The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-05

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q candidate In Amer
As.p loa except Henry
George. And yet
the rigors OF the
campaign In other years have Killed
more than half a dozen widely known
political workers or candidates only
last year overwork In the cause ~
sound money struck down two orators
and two editors. Al that time Henry
George was In the ranks OF the Bryan
Ties. The results this fall meant more
10 him. immeasumbly more. than the
triumph o. n bO.cent dollar In 1896.
Apart from the exactlons OF a personal
campaign George might have lived
many years had he nursed bis strength.
But into this campaign he threw his
whole resources. physical and mental.
Tie kept nothing In reserve. He fell.
as others have fallen before him. and.
for aught New York knows now. as
others may fall before the year closes.
Those who have not been through Il
Tor themselves or In aid OF their friends
and political associates cannot realize
the strain on mind and body caused BY
an exciting political campaign In
America. We are not a phlegmatlc
people. NC are not prone 10 take things
easy. L Ia our Characteristic and
without Boosting II may be said that
whatever We DO We do With all our
might. Americans have wonderful
nerve force and why physical constliu-
tons, yet they use Il all up. Jus, as
they DO the day and the night. which.
combined. are not long enough for the
work to be done In the few weeks be-
fore the election.
Open air speaking Is a sufielent
heavy drain on the strength At the best
Add 90 this several car-tall speeches
every night. rushing from one place
10 another. and then into crowded.
stuffy halls. ovcrheated. lily ventilated.
and then out into the chill October air
to repeat the operation elsewhere and
the wonder IL that even strong men
can endure Il. This Is Of the workers
In the ranks only Imagine. then. the
strain on a candidate. especially one
who 10 leading . forlorn hope. who.
with only small chance Of success,
nevertheless sets himself dead In ear
nest TO do the best that IL In him.
Such a campaign was that OF Horace
Greeley In 1879. Tie died within a
month Of his defeat at the polls. no,
~ much OF disappointment because
he had forcseen that he could not win
As Of hard woEk In che fight. coupled
With the loss just before election Of his
wife. Who had faithfully nursed his
falling strength. Just such a cam.
paign. too. was that Of 1850. In which
Douglas. ono Of the defeated oandi.
dates. received the blow that soou
killed him.
IAs, year was particularly tough on
the Old war horses. Il Isl peculiarly
% Americans IN times Of stress thai
they want the old fellows the party'l
atAndbys. Young men dont satisfy
So out tro; the worn and aged spell
binders and show their faces. Thel
were not unwilling. In 81 grandtaih
ers volunteered and went 10 the front
and the mlddle-aged we're no less pa
trsotic IN 'se-nor are they today
One OF this class las, fall was RIOS
well Horr. Tie vent right into IN
"enemy's country" to use a phrase O
which We heard quite hit a year agc
tie went out 70 Nebraska and capture
the farmers. His strong point was n
tarin and he knew Just what would ap
peal 20 the farmers, Working on thl
line. and for the gold-siandard. h
brought many votes TO the Republical
} ticket Hut he had overtaxed hlmsel
and he barely lived TO see the trump
Of the cause he 20 ably defended.
Col. Fellows, ex-district attorney q
New York. was one Of the Democra,
Who opposed the Chicago platform
A a convert h sometimes the mos
EealOus In the new faith. 20 Col. RE-
) lows threw himself into the campAig
for Mckinley with ell his soul n
had been troubled several years b,
fore with cancer Of the stomach. b.
never would submit 10 an operation
Hia old trouble reappearcd because {
} the requirements Of the campaign an
soon after election Il helped 10 Nj
, him.
John Y. Foster was a New Jerse
! political worker who was carried o
. BY pleurOpneuinonla week or "a
DAYS after the election. lie was vel
! known newspaper man OF Newark. an
for years had been connected Wit
}. Frank Leslle's. For a quarter OF
century he had been At the head Of n
Republican state committee OF Ne
Jersey. We spoke AZ many outdo'
meetings In New Jersey In the can
paign, which aggravated his dispos
tion TO lung trouble lie left his dei
"a Frank Leslie'a the Friday AFTER ele
ton and never returned.
Joseph n. McCullagh was editor
the 81. Louis Globe. Democrat. the ol
~ EOld-standard morning newspap
In ST. Louis. Tie jumped into 2
work Of the campaign, made still mo
onerous to him by the solitary pos
tlon his paper occupied, Tie alwa,
was an indefatigable worker and la'
OF physical exercise, the Strip aud
partial loss Of the use Of his llmt
made him unfit really to take su'
" an active par, la the campaign. d
that made no difference 10 him. r
years he had personally supervised q
city and telegraph departments OF h
paper, coming TO the ONCE at 10 o'clo'
4 In the morning and not leaving unI