The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
NOMINATION
RECALLS AN
INCIDENT
Bryan Out-talked Davis
at Southern Society
Banquet

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In view of the enthusiasm with
which William Jennings Bryan OPP
posed the nomination of John w.
Davis for Democratic Presidential
ca ndidate and the fact that the
Commoner's brother, Governor
Charles Bryan, has been selected to
run on the ticket with Mr.. Davis,
an incident which comes to mind
has its amusing aspects.
The occasion was a dinner given
by the Southern Society Of Wash,
ington some two years or more ago,
when Mr.. Davis was the guest Of
honor. This was just about the
first time that the name Of Davis
had been spoken aloud in connec-
ton with the Presidency and he
was being made much Of py good
Southerners at their annual BAN
quet. Naturally he was the speak.
err Of the evening and the entire
program was built up toward his
address as climax.
Then-William Jennings Bryan
drifted into town and as a natural
courtesy was invited to attend the
banquet and placed at the speakers
table. Mr.. Davis address made a
great hit. It was scholarly, pointed,
effectively delivered-and short.
When the applause had subsidized,
however, someone conceived the idea
that it would be appropriate to ask
Mr.. Bryan to say few words lie
began his talk with the remark that
the last speaker had the advantage,
as he could talk until the lights
were turned out on him. Then he
proceeded to make good-or almost.
He must have spoken for three
quarters of an hour his theme rang
ing from politics to prohibition end
back again; and, although he held
his audience interested, there were
murmurs because OF the wav in
which he stole Mr.. Davis thunder,
MRS. ANDREWS GOES
TO CANANDAIGUA FOR VISIT.
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews, who
went to York, Pa, to superintend
the production Of a patriotic pageant
for which she wrote the script, is
now the guest Of Mrs. James
brewster Warwick at Canandaigua,
N. Y, and will remain a fortnight.
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Edward A. Hartman Is sailing
for England on Saturday on the
Berengaria. After attending the
meeting Of the American Bar
Association in London, he will! Join
Mrs. Hartman who is travelling on
the Continent and they will return
to this country on September Is.
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w. r. futile, P. A. Galleher, and
]. Raymond Slower, of Washington,
are in New York at the Chatham
Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grosvenor Hyde
Backus have gone to New York and
later will open their summer home
at Dublin, N. III.
Mrs. Kenna Elkins and Mrs. 10.
seph e. NOEL, who were New York
convention visitors at the Plaza,
have returned to Washington. Mrs.
Elkins and her young son, Stephen
B. Elkins, Sd, will spend August at
the White Sulphur Springs.
Doctor Marion Leroy Burton,
president of the University of Michi.
gan, and Mrs. Burton, who have
been at the Maplewood Hotel in
Pittsfield, started yesterday for a
motor trip through the White Noun.
tains.
Mrs. Upshur Moorhead has re.
llnquished her cottage at Cape May
and will go to York Harbor, Me-.
for the rest of the summer.
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Mrs. James Marion Johnston has
gone to York Harbor, Me-, TO re-.
main through the summer and il
accompanied by her daughter. Mrs,
Charles Lacey Hall, wife of Major
Hall, U. s. A..
Mr.. and Mrs. William Marshall
Bullitt, who have been at stock.
bridge, Mass, for the early sum.
mer. propose sailing on Saturday
Tor Europe to remain until October.
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Lieutenant Commander and Mrs.
William Gilmore Neill have gone 10
Maine for a summer holiday.
JOIN WASHINGTON
COLONY AT MONTERREY.
Mrs. Mark Brooke and her daueh.
ter, Miss Halle Brooke, have gone 10
Monterey, Pa, to be with Mrs. Fran.
lis M. Gunnell, who has taken a
cottage there for the summer. Major
Brooke will join his family In
August.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss,
" New York, have gone to Glen
Cove, L. l.. to spend the summer at
their home in Fresh Pond road.
Mrs. Auchincloss is the daughter Of
Colonel and Mrs. e. M. House.