Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Convention Notes

CHICAGO. June IA CP.-A woman
wet worker approached a California
delegate with wet vote" lapel badge
Il hardly think that would be the
thing for Mabel Walker Willebrant to
wear" smiled that lady herself.
"On the contrary" the wet worker re-
turned, Il think you're just the person
to wear It,"
But she did not press the point, nor
the pin on Mabel.
A native Of the East Tennessee Noun
tains, J. Tom Taylor came to Chicago
as delegate at large to find that his
hotel rose to dizzier heights than the
cliffs back home.
He surveyed the city from his room,
on the fortieth floor Of the harrison
Hotel, then went Immediately to the
desk and asked for a change.
Il haven't been on a mountain that
high in Tennessee" he explained.
They moved me down mile or two"
Taylor said, Ito the twenty-seventh
floor" His objection to the fortieth
floor was that "a fellow might walk in
his Sleep"
Enterprising news photographers
staged another stunt to get picture
this time of Secretary Mills and Mrs.
Mills.
They had an Illinois politician stop
the Secretary and his attractive wife
in front of the Republican headquar-
tiers and engage them in conversation
until the cameramen had all the pic
lures they wanted.
Burnita Shelton Matthews of the
Mississippi delegation, not yet seated.
may nevertheless have her say. She's
been appointed to present to the Reso-
lutions Committee that undertaking
National Womans Party plank-"Men
and women shall have equal rights
throughout the United States and every
place subject to its supervision"
Submerged for the time being in the
Republican show, a Democrat Is heard
from now and then.
William Gibbs McAdoo, former Treas
ury Secretary, has advised the Garner
for-President headquarters here that he
will arrive Wednesday to look over the
situation.
McAdoo is to second the nomination
of Speaker Garner.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, at least
one woman not afraid to recall the ad-
vance Of years, told friends today she
saw her first convention here in Chica-
go Is years ago.
Mrs. James w. Morrison, seconder of
| Herbert Hoover's nomination in 1920,
and Mrs. Caroline Bradley South, who
| seconded it in 1928, are present to hear
some other woman do 1t this year. Mrs
Alvin T. Hert. Kentucky. and Mrs. Bina
West Miller, Michigan, are among those
mentioned as prospects.
The first convention buttons made
their appearance today. Oval-shaped
white and red celluloids inscribed I'VE
are going wet were carried by pretty
girls by the basketful into hotel lob
bies.
Delegates were importuned to wear
one" and if they refused they got one
anyway.
The largest button was found on the
delegates from Wisconsin. 1t had a re-
lief map of the State stamped on a
white background with the States name
above it. Here comes Wisconsin" some
one shouted at a delegate half block
down the street.
Convention plans provide a box for
| the cabinet ladies present or expected
Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Mrs Ray Lyman
Wilbur. Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Ar
thur M. Hyde and Mrs. William N.
Doak.
| Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick Simms
today made vigorous but genial pro-
test against being called Mrs. Nc
| Cormick"
Soon after her arrival today the
daughter of Mark Hanna attended q
luncheon Of Illinois Republican Club
women.
stop calling me Mrs. Mccormick
she called amid many greetings.
Then she explained that even when
| her husband. the former member of the