Evening star., 1924-01-17
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

ties nave CHOSEN tneiT Soh'Sh'"''
cities, settled on the date of their re-
spectiye gatherings and wound up all
preliminary business. the only thinG
Il nervous public can possibly do at
present is to sit by and walt for FUR
ther Developments.
You know, the attractive feature or
most national committee conclaves IS
that apparently nobody ever loses
no. sir: Regardless of the final out
come OF any hotly discussed PROPOSE
lion, hardly is the vote announced
than Immediately all hands, winners
and losers alike, appear tickled to
death with the result and the band
plays on.
Far be it from any intent 70 infer
that all has not been perfectly har-
monious at the Hotel LA Fayette,
where for the past few days Miss De-
mocracy'S gallant protectors have as
Sembled In meeting, for to all out
ward appearances representatives OF
those factions reputed to have ia
Nored holding the huge pow-wow in
the west were just as cheerful and
enthusiastic after the smoke OF battle
died away as were their brother dem
ocrats who fancied the east, all of
which makes it much nicer!
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Prior to the final wind-up. and the
visit IF all delegates to former
President Woodrow Wilson. the ses-
sion was turned over to bouquet
throwing and rising votes of thanks
and for fully half hour those
responsible for the success of the
meeting were showered with compli-
ments.
Judge Cordell Hull. national demo-
cratic chairman. became 50 embar
rassed at the honeyed words from
Clark Howell and J. Bruce kremer,
national committeeman from the
sovereign states of Georgia and
Montana, respectively, that he used
his prerogative as boss and ordered
the speeches cut.
While the popular chairman was
being commended for the efficient
manner In which he has handled all
committee business I" date, his good
wife was being deluged with con-
gratulations for the delightful way
she entertained the entire body at
luncheon the day before In the
hotel. All agreed il herculean
task, but that the affair went off
without a hitch was atteSted by the
guests.
Others TO come in for get-up ex-
pressions of appreciation were Messrs.
Howell and kremer. Isadore Dock
weller of Los Angeles. Miss Elizabeth
Marbury. national conmittefWoman
for New York; Mrs. Charles +.
Donohoe. who fought so valiantly for
her dear san Francisco; Mrs. Leroy
springs Of South Carolina. voted the
best looking cominitteewoman pres
ent. who led the tight for explicit
recommendation for four additional
woman delegates. and Mrs. Emily
Newell Blair.
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During the n .eting the executive
committee of tae national committee
refused to CONSIDER an appeal entered
by Col James q. EasbySmith for the
redistricting rf the District of Co
lumbia basins its decision on the
ground that all such matters should
be thrashed out by the local commit
tee.
John F.. Costello. national commit
teeman for the District, appeared be-
fore the committee representing those
fayoring the present plan of division.
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An interesting attendant at all ses-
sions of the committee was Mrs. {.
&. Bradford. state superintendent OF
education in Colorado. Mrs. Bradford
is from Denver and was the nrSt
woman in the United states seated
a. delegate at a convention OF eltner
of the two large parties. when in 1909.
at Denver. she was the lone member
OF her sex among l,O0V men.
Mayor John F. Hylan Of New York.
Is to be congratulated that he has
such an agreeable substitute In Muir
ray Hubert, president OF the New
York board of aldermen, now acting
mayor of the greater city, who came
down to present Manhattan's invita-
ton because Of Mayor Hylan's Ill
ness.
Great. big. whole hearted type of
man. Mr.. Hubert made many friends
during his stay here, and his able
presentation of his city's offer was
remarked upon by all in attendance.
many Hall. and the rest of the big
town outfit were delirious with joy
over their success goes without say
ing.
And maybe Herbert Swope. execu-
tive editor of the New York World,
wasn't the happy party after the an
nouncement was made that New York
had won. Mr.. Swope had to guard
his exuberance, however, for he suf
fered from a huge boil on his neck
throughout the entertainment.
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Included in the party brought to
the meeting by National Committee
man Charles y. Greathouse OF In
diana, newly appointed secretary, was
Meredith Nicholson, the noted writer
and prominent democrat Of the
Hoosier state.
Mr. Nicholson was intensely inter-
ested in the proceedings, as were
IL,
which included Fred Van Mays.
Smily Chambers. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
s. Chambers. Miss Gertrude McHugh,
Il. G.. Scotten and U. j. Holloway, all
OF Indiana. I
The party made it's headquarters at
the New Hamilton, where Senator
4. G. Scotch and y. ]. Holloway.
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During the sessions many visitors
were interested in the identity of the
three colored men in the audience,
one clergyman wearing the red
rabbi and large gold cross of a
bishop.
The two laymen were Oscar II.
Waters, president Of the Oscar H.,
City, affiliated with Tammany Hall,
and P. Hampton White Of the same
organization, while the priest was
Bishop George Alexander Mcguire of
the African Orthodox Church. the
firs. clerical of the denomination to
be consecrated bishop in America
Bishop Mcguire, elevated to his
present station In 1921. is an ardent
worker for the uplift of his race, and
with his associates believes, that the
time has long since passed when the
colored man should stick blfndly to
the policies Of any particular party.
Declaring that the self-supporting
and law-abiding element of the race
are mindful of the obligations they
might owe the republican party of a
past generation, Bishop Mcguire said
that the time had arrived for that
same element to assert it's independ-
ence of thought and action.
I'VE long since have ceased to be
the wards of the nation.n he added