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JENNINGS B$g£N. % WITH THE DEMOCRACY AT DENVER CONVENTION Enthusiastic Scenes Ma.rk the Sessions of tKe Gathering. A Hilarious, Howling Mob of Delegates and Visitors from Week End to Week End---The Interesting Incidents and Sidelights That Were Gath­ ered During the Big Meeting. Denver.--The Democratic conven­ tion at this place will go down in his­ tory as one of the most wildly exci< •? C>olitical gatherings held for practical­ ly half a century. Prom the time the •first delegates began arriving in the •city to the time when Chairman Clay­ ton's gavel rapped out the sine die Adjournment, and even throughout all of Friday night and Friday morn­ ing while every train leaving the city was being jammed with the conven­ tion crowds homeward bound, there was one continuous round of action •and enthusiasm. From the first there seemed to be no doubt on the part of any one as to the presidential nominee. It was a Bryan gathering through and through. Gov. Johnson's followers were true blue, though, and gave many an evidence of strong lung pow- «r, especially so when his name was placed before the convention as Min­ nesota's favorite Bon. It seemed for a <lme as though the entire state had toeen turned loose in the big hall, so INN ES OTA I about la the years to come, ere the little stories and side lights, and It Is these things that I have been commis­ sioned to write. Clayton Nearly Lost Flowers. Permanent Chairman Henry D. Clay ton came near not getting any roses when he took his seat on the speak er's platform on the day the perman­ ent organisation was effected. It appears there are a dozen or fif­ teen former residents of Alabama in Denver and the day before they had expended $50 on a great bunch of American beauty roses as a token of their friendship and regard for the distinguished southerner. They took the flowers down to the auditorium, but Congressman Clay­ ton wasn't made permanent chairman that day. In the wild cheering that followed the mention of Mr. Bryan's name the Alabama man to whom the roses had been intrusted pulled them to pieces in his excitement, and the ribbon, which had cost $5, resembled a dish rag when it came down to earth. But the sons of Alabama were on hand at the opening of the conven­ tion on the third day with another bunch of American beauties and at the proper time gave them to Con­ gressman Clayton. "When Jefmse» Was Named Minnesota Went Wild. jgreat was the cheering. The same was true when Judge Gray's name was placed before the convention, but feoth of these demonstrations paled >eside the one big show when At­ torney Dunn named the man from Lin­ coln. Old stagers at the political game told me they had turned back the pages of memory for many a year and could discover nothing that equaled the scene then enacted. Enthusiasm marked the naming of Kern as the running mate, wild, hilari­ ous enthusiasm. Up to that last ses­ sion of the convention the vice-presi­ dential nomination was all a matter of pure guesswork. When at one •o'clock on Friday, Chairman Clayton called the gathering to order no one could safely j>rophesy who would be named for second place. But it took only the first mention of the name of Kern to show which way the Demo­ cratic wind was blowing, and then as one after another of the men sug­ gested for the place withdrew it was .all over but the shouting, and that will continue to ring la Denver's ears for many a long day. Such was the convention so far as the nominations were concerned. As to the platform, it is a thing made be- ;hlnd closed doors, and is of interest 'only as it affects the ultimate result of •the campaign, but the real interest, {the thing that draws the crowd, the hEhlng that makee a convention memor- Igble in the minds of the Individuals Who attend, and the thinss they talk How Sulzer Missed Big Fortune. Congressman William Sulzer of New York, who attended the Demo­ cratic convention, might have been a multimillionaire had he been a little bit more observing one time when he was 21 years old. It was in the sum­ mer of 1884. Congressman Sulzer had just graduated from the law depart­ ment of Columbia. He heard that a United States army expedition was to do some exploring in Alaska and he secured permission to accompany the soldiers Under the command of Lieut. Schwatka the expedition explored and made maps all the way from what is now St. Michaels up the Yukon to a point 35 miles above the present site of Dawson. For some time the party camped at Dawson's present site. They weren't thinking of gold and therefore didn't find any. "Had I