Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22
DEMOCRATS Battle
HOUSTON SCENE WITH
SPLASHES OF HARMONY
Continued from First Page.)

quarters of Senator Reed a publicity
gentleman for the farmers said that
IL farmers were on their way to HouS-
ton Ito cooperate, not to agitate,"
which sounds almost like campaign
slogan.
Reed Offices to Open. -.
The dinner orchestras have begun
playing The Sidewalks o. New York, ;"
but invariably they follow it with
Dixie
BY tonight, the permanent Reed for
President headquarters will be opened
in the green room of the Rice Hotel, on
the mezzanine floor, and down the hall
short distance away there are great
piles OF packing boxes, which mark the
site of the Smith-for President head
quarters, which are to be in and about
the rose room. on the mezzanine floor.
Rose and green harmonic, under aus
picious circumstances. The temporary
Reed headquarters, profusely decorated
with Bergman cartoons, have been in
the upper floors Of the hotel. presided
over by F. J. Prince, the Senator's pub
LEFTY director.
Mr.. Prince has confined himself, In
the main, to making claims of being
able to stop Gov. Smith, such claims
harmoniZing perfectly with what a good
publicity director is supposed to do. The
Smith headquarters haven't got fairly
started, although George r. Van Nance,
the governors campaign manager, was
put to it for a little while Wednesday
night, making Mr.. Mack's statement on
prohibition harmonic with his own
campaign plans.
The Smith headquarters now are
filled with an interesting assortment Of
packing boxes. ANY one with a curiosity
to know what a candidates campaign
manager viii fill packing boxes with
may read and learn as follows:
Fifty thousand copies Of what
Everybody Wants to Know About Alfred
E. Smith"
One thousand banners, some of which
are to be used to decorate hotels and
others to be given to State delegations
to take home with them-if.
One hundred thousand buttons of
Gov. Smith. for local and out-of-town
distribution.
Copies Of Speeches.
Twenty-Five thousand copies of vari-
Gus speeches and addresses by Gov.
Smith.
Four thousand copies of the official
book Of the New York delegation.
Fifty thousand campaign pictures of
Gov. Smith.
Large framed pictures of Gov Smith.
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson.
Grover Cleveland Woodrow Wilson and
Gov. Tnden. These pictures will deco
rate the main reception room and bust
ness offices.
It is not known whether the pictures
Of George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln were the ones used In Kansas
City by the Republicans, and possibly
offered at cut-rate prices after the con-
ventton there
There are also large number of
American flags, colors and decorations,
likewise used profuSely py the Republi-
cans In Kansas City. And in this con-
nection, If the Republicans had vain
hopes OF holding monopoly on the
eagle as q decorative bird. the hopes
have been blasted. The Democrats also
are strong on eagles. In the convention
hall the Democrats have some eagles
that are as fine as any seen anywhere,
though the Republicans had some ex-
traordtnartly fine eagles.
Some lack of harmony, it is true,
Is being offered by Mrs. William. Ath-
erton Du Puy of Washington. Mrs.
Du Puy. q former president of the
League Of American Pen Women, is
now doing the publicity for the wom-
ems Democratic Law Enforcement
League. which. she says, represents
$4,000 women who viii bolt the Demo-
cratic party If Gov. Smith is nomi-
mated. Mrs. Du Puy is here with Mrs.
Jessie w. Nicholson of Chevy Chase.
the president or the league. Mrs.
Du Puy is going to nominate Mrs. Mich
olson for Vice President. Not neces-
Sarily. however, en- the foer s6f the
convention. she says. but at a big
breakfast the ladies are to hold al
the Rice Hotel MONDAY.
Believes Smith Is Wet.
Mrs. Du Piiy is convinced that Gov.
Smith is wet. She said the very first
thing she heard about any liquor since
she has been here was In the Smith
headquarters. when Washington, cor
respondent asked a man there What
number did you say 1t was where they
Mrs. Du Puy was asked If she had
visited the City Of Galveston.
She said that she had not, but that
she was proud OF the way. the WASH
ington correspondents were conducting
themselves. and that she noticed a
lot of them coming back from Gal
weston and there wasn't a breath of
liquor on any Of them. and many OF
them were not even smoking. They
had just been swimming. she said, and
having good time
Senator Pat Harrison's beaming face
was q welcome sight here yesterday to
the pre-convention crowds, which are
beginning to crave excitement. Senator
Harrison was disappointment. how
ever. in that he offered no battle cry.
except to the Republicans, and offering
battle cries to the Republicans In Hous-
ton is not unlike carrying Goals to
Newcastle. Before he held his confer
ence with the newspaper men, however.
he said few words here and there.
He has no idea. presumably. what the
Mississippi delegation is going 10 do
In fact, the Senator Is profoundly ig-
norant on the subject AT this writing.
He was asked how he liked the Repub-
lican convention. and he said he heard
most of 1t over the radio, but at was
DEATH" That. and the static, evidently
prevented the Senator from enjoying It..
While most OF the delegations will
not arrive until Monday. the crowds are
increasing every hour. and the Rice
Hotel which Is the headquarters for
everything. Is beginning to take on the
general appearance of the Muehlebach
at Kansas City. The heat Is the favor
able subject of conversation right now
the heat and methods of avoiding the
deleterious effects Of extreme heat
Every one has his theory on how 10
stand the heat. One man will say that
one must not drink water Another
viii declare that drinking water Is the
best thing TO do. One man viii say TO
take tepid baths. Another will declare
that hot baths are the thing. but he Is
Immediately challenged by some one
else who has heard that one must never
take hot bath In hot weather, DO
not eat any meat, says one heatician.
but another says that regular meals
should be taken regularly. One other
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