Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-13

A1ul6y T6C0ru WituOut rSue uue 01s GN0 trolley car. and If he wers asked about I It he would reiterate President Mo
 Kinley's sentiments and say he had
 made the same speech or parts of 1t i48 times.
 It will not be amiss to set forth a few figures in this story. They show
 that 1t Is work to campaign state. Governor Herrick traveled almost e,500 miles in his Journeyings. across
 and over the state. About 1000 miles of thls run was over trolley lines. Of the 148 speeches close to half were possible because of interurban rall-
 ways. The thousand miles via trolley
 and the slxty-nlne attendant speeches
 were made in period of six days, while the remaining 1,500 miles and seventy-nine speeches required four
 weeks time. On the trolley trip the
 governor and his party talked to no
 fewer than 5000 persons. while in the
 seventy-nine other speeches he did not
 meet more than 35,000 people.
 The trolley meetings were very well
 advertised. They were arranged in ad-
 vance so that local papers could make
 announcement of the schedules. Small
 handbills, carrying the schedule of a
 trip over an entire line or system were
 printed, and these were put in the in
 terurban cars where those who rode
 might read. In some instances a band
 Taveled ahead of the party in spe-
 ,ial car. This would attract people to
 The meeting place in advance of the
 arrival of the gubernatorial party.
 On the carefully outlined schedules
 every speech was designated as a
 stop" For instance. one trip was out
 of Cleveland over the Lake Shore cleo
 ric railway. The schedule called for a i've minute stop" at Rocky River, ten minutes at Dover Center. forty min
 ntes in the city of Lorain and so on over the line all the way to Toledo un- til an entire day had been spent in reeling off close to six hours of solid speechmaking. The schedules were arranged so that night meeting could be held in town or city where it was worth while stopping to talk to 300 to 2,000 auditors for two hours. And un- der the old plan only two such meet ings could be held in a day-one in the afternoon and one at night.
 On these trips extra help" was car ried-that is, stump speakers of state and national repute were advertised to appear with the candidate. It was planned that the governor should talk half of the time allotted to the stops" and then while another orator was pouring hot shot into the ears Of the willing victims the candidate should shake hands with as many of his con stituents as was possible before the car whistle footed" the going warning This programme was varied sometimes
 The warