The Washington times., 1924-07-02

II IL odd that among the masses
attending this pow-wow two rela-
lively trivial incidents can DOM
mate conversation. Everywhere
you 90 they are talking about the
dry agent who held up the delegate
from Chicago and took his bottle
Of snake bite remedy and also the
unregenerate son Of Belial who pos
sessed himself Of Bryan's watch.
When the tumult ana shouting
dies there Is one feature Of this
convention that stands out like q
handaged thumb. This Il the con-
duct of the ladies. They did not
show the hysteria Of their brothers.
They attended the convention and
went home and got their sleep.,
TO them. and rightly 20. & was a.
serious business.
Izetta's OratoEy GOOD. n
It Is conceded that the best touch
OF oratory was that Of Izetta Jewell
Brown who seconded the nominal
ton for John w. Davis. II was
brief, witty and convincing.
New York has had innumerabie'
sudden showers. Thousands OF dele
gates were drenched trying to make.
their way into Madison Square
Garden and Of course they were
naturally envious Of the golden
Diana atop the tower. Don Mar
quis' lines fit aptly:
See Diana on the tower.
She don't care II there's a shower,
She amt got no clothes to spoil
Gee, amt she the lucky goil.
New York today squawks with
enui. A delegate from Nebraska
emblemized the city's feelings when
with an uncovered yaWn he said.
I'm plum played out" New York
feels much like the host at a party
whose guests have remained too
long.
The thousands who expected to
remain here week and were. then
forced to wire home for an extra
night shirt feel that New FORKS
hospitality has spent itself.
City Keeps Pledges
To the credit Of the city It has
kept its pledges. The one thing I
regarded with sl1epticism was the
promise Of those in charge that there
would be no crowding in hotels.
This promise was fulfilled.
There was no sleeping cots In
Railways nor packing ten In a room,
a. IL usually the case when q city
is overcrowded.
Menu prices, from quick lunch to
gtlded cafes, remain unchanged in
their price lists. Even the taxi
drivers played fair and there was
not q single arrest among them for
gypping.
And these wise New Workers. who
have an idea that any one living
west Of Jersey City il a simple
minded pumpkin must revise their
opinion. The only person to be
fiim-flammed by confidence men
was q carpet salesman who lives
block from Times Square.
And while passing the poises It
- meet that few should be tossed
to the newspaper men - local and
visiting. Most Of them went through
this convention snatching sleep on
the ny. Any number OF them
worked forty-eight hours at a
stretch. ! know one who did not
have his shoes off in three days.
A convention OF all assignments
Is the most difficult to cover. Hell
Is likely to break loose at any mo-
ment from the most unexpected
quarter. It is the newspaper mems
job to be there when It breaks. And
to his credit he was there.
Tom Taggart Kindly.
To the layrnan the political lead
or Is somewhat OF an agre. I al.
ways imagined them with pugna-
cious jaws commanding with closely
clipped sentences. Then met Tom
Taggart, Of Indiana. He is more
like the kindly caretakers one finds
about public places. His voice is
soft. His manner shy. He likes
the philosophize about the native
aoosier fruit--the paw.paw. He
Knows much Of ponderous doings
behind closed doors and history
Ing events, yet he has the naivette
OF twelve-year-old school girl.
A woman delegate from q middle
west State faces a domestic scene
when she reaches home. In an Inn.
pulsive moment she had her hair
bobbed. She regretted It but de-
@dao to sound cut bar $4,000