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Convention Sidelights lly viOKKHT T. SMALL (C*f)rrt?lit 1924. By Tki A<unc?) New York June 23?Scenting the battle (roiu afar. Democrats have been rushing Into New. York far head of their scheduled time of ar-! rival. Word has come that the ar-i rival of various special trains has been advanced in some cases as much i as a day. Everybody apparently van is to get In on the fray an early, .1 - possible and all this would llidl-1 c.itc there would be iiojiurry to get a way from New York if the conven tion is long drawn out. The early arrivals have iinbar m sed a number of the big hotels, IPirtlcularly the Waldorf where the Nation Committee lias its head quarters. Most of the convention reservations were made trom Sun day. but thousands of delegates and visitors had arrived by Thursday. There were other conventions in the city last week?-New York is seldom without them?and one of the biggest was at the Waldorf?-the Itetail Credit Men's Association. How to get the credit men out and the politicians into the same room space ha? been a problem difficult to solve. Politics always has made strange d-fellows, but maybe the credit J witn have objected. By Sunday the tangle will be ended and then every thing will be set for the long grind. There are to be such tremendous i demonstrations when William Gibbs McAdoo and Governor Al Smith are placed in nomination before the con vention the managers of the big show are wondering If the two events can . be pulled off the same day or the same session. It may be necessary to have an adjournment In between times to stop the cheering, the parad ing and the general racket. McAdoo will be the first of the big two to get before the convention, thanks to California coming so early on the list of states. The Smith managers are arrang ing to be close behind and the chan ces are that Connecticut will yield to New York when her name Is gelled. Connecticut had figured on presenting the name of her favorite ?oa. Homer S. Cummlngs. but Mr. Cummings has been elected as chair man of the convention committee on resolutions and has asked his broth ers of the nutmeg state not to offer him. His wishes will be respected ?and as Connecticut's second choice is Al Smith the yielding will be a sim ple matter. Thanks to residing In Alabama, Senator Oscar W. Underwood, will have the Honor of lending all of the other candidates to the convention pplls. The Underwood supporters are very much In earnest and believe there will be a great deal of enthu iasm In the convention for their fav orite son. Ohio has not asked anv of her sister states to yield for au early pre sentation of the claims of former Governor James M. Cox and proba bly will wait patiently until her name is reached on the list of states. The Cox movement Is being kept wholly a Buckeye affair up to this time, although substantial headquar ters have been opened for him In the Waldorf hotel. This headquarters really is Ohio delegation headquar ters. The Ohio special train will arrive Sunday morning and with It will come the famous Cox campaign song which resounded through San Francisco from the opening of the 1920 convention until that parly morning hour when the son of Ohio finally won the day. This is the way the song goes: /> O-Hr O- O-Hl o The hills send back the cry. "We're here to do or die"; O-HI-O O-Hi-O. We'll nominate Cox. Or know the reason why! In San Francisco the Cox boomers had a brass band with them. They will not bring one to New York. The Cox boom Is not a brass band affair this time. His supporters say they are for him to the end and believe he will win. The selection of Homer Cum-1 mlngs ns chairman of th" resolu tions committee means that the friends of the league of Nations will have n strong ally at the head of the committee which Is to draft the platform. Many of the delegates who will attend the convention this year remember th? masterly oration j delivered by Mr. Cummlngs at San Francisco. His tribute then to the work of Woodrow Wilson In the war | and at the peace conference was a j striking piece of rhetorical sincer lty. Mr. Cummlngs feels at this time; that the party is und??r greater obli gations than ever to Its dead presi dent and the platform references In that respect will be awaited with the keenest interest. There is no chance that this con vention will he permitted to evade the League of Nations Issue. And thus far there Is no Indication among the arriving delegates of a desire to evade It. They say that Mr. Cool idge's recent speeches all show an "international trend" and they be lieve the Republicans will stress the international aspect of the country's affairs. Coincident with the arrival of the first Southern delegates. Georgia watermelons have rftnde their appear ance In restaurant windows anft fruiterers' shops. Some Georgls peaches also have arrived. There Is something quite Inspir ing about the sumtuousness of some of the Democratic aspirants, for the presidency. at the Vanderbilt. Governor Smith is at Hiltmore. Both had humble beginnings but their present sur rouudings are the last word in lux ury. The Waldorf lobbies had a real. thrill today. It was reported that) Jim Haw Lewis, of Chicago, had ar-? riv d iu all the glory of his pink whiskers, curly locks aud pearl fe-j dora hat. The rumor proved un-: founded. The gentleman was from ! l'orto Kico'hut he promises to run Jim Haw a close second as a sen;*.