Stay-at-Homes

POLITICAL NOTES

Cleveland--the glorious city of Cleveland--tore for a brief moment from Washington the crown as the chief political city of the U. S. The recital of prominent Republicans who went thither for the Convention is too long for repetition, but the recital of those who did not go is worth attending.

They were:

Chauncey M. Depew at the age of 90 did not go to occupy his seat in the New York delegation. It was the first Republican Convention he has missed since 1888.

Hiram Johnson decided not to be present and released his delegates. Why should he go when he looked forward no longer to the nomination?

Senator La Follette was content that he should be represented by his supporters and let it go at that.

Senator Borah held aloof, perhaps feeling that he might not be at home.

Uncle Joe Cannon refused to leave his retirement and the delights of rustic pursuits.

Calvin Coolidge stayed at his desk in Washington, letting William M. Butler from Massachusetts and C. Bascom Slemp from Virginia carry his banners to the Convention Hall.

Some others went. Mrs. Harding, accompanied by Dr. and Mrs. Sawyer, attended as an observer, perhaps remembering the day four years ago when from the gallery she saw her husband nominated. General Jacob S. Coxey, who marched his army of unemployed to the Capitol in 1894, was at hand, distributing pamphlets which asserted that interest on money should be abolished. There, too, went Harry M. Daugherty, no longer with highest power, a simple delegate from Ohio.