Evening star., 1924-01-16
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

it. At the sound of the fifty-fifth vote
cast in her favor. little old New York
cried Keno, folks" and the 1924
democratic national convention was
awarded to Manhattan.
Surprised. Not at all. at all. Ear
lier in the day Tex Rickard. Repre-
sentative Christie Sullivan. Joseph +.
Day, Otto Shulhof and Dan Ryan.
secretary of Tammany Hall. wig
wagged over that the jig was up and
the big town had -copped. and when
Il flock of braves" release the
answer several hours in advance no
one but moron would think Of
looking further!
Despite the disappointment suffered
by those sterling communities OF
Chicago. ST. Louis and San Francisco.
especially the last named-for my,
how Isadore Dockweiler and Mrs
Charles F Donohoe did work in her
fnterests!-the award is just one,
Tor the last time the inhabitants OF
New York had slant at national
convention was way back In 1863,
when Horatio Seymour and FRANK L.
Blair were named to run against
Cen U. S. Grant and Schuyler ColfaX'
and according to Judge Morgan }.
O'Brien, who spoke yesterday, so UT. .
used Is the city to the method of
procedure that not few believe the
candidates really are appointed.
Therefore, blase as many wouIo
have her. domineering as others
would call her. and provlncial as
thousands believe her. let al! inter
rsted parties slip up to the Dig purs
open-minded in June, and II may De
that the get-together VIII dispei all
doubts harbored by those who mink
the mighty metropolis anything other
than the live, energetic. puisating
major city of the most powerful den-
that's just what she is. Congrat-
ulations, New York.
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Never since the Hotel La FaSette
opened it's doors has 1t housed such
throng of political headliners. and at
one time so crowded were the halls
and lobby that all furniture was re-
moved and the dining room opened
oh, yes. all hands were at ths con-
clave, from William Jennings Bryan'
accompanied by brother Charlie, down
10 Mayor Frank Hague of New Jersey.
newest national committeeman to the
venerable old party. v.
Both William Jennings and Charles
w sporied those cunning little skull
caps to protect their heads from the
wintry blasts, but so inSiStent were
the pesky "snappers to get the Ia
nous brothers together that the COW
eringS might have had hollday so
far as usefulness was concerned.
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Another veteran OF many cam
paigns was Try .Woodson. who slip
ped up from Kentucky-God bless
us!-just look the crowd over. Col.
Woodson, now proprietor and editor
of the Owensboro Messenger. was a
delegate TO the. convention that NOM
mated Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock
to run against James A. Garfield In
1850, and hasn't missed democratic
convention from that day to this.
When not shaking hands with old
time associates Col. Woodson whiled
away his time waiting for the con-
vention city vote chatting with Fred
Hume. secretary of the National
Publishers Association, and r. P.
Cuddihy, publisher of the Literary
Digest. Mr.. Cuddihy, whose publica-
tion conducts many election polls,
was particular to let it be known
that he Just happened in town and
thought he would look the bunch
yer. And maybe he hasn't a story
. or two.
big Jimmie" McAndrews of Chi
in 1901 and was chairman of the Dis
trict appropriations committee, was
around, looking younger and merrier
than ever.
The Chicagoan paid wonderful
tribute. to the beauty of Washing
ton and remarked how things had
changed from the days when a
s3,000.000 appropriation seemed pret-
ty good for the District. They
h.a 1ox- Hn,, .a-a av,,t =
they. Tommy" and Tom Brahany,
dressed fit to kill, quietly acquiesced.
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And that grand old warhorse,
Benton McMuHn of Tennessee. who
served twenty long years in the
lower house, and is now, according
to his own statement, nothing more
than the husband of Mrs. Benton
McMiilln. national committeewoman
from the Big Bend state.
Col. McMillin looked the picture
of health. and, when not busy on the
hunt for the good wife, was kept
hard at work shaking hands with
former associates.
Why, certainly. our own national
committeeman, John F. Costello, was
among those present, and very much
engaged, Johnnie and Mrs Thomas
+. Walsh. national committeewoman
for the unmatchable area, must have
had longing for another sight at
both voted "St. Louis" until the flop
started Tipping and then they
switched to New York.
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And now bit about Madison
ha
ing will be staged. The building,
according to Tex, Rickard. it's chief
will seat $4,000 comfortably, and
2i.000 with some squeezing.
The genial Tex. who. by the way,
carries his wears as lightly as the
with former Secretary of Agriculture
Edwin Meredith, when William Jen.
nings Bryan darted by.
X 50 that's the great Commoner."
leader. Il was up in Alaska when he
ran against Mckinley in 1896 and
well do I remember how we all
thought that for every dollar of sill
Yer We had there would be sixteen
cartwheels waiting down in the
Treasury. That's twenty eight years
ago, and it seems like Yesterday.
Tex then outlined plans for the
wonderful new Madison Square Gar
den. which is to be started this
o. Soth SliSct, III avenue anu
Broadway and when finished will be
the biggest indoor auditorium in the
world, with seating capacity Of 26, 900.
He gave figures to show that dur
ing the past three years more than
100000 people had paid admission
to the present" Garden. with more
than 100000 having been turned away.
Tex was dee-lighted that the old town
drew down the prize.
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The noted promoter had hardly
left when D. c. (Bud) Sargent, and
Bill Hart hove in sight. Bud. who
spends his winters out in Hyatts-