Evening star., 1924-07-04
CONVENTION SIDELICHTS

| he does not look for any serious re-
suits, although" he added. Il would
| not recommend it as d steady drink
| to any of my patients"
| The CalifornianS brought a whole
carload of oranges with them, and
| orange juice has been as plentiful
| around the McAdoo headquarters as
| booze used to be in the old days The
rush at the McAdoo orange bar has
| fallen off since the announcement of
| the onion incident.
| Bennett Clark, son OF the late
| Champ Clark, is wearing a smile of
! satisfaction today. Every time there
Is the slightest slump in the McAdoo
vote Clark laughs with glee. He is
who knows il. In fact, he is glad to
! have people know il. AT the Balti-
| more convention. in 1912. McAdoo was
one or Champ C1ark's bitterest foes.
Bennett Clark classes Bryan with
McAdoo, and from the opening of the
Garden convention he has been oper-
ating on the slogan. Kill McAdoo."
don't care who they nominate
SO long as it isn't McAdoo," he has
said to many delegates as he circu-
lates about the convention floor
Just before William Jennings Bryan
left the Waldorf yesterday morning
he was surrounded by crowd of his
supporters and curiosity seekers who
wanted to get a closeup of the man
VINO stirred up the convention yes-
terday by his speech praising several
OF the candidates for the presidential
nomination.
When will the convention noni-
nate?" eagerly inquired Arthur Null
vey, one-time resident of Chiashet,
Mass.
Il know nothing about the me-
chahlcs or the convention snapped
the commoner.
Whom do you think will be named
Tor Presldent?' put in newspaper
man. Bryan smiled, saying: Il
haven't the least idea. AS l said to
a friend who asked me in the dining
the same question, Ask one of those
walters They know as much about
that as | do. 1 am concerned more
about principles than 1 am about
men. when this thing is over"
added Mr.. Bryan. Il am going to sit
for a new Biblical picture-Daniel
in the lions den"
Somebody asked Mr.. Bryan why
ne was wearing huge sunfower,
.ne .1 emblem Of the state of Kansas
convention" said he. That's not the
only thing they pinned on you," said
| a bystander.
Col. Bryan and will Rogers. who
met for the first time at the Republis
can convention in Cleveland are
working for the same syndicate ir
New York They met last night afteF
the convention when the two had
written their pieces"
SO you have nominated Coolidge"
said Bryan to Rogers good naturedIy.
Yes, said William, but he wires
me tonight that he would refuse the
nomfn alton. if named, on the ground
that it is worthless
How do you think up all these
funny things you writer" asked
"I don't have to-" said Rogers, "this
| convention is cinch for the so-calIed
humorist like myself. All have to
do is to watch the proceedings and
report the facts
I my son." said weary delegate to
the pride and joy of his heart and
heir to his democracy, as the two
wanded their way up 5th avenue
balloting. this convention is not
politics. 1t is pathology"
Here is the story they are tea,4ng
of the appetite of Jim Democrat, who
went for the doctor the night that W.
G. McAdoo was born, down in Mari
eta, Ga, and who mas been in New
York as kind of mascot for the Nc
| Adoo cause. Jim was left at the Ho-
| ing at the convention.
| Holl1ns Randolph, chairman of the
! Georgia delegation, told him to order
what he wanted to eat when he was
hungry, and to have it sent up to his
| room. Jim was rather timid about
| eating at first. But he got over this,
after he had sat down with a waiter
and a menu and found out how to
order he found out what a planked
| steak is. He also learned the mean
| ing OF hors d'ouvreS, and of lobster
la Newburg, and dozen other
dishes of which he had never heard
Mr.: Randolph got his weekly bill
for Jims room yesterday. 1t was
for $3.50. OF that s2s was for room
rent, at the rate of 81 a day. The
remainder of the bill-s47. 60-covered
| three days of eating, an average, for
| a negro brought up on greens, corn
bread and potlicker. of $3.50 a day.
| anyway said Jim, as he left for
| steak is"
The unexpected duration of the
| deadlock in the Democratic national
| convention was emphasized today
when the books of admission tickets
were found to contain only one re-
naming slip.
The committee which made arrange
| ments for the convention thought
lthey were looking far enough ahead
and even farther when they decided
! to have fifteen tickets. each admitting
| the bearer to one session in Madison
Square Garden, in the little books.
That seemed, then, to offer plenty Of
| things. But, as things turned out, it
didn't, so today the doormen were
| instructed to leave the final tickets