The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
TOUCHERIlIS IS EPIDEMIC.
AN AILMENT CANDIDATES SUI.
FER FROM JUST NOW.
Remedies Favored by Eminent States
men-Forms That Attack Gov. Odeli
and Others-The Ball and Rame
Ticket Phases-Dan RiOrdan Q Victim.

All the candidates now running for public
Office are suffering from toucheritis This
is by no means a new disease, but political
doctors have agreed on a new name for 1t.
To give an idea of how the disease spreads
one need only look at the case of the Demo.
cratic candidate for the Assembly in the
Ninth district. Richard Butler. who was
nominated by Big Bill Devery. was ap-
! preached few days ago by a committee
of touch germs in the shape Of seven young
men who said they were from the White
Angel Social Club.
How many voters have yer In the club?'
asked Butler.
sixty answered the spokesman.
We'll. said Butler, give me five dollars
worth Of your ball tickets and then 60 dow n
to see my opponent, Allen. Tell him /
bought $40 worth and that you Il let him of
easy with $40
SO the White Angels went to see the other
candidate and induced him to purchase
SO worth of tickets. The masquerade
ball was announced for Wednesday last,
but it did not come OF because the White
Angels had no intention Of having that sort
Of ball, They had ball tickets printed
just for the purpose Of buncoing caridi-
dates.
Whenever political ball tickets or other
fake tickets are sent to Mayor Low, in
stead Of purchasing them he returns them
with polite note. He suffered from touch.
eritis more than once and he don't want
any more Of il.
Senator Platt smiles when approached
by the fake ball committees and taking
the leading germ by the shoulder, whispers:
See the chairman OF the Campaign Com.
mittee and tell him sent you"
OF course the chairman OF the Campaign
Committee is immune against the disease.
80 the germ does not catch on there. The
Senator. by the way. had toucheritis In
his young days and believes that the local
treatment Of sending the germ along the
line is the proper thing to do.
David b. Hill never let a germ get near
enough to h. n to catch toucheritis Aside
from this, It Is said that he was vaccinated
in early Oh ildhood with q virus known
to the Bowery as good con- Good con.
II Ii asserted. will always stand between
the touch germ and the candid ate.
As to Gov. Odell. some of his friends de.
clare that he was always an easy victim
to the touch germ bred at country church
fairs and upstate villages. But no never
suffered from mushroom newspaper germs.
because he has never been fond Of seeing
his picture In print.
Still he Ia very charitable and has often
put his hand into his pocket to help some
poor man along. An old saying Of the
Governors u "live and let live"
He receives sufficient touching. lettera
every day to make six private secretaries
weep. The writers ask for all sorts OF
favors. from pass to Europe to q
gold pen.
One man wrote to the Governor the
other day that he was a Democrat. hut
would vote the entire Republican ticket
If he could get county nomination from
the Republicans later on. Another man
who called at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
wanted $50 to pay for a sewing machine
which his wife had purchased on the In
stallment plan.
Still another man offered to get out a
newspaper from now until election day
II the Governor would pay for It. Others
called to get the Governor to purchase
chances on articles to be raffled at church
fairs, and still others wanted donations
to help along orphan asylums and homes
for aged folks. In the worthy cases the
Governor granted the favors asked.
The candidate who is running for Office
can generally tell . touching germ by the
manner " which u spprosohss him. -Aftss