Show BRYAN AN CA CAST T A AI AS GODFATHER A 18 1 TO I I OPPRESSED All Nations Beg Commoner Common er to to Fight Their Platform platform Plat plat- lat lat- form Battles BattIe d r. r SAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO J June Bryan n t 28 Brjan appears to la o be cast in the role le of godfather godfather god father tather to the oppressed and those I j who think th they're ye downtrodden Ita If It Ifa I a a. painting were m made de ls' ls head head- headquarters head 1 quarters anteroom it would look like th this this's s s 's Two Hindus Hindu sitting nervously on the edge of ot a lounge one with a black turban one with a white both with curly black whiskers They're the ce central cantral can cen figures in a crowded room Occasionally Oc Oc- Oc- Oc c they smile bashfully flashIng flashIng flashing flash- flash Ing ver very white teeth when Dr Carr the red headed evangelistic presiding genius g of Bryans Bryan's suite tells tens them they will have only a few tew minutes longer longer- to wait They want to have a plank in the platform recognizing the theof independence of India Filipinos standing against the wall to the left very erect and stiff necked In high white collars to which they are evidently unused They turn their black hats diffidently In their hands and stare at the ceiling Of Ot course they want something or in n the platform about self government it forthe for i the PhilippIn V An Irishman In animated con conversation conversation conversa conversa- versa versa-I tion with prohibitionist l leaning against I the wall to lo the rights right The topic is whether prohibition or freedom for I Ireland is the paramount issue of the campaign The Irishman is 18 short and I thick and keeps mopping his brow with a handkerchief The prohibitionist prohibition prohibition- 1st has a serene smile He feels at Ti In In a way doorway to the left there is a glimpse of ot Bryan himself face tace wreathed in smiles handshaking back bade backslapping backslapping slapping radiating cordiality as a fUrnace furnace furnace fur fUr- nace radiates heat Brother Charley Chancy Bryan flutters around him like a hen with one chick Brother Charley and Doc Doe Cart Carl see to 11 it that not a visitor tor toi departs from Bryans Bryan's mecca without without without with with- out haying a few words with the colonel colonel colo cob nel ad and getting a little encouragement encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment sympathy r Dr r advice A few minutes after Secretary tary Meredith Meredith Meredith Mere Mere- announced he was not a candidate his big sign Merediths Meredith's headquarters I vanished from its conspicuous position position tion tian beneath the fifth floor of the the the-St. St Francis But a smaller sign appeared in the lobby And its it's no noticed no- no Iced Heed the Iowans lowans marching standards with the slogan Merediths the manhave manhave man manhave have not been discarded merely stacked away ready for Instant use if it needed A dusky his lis head swathed in the traditional white turban walked waIled into the Whitcomb hotel headquarters of ot the Pennsylvania delegation and of Palmer Aha Another dark horse horae grab him shouted a Penn delegate I The fighting triplets triplets- of the convention conven conven- I tion Irish tion-Irish Irish freedom light beer and wines and the league of nations nations are are all on the battlefield but Irish freedom freedom freedom free free- dom has put one over ver on the other two having occupied the front line trenches by opening headquarters only a block away from the convention hall hail at Market and Amer Americas ica's traditional policy polley recognition without intervention Recognize the Irish republic proclaims proclaims' a a huge hug banner banner ban ban- ner ncr across the building You cant can't get jet to the c convention without seeing It t No light beer or wine sign along the way No little nations hanging around waiting for a league Only Irish freedom in sight Score one for tor Erin Sam Gomp Gompers rs De be Valera and Bryan all in one town at the same time Folks predicted a quiet convention I Theres There's something mysterious and supernatural or something about the invisible in th St. St Francis where several of the candidates are housed loused Every time a band goes by Its final strains come walling wailing down from the sky sly in the general direction of the h hotel tel roof It may be an echo but jut some of the bandsmen ar are getting nervous Sounds as if the bellboys were were- readIng reading read- read ling Ing from the Blue Book when they start paging Call for r Vice President Marshall Call for Mr Colby secretary of f state Mr Murphy Mr r Mur Tammany Governor Smith wanted at the phone booth Governor Smith New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Call for tor Mr Francis Francis' former am- am to Russia Senator Phelan And so on on indefinitely |