only known what was lying around loose up there," said Congress­ man Sulzer, "I might have made my­ self fabulously wealthy. In after years some of the richest placer gold de­ posits in the wdrld were found within a stone's throw of the place where we camped. Yes, sir. I might now be playing golf with John D. Rockefeller." Oldeat Delegates on Hand. A. J. Hunter, congressman from Paris, IU., was probably the oldest delegate who attended the conven­ tion. He has seen £2 variegated sum­ mers and as many winters. He didn't look It and he didn't act it. He ar­ rived early and stayed until the big show was all over. He found an old companion in the person of Charles D. Griffith, and they saw Denver togeth­ er. Griffith had hoped to get away from his past record, but his sin found him out--he was in politics back in Illinois; bat some time ago he took a solemn vow to never again follow the purple-eyed alligator of political hope. Selah. "Yes," said Congressman Hunter,* "Griffith and I were in some pretty warm political campaigns back in Paris, and I tell you he is a hustler when you get him warmed up. I used to take him along with me to kiss the babies while 1 talked to the men." And the old congressman chuckled at the Joke and they started off up Seventeenth street, arm In arm, hum­ ming: "When we were boys together." How Campau Rested His Legs. Denver's altitude, and likewise its "attitute," were hard on the dele­ gate's legs. SeatB in the hotel lobbies were at a premium, and there were usually long waiting lista on every seat, each prospective occupant keep­ ing an eagle eye on the corners with a view to inserting his legs into them as soon as the occupant moved an inch. D. J. Campau of Michigan hit upon a scheme that brought him a seat every time he tried it. He would walk up to an onlooker, who would be flattered by the attention, and inquire: "Who is that up there in the balcony?" The party addressed gener­ ally jumped to his feet, stepped out a yard or so, and squared off for a look, when Campau would composedly drop into the chair, having lost all interest in his inquiry. The bystanders laughed so loudly at the trick that the loser had to' give up gracefully. Col. J. Ham. Dodged Speech Calls. Col. James Hamilton Lewis of Chi­ cago is a wise colonel. The conven­ tion had a habit, during moments when there was nothing else to do, of call­ ing upon different notables to speak. That honor was accorded Lewis during the wait for the platform committee's report. At the same time there were cries for other men to speak. That was the colonel's tip. He didn't want to go on the platform to speak and get Hobsonized--not kissed by the ladies, far be it from this--but Hobsonized in a different way--the way the crowd handled Capt. Richmond Pearson Hob- son of Merrimac fame and the much- kissed seaman when he tried to tell them of the war with Japan. They hooted and hissed, but Hobson dis­ played a sample of that same nerve that served him at Santiago and fin­ ished his speech. Nothing like that for J. Ham. Bell and His Winery. Congressman Theodore Bell of Cali­ fornia was the early bird booked for temporary chairman of the convention. He sailed in from Lincoln on a hand­ car and the swishing wings of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and brought several casks of the unfer- mented grape juice of the California Eagle Bell Brought His Drinks with Him. grape with him. He said he had hearf^ J this altitude is so high that the foam wouldn't rise on beer and he didn't want any of his friends to staffer. "And besides," said Bell, "this is the juic| that invigorates, stimulates and per­ colates but never inebriates--have another. Didn't Want to 8ee Auditorium. On the day before the convention opened, in the lobby of the Albany ho­ tel was a girl behind a counter selling tickets to the concert with which the auditorium, where the convention was held, was formally opened. A man stepped in front of the counter to wait for a friend who was downstairs get­ ting a shine. "Buy a ticket to the opening of the auditorium?" asked the girl. > "Guess not," replied the man. "Don't you want to see the interior of Denver's fine new, big building?" "No." "Do you live in Denver?" "Yes." "Well," said the girl, sternly, "you don't seem to show much interest in the town. Aren't you fooling? Don't you really want to see the inside of the auditorium?" "No, I don't," said the man. "I've been working in that building for the past six months. I know almost every brick in it." vention, and while the municipality of Denver was generous to the point of prodigality, the subscribers to