Show THE RAMPANT ROOSTER Two O hats are in the ring others are poised for hurling party leaders sniff victory in inthe inthe the air and already the jobs at Washington are being mentally parceled out among the faithful The Democrats for some time have regarded this year as the time of their great opportunity Two governors Roosevelt governors Roosevelt of New York and Ritchie of Maryland Maryland have have become avowed candidates and others are expected to enter the lists before the convention in inJune inJune June une at Chicago The Democrats look upon the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances of two conventions jn In In the same city as a fortuitous omen They recall that the only two times in history when both parties named presidential candidates in the same city ity Democracy rode triumphant into the white iWhite House In Ia 1852 the Republican then Whig and the Democratic parties held their conventions in Baltimore The Republicans named Winfield Win- Win field Scott the Democrats Franklin Pierce and won In 1884 the national conventions of the two major parties met at Chicago Grover Cleveland carried the gonfalon of Democracy and James G. G Blaine Blame led the Republicans to defeat Now nearly half a century later the RepUblicans Republicans Re Re- publicans and Democrats meet again in Chicago Chicago Chio Chi Chi- o cago to name their standard It is this fact that the Democrats look upon as a good omen but it is not the only sign upon which is founded Democratic optimism Tax blank 40 is for one class while tax blank is for another Then there is isone isone isone one known as Whatever the number you draw a blank |