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Show !THE NATIONAL CONVENTION It has been said that "Ood must havo a sense ot humor, or ho never would havo made a monkey." One might similarly argue thnt tho Lord must smile as ho watches the Incongruous Incon-gruous eccentricities to'crated by tho American people. Arrangements are now being inndo for noxt summer's national political ft conventions. The location will prob- 11 ably bo decided on tho basis of tho most fnor.iblocffors mado by hotels anil othors for accommodation of delega'toH. The matter of getting a rea'ly favorable meeting place for a historic deliberate body will no doubt bo disregarded this year as In tho i ' past. ! Tlieso imadrennlal gatherings nro ' tho most important business and po- 1 ' Iltical assemblages in tho country. , On tho wisdom thoro displayed tho U , prosperity and welfare of the Unit- Q j.d Stntr8 clepeml Tlioy Miould he j j . conducted so as to securo quiet do- I ' llliemtlon nnd interchange of thought. I j 't ' Instead e,f that, these conventions I I ' nlwnys nro held In big halls, where' I j(' nn orator needs leather lungs to I ', make himself heard. A yelling mob II In permitted' to ho present. Tho nt-, Ijfl - tempt Is tolerated to stampede tho ( I convention by the length or tlmo by j H9- whirh tho shouters can yq'l for their! HI, candidate. As tho loudest nnd most : UL persistent howlers can ho hired for g 25 cents an hour, this Is no measure I- of tho fitness or oven tho popularity. 1 or n candhlnto. I r - TIidconvpntlons ought to bo hold I . In a ream sufficient only for tho dole- 1 J f' gates nnd alternates, with liberal ft room for newspaper roportors. A H ' great meeting of business, statecraft H and national pollry should not bo t turned Into a beer garden- But tho j custom is flimly Imbedded in. our poll po-ll lillcal habits, nnd can't ho over- II turned. H Tho real deliberations take placo If " In hotel lohhles. Tho floor dobnto l" II stago play. Hut there aro crisis mo ll . menu, when tho volco of tho loaders ft ' should ho heard In quiet nnd eccIu- U slon by ovory dologato. |