The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-29

the republican candidate for president and 5000 people had crowded into the big theatre Co listen to him. The re- ception committee waited on him in his apartments in the Auditorium an mex and offered to escort him Co the platform, but he asked them to go ahead and he said he would follow them in a few moments.
 The few moments heightened into minutes. however. and the minutes into 70 before the senator made his appear ance. looking hot. fluStcrcd and very tired. The long continued applause and the introductory speeches, gave him plenty oi time Co recover himself and when he arose Co begin his ad- dress he appeared as calm and sclt- possessed as usual
 The members of the reception com mittce wondered m a placid kind of a way what had happened Co cause the ,o minutes delay. none ol them i'm agiued that the speaker was within a few feet oi them for the most part oi that time doing an act that the vaudc- vile managers would have featured as the funniest oi the year.
 This heres the whole thing. sad the bell boy the other day from \ to Izard The big guy (mcaning the dis tinguiShed Statcsman) sent down a call just after the reception commitp went away over to the thcater He says Co me that hc would get an crushed up in the push around the doors and asked me Co put hiw onto an easy way Co get troo Co the stage That was a dollar for me SO l led the procession and we started down the tunnel across Co the Aud. and l slipped him m lhc wagon alley back of the stage door
 Well when we got that iar says Co him that he didn't want Co croSt the open stage to get to the right side we would have Co go underneath by the machinery an come up that way He says T don't want Co go over thc open stage, not on yer life. sonny ! begun Co walk down the stair, with him ahead ar we got about hali way when he says Great Caesars ghost wots this" 10 was a tub oi rcd paint sittin' on the concrct fo,F an his nibb, had run right into i,. both his legs patent feathers an black dress pants,
 The senator Sworc 30 little am s1ii a lot oi nice things Go me. hut he finally got a move on. and told me not Co stand there ladin' like an idiot, but to go and uustrap his vali,cs and bring down pair oi pants. shoes and socks
 When ] gets back with thc goods. there was whiSkerS Standin' by thc light oi a little electric globe w1itiu' fer me. We could hear the mob up above stlmpin an whistlin' and Che big organ pourdiu' out Co fll in ,hc wait The senator done a hchinin change turn that night for his life He whip ped off his swallertail and sat ou ihc concrete while [ handed him 'hc thing, as he wanted them. Just as n. got ,hc first boot on there was am extra large roar from above Then Che senator says Somethin' under his breath about 10 being enough Co make Rome howl and the reception guys thinLin' him 8 bllnkcty blank fool IIc struggled with the other boot aboui i1ur min uteS and then he remembered hc had pretty Sizcab'c foot am Ec had to take both his shoes of while he pulled on his pants While he was dain' this turn he said some mor' stroug thing,
 "At last he got everything on a'l righ, and he says Co me 'pick np lI that stuff and take it Co my room Scc me in the moriu' an lll awe you an other dollar bu, fl you ,vcr tait ,i this affair Co anyone In break y,ur neck. I showed him ihe wa, to .he other side of thc stage and as soon l, [ heard by thc yaWp. that he had got into the ring ! bundled up thc clothc, ,o that none oi Che paint drips would get on me and made tracks for his rooms.
 Well he was the main squeeze iot that night am thc paper, said next moruIu' that he'd cut thc mustard u great shape ! gucs, Ina, head wa, ," ,we'lcd by it that he forgot thc oth-r dollar he promised me Anyway ] never got it. and so thc ,tory's out"