Convention Has Become
More Bane Than Blessing
?
l'light of Drlrgatri) Whose Mone) Is Giving Out as Nothing
When Compared, for Instance, With Tex Kirkard
Whom Convention Is Costing 81, (MM) a Day
IIOIIKKT T. SMALL
(C?l|f<|Kt 1111. B? Th* A4unci)
Now York. July 7 ? Much piiy hn> i
bevn lavished- upon thi? pour dele
gates of tin- Democratic national
convention who hav'e hal to 1
Hum #D> to S 1 a (lay for ihe priv
ilege ??. remaining in Manhattan ami
<-onn*Hini itig t.? tin; great ?'-l l? ditical
?' .i-ilork ?ti all lo-iorv.
' TUtl llo-ir i?l H I l- a* n orbit: *
i*otnp:ir"<i ti? ; h *? proillcam'-jil ? ? f on?*
sinKl" N- w York* r not in any way
officially T.mnected wit lie the pe>ri
Iommih con vent ion. Tile conventi'in
has ' t -en routing that Individual ex
actly $1,000 a day while it has
lasted longer llian anyone dr-am-d.
Ul ! observers were confident tin* as
semblage would go inio a second
week, -hut, they could not have pre
dieted that it would go ontirely .thru
rli- last half of a fortnight.
Tile NVw Yorker who is being so1
beautifully stung is none other than
TYx Rickard. the famous prize fight
promoter, mentioned more or lobs
prominently in the Dauglierty in ves
I (Ration at Washington and under In
dict m^nt* for alleged infringement of
Ihe Federal laws in the transporta
tion of prize fight picture* exclaimed
that he had been "bunked" in I Iii?
picture deal by persons who had told
him they could get Congress to put
through a bill legalizing the show
ing of the C'arpentier-Dempsey films.
And now poor Mr. Rickard ha.-.
!>? ? p ii "bunked" again. When New
-York was planning? tm? bringing the
Democrats here Mr. Rickard came
magnificently forward and said:
"Take my garden for the show;
take ii without let or hindrance; take
it free, m rat is for nothing; lake it
and t?*ar it to pieces; do with it as
vimi will; hut bring the D-moeracy
to the tents uf ou.r_H.ty so that they
iif.iy' libit; "iipoij <?ur faces and. our
dwelling places and we that we are
l?ot all that Is wicked and sin." Then
with a grandiloquent attitude. Mr.
Hii-kard said:
"There is but one condition 1 shall
make. The expense must be mine."
Well, the expense hcts .been his.
It has been casting him $1,000 a day
to keep the garden open. lie has
not complained out loud, but he has
taken a f*w friends Into his confi
dence and let it he known that for
some time past he has had a keener
Inierest than anyone outside of iho
ultimate candidate in getting this
dead-lock over and done with. Mr.
Rickard Is the lessee of the garden,
but when it la closed It costs nothing
to IIMIHHiIii.
Above all the rest of his vicissi
tudes. Mr. Rickard contributed
something like $35,000 in cash to
the entertainment fund for the Dem
ocrats.
Now he has become a life-long Re
publican.
There is no doubt that New York
generally found the convention iu its
second week more of a Might than
a blessing. The gathering took on
the atmosphere of a visitation from
an unwelcome mother-in-law. New
York could not do too much for the
convention at first. Hut the me
tropolis did think the guests would
know enough to go home when the
party was over. Hut the delegates
have remained on and on and hav:x
seriously interferred with the birf
clly's .routine.
It was that the convention was go
in ?h+o help bttKlneytr -but it hi?R iltf
but killed the theatrical attendance.
Kverybody has been slaying home
-evenings ? HHtFirlTrg~"nr on ITie~radTb7
Never has there been such a persis
tent. long distance, continuous radio
attraction. Naturally -New Yorkers
have been interested In 'the fate of
their native son. A1 Smith, and Ibis
has kept thousands "on the air"
that would long ago have passed up
Ihe garden performances as dull
routine.
When a non partisan committer
wan organ I aed to bring the Demo
crats here Mils year. It wns announced
thai the city would Invite and ex
pect the Republicans in 192R. The
prolonged garden party In Madison
Square may cause a material re
vision of these plans.
