The Washington times., 1932-06-14
GIBBONS SPOTS
D. c. NOTABLES
At BIC SHOW
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going to sit and IT,. k and think
and then pick Herbert Hoover to
lead the ticket.
1854 Alternates
Yes, Mrs. Jones. I counted
those delegates. And there are
lisa alternates. Wright Patter.
son has just figured it up and
says they've travelled a total OF
2,80O,0O0 miles. Yes, and spent
$46,000 in carfare and gasoline.
That brings 'em right to this
spot. A great big. white, smooth
limestone building about four
stories high. Flag poles sticking
up, along the cornice. All around
the top a carved frieze. Six
day bicycle riders. Hammer
throwers. Javelin singers. Shot
putters. Marathon runners. That
means this is the home of sport.
Sport is right. It's the Re
publican Olympiad.
Down over the center Of the
three main entrances is a big
steel canopy. A big electric sign
Stadium. And just inside the
main foyer are two little pink
and white marble ticket booths.
Only there aren't any pretty
blonde ticket sellers there. No
sir. Hard boiled lads that aren't
going to let any phoney tickets
get by.
Theatrical. That's right, too.
The Republican colossal super
feature four reeler.
About 900 Reporters
Park the old busses, boys and
girls, on those cinder patches
that stretch for a block on each
side of this temple of sport and
amusement. Let's go inside and
watch the place fill up.
Look at all those new red
chairs. Must be room for a
hundred thousand people.
Right down there where they
put the ring for prize fights are
seats for the Kansas, Idaho.
wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado
delegates.
Smack down in front-in the
bald headed row-are the Maine
and California delegations. Over
there on the left is Alabama and
Massachusetts,. And those two
on the aisle, center. are Hawaii
and the Philippines. Boy, how
those boys travelled.
Looks from here that there
are as many press seats as dele
gate seats. Must be 900 reporters
here at those pine tables flank
ing the speakers platform.
Real Flags Flying
And that platform. Doesn't
look as though anything big
would happen there. Just a few
oak desks and chairs. Couple OF
loud speakers and arm chairs
for the chosen few.
Maybe these Chicago hosts
don't know how to hang up flags!
None of that old Fourth of July
bunting. Honest to goodness
flags and panels of red, white,
and blue. Doggone near makes
you want to cheer before anything
happens.
But shucks. We've been look
ing at delegates. There are lots
of others to look at, too. There's
Mrs. Dolly Gam, for instance.
Guess some of those Washing
ton officials thought they were
stirring up things when they ar
rived. Well, Mrs. Gann-you
know she brought her husband
along this time-Showed them
something. There's a society tiff
with Mrs. Bertha Baur. the Chi
cago lady who's head of the Won.
ans National Republican Club.
Sparks are still flying from that
collision.
That's Mrs. Sabin
Sarah Butler-that'S Nick's
daughters down there with the
New York delegation. She's a
politician, too. Wet? Yes. sir.
Sos Ruth Hanna Mccormick
Simms-the likely looking lady
over there shaking hands with the
Illinois home folks.
Mrs. Charles Sabin-well, she's
no Carrie Nation-is over there
with a big hat posing for the
photographers.
And look, look, look. Walter
Newton and Larrie Richey. Prac-
tically half of Hoover's flock of
secretaries. And Pat Hurley and
Secretary StimSon and PoStmas-
ter Walter Brown. Straight from
the inner White House circles.
Big Show to Start
Will Rogers-looking things
over, wishing all Republicans had
luck, even if they come from
, Oklahoma. Matt Woll, vice pres
ident of the American Federation
of Labor. That's a vice pres
idency that really means some
thing. Secretary Hyde-of Agri-
culture-cultivating the soil for
the big boss. Claude Bowers, the
big editorial writer. and, by lingo,
a convention keynoter if it's the
right convention.
Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson,
the editor, takes a bow. She's
one of the few who rolled out
here in a private railroad car.
There's Alice Longworth-no not
the one .tanding by Mrs. Gam.
And dear old Jane Addams, who's
done lot of good in this world.
Fine lot of folks, boys and
girls. Ought to have more time to
get acquainted with all of them.
But I see those serious birds
in the speakers stand lirnbering