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Show I Convention Premier BY "BUGS" BAEK Copyright, 1920, by Universal Service. CHICAGO, June 11. Convention A. political sargoss. a sea. Nominating speech An oral epitaph. epi-taph. Instructed delegates rAn old man with a. new bank roll. - j League of nations An idea and a pulraotor. j Old guard Abbreviation for old black guard. Plank A boulevard for candidatial pedestrians. Party One Slmo Legrce with a commltteo of Uncle Thomases. Platform A. national I. 0. U. on' which payment is stopped at the bank. I Uninetructed dolegae A man who. has the courage of his financial con- vlotions. I Complimentary .nomination An oratorical or-atorical detention camp for interning! alien candidates. Committeeman A little white fox terrier at a. graphophone. Committee A pack of little ter-' riers. i National chairman The horn of the graphophone. Hokum The record it plays. . Campaign vfunds The needle. Candidate A man who hears his country calling -him. (See party boss.) Party boss A ventriloquist. Third party The eternal triangle of a convention honeymoon. Oratory Gestures set to laryngeal music. Nomination Something that is paid for but never bought. Steam-roller G. O. P. car of Jug- gernaut flatfchecllng past subsidized traffic cops. Foreign entanglements A demo- cratlc police with Europe. A Repub- lican war with Europe would be no' foreign entanglement. I High cost Used to mean rent, : clothes and food only; add delegates.1 The people The judy in the politi-, cal punch and judy box. Lady delegate A sharp voice for cutting dull ideas. j Bolter All Baba and his forty delegates. |