The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
lA|T Thinks He
roo observes
SOME VOTES
Writer Though Not as Good
Looking ~ Srsbs; says He
Is Not as Old % RaIston
~ IACK Y,AY'r.

II
CONVENTIONS HALL, July L..
toric hall, hot and weary, ] see acres
ot wtlted, ifane men and still niiIi-
tant but stu more puzzled women.
II u the Democratic convention
have seen fighters punch drunk,
and I have seen many gtrang e things
ana was silly enough to think had
seen everything. But this MCEn1Tg
nee meneaud women vote drunk.
That ~ az least new. \.
Most Of them don't know what It's
All about. where Il Is going or why
itig as it has become. They only
know that presently they VIII set
word to shoot and then they VIII
be told how 70 vote and VIII be too
tired to protest.
Yesterdays unique convention per
Torrance. with fifteen ballots in
single day. took on presently the
satirical spirit Of Glowing. Any
delegate who wasn't voted for had
reason to wonder why he was die.
Eliminated against. The Demo.
cratic Marty had more candidates
| than Heinz has pickles. and the
price Of adding machines was gong
up hourly,
Clerks Giving Out.
Not only candidates.. but clerks
were giving out. One Of the sreau |.
ers couldn't pronounce the names ~. 3.
fhe states and didn't know the flrsI
name 81 half the Dayises In nonli-
nation. and he pronounced Saules
h,,,-v ~ fh0lirh Il were Salisbury
4 Chicago steak instead Of q Len
ware Senator.
raises the campaign kale Tor the
nertv. WIN uplift his dguratiye
n,nesnhone as the director Of the
convention and, having held the
..erfraas' IL the Madison Square
MOB scene All dressed up and made
IN ~, and waiting the signal AFTER
ready, get set" he WIN WHISPER
Then the McAdoos, the Smiths
ana other supporting character per
formern will fade into the back.
rround- and the star win step 70
the center Of the set ana stE'il
Meantimes. it's ) comical con
Nnthing typifies II more than the
i one VOLo 1uS 1eVAsSAAA -
Michigan. i.
Krebs Deserves Vote.
Krebs Is ! nice hid. . reporter
fnr international News Service
With which / have the honor 70 Be
] aasocfated for purposes ~ report
ling this Gilbert ana Sullivan opera
bouf4e.
Krebs Ii ! youth. whereas I an
an old.tiner. A. I look out into
the arena right noWs cha III out "
Il white snort shirt, ooatleas. n9klpe
I0uegtions Of q. lady IN the Missouri
delegation. on an eTfazld Tor Arthur
Brisbane.
YET Ne Ii. 4 candidate and has
Il hair 4. vote behind him and Bris'
Ibale. william y. Bryan. Norman
lHaprood. Senator Wheeler and 9th.
a celebs. not including your
lhumble oversigned, all men with
records haven't been. limited ct.
And It wasn't lady delegate
either. who cast that half vote t0T
i Krebs, though I doubt not but hall
1.-THE women delegates would jump tc
him IL they knew he was the hand
same kid, not yet twenty-five who
lis causing feminine hearts TO flut.
tier All over the hall. "a pEesidential
candidate has to be thirty-kive.. Bni
that doesn't, seem to matter IN thu
extremely informal outfit krebs
/ has gone into history and
haven't, and I an1-well: Ut preei.
Dental age, anyway.
Krebs works In che WasklngtQn
bureau. He has auburn hair; tbs
profile of d Greek god; ana he IL
wasted on the floor the lid car
write. NY boy, Jack Jr.. reads hin
I in the detective magazines ana
i spank Jack, Jr., for 1T Not "a
i much because he reads Krebs. stuff
| but because he doesn't read mine.
Now, what chance have II Jackie
/ viii sneer at meKrebs has q vote
| and haven't even q quarter u one
| being probably the only Democrat
/ IN the hall who hasn't.
Krebs has hopes Of becoming q
great humorist. What q start he
Is getting, covering this convention,
/ II sitting through these sessions
don't make. man q Josh Billings,
| he has no sense OF hunnor to begin
with. and deserves TO be q delegate
all his life
Krebs Likely to win.
I don't know who is going to Be
nominated. Probably Krebs. He
would get all the women's votes
and none OF the men's-if his pic
ture were published. Carter Glass,
who Is said to be the best dark
horse. wouldn't stand chance
against him-on looks. Neither
would I, though am FAR handsoincr
than Glass. and far younger than
Ralaton.
nv views on the X, X. X are
strictly confidential II I run X
win be on the plank introduced by
my young colleague, Bryan, regret.
ting the death Of Harding / stand
firmly on It and challenge all It's
opponents. that being the only word
mentioned at this convention which
wasn't fought out: 1t wasn't sneces.
sary even to poll the Missouri dels.
! cation on It.
| BY the way, panic almost
started when some one said 1.-THE
Missouri votes are going TO be
| polled" and q delegate mistoolk him
to say "the Missouri votes are going
to be sold" with d disappointed air.
the hundred delegAres who had been
immediately Interested, fell back
when they. got It right.
II any votes were going to bc
sold, Missouri wasn't going to. lap
up all the gravy.
! hesitate to think what q man
could do right now with q baslketful
Of ten dollar bills on that floor,
Hotel rates are high and this ~ the
eighth, day In the wilderness, with
gu the fayorite sonss hopelessly