The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

| through the almost populistic whlskers
of the man from Kansas and fans the
smooth-shaven cheek Of his fellow Re
publican from Maine; the picturesque
dress of the southerner is side by side
with the conventional garb Of the New
York financier 1t is an ill-assorted
crowd alike in this thing only; that
nine out of every ten have some
scheme to extract money from the sup
posedly exhaustless store of the cam
paign committee.
The tide breaks about Colonel Storms,
the ergeant-at-arms of the national
committee Tail, erect. handsome,
suave and graceful in manner, he keeps
his post all day, receives everybody,
talks with everybody: passes thar one
along to the proper person for him to
see, dismisses this one with pleas
ant good day and a courtly wave Of
the hand. His task is a most trying
one. but his temper has been tried IN
every form OF annoyance in successive
campaigns and nothing can move HIM
now. \ man came into the office to-
day with dandruf on his coat collar
and dust on his eye glasses; there was
excitement in his eye and he came TO
the point at once.
I'm from TuE'pie, Ind, he SAID,
"and 1 wanr the national committee
& 70 lEl tlS nave a uuuQIGu lliOucoiiA vi
lars to start a newspaper there. 1t
win be a great thing for the cause
Like the stone of David the truth
shall snite the Goliath Of
L am very sorry" said the colonel,
his voice full of regret, but just at
present the financial condition of the
committee doesn't warrant such large
expenditure. trust. however, that
you viii continue to labor zealOusly for
1,-,Oia
Ind, found himself moving toward the
door before he realized what had hap
pened.
A woman was waiting for the colo
mel when he returned.
4 have here a letter for Mr.. Hanna,
my husband was a Republican; he used
to be postmaster at Speonk, I wish
that you would give nay daughter a
place as typewriter; can't your
The colonels voice was full of tears
as he assured the woman that at pres
ent no addition to the clerical force
would be made.
of men with ideas for campaign de-
vices. One man bore a papier mache
( elephant with the word Gold" lettered
on his side.
Every latest thing" he began, "the
committee should order 10000 of them
an once"
Excellent thing said the colonel.
''but you see we are not purchasing
/ campaign emblerns now, we leave that
/ to the clubs"
The room occupied by Colonel
/ Storms is the museum of the headquar-
/ tiers. It is filled with specimens of all
kinds Of campaign devices left there
! by these visitors. The elephant re-
! ferred to above is the latest addition
to the collection. He stands proudly ON
/ the top of a desk with a. tuft of red,
white and blue feathers sticking from
his trunk and looking like an animated
feather buster. On the walls are hung
a great number of pictures of McKin-
! ley and Hobart in which they are rep
resented as belonging to every nation
atty from Scandinavian to Hottentot.
The most interesting of these alleged
portraits are a couple in which the no.
! Bile features of the Republican candi-
dates are stamped upon American tin.
! Against the wall stands a huge oil
painting Of Major Mckinley which is
/ a wonder in its way. The candidate is
! pictured standing in the attitude aft
! fected by cigar store Indians and
/ others of that ilk. His right arm out
stretched supports the American stand
ard, the folds of which float gracefully
behind him. Or the other side of Mr..
Mckinley is a curious looking bird,
which strongly resembles the melting
crow, but which is in reality intended
to represent the great American eagle.
/ These are but a few Of the exhibits
which include campaign buttons,
badges and emblens in the greatest
variety.
A few doors down the hall is the
room where the campaign orators con-