The Washington times., 1932-06-17
GIBBONS SEES
CURTIS WIN ON
DRY TRACK
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running up the spine Of Roscoe
Conkling Simmons. He's that
great colored orator of Chicago
and delegate from the richest
district in the city. He repre-
sented Chicago blue-bloods in the
convention.
wen, Roscoe tore into the
microphone when he got up to
second the nomination of Charlie
Curtis. He was making monkey
out of Daniel Wehster'S five and
six dollar words. He had just
gotten around to Mr.. Hoover and
said, "he rides the present
tempest" when Chairman Smell
grabbed him by the shoulder.
The Best Speech
! Looked like maybe Roscoe had
said a wrong word. talking about
the present tempest"
] Well. Roscoe turned around
and wondered what he'd said
that was wrong. Chairman told
him his two minutes were up.
But there hadn't been any two
minute rule up to that time. So
Roscoe dug in his toes and
finished his speech. Best one in
the whole convention.
Yes sir, the Steam-roller was
creaking, groaning and rattling.
And the delegates were lying
down right in front of it. One
Spellbinder, from out west, jumped
in front of the monster. His last
words were:
"They don't want any en-
..thuSiasm at this convention. 1t
might start something"
That's the way most people felt
even after Herbert was all safely
nominated and the committee let
loose a few colored balloons. The
mechanical band let loose some
canned music and the mechanics
turned on a Photographic
address by Hoover.
The delegates sat right back on
their launches, with their heads
cooked to one side, looking at the
big horn, just for all the world
like that little, black-and-white-
spotted terrier in the advertise
1nent.
But the doggoned machine
Squawked and gargled, so they
couldn't recognize the masters
voice.
Hoover Accepts
Well, there was a huddle. One
Of the boys suggested that maybe
the President wouldn't find out
what had been done for him.
Another one suggested sending
him a telegram.
The fellow owho suggested that
on account of the depression a
postcard might be all right was
put out.
So they sent the telegram.
In about a half hour, an
answer came back. Don't know
whether it was collect or not, but
the messenger boy told me it cost
81. Turned out, when it was
read, that Mr.. Hoover accepted.
Then somebody jumped up and
rushed to the telegraph office
and sent wire to the Federal
hooSegow at Atlanta. It said:
"Dear AL: ALPS well. The Re
publicanSr have nominated
Hoover and adopted his liquor
plank. There will now be
commission to find out what
the plank means. That ought
to take four years. So don't
worry. Your business will be
all safe and prosperous when
you come out"
Why, it looks as though the
convention had stimulated the
crime trade. Gunmen and boot
1eggers didn't lay down their
arms at all when they read that
new wet plank.
Crooks Busy Again
First night of the convention
the business wasn't so good. The
pistol profiteerS only held up a
roadhouse and took $4,000 away
from bunch of the undepressed
delegates. They gave them back
their official badges.
Then, tie next night, things
picked up. Some of the sawed-off
shotgun boys, workin G on the
night shift, took over a suburban
gambling house. Lined up 400
merrymakerS and took pot shots
at the guards. Knocked off one
man and winged three more.
And yeSterday-well, the better
class C second-story workers, who
had heJrd so much about pros
perity throrGTh their convention
pipe lines, went to work on a
loop store. Three killed in that
little Skirmish. But it was an i'm
provement over the past fiscal
three days, and brought Chicago
almost neck and neck with Shang-
hal in the race for the morgue
pennant.
Mrs. Sabin Walks Out
Yes sir, yesterdays oratorical
derby just wound up in a blaze
of-nothing.
Why, Mrs. Charles SaIGn-Chi-
cago. had commenced calling her
sour" Mrs. Sabin-She left the
show cold. Walked r%ht out on
it before the toy balloons went
up. Took her repeal plankS with
her back to New York She didn't
walk out alone. either.
The old stadium was so empty,
10 minutes after the benediction,
that a couple of pigeons walked
in and started looking for roost
In the rafterS.
But Chicago's busy today. TAX
ing down all those flags with white
elephonts on them and dolling up