The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-22

campaign In other years have Killed
more than half dozen widely known
political workers or candidates. only
last year oyerwork In the cause oi
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 fan meant more
70 him. immeasurably more than the
triumph OF a 5O-ocnt dollar In 1886
Apart from the exactlons OF personal
campaign George might have lived
many years had he nursed hla strength.
But into this campaign he threw hts
whole resources. physical and mental
Tie kept nothing IN reserve. Tie fell. /
as others have fallen before him. and.
for aught New York knows now. a.
others may fall before the year closes.
Those who have not been through u /
Tor themselves or In aid Of their friends |
and political associates cannol realize
the strain ON mind and body caused by
ar exciting political campaign In
America. We are not q phlegmaiic
people We are not prone 10 take things
easy. II Is our Characteristic and
without boasting Il may be said that
whatever We do We do with all our
might. Americans have wonderful
nerve forcc aud wiry physical consiiiu-
tons ye, they use Il al up. jus, a.
they do the day and the night which.
combined. are no, long enough Tor the
work 10 be done In the few weeks be-
fore the election.
Open air speaking Is suficieni
heavy drain on the strength Al the best,
Add 90 this several oar-tail speeches
every night. rushing from one place
to another. and then into crowded.
auffy halls oyerheaied lily ventilated.
and then out into the chill Octooer air
10 repeat the operation elsewhere and
the wonder h that even strong men
can endure II. This Is Of the workers
In the ranks only Imagine. then. the
strain on n candidate. especially one
who IN leading q forlorn hope. Who.
with only small chance Of success.
nevertheless sets himself dead In ear
nest to DO the best that 10 In him.
Such a campaign vas that Of Horace
Greeley In 1879 he dad within a
month ~ his defeat at the polls. not
10 much Of Experimentation
no had foroseen that he could not win
as OF hard woIk In che fight. coupled
with the loss ius, before election Of his
wife. Who had faithfully nursed his
iailIng strength Just such cam
palgn. too, was tina, Of 1860. In which
Douglas. one of the defeated candi-
dates. received the blow that SON
killed him
Last year was particularly tough on
the old war horses Il lsa popularity
81 Americans In times Of stress that
they want the old fellows the party'l
, stAndbys. Young men don't satisfy
So out tro, the worn and aged spell
, binders and show their fares They
were not unwilling In 81 Erandfaih
EN- volunteered and vent 10 the front
) and the mlddls.aged we're no less pa
triotic In s6-nor are they today
4 One Of this class last iall vas Ros
well Horr. he went righ, into M
"enemy's country" to use a phrase o
!. which We heard quite n BIZ a year ago
o lie went out 10 Nebraska and capture,
q the farmers. His strong point was IN
@ tarlf and he knew iust wha, would ap
e peal 10 the farmers Working on INT
line. and for the Eold-siandard h
a brought many votes 10 the Repnhllcal
o ticket. hut he had over,axed himsel
4 and he barely lived 10 So the TRUMP
Of the cause ne 90 ably defended
/ Col. Fellows. ex.distrlct attorney a
. New York. was one Of the Democrat
o Who opposed the Chicago platform
y A a convert Is sometimes the mo,
. IealOus In the new faith. 10 Col. Pc
l. lows threw himself into the campalg
for Mckinley with all his soul n
had been troubled several years b,
fore with cancer Of the stomach. b.
la never would submit TO an operation
2. His old trouble rcappoared because ,
Is the requirements Of the campaign an
soon after election Il helped to ri
Q him.
John Y. Foster vas a New Jerss
n political worker who was carried O
r by pleuropneumOnla a week or q
days after the election. re was a vel
y known newspaper man Of Newark. an
for years had been connected VII
e, Frank Leslle'e. For quarter OF
century he had bern a, the head Of q
Republican state committee OF Ne
Jersey. Tie spoke Al many outdo
meetings In New Jersey IN the cas-
paigh. which aggravated hls dlspo.
ton TO lung trouble Tie loft his de
At Frank Leslle's the Friday after els
ton and never returned.
Joseph D. McCullagh was editor
the 81. Louis Globe Democrat. the O
~ gold-standard morning newspap
In St Louis. He jumped into
work Of the campaign. made s,ill me
onerous to him by the solitary 20
zion his paper occupied lie alwa
was an ludeiatIgahle worker. and "a
Of physical exercise, the Strip and
: partial loss Of the use Of his linn
made him unit really 70 take ~
%" an active part In the campaign. !
that made no dlne ence 10 him.
years he had personally supervised
city and telegraph departments Of
a. paper. coming 10 the once a, 10 o'cl,
lat In the morning and not leaving al
are l o'clCek the next morning To th
en- regular duties were added the reQul
noh menls % the campaign, and In Als
10 feebled state he collapsed.
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