the $100,000 did not lose sight of the fact that they were entitled to a rich re­ turn on the investment, and they got it. Some of the prices would' strain the financial backbone of a Pittsburg mil­ lionaire. A man with a good huBky appetite found that every day tore a big hole in his bank roll. The waiters of the hotels and large restaurants entered the get-rich-quick conspiracy. They managed to arrange it every time so that a quarter was the small­ est coin in the change, and it naturally went as a tip. Denver haul a special committee to keep- prices down and prevent exor­ bitant charges, but the dispensers of meals were evidently immune. As a result the telegraph companies did a big business handling urgent messages, sent by delegates, alter­ nates and visitors, to their homes beg­ ging for more money. JOHN WORTH KERN. Free Smoke Won by Trick. "Ain't it awful, awful, Mabel?" sad­ ly asked Harry E. Insley, commission­ er of supplies, of a group of politicians seated in the mayor's office before the convention met. "I am a ruined man," he continued, as he opened a little black pocketbook. "See this list of 800 lieutenants--good workers, too--and only 160 tickets to go around. I wish 1 were out in the woods somewhere." This was the general trend of con­ versation when a stranger happened in and Col. John St. John Irby, the mayor's private secretary, began see­ ing that the stranger was formally introduced all around. The gallant colonel purposely passed up Col. D. A. Barton, fire commissioner, until last, when he said: "And this is Col. Barton, who holds the place of fire commissioner on the side--you know his maiti proposition is the cigar business." "D you, colonel, I suspected you were going to work your old trick," answered the official as he emp­ tied every pocket to treat the crowd, and the stranger said, "That's a nice free smoke." Thirty-Six Feet of Boys. Former Gov. Francis and Augustus Thomas, the playwright, met in the Savoy hotel lobby, and addressed each other like two characters out of the comic supplement. "Hello, Dave," said Mr. Thomas. "Why, hello, Gus," replied Mr. Fran­ cis "You're looking mighty fine, Dav^," said Mr. Thomas. "I'm glad to Bee it ai your age." "Well, Gus, I ought to look fine," re­ plied Mr. Francis, "I don't do a thing." Mr. Thomas then asked about the Francis family and the former govern­ or said: "Do you know, I've got 36 feet of Francis boys in. my family? There are six boys and every ofte of them is six feet tall." 8tories by Judge Wade. Judge Martin J. Wade, In a speech before the convention, on nominating night, told a couple of good ones, which wore off some of the monotony and helped keep the spectators awake. He said the promises of the Republi­ can party reminded him of a story. This was it: "A boy was promised a horse if he would get up early every morning during the winter and chop wood. The boy did it and when his task was over he aaked for his re­ ward. His father handed him two mince pies, so that when the boy had Indian Chief Attends Convention. Moty Tiger, a full blood Indian from Oklahoma, chief of the Creek nation, Which has 17,000 people, was one of the curiosities at the convention. He is 65 years^ old, worth $100,000, and this was tbie first time the delegates from hiB state knew that he was a Democrat. "Tate" Brady of Tulsa, one of the political lights of Oklahoma, took him to the auditorium in a motor car. This was the first time the chief ever had attended a convention and he is viewed with considerable inter­ est. He didn't make many comments upon it. "Ugh, heap talk. Much noise?" was about all he'd say In Eng­ lish. He talked through ah, interpreter almost altogether. "The chief says he's impressed and that it looks as though Bryan would be elected," said the Interpreter. "He doesn't under­ stand what the platform is for and I can't make him. He says it is all h&p foolish and wants to know how Bryan feels about the Indian question." w When Dunn Named Bryan the Noise Was Too Big to Illustrate. eaten them he might have the night­ mare." That was only one. He told this one as well, on Vice-Presidential Nom­ inee James Sherman: "I was at a meeting in Chicago some time ago where the speaker introduced Sherman like this: " 'I have the honor to introduce to you James Sherman. Who is James Sherman? Who is he? I say. Who Is James Sherman?' "A small boy on a back seat piped up and said: 'I'll hlte--who in Sam Hill is Sherman?'" Getting Money From Home. There were loud cheers when Mar­ tin W. Littleton, in his brief speech before the convention, referred to the thrift and enterprise of Denver in Its treatment of delegates. Denveritea cheered the utterance as a compli­ ment, but others cheered it aa a melan­ choly tribute to the emptiness of their pocketbooks. Denver paid $100,000 to get the The "Kangaroo Court." The "kangaroo court" was one of the features of the convention. It is an organization established by "Alfal­ fa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma and held forth in the lobby of the Brown Pal- ace hotel, with the backs of the seats in the rotunda for the bench of the honorable court. Everybody had to subscribe to Bryan and Bryan Democ­ racy. The prisoners were rushed to the foot of the bench and were then in­ terrogated by the court as to their fitness to be a delegate in the conven­ tion. Usually five judges shouted at the prisoner at one and the same time. Some of the hottest arguments held in the convention were pulled off by the "kangaroo court." the subject under consideration finally gave in he was at once promoted to a seat on the bench and permitted to cross-examine other recalcitrants. On the ether hand, if he downed the court in the argu­ ments the jury, which usually consist­ ed of 200 or more struggling delegates, J NOT EVE'S FAULT THAT TIMC. would rend the air with loud shouts for Bryan, Johnson or some other wholly innocent party. New York and Minnesota delegates were the especial prey of the court, the sessions of which ran as long as two hours at a time. Tom Taggart a Poet. No one would have suspected that Tom Taggart--big, openfaced, yet reso­ lute Tom of Indiana--had a streak of sentiment in his makeup that would burst and bloom into a sunny sonnet, sweet, touching and rhythmical. But I /M Taggart Coveted Pike's Peak. he has it--it is in him, and he can't help it. This IB how I know: When the big chairman of the big convention stepped off the train, direct from Indiana, and his eyes caught a glimpse of the snow-capped mountain peak that Zebulon Pike brought here from the Louisiana French grant and planted near the great Manitou, he-- the big chairman from Indiana-- opened wide his mouth and spake: "O mighty, towering mountain peak, With crest ot snowy white, I would that I might win thy heart And take thee home to-night; Yes, to my Indiana home, Where flows the Wabash still- Where sweat and dust and heat are Hfe, And fleas bite fit to kill. I think I'd like to plunge into Thy snowy crest and lie In frigid raptures, 'till I heard: 'Come, Tom, it's time to die." This "frigid raptures" is a new one out west, but to those who had occa­ sion to watch the chairman In his Btrenuous efforts to be everywhere and see everybody at the same and one time, better realize what a "hot time" he had from the time of landing until the gavel dropped in convention hall. Tom Taggart seemed to be the hinge upon which the turnstile of Democracy siting. He was the man who had sat upon the lid since the last conven­ tion and had held the guyropes of the big tent In place. To him was given the honor of calling to order such an assembly as had never before been seen within the intermouuiain region. No wonder he sweat. Yes, sweat, even in this high altitude, and that means there must have been activity; but amid it all he found time to write poetry, and at the close of the conven­ tion he wrote this on his cuff and handed It to me: "Tour mountains tower to the sky-- They're mammoth, grand and tail- But not one-half so big, my son. As the Bryan vote this fall." eyes filled with tears ot emotion, laid one hand in that of her brother, Wil­ liam Bryan. Jr., and with the other tried weakly to keep her small flag waving, while the guests in her box, drifting into the mob spirit, were car­ ried away by its enthusiasm.' Across- the aisle of the section that came to be known as the convention "holy of holies," because of the social prominence and exclusiveness of its occupants, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, occupying the Roger Sullivan box, wearing a stunning dinner gown of white lace and some magnificent jewels, looked on rather disdainfully at what, according to her expression, must have been a "wild-eyed" proceed­ ing, and chatted amusedly with hor guests, including Mrs. Medill McCor- mick, Miss Corinne Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter. Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had as good a time as any Democrat at the conven­ tion. They attended the sessions and were deeply interested. All efforts to draw from either anything like a comparison between the Denver and Chicago convention was futile. They would ^ot talk polltiqp. Couldn't Get In. One of the most picturesque figures of the convention couldn't get into convention hall at the Tuesday monk* ing session. , They call him "Old Kalntuck," and he came to Denver with the St. Joseph, Mo., marching club. He walked 600 miles behind a wheelbarrow once on an election bet. He's an old man, nearly 80, with a gray beard reaching half way down to his waist, wears a battered silk hat, and bad on his convention clothes made entirely of bunting, cut after the fashion of the Uncle Sam caricatures. Some wag had written upon a card the directions to an entrance that did V Childish Realism Instilled Into Story of Garden of Eden. Realism rules the nursery. A cer*- tain Philadelphia matron, who had taken pains to inculcate Biblical stories as well as ethical troths in her three children, heard, the other day, long drawn howls of rage and griet filtering down from the playroom. Up two flights she hurried, to find on the floor Jack and Ethel, voices uplifted. Thomas, aged nine, sat perched upon the table, his mouth full and his eyes guilty. "Whatever la the matter?" asked mamma. "Bo-oo!" came from Ethel; "we were playing Garden of Eden. Bo-o-o!" "But what is there to cry about?" Then Jack, with furious finger point* Ing at Tom, ejaculated through his tears: "God's eat the apple!"---Bohe­ mian Magazine. Lecky Future Generations. There is a saying of Carlyle that the greatest hope of our world lies in the certainty of heroes being bom, into it. That is, indeed, a glorious cer­ tainty, but the reference might be en­ larged. Birth itself, we venture to say, not of heroes only, but of the generations in their succession, is the infinitely hopeful thing. It is the guarantee that the world will never grow old: that it will never stand still: that no halt is to be called in its eternal progress.--Christian World. He Could Still Lie. "Madam, we found your husband Ing unconscious and " "Well, he's such an accomplished liar that I don't think a little thing like being unconscious would make any difference." Try Murine Eye Remedy For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Bjwa. Murine Doesn't Smart--Soothes Eye Pain. All Druggists Sell Murine at 5Qcts. The 48 Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollara in every home. Ask your Druggist. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. At the age of 40 a man gets busy and looks for some of the money he threw away at the age of 21. FITS, St. Vims Dance and Nerrons Diseases pa* manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve (Wtoree Bend for KRKK <2.00 trial buttle and treatise. Dt, a. H. Kline. 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Mrs. Dunn, herself a guest in the bo^)f Mrs. Bird Coler, exchanged con­ stant glances with her husband. The moment he named "the peerless lead­ er," she snatched her flag from her ' chair, leaned faf over the box and furi­ ously waved the banner, her face beaming with smiles and her eyea tearful from excitement. Near by Ruth Bryaa. Leavitt, her Haskell Was Informal. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma is noth­ ing if not informal. Aa chairman of the committee on resolutions he was the only member of that committee to take off his coat and vest when get­ ting down to business. Furthermore he was backed up by the wildest dele­ gation that ever broke loose in a convention. Oklahomans declare there were fully 1,000 people from their state at the convention. It is certain that they made themselves the most numerous personages in Denver. In their midst were the longest and loud­ est talkers, the most enthusiastic and irrepressible Indians In the conven­ tion. They were always on the job, night and day. They were for Bryan to a man, and they liked the sound of the combination of "harmony and vic­ tory." They sang that phrase at New York, "the big brother of the baby state," with unceasing fervor. The ?lniv&r«3af * Is a steady employs and doesn't get tired. It works every day in the year and never asks to go to the ball j game.* Its work lightens j the cares of every office j wherever it is employed | You cant afford to be with-1 out it. Write for particulars about a demonstration on your work in your office at our expense. \ -if Nuggets. "Mix me up a little whisky, absinthe and Worcestershire sauce," said the thirsty 4el*Sale to the bartender. In ordinary tim$s this would have caused a riot, but the gentlemanly bartend­ ers became used to ptrance con­ coctions. #. The delegate smacked his lipe and walked out. "I wonder what that la good for," said the bartender. Universal AtUBm§ MkUm €•» C»s •swill Nat'! laak. 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