Evening star., 1928-06-16
KANSAS CITY SH0RN
or BUNTING; VISITORS
STAMPEDE FOR HOME
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inquiring about their special trains or
how to get home. Many of them went
without waiting for the delegation spe-
cials. the Pennsylvania contingent, for
instance, requiring only two special
trains to take. 1t home, while three
brought 1t here. The heads OF the
Pennsylvanians we're noticeably larger
than when they arrived here, the SWELL
ing being attributed to the tremendous
importance they came to assume in the
selection Of candidates. No one can
say what the convention would have
been able to do without the Pennsyl-
vania delegation. But every one was
exceedingly glad they came, for they
simplified matters immensely.
During the convention the official
crowd estimators we're unable to agree
on the number of visitors. But this
morning the daily number of out-of-
town guests during each day Of the
convention was more or less officially
placed at $4,000. The largest crowd
came Monday to witness the precon-
vention parade. and on that day there
were $4,000 persons here. The ma
1ority OF these thousands, during the
convention recesses, were standing in
the lobbies of the Muehlbach and Bal
timore hotels, swapping rumors or
wading about through the candidatorial
headquarters.
Have Pleasant Memories.
All Of the visitors, with the possible
exception of those who are commonly
known as "beefers" and are never sat-
isfied, are leaving Kansas City with
pleasant memories of the way the city
took care of them. There have been
remarkably few complaints of any sort,
as far as can be learned. There we're
no cases of the gross overcharging in
hotels and restaurants, sometimes so
inevitable In convention cities. And
there was universal admiration Of the
efficiency shown in feeding the thou
sands who. released at the same time
from Convention Hall, descended like
a. swarm of 17-year locusts on all the
available restaurants, cafes and hotel
dining rooms.
In addition, the Police Department.
which quietly and courteously handled
the swarming crowds and allowed not
one delegate to be crushed beneath the
wheels of anything more serious than a
steam roller, came in for high praise.
| The police at Convention Hall, a small
army Of them who stood around with
their revolvers displayed conspicuously,
mad nothing to do but look official but
more than one amateur doorkeeper, or
usher, tremendously impressed with his
own Importance, called to the police to
help them make the newspaper men be-
nave-the newspaper men allowing no
boundaries or signs to keep them from
their goals. The policemen refused to
interfere. which made them highly pop
ular with the American press.
Entertained Visifor9
Every Kansas Citian, apparently,
dedicated himself to duty to making the
visitors feel at home. There was an
official reception committee, of which
Conrad H. Mann of Kansas City was
chairman. and this reception committee
worked at full speed. But there we're
scores Of others whose names never ap-
peared on the lists of any committee,
but who took apparent pleasure In try
ing TO make the visitors comfortable.
There was nothing asked for that
couldn't be obtained.
And while the Kansas Citians take
justified pride in the way their city
handled the convention, they are most
proud Of the weather. The mere men,
tion OF the weather brings a glow of
satisfaction and flush Of genuine
pleasure to the cheeks of native. Be-
fore the convention their weather had