Show Will Rogers Roge oereN s Says N Hes He's in Pennsylvania Watching Watch Watch- ing ng Penrose Penrose ose Run the Chi Chicago ag Convention By Wf Will if Rogers Rogers' Famous Oklahoma Cowboy Humorist and Goldwyn Motion Picture Star Copyright 1020 1920 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association I SOMEWHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYL- PENNSYL VANIA June 11 When 11 When I heard Boles Boies Penrose was not going to Chicago I I decided to steal d a march marchon on th the other eminent authors and and go where th the candidate would be nominated So I came to see see Penrose about it r r When Wh n I arrived off Hog Island I Iwas Iwas Iwas was met by that boat they built there Its It's finished now now r r r Why I came I-came came here was I happened to be be- beIn In Philadelphia the night of ot the last presidential election and sow sow Penrose and Knox lead the p parade rade for Hughes Hughes' the one ne night he was wasI president Now Philadelphia was I supposed suppose to be slow and th there re It was two days ahead of ot the facts r r r So I decided there there is the place to fo find tind out who is is is' nominated before Penrose phones it to Chicago r r You see I I 1 knew Boies Boles Penrose on ac account of my being in Boise Ida once the town He was named after He said Why hello Will I 1 have heard of That's the state Se Senator ator Borah is s from ron r r r I Now Now Penrose told lold me who was nomi nominated But he asked me not to toI I ti tip it off oft as th the hotels and other I crooks in Chicago o wanted to keep the suckers there a. a a few tew days till they I were thoroughly r renovated f r r r Boles Boies told me You know Will your our business and mine are are alike We have a a. a few few five reel five reel fe features tures in politics politics- but most os of of them are are one and two-real two comedies r r r Pen says to me me- me For appearances appearance's sake salte I am for Sproul Then I 1 asked him him- Who is ds Sproul And ho lie said I dont don't know any more about him than you you do V Will but he he was was was' the darkest horse I 1 could think of r II r r rI I am the only onh newspaper writer here as all the rest thought the convention was as going to Chicago but I knew he r r r rd I asked asks d him this morning Well Boles Boles' what are you having them do out there today r r rOh Oh I I. I will just let them pray today loday That is the bl biggest nov novelty you youcan can pull on a a. Republican r r r I 1 asked Mm Im What Republican can read a pr prayer r r r rHe He said Oh the they will ca call calt l' l In some Democrats They are all praying this year r r r rI I l' l asked ed him Wh Why did you ou make ak them think in Chicago that that you were for Sproul I r r r Well Will I will wilf tell you ou The only way to keep a governor from becoming senator Is isto to sidetrack him of off into the presidency r r I B But But ButI t. t I asked him the presidency presidency presidency dency h higher gher tha than senat senator He TIe said Why no the senate can make a a. sucker out of ot the president president and and generally does r r t rI r 1 I asked ed him In the old days didn't t tc c candidates stay at home till they were nominated 7 t r r He said Yes but these fellows know that all they will get out out out-of ot It Is t the trip r r r Then Then I 1 asked him what do you think of Johnson y I r r r rHe H He saId said Will Will h he would d be good I in the movies r r V s i J But I told him that talking pictures lct res were no not a success success ass r r I II I 1 then said How about Lowden Lowden r r r He said W Well ti Lowden can get the Pullman vote but what we want is a man that can land the day coach vote r r Then I said H How w about Wood r r r rHe He said said Wood did all ail right managing Cuba but Cuba was not organized and z demanding time and a half hal for overtime over over- time r |