Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-17
TRIALS OF CANDIDATES.

TRIALS OF CANDIDATES..
Candidates touring the country In
special trains are. as rule. looked
upon by the general public as having
a happy, luxurious, II not easy, time
of It. The assembled crowds at every |
station. the cheers and applause day |
after day, the prominence given by tho
newspapers all combine to give the
travelling candidate the appearance OF
making a joyous, triumphant tour.
There is another side to II that Is
told by writer for the August Every
body's. The strain on the candidate is
terrific. Each station at which no
stops brings committeeman and crowds
who forget that there are other places
quite as important in the country or
that there Is any limitations to the
physical capacity Of the candidate. In
the last Presidential campaign Bryan
and Roosevelt were almost incessant'
iy before the people during their cam
paign canvass by special train. There
are stories that can now be told which
must be kept quiet when the people
were aroused by politics. Some fun'
ny Incidents, some serious, all going
to show that special-train campaign Is
work of the hardest kind.
Bryan made a business of saving
himself In passing from station to sta
ton. As soon as his train pulled out
he shut himself up In his train apart
ments. loosened the clothing about his
throat, lay on the floor TO secure as
complete rest as possible until called
again to his task by approach TO
another speech-mallng station. Roos'
eyelt kept going TIL he had to stop.
He paid little attention to saving his
voice till 1t gave out. Between stations
he talked with State and town delega
lions. II will he recalled that Roose
5 yelts voice gave out completely and
ne was Obliged to lay up several days
e In the West till he could recuperate.
Naturally there are many funny Incl
dents ON these tours, incidents tina
j show what little affair may turn
S votes. On Roosevelt's train an Off
= clous tralnman Gagged a whole delega
e ton Of committeeman In the provision
car, while Roosevelt and his cam
paign associates were In their car won
It dering why they had not been met a
u expected. After long ride over tn
I. prairies the real situation was brough
IS TO light at a way station and FOR
time the electoral vote Of State wa
In the balance all on account Of
rs trainman's desire to protect the car
i'd didate from unnecessary interruption
Of The funniest incident Is credited
u. Mr.. Bryan. though the fact that 1t lo'
him some votes, took the pleasur
from It for the candidate. Everybody
TO writer describes It as follows:
he Perhaps the most remarkable illu
n. tration Of the tendency Of the loo
a committeeman to regard preside
.ic tial candidate as inanimate and IN
personal is an incident which occurrt
In Mr.. BTyan's experience, on the sp
w cial.train campaign oil 1900. In a eli
10 noted for its Southern hospitality. NJ
al Bryan had gone from his train straigl
to 20 hotel, and in the hotel had sougl
20. a bath.tub. He had but barely II
he mersed himself and started the pro
ess of removing the accumulat,
crime of railroad dust when the do,
er OF the bathroom opened and twel'
re. members of the city reception col
mil iua hA hot