The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-25
Interesting Campaign Experiences OF
William Dudley FOnlke.
POLITICIANS WHO KNOW EVERYBODY
Amusing Anecdotes Of the Indiana
Campaigu.-Au Oily Bath in Orange
County--EpisOdc OF the Joint De.
batC--rhp Manner in Which Hon.
Charles jenkins Was Silcnccd.
From City and state.

lntlt Is Judge VINO VIII Ndlh
through the streets mt rally before he
makes his speech. and speaks To every
body he meets. Ee once impaired Ia
me in "A low voice. tn uhilosuphy of
his conduct. "lf these mrn don't know
me-" he said. there is no harm done:
if they do, / must not fail to recognize
them" Sometimes man whom he
had been gI- citing would refer to q
lIr, yiuus conversation or letter or
some other awkward Circustlnve which
h could not rrmmhor In every ease,
h"M,',r ne p'ril the S'r"k. 50 SKILL H.
e1inj,,,st fI," th,t ~, b,G nnt hern
r.rnrri,ri Tbn ir,lr.'s fDcr was "A
por.n.tu,1 smile Som fines when he
saw , man arrroa..hirn la. would ask
mo that mans name hut from the
greeting which followed the inurirrs
about The family ana The news of ihc
nrighhurhoud one would ilnaxnc that
tn. two had h,.u .un.a tho most inti-
mate terms since huynond. Thc Judge
could carry his at.ta uy 81 larger major
ity than any utn0U man I'm it,
Many Of the p'2 farmers have great
reverence for election day. | met one
this year. a man oi-hty years oi age,
who showed me with great outhusi-
asm a pair of huots which had been
newly groa- Il aud hlacEcurd for the
'''t'NI'I. lNt tblt ''t lIl'N' were ms
"olcctiou boots which he had worn for
twcujN-,iGht years. There were little
h"l i'm them nt different places to ac-
romm"dalr lArW l' ia, c"rnS "t the
WoaI"E v" remarked mat four years
ago mas i"rj Wr'' so sore nc cuuld not
lNt thrln on ana lhIl was uuuuuhi'u-
ly what octASlnnrd In" loss OF IN" tex
ct. rms year they were All riGAt ana
II, i"t great r"hh"rn'' IN IN" result,
'"h,'Ni'htS 'h'Hr FARMERS nave Wy
h"t'"I| hUl 'i''F WY "I l'ul'i'S tili''"S.
i"u, E',HS HE' Spmh' III I"uHi
over 'Ht store III " N''"I! Ni'U1No III ~.
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rnr, mr ibo rirh il, Lnnrs tLot tha rich
uI,r III ~ take caro- or thn moor" a
et,t'.,',,,,t ,,,rf,.l -, , L,Iio,.,, In .he
t,,.,r' , f,r,,, ,,.,,,..,',,t.d L,. c,r,,.or
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n,.,,,,.l,.,ti. ,,.c,,,,,,,,. nc u,.II oe onv
triro Lr,.,' r,.". Ir,rd ,ftrrwnrIs
lr.,nai Thar tbis nIl fellow had by
frnnaiity ana rood nauarprnfnt ac-
ullir,d a farm of some 800 acres in the
1,.irhLn,,honG ouJ that be vas one of
thr wnalthicgt men in the county. 1t
docs not do +, courf uDon apprarances
in making an estimat, Of the mon who
attend these meetings.
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~ '-'> 'i''' W 'i''
Several years ago | was campaigning
with Colonel y, in Orange county,
rough, hilly ncighborhoOd, in which
Mt that time there was no railroads.
We had been hard at work for two days
talking to the pconie from the porches
of country stores, in blacksmith shops,
at the corners of the streets and else
where. and at the end of the second day
We We're to speak in the court house at
Paoli, the county seat There was II
clean little country tavern i'm the town.
N0u entered a wide hall, at the end Of
which there was a small wash-room
with q wooden sink and tin hasin,and
just above was Il cask with spigot,
,,n'';,, ho nni,,i % ,.o ,'o 49, nw'
ticular obouf his nnreonaI annaaranca
He had in former wears held a uosi-
tiun of some innortancr in thn foreirn
service or incl sam and oa he was
tbr oIdor man T aIro,.s yinI1,d b;n,
,rrradorre n co,,rtns,, y.bicb ho san,n-
od tr arr,nri,t,S i4is t,,., ,t riot
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,i, "l w., GiI 7itLNeS, turned uit 'h'
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S,,"l,gl |'' & ileir % ,nt SWISH Oh th' water
I,i i,ii i''7 ."nr ui'G . ia,'u. tla'i ne loapeu
, n," n, a'a'''i'eI iuI louSiE upon the hoor'
az" NV ..,,Ii7 " nrS'r near" man swear
..I' nnt 'lie iia,l'rf asked.
'II''H IT, '"al oil was the an
sN'r' A'lh"uGh our 1rlendshib was of
t'ie M'riiirS'' ! iualhtl'h"t Il respectful