Will II. Mays, former chairman of
the Republican national committee,
and Frank A. Munsey, stalwart Re
publican and denouncer of all Dem
ocratic ways and means, wire on
the committee to bring the Demo
crats to the metropolis, if they
have been seen grinning up their
sleeves lately, who can blame them*
The convention is not only Inter
fering with some lines of business
here in New York, but a few of th?i
delegates are receiving word that af
fairs are pretty much demoralised at
home.
"I have an office force of more
than fifty people" said otte of the
Ohio delegates to the writer. "Since
this convention has been in session
and I have been in New York, th"
gang at the office have chipped in
and bought a radio. They keep It
going all day long at the office and
gather around the loud speaker to
fight It out. If I drin't get homa soon
I won't have any business left."
The caterers at the Cleveland con
vention did not make a nickel, be
THE APOTHKU'ARY 8IIOP
Phon* 400
A Oood Drag Store
raus?- Hie sessions wi re so short the'
ileleuate* could all uo to their ho- :
h is for lunch ami ?1 in n? r. Il? re the J
i ? staiiraiil conco???donarles jare mak
ing a youim fortius. There lias !>?>? n
n??ine |no|itr?rin^. too. despite the.
i li'ori* o[ tlu* coiuiait t on arrange-*
m? -nts. . i
H'-io I* a tiiu>ical |?r? -ram ]?osi
sci i|?t : Anollo r lm >.i it. ? t ? ? i rrt 1 1- .
r*o}iv< nli<rn is ,#Ti|?|M-rary." ? "The
L'lfiu, l?oiu Trail" also is coming in
to its own.
CouhRT? rinsi !!??? t.i^.ness and
iill the opportunities for a huhtj
th?re liavr been coin para lively
few . li.-t (cuffs 'in 1 he uard? n.
In any event they have not;
become so common that they no lou-i
ger attract attention. Let a blow
he delivered and the entire conven-l
Hon Is on Its feet. The New York'
i ops have been moat tactful anil ten
der in separating the belligerent*.
The- announcements made from
Ihe Btand by Mrs. Izetta Jewel!
Ill-own. of West Virginia, have been i
the bright spots of the convention i
since Miss Anna Case ceased to lead
in song. Mrs. Hrown, once a noted
actress, has a wonderfully trained
voice and it Is nothing short of mar-l
velous to hear her impart to the'
seventieth ballot the inflections of!
emphasis and the tonal equalities of
perfectly delivered stace lines ehnlr.
man Walsh always has made a hit
with the crowd every time he has
led Mrs. Drown to the microphones.
She has even imparted a symphonic
atmosphere to a complete roll call.
The peculiar construction of Mad
ison Square Garden has made it pos
sible for the galleries to interfere
with the proceedings more 'than
would be the cane at any other con
vention hull in the country. In the
garden the galleries extend entirety
around the building without an in
terruption. The stage has been
jdaced almost in the center of the
hall. Therefore the galleries have
completely surrounded the speak* i s
and ? forks and delegate*. Probably
there will never be an^iher conven
tion laid out on sueh a plan. I1
Is better to hare the stage at one1
end or one aide of the hall.
It was a gr*at day for the river*
of the middle-West when Senator
Ilalt?lon of Indiana, and former gov
ernor -Cox of Ohio, withdrew from
the race. When the Ralston an
nouncement was made the band
.played "On the Banks of the
Wabash" and when Governor Cox's
1 finely worded message was given to
the delegats the band broke into tho
"Beautiful Ohio" waltz.
,
TEN BODIES FOUND
AFTEK STEAMER 1U HNS
I
Bautiniore. July 7. ? Ten bodies
wero recovered yesterday from th?
hulk of the bay steamer Three Rlrers
which burned to the water's edge
REVOLUTION BREAKS
Ol'T IN BRAZIL TOWN
Buenos Aires. July 7. ? A revolu-l
tion against the organized authori
ties broke out yesterday in Sao Pau-|
lo. brazil, and the revolutionists are J
in control of the city.
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These socks are in White, Black, Gray, Brown, Blue and Cordovan.
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Entire Stock of Panama, Leghorn, Bankok, and Straw Hats, including the
Celebrated Blum & Kock make, go in this' sale ?
$7.00 Hats for $5.25
$6.00 Hats for . . .$4.50
$5.00 Hats for $3.75
$2.50 Hats for .
$4.50 Hats for ,..$3.25
$3.50 Hats for . : $2.75
$3.00 Hats for S2.25
$1.95
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