The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 5, 1903, Page 1

. et rand Whiitlock LSy foN BSEHALE OF THE- DELEGATION ' TFEoM POoLK couNTY, N the of “The FUSEY CONTINUED, opened they could rks from & i the election. of. that cfficer, ad theéy members, one from each county, be se- the m g an- tished 1 CAST THE 30LID FORTY-FIVE bogot, determuued mind. But always they felt strcng then s 1ling that is- lected.” k < - N - published ST e s ed uncommon “sarewdness, and a sue be joined. When they saw ho » committes - s -. erew the most tense, = »wa knowledge ¢f common pe ple and common had been balked thcy were angr ehat 2 re T e JEEOME B GARWOOD, things, and now and then they twinklcd they vented their anger by shou T s of Brand v, and now and again personalities up.n with the /keen, dry humour sle#ping in the Ha'e to come brain that lay behind them. 1t was be- they turned the & nning to be obsiry in the contines Rankin, who only smiied as if he beheld of his own_coun t Zeph his werk and found it ve good Bailey looked iige 3 Bailey cast his fuscrutable little eye resemblance much prized E around the assen:blage and them tapped cultivated by the Ilinois politic with his gavel. H s thi e vampire- al life in shingt t ho are caught n lips moved, and T s the strongest whom the pnysical rekembiance 100 men saw that he was going to sps 3 for the moral. Those who knew him ccased to make € s written, was Ba.ley, however, was to le- noise, not liking to miss a Zeph n The of March pendent to care to resemble any othe Bai} might say. In this d they . y s man, even such a man as Lincoln. He had pul ed at thejr nelghbors and said : nad bee - e tallment was pub- already had a term as coun.y Judge of Ma- “Sh! sh! He's going to say somethirg distur sa.d s s The fourth in- on, Lad Leen a member -of tae i wer In the partal qujet t were thus “The ,g from Polk sta +ill g house at Springfield, and was again a gnapled to produce Ba ley wled. by the g from ‘iazew 3 e dey will give you ate for the Legisiaiure, with amb . STHGG 1 D00 0T o) ated—an- that a col crodential arkable novel com- , . je swung wn tow rict, and tne HODS ‘!fl\_\ ‘w”i‘}‘i 1‘*‘"-“” “\‘1 :‘;E“l" " other opportuni will be yrded them "n;, -of M,‘( ym each . B i Ao e aond e Theré was about this man. stran [ i sl or stage— be appointed et fier was ever before J s be the "presiding offl- inder t uncouth and awkward in ap £0 “EIe L preyers o o e L de estern paper, for this g, i S : speech.” he hat mysterious thing calleu persopai of the Fe¥lal .o ¢ i n was Chair: ’ o ¢ efore MasT oved - of politi even he e Rl hoins he Ing toward- the nly a novel to interest and O: & clock bearing the DL.DEfOre jeyond the boundaries gf lllinois, ‘above dissipated in 8 Jeukt, It tHe his face v tain but a picture of Amer- adver FORORM. JEWR SR, edin’'s."” any ance 1o incoln, and th.s vliities h il Eee Wi F y three quart of ar ight the Magnetism was shown the minute he aj- ally, in the hot a i I‘.\ mo-. - WL fe to be reckoned with—a mounted the SeEnt, ! peared, for the delegutes were silent, ment lr;r r i e t - ee alked abou had been sitting s 4, they raised their e o him, and the began his sbe o o : lked about and i1y box, wuispering to CymmILEe sirange spell of his personality’ be stood stoopea over the desk, h.lding on 0, ere composed though at | p. play tpon them. to his gavel. He spoke al M;- way o I wir i ly after “The ntion was not waiting * " Ranwin, who had instantly r ved his through'in those sharp couplets of words B - = £ r m th t rite tha There r human interesi jn €oat on leaving the rostrum scated slowly wrought v\“ et RadLId oty . Thirtee new movel, its political life. He had (ne erowd. But n lad not donc, He himself in the front row -of delegates. tum anly long enough to mae | Taiz G N. Wil- sat and sat in his i1} stond the b Helenaterone. He though not vet with his fellows from adjurations tv e ega 19 d i Mrs. C N. W Satves - with the Istood. th DE elee iy L’“,’_ Polk, turned to the man beside him and their high duties faithivliy, ac s e 5 w be published in these f ige him > v S Gr I ity prophetica.ly, reader of men stowed the customary b . even stro e s tha . sion of co annot 3 or parliamen- S the stato adxil 3 hose opps stronger, more 3 b vt g in r for parlie n nt to look out for Zeph Bailey administration. s ARty Hea¥y 2 t the same time more lest he embarrass temp'rary sec’etary. Joseph ymin/ man—smart’s a s.aged (st i SR “Noes” burst fortl : charm n “The .dystery Box,” ven some dele- zewell P St Wi thess formel swung his heavy gavel to his ea = = 2 s g edgect Tor Rase {he Sprague leaders began to _ Rankin's comparison secmed to app S B T i tariod 1o them \id, though still in that del Rl s > ioubtless remember, s ety B to his nelghbor, who did not know how D e T I SR TAlle Lof I X ; was g readers shortly r 4 Juage, however Mr. Chairmant commonly it was empioyed in Baile S il he made jokes about the ayes—seem—to have The £ Call’s s s Fim to dissimu- were remforced by the -OWn home, and he nodded his instant I”j( Cribe that lncd the Illinois River, the motion is ad T all’'s new lit a4 cry: “Get a move the delegaies, the ha.f, ap- Preciation. At ' soiemn sarcasms the crowd ren avel fell. And s Jim,” and at last Rankin arose that were there to vote for _ ‘‘Looks like he had lumbago in the 2N9 & & broke upon him, He stood laughed # his coat. whispered last word Garwood “men sat cht, back,’ the man added. He was a De Witt I y mor. o Stoop in back, oked ey, And ounted’ the. riised plat- miles of satisfaction, . County delcgate far removen from the Rankin was in high good humor, —H8 the inree score and of w was inaugu- was ordinarily throned » of Sprague’s leut its, Randolph, limits to wh rl; jalicy's 1ame that "::”fr“'“l"“‘\ A1 for the ‘duccess of the cons Who ot ;“"“"’b him gl ok . 4 hatél anthopity” of- the - began an un £ 8 , shaging his time had spread. And Rankin whispered Aausured Wi FF £ o fley stop never showed s motion, w have to read be- o Cants imade bl provided ahd - AH-And)H m f disordered nair at Ran- back: i wa “(h',,‘. Zly‘fmgnn ffr‘:‘!lpl;.\'.l.n‘"m" his small eyes g slowly st wh paints ce and dignity of the peo- kin. The chairman, however, mauled the “Well, if he has, it must pain him cop-. there were €res O ped instantly 1ps clesed em, and > ot the st nil e of Illinois. desk with h avel, and did not wait siderable, fer backb.ne runs ciear _ But the singed cat IAppe Stantly began a’low, monotonous, persistent tap, s abhugis ure showed fine and for quiet to s down to’ his hecis. with his gavel and sal & p tap. tap of the gavel liberations ndon stage, to If of it towering above the “I'll interduce to you your temp'rary Sailey still stood there, bent painfully, ~“The conventlon—aguin—will—be—in— _“The convention—again D= ory mson is at - <k, as he looked over all the chairman, Judge Zcphaniah P. Bailey o' .and reinained silent. The hand at the end order.” r,” he drawled, tapping with his zavel 5 o S “oetofs biin, whare morathow. he - Mason County ; of a thin. wrist that had never known & ~ And the ch was all the while The convention—again il fo Contt eistity thid The man who, havin aited Rankin's linen cufl held the gavel at an awkward “Gentlemen.”’ he said, “what is—the will be—in order Tt Shosssislen erill ob e it B S cement at the foot of the three angle, but an observer would have notic- further pleasure—of the convention At last the storm wore out, and : 2 wil Aok B steps that led to the rostrum. now took ed that the nandle was brm in his fist, The Judge uttered thi< formality with dolph. and two or three of hi : rl = thrilling new American R o o b the gavel from him, wos tali, and thin and that when it fell, an Instant later. | all parliamentary deferes and the gathered in a little knot. After they had ma Iy showed held their disheveled heads t r in cov 1 his where it and spare. He had waiked from the side fell with shars 5§ stern blows, not upon its twinkle deep hidden in his i over o the center of his stage with splay-foot- euge, but full unon its poll. sure sign that that the irony of it was apparent to counsel for awhile, Randolph ed steps, and now he:stood, ben if 1t was lost on the delegates. hand, and hushed his del nov The Master of Appleb: vefore him, until he felt, ds elves felt. a moral master: by & Francis Lynn; “The Gentleman From s is dign SHOR TS awk- a 1 man is in the chair. b, eve aid, the In a” Booth Tarkington; “The Lhcit minds His Qiguity, showing o wardly. almost helplessly. over the desk. convention—will be—in order ** i, e ¥pell of his quain: oratory h when he had stilled the ¢ 4 1 S s pged ning from hie sleepless eves, had an j¢ e was dressed in gray, ill-fitting clothes, ~He spoke In a sharp. penetrating voice, becn broken, instantly there was a Let 'em alone. 