Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
CAUCUSES STYLED THE THING
FOR SPEED AND INFORMATION

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Half an hour later, when the caucus
was over, 1t was formally announced
that the delegation had caucused and
decided to support Senator Curtis for
Vice President.
Democrats Not So Speedy.
Whether the Democrats will be as
qlick-acting as the Republicans will
be determined in part by the way they
caucus. AS a rule, the Democrats
do not seem to be so quick-acting.
The Democratic walters in the hotels
here, for instance. are much slower
than the Republican walters in the
Kansas City hotels, and as for the boys,
they deliver kilograms to the rooms
under what used to be known as the
Burleson System. Perhaps they are
not representative. though.
But while the Democrats may not be
so excessively fast. they are capable
of putting ON a remarkably good pre-
convention show From a strictly
non-partisan standpoint. 1t must be
stated that they are putting on a
better show here than the Republicans
put ON at Kansas City. In Kansas
horse in a hotel lobby. Here in Hous-
ton the old Gray Mare and of Fl
Worth brings the old gray mare right
into the lobby, and the band. looking
like moving pictures of Tom Mix, toots
away. And in Kansas City there
wasn't any rodeo going on. so there
weren't any cowboys hanging around
the hotel Hobbies and wearing two-gun
man expressions beneath their wide
SombreroS, In Kansas City there was
a cowboy band, but it wouldn't hold
a candle to the cowboy band here.
Itinerant Musician Non Partisan.
And in Kansas City they didn't have
a single itinerant musician. Here
they've got one who plays an accordion
and horn at the same time. He has
long hair and the face Of saint,
and he goes around TO Reed head
quarters, puts ON Reed button and
plays a tune. Then he walks over
to the Smith headquarters puts on
Smith button and cuts loose on what
he fondly considers TO be The Side
walks of New York" The way he
plays it sounds like funeral dirge
and camp meeting song combined
Then he passes the hat
And in Kansas City they didn't have
any liquor issue. and say what you will,
there's nothing like R liquor issue to
liven things UP. AS women are con-
Quoting the liquor issue fights. on the
surface things are livelier than they
ordinarily would be II left In the hands
of men. The most interesting thing
about the liquor issue fight Is the Inn
preston that. despite ones self. one
comes TO have of Gov, Smith of New
York, after hearing an address on the
liquor issue This impression, it Is re-
aretfully reported. rs that Gov Smith
has two horns and forked tail and
hat mothers better look out for their
children and keep them of the streets
after dark or somebody from Tammany
Hall will come along and steal them.
They probably take these children and
drown them in light beer and wines at
Tammany Hail.
More Romance Prevails.
And there are some Of the big Demo-
Gratis here who seem to wear more of an
air of romance about them than the
average big Republican at Kansas City
II Is almost an old home week down
here for Neutrality-suspicious., for all these
delegates are known in Washington
But there are some disappointments in
the crowd.
Gov Moody. for instance. has ma
tion-wide reputation as Fighting Dan"
Moody, But when bunch OF reporters
caught him coming back from church
yesterday and tried To make him talk |
ne looked more like schoolboy caught |
stealing jam, or sophomore caught |
painting the class numerals on the |
water tank, than of the fighting gov
ernor of the Lone Star State.
Needy Emphaticaily Silent.
Coy. Moody, they say. is doing some
very heavy thinking and does not want |
TO talk while he is thinking,
tie denied To the newspaper men veS~
terday that he had ever said ANYTHING
about anything He kept repeating ne
would not have anything TO say. lie
Wouldn't even admit that he had been
melted to speak at the dry forces
breakfast on the Rice roof this morn
ing, In fact, he said he never
heard about it. although he has been
advertised far and wide for some time
as the big gun NJ the breakfast And
when reporter asked him whether |
providing he we're invited to the break. |
fast. he would speak At the breakfast. |
he closed the interview by repeating |
that he would not make statement
Gov Moody, AS a matter Of fact. did