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Show , Another Mystery BY Ml .-" HU H (Copyright 1'j2u by Universal Service) SAN l-'H A NCI SCO, July 6. The end of the Democratic balloting soiree came with startling suddenness. Just like a century plant cracking Into bloom After milling around in e,g-shaped circles for a week, the delegates finally final-ly decided on a happy second choice tor the November election. This convention will always be a mystery! Not one of the players wns a bridge W.hlSt expert. Wood alcohol, sorrowing widows and func.il dirges, formerly tabulated aa wine, women and song, do not figure in this c;i-i-. Pill Bryan owns the riparian rights to the party. m Until the bulls find the knife that Mr. McAdoo was supposed to hae pulled on Governor Jox cm the forty-second forty-second ballot, the reason why the' Demmics went to the trouble of loss-j lng off a convention wllr always be a iiouble-barrelcd mystery. Gambling on the races plays no part as this ain't any race. The balloting utoppf d Inn .won They, should have taken i It ly-sevon ballota: and nominated Mr Heinz. a . a On the day of the tragedy climax I to n week of clow ning a c andidate was j piped without his toupee or fnlse j teeth This proves that the conven-'iion conven-'iion was started Without any Intention of nominating a woman for presiden-ii presiden-ii f-s Tin- police an do nothing until un-til they rind the knife that McAdoo! Was supposed to have pulled on Gov-1 i ernor Cox. ' Who is the mysterious man with the' bald head, -hauiauu.ua expression and toim fitting smile, who spoke eight hours without saying anything? A taxlcah driver remembers having driven driv-en a Minister individual up to the auditorium audi-torium and getting a nickel tip. This: nickel tip Indicates it could not have been Bryan He speaks from the ht.nt and carries his pocketbook on' his hip. a a Did one of the numerous lady delegate dele-gate housekeepers hide the pink presidential presi-dential toga that so m;my Democrats are seeking to wear? Who found that knife that McAdoo was going to pull on Governor Cox? a On the Fourth of July, a day that heretofore has been considered a day sacred to American history, a day when children play innocontl with T V T.; a day when youth revels and old age strokes Us mildewed whiskers, whis-kers, the joous clang of the emergency emer-gency ambulance gonj? was suddenly Interrupted by the glad news that the demmlea had hatched a candidate, It's .glud news to the Republicans But the police are all at sea like a water-bug water-bug In a dishpan. Where Is that knife that McAdoo was saving for Govei-nor Govei-nor Cox? Who were the mysterious visitors to the auditorium? Meredith was seen before the festivities had reached homicidal proportions. So was Glass, also Palmer But at the lime the nomination was made, these men can prove a perfect alibi. a a The police of two lncontlnents are interested In this mystery. Whose thumb prlntu are on the unlnstructed delegates from New York, uhlo and Nova Scotia? Whose foot fits the boot thut kicked Edwards for a goal? Where la the knife that McAdoo was saving lor Governor CoxT a The nominee boasts friends In all loops and walks of life. No names mutt be mentioned because of the happy hap-py homes It would bust up. But there Is no doubt that the L e of N s, W 11 8t 1 and W Ington were early morning visitors to the auditorium. au-ditorium. a a a There the matter rests. Where is the knife that McAdoo was going to pull on Governor COX? a a a Only ono thing Is certain. The Old Guard dies but it never referendums. fin |