1t'll come out all right. Spre - ssissi Bubble by Emerson o ihe acoumulnted fire of N . his ready.made coat hanging from his his wi s fxiling [irangey Into Couglets, :fiing Ut OO SN & d0sen e si- We've got the votes. : various i e @ #ce re o shoulders wi 1t 109se absence and then his thin lins closed firmly again. to fheir feet , Bailey meanwhile to tap, sidewalks t Hough; ““The Turnpike House,” by _the op i“’\’;?l'('h”d“"“;" h',"" identity which characterizes the gar- n:m- had come forward and (IHK(‘::‘JI']'A . "!{Inrl.lr(‘lguirman: Mr. Chairman!” they and now stood leaning on the gavel xl»v their walstceat 2 Fergus Hume, etc., etc. o Pttt < powed - amio: th ment fashioned for the type rather than seat at the old bow-legged table where chorused. began to speak again coats on their arms ers e e who Knew Jim Rankin® best for, the individual. A standing col the' clerk of the court usually sat, and But Bailey eyes, having lost the ‘““The chair—appoints,” he said, his eye drawn out g e 30 Do Bher P e N ation of hee nikin_best. - wide open in front. disciosed a protr this act of his seemed to personalize tha twinkle they had had when he asked leaving his programme and seeking the fe-iing int fol s igrion - he- bout the collar was knotted action of Rankin in selzfig the whoie the pleasure of the convention, now men he designated as members of the they ? = nere bere had got a g; was sup- at of black His hair was temporary organization, and so madden- sought the type-writien programme ly- ““Messrs. James of Po v r posed. though it was not a gavel, but a n the left side, s Logan, nd hung in ed the Sprague men afresh. They -had ing on_ the desk before him, that he Kemper of Mas ir corn 1 the gt maliet or bungstarter t plume over the right temple. But. been willing to tolerate Bail, artly be- .might be sure of Rankin's pleasure. Brown azewell, Harrington of Ds house re that had symbolic of the real pow the man showed in the face, a face cau: of his strange pcpularify. partly And then, his eyes tra g from one to Witt, Parker of Moultrie and Johnson of seemed to de, bringing with it 1ind him. though no one there 8z smooth shaven, long and firm, with its because of the recognized vrecedent that another of the many flushed faces that Piatt.’ yhe air they scorched their breath ‘of In the WY pand with this in his fat and peavy jaw, pointed chin, and’level lips supported Rankin in naming ihe tempor- opened upon him, the'r cold gleam un- Al save Harrington, Parke: and Jchn- nostrils < ce £t hrons Wi Sie. fan. e gave three heavy raps. cut stralght as the evebrews that shadow- ary chairman, There were precedents for erringly rested vpon James of the Polk son were Garwood men. The programme he report of the committee om ere- WL g ey, L ot “The convention will be in order,” he ed his eyes. And it was the eyes that such a selection of a lmporary secre- County delegation, and Bailey said: was then followed, in choosing by the flals was recelved; there were no con- gl 8 saild. The simple words were the con- marked and inspired the face. Small tary also, as there were precedents for “The gentleman—from Polk. same process the committees on resolu- tests. The report of the committes on H ked his way with heavy summation of all the months of schem- they were, and half closed, so that at first almost everything in the Thirteenth Dis- “Mr. Chairman,” aid James. “ I move tions and on permanent organization. resolutions was read, and the platform, into th riroom, and with ing and toiling that had gone be- glance they scemed sle yet when they tric , but they had expected a test vote that a committee on credentials of sevem There too the Garwood men were given in the wider partisanship t