-j torial and pulchritudinous idol of utitort ifi*'d Democracy. The Hon. Thomas Taggart. of j Indiana, la busy these days trying to impress upon his interviewers and 1 all and sundry, that he is not a i "boss" in any sense of the word and , that the Democratic party is not J bossed. Mr. Taggart poohs the talk of a "Ilig Four" iu the Democratic! Convention and says he is having| no "truck" with any blocs, cliques or other combinations in restraint of presidential booms. Mr. Taggart knows of only one candidate in the race. Senator Sam uel Ralston, a Hoosier Grover Cleve land. He likes A1 Smith; he likes a lot of people but he vows and de clares he is not in the bossing busi ness and never was there. All the talk about the visits that George lirennan, of Illinois, and the late Charles W. Murphy of Tammany Hall, used to make to him at French Lick Springs, was pure "bunk" ac cording to. Mr. Taggart. This trium virate did not meet together to* settle the affairs of the party. They did not meet to turn thumbs down on certain candidates. The last visit Mr. Murphy made to French Lick was said to have been for the pur pose of vetoing Mr. McAdoo as a candidal*. That was all wrong, says Mr. Tagart. All the triumvirate did was to play golf, take the baths and lounge around In the evening enjoying life and indulging in social pastimes, The "Rig Four" of today Is popu-l lnrly supposed to consist of Messrs Taggart. Hrennan. Guffey of Pitts burgh. and Al Smith, of New York, as the successor of the late Tam many chieftain in Democratic lead ership of. his home state. There is no doubt there exists a strong "com munity of interests" between these four gentlemen, but Mr. Taggart is consistent in saving that from th:? first he has been for Senator Ral ston, regardless of what the other sides of the big four may think, and he believes that among the dark horse element. Mr. Ralston has a leading position. The latest official bulletin from headquarters of the "dry" force sent here from Washington to "mop up" during the convention period, announces that contrary to general opinion in the great American hin terland, New York really, Is not now and never has been since prohibition became a law a reallly wet city. "It's Just damp In spots," explains the regional director. Never the less and notwithstand ing, fate has been kind to the boot leggers these last few nights pre ceeding the convention. Heavy fogs have fallen with the evening shadows and fn the sheltered seclu- j sion of the gray mists the swift motor craft of the whiskey mer chants have been playing ducks and drakes with their natural enemy, the revenues. Several battles have tak en place in the fog blanket, but for the most part the liquor runners have safely reached their destination with the forbidden cargoes. Thus far the bootleggers have kept their agreement not to raise rates on the Democrats. They said they would abide by the decisions of the hotel men and the restauranters to charge only normal fees. If the [convention should prove to be a long drawn out affair, however. there! may be a chance, for it is axiomatic i that all rules fall in "dry" weather. The police have arrested two swin dlers charged with trying to sell hits of glass as diamonds. It is denied that any of the visiting Democrats were the victims of the game. Here's an evidence of what th?. . Ntw Yorkers themselves think of the convention. The New York City delegates are, ti?-iertin? their outlying home* audi taking quarters at a hotel right in 'h<- middle of what may he called the.; ? ?invention loop. They-do not want: r>? mi** anything by going home! ? ?'nights. The Al Smith forces scored an ? ?rly scoop on their rivals of the McAdoo camp. Smith headquarters produced ill** first hand. And there is just ono guess as to the name of ?fir.-t tune. You are right. It w:m The Side-walk* of New York." "llosie O'Crady" aud all the other J familiar airs of the oldeu days fid lowed in their proper place*. All this arranging of an extra special session of the convention at I* o'clock day light saving time. Tues day evening for the delivery of Sen- i ator Pat Harrison's "keynote" I speech must mean that the Senator, has certainly written himself a piece. "The hoys" who have seen the piece I say it will make everyone sit up and j take notice. Senator Tat does not I believe in loving his Republican | brethren or dwelling In unity with them. Sock 'em In the Jaw Is Ills philosophy of politics. They hnvo even gotten out pack ages of paper matches urging every body to vote for Al Smith for prcsi i deut. "(Jive us another Lincoln" Bay the | match covers. The matches, by the way, are of I safety variety and won't explode I suddenly. 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