The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-12-14

[. There's Colonel Ramsay of
Aurora-the men with white hair who
| las just come on the stage. He had
| Inner at our house once and he's
perfectly lovely. He's a beautiful
speaker. but they don't let him speak
any more because he was a gold bug
| whatever that is. They say Colonel
Ramsay has stopped gold-bugging now
and wants to be Governor. Sylvia, all
these men that don't want to be
United States Senator want to be
Governor. Isn't it funny? 1 don't
see why silver money isn't just as
good as any other kind, do your"
They told me at college," said
Sylvia, but it's rather complicated.
Why didn't your father come to the
convention even if he wasn't a dele
gate? He could have sat in the gal
Iery; I suppose a lot of those men
down there are not really delegates. "
'Oh, that wouldn't be papas way of
doing things. 1 wish he had come;
just on mama's account; she takes
everything so hard. If papa ever did
half the naughty things they say he
does he'd be in the penitentary good
and tight I should like to marry
public man; if I trusted man enough
to marry him l shouldn't be Jared =
bit by what the newspaper said OF
him. I like politics; l don't know
what it's all about. but I think the
men are ever so interesting"
81 think so too" said Sylvia; "only
osalr
much noise and do SO little. That plat
form they read a little bit ago seemed
splendid. 1 read lot Of political plat.
forms once in college-they were part
of the course-and that was the best
one / ever heard. II declared for
laws against child labor, and I'm in
telested in that; and for juvenile
courts and a lot of the new en-.
ightened things. 1t was all fine"
DO you think so? 1t sounded just
like a trombone solo to me. MI. Har-
wood was on that committee. Didn't
you hear his name read? He's one Of
these high brOws in politics, and
fathers going to push him forward
so he can accomplish the noble
things that interest him. Father told
me Mr. Hawood would be a delegate
to the convention. That's the reason
1 wanted to come. 1 hope he Will
make a speechF--hey say he's one II
the best OF the younger men.
heard him It the opera house at
Fraserville in the last campaign and
ne kept me awake, 1 can tell you. And
funny! You wouldn't think he could
be funny"
ooh, can see that he has humor-
the lines around his mouth show
that"
They had discussed the convention
and its possibilities at Mrs. Owens
prea kfast table and with the morning
newspapers as their texts. Sylvia had
s:ained the impression that Bassett
had met a serious defeat in the choice
Of delegates. and she had been con
scious that Mrs. Bassett was distressed
by the newspaper accounts Of 1t. Ma
rian dubbed on elucidatively, answer
ting all Of Sylvia's questions.
Don't you think that because papa
ISN'T here he won't be heard from;
.hink I know papa better than that.
He didn't think this convention would
amount 20 enough for him to trouble
with IT, 7 told Aunt Sally not TO talk
much before mother about papa and
politics: you will notice that Aunt
Sally turned the subject several times
his morning. That lawsuit Mr..
Thatcher brought against papa and
Aunt Sally made her pretty hot. but
papa viii fix that up all right. Papa
always fixes up everything" she
concluded admiringly.
It was in Sylvia's mind that she
was witnessing a scene Of the national
drama and that these men beneath her
in the noisy hall We're engaged upon
matters more or less remotely related
to the business Of self government. /
Her gravity amused Mrs. Owen.
Don't you worry. Sylvia; they are
al kind to their families and most OF
EN- earn an honest living. I've at
tended lots of conventions of all par
ties and they're all about alike; there
are more standing collars in a Re
nubIican convention and more whisN-
ers when the prohibitionists get to-
csether, but they're all mostly corn
ted and human. A few fellows with
brains in their heads run al the rest.
Look, Marian, Mr.. HarWood seems
to be getting ready to do something"
said Sylvia. Il wonder what that
paper is he has in his hand. He's
been holding 1t all morning"
Harwood sat Immediately under
them. Several times men had passed
notes to him, whereupon he had
risen and searched out the writer to
give his answer with a nod or shake
Of the head.
In the middle Of the hall a delegate
now drew attention to himself by ris
ing upon a chair; he held a piece Of
paper in his hand and waved It; and
the chairman promptly took cogniz
ance Of him. The chairman referreds
to him as the gentleman from Pulaskif
but he might have been the gentle
man from Vallombrosa for all that any
one cared. The convention was an
noyed that a gentleman from Pulaski
County should have dared to flourish
manuscript when there were innum-
erable orators present fully prepared
to speak eXtempore on any subject.
For ell that any one knew. the gentle
man from Pulaski might be primed
with a speech on the chinch bug or
the Jewish kritarchy; a man with
sheet Of paper in his hand was for
midable person, II not indeed a foe OF
mankind. and he was certainly not
10 be cOIInteuance3 or enCoura ged in