The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-14
c. 0. P. OUT TO
SAVE COUNTRY;
'HO. HUM! YES?'
Bands Play, Speakers Talk;
Delegates Guess, Maybe,
Probably Not.
BY COURTENAY TERRETT

CONVENTION HALL, KANSAS
CITY, June 14-The band con-
cluded with brassy flourish. The
man with the big bull horn CRATE
fully unwound the instrument from
around his neck.
The delegate from Ohio who
wears a rhinestone American flag
in his lapel confded to the colleague
who needs hair cut, that's pretty"
yeah" replied the seat mate.
II was talking to my wife by long
distance a while ago and she said
they had a nice rain there last
night"
That won't hurt the corn any"
Two sections to their right
woman with a Michigan badge
pinned to her blue crepe de chene
bosom and the unpowdered face of
a president of civic bettermenC
league, famed herself energetically.
There's No Telling
well, there's Ambassador Hough-
ton" she said.
Il suppose So" said the listless
wholesale druggist at her side.
And young T. R.-no, guess
not"
Up on the platform man with
a stiff black roach of hair was
speaking. One of the phrases was
Republican precepts and Republic
an ideals"
In the front rank of the Cali
fornia delegation an old man with
a white beard leaned across his
neighbor to ask, Get your reserva-
tions yet?"
A gray-haired page wearing an
orange Hoover ribbon informed the
Western Union runner that Mrs.
Willebrandt looked tired.
YES" replied the employee, land
Mellon can't hardly keep his eyes
open"
Guess some of 'em don't get
chance to do much sleepin' nights.
Il guess that's So"
I1C SpCdhCl Will GIlS SCI QDEl1lS
brush hair cut ended. The Repub-
lican party makes the Nations laws
and the Republican party must
therefore uphold them" he said.
approximately 400 pairs of hands
came together three times.
The band started a Six-year-o old
waltz. my wife," said the North
Carolinan with the white wash tie,
''thinks that's the prettiest tune
they is"
1t May Be
A woman alternate from Ten
nessee in dress of foliaceous silk
got up abruptly, dropped her nand-
bag, picked it up and walked out to
the lemonade stand.
Another speaker, a man with a
bricky face and light colored suit
which drew tightly over his concave
back, stepped up to the microphones
and the band stopped.
A Montana coal and lumber deal
er talked across the aisle to a
dentist from Connecticut.
Il guess Hilles will have to re-
sign as New York committeeman,
won't he?"
Looks that way" said the dentist.
who's speaking now?" asked a
reporter in row % of the north press
section.
Il don't know-some congressman
or something" said the girl feature
writer in the tan sports ensemble.
A plus-foured photographer
elbowed middle aged woman who
wanted Will Rogers autograph out
of the aisle to get at the camera and
plate box he had slowed under a
seat when he went out for drink.
1--WE want to stand four square
with our hearts and our con-
sciences" acclaimed the man at the
microphones.
Hear! Hear!
Through the windows came, In
reduced force, the defiant tootings
of a farmers band.
The speaker who wanted to stand
four square with his heart and his
conscience stepped down. Another
followed him, one who wants the
Republican party to reiterate the
glorious ideals for which, it had
fought for seventy years.
well" said the Ohio delegate
with the rhinestone flag in his lapel,
there isn't an awful lot of excite
ment to this convention is there?"
The lady from Michigan Civic
Betterment League) informed her
seat mate that her youngest
daughter was going to have baby
in August.
1.-THE Republican party, the party
of dominance and power, will tri-
umph once more" shouted the
speaker.
Distantly, factory whistle
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