in the
right direction. but among them were
some of the very strongest prohibi-
ton advocates in Congress.
The movie men knew they wouldn't
have such a chance 20 get the dis
tinguished Democracy together again.
so they set up an iTnpromptu studio
just outside the banquet hall. Nor
man Mack, OF Buffalo. was the first
celebrity TO filmed and then Vice
President Marshall. J. Ham Lewis,
Ex-senator Salisbury. Champ CLARK.
and Governor Cornvell were among
others 10 face the camera.
DR.. Cary Grsyson brought the in
innate White House gossip. He was
escorted by Senator Peter Goeiet
Gerry and Key Pittman and assured
one and all that the President was
getting along splendidly and felt the
keenest regret over his inability to-
be present.
II was a sad evening for the wife
OF one of our most prominent Sen
ators. She was garbed in the choicest
Of rsiment and radiant in spirit until
she started TO step OF the elevator
leading TO the banquet hall Then a
clumsy Democrat set a pair Of West
ern broSans on the train OF her gown.
there was rip and. What she said
will not be included in the platform.
zoe" Bailey Democrats were among
the missing last night To the un-
initiated, il may be explained, practiC-
ally all the diners wore open-fsce
suits and billed" shirts. Ex-senator
Bailey won fame by his ardent dis
like OF dressing up and swore he never
would appear In a swallow tail After
he came to Congress he forgot about
his pet aversion.
State Senator Dowden. Of South Da-
kota. was carefully spreading the
Bryan propaganda. here. there and
everywhere. Dowden was bitten by
the Bryan bug in 1895 and he admits
he's happy since he discovered it's a
permanent arliction.
II was a large and eventtul evening
for the ladies. There were forty
eight OF 'em entitled to seats on the
floor. and the only fly in the ointment
were few feminine eyes TO sppraise
their fnery. Some OF the committee
women were douoly proud because
they had seats at the tables. while
fond husbands had 10 watch the pro-
ceedings from the sidelines or the
gallery.
Mrs. Peter/ /olesen. the or1y woms n
speaker. was the FIRST to discover that
the Washington Hotel dinner was
staged in the Salon des Nations. 1T
augurs well for the party stand on the
league treaty." she said.
Bryan men had TO stand for much
good-nstured bantering, for the New
York delegation did not let them for
get the Bryan League in the Empire
State had declared for Gerard. The
former Ambassador to Germany was
very much in evidence himself. and
held whispered confabs with many
committeeman.
Holding the double-header ban
Quet had its advantages for many
of the speakers They had q chance
to observe how their rpunches"
went over in the frst delivery and
Ito strengthen them for the second
effort. Governor Cornwell. who was
the frst 70 criticise any OF Democ-
racy's achievements by voicing OBJ
lection to the Adsmson Law. tested
Il out at the willard. II seemed to
70 we'll with the diners. so he re-
pested IL at the Washington.
Homer Cummings scored the first
laugh of the evening when he
chaffed the Republicans for oner-
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