The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-08
HOWE, VICE PRESIDENT
New York World Starts Boom
For AtchisOn Editor on
Twain Ticket.

The humorist of the New York World
is booming Ed Howe for vice presi-
dent of the United States on a ticket
with Mark Twain at the head.
He has the following in the Sunday
World:
AS The World has announced. Mark
Twain is a candidate for president on
an everything r-everyb platform.
But who shall be his running mate?
The World has taken pains to obtain
the views of the leading humorists of
the country on their availability as can
didates for the vice presidency. Here
are the results:
E. w. Howe, the Kansas humorist,
is a candidate for vice president on
Mark Twains ticket on the platform:
Everything for everybody; gold stand
ard, free silver, temperance and intem-
perance."
Mr.. Howe is now on his way from
his home in Atchison, Kas., to consult
Mark Twain in London. He will arrive
at the Waldorf-AStoria today and sail
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse on
Tuesday. His voyage on that ship is
expected to net him at least 100 900 Ger
man votes
Mr.. Howe is in favor of everything
for everybody, and more, too, when he
is personally interested. He will not
allow himself to be outdone by Mark
Twain il generosity, and he may in
clude in his platform a plank guaran-
teeing a bonus of 81, 600 to every citizen
who votes the right ticket in November.
A close friend OF Mr.. Howe, who speaks
with authority, said yesterday:
Mr.. Howe will introduce Don't
Worry club methods in the campaign.
That will make the usually painful
period of presidential struggling one
grand, sweet song. Mr. Howe will prom
iSe that if he is elected vice president
he will favor legislation to put copy
of The Story of a Country Town in the
L, II
in the United States. This may look like
a boom for Mr.. HoWe'S own pocket;
but it must be remembered that with
the royalties from 75000,000 copies of his
book in his pocket Mr.. Howe will be in
a much stronger position to fight the
trusts and scotch the Money Devil.
Just as Mark Twain will capture the
solid vote of all the moralists and un-
principled men of the east, so Mr.. Howe
will sweep the solid west and south with
corn as his rallying cry. What this
whole country needs is more corn, and
more coin which will flow from it's sale
If we only sell enough corn in the mar
kets of the world the United States will
enter upon an era of prosperity never
dreamed of by the most gifted enthus-
last. To this end Mr.. Howe will pledge
himself to have Corn Murphy appoint
ed secretary of state and Corn Boomer
Plenipotentiary to all the powers oe the
world. We will make them give us their
coin for our corn or bring on the great
be any doubt of Mark TWain's election
as president if he only gets Mr.. Howe
on his ticket"
Frank MaeLennan, of Topeka, who is
| in the east looking after Mr.. Howe's
vice presidential boom, has just re-
| turned to this city from Washington,
where he held a secret conference with
many leading men regardless of party.
kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and
| all the great corn states will be united
/ for any ticket or platform upon which
| Mr.. Howe will consent to rum said Mr..
MacLennan yesterday.
Kentucky, too, recognizing the value
of corn as a liquid product aside from
pancake batter win swing into line
| and the solid south, when Kentucky's
I reasons are made known, from pure
joyous sympathy, will follow en- masse
| New York also, as the state where the
be swept by enthusiasm as if a Kansas
cyclone had been working overtime
/ The chances are that before election
day the boom will have become so pro-
nounced that no ballots will be cast
but town meetings will be held every
where ard the Twain-Howe ticket vii
be chosen unanimously"
Among other candidates for SECOND
place on the Twain ticket whose light
ming rods had been erected up to tn
hour of going to press were Bob Bur
dette, Peter Finley Dunno, the origina
and only "Dooley'' creator; Roswell
Field. best known as Eugene Field
brother; Opie Read, the Chicago giaa
who gained fame as the t.Arkansav
Traveller; G. B. Lewis, better know
as m. Quad" of the Detroit Ere
Press, and John J. Jennings, writer o
the Widow Magoogin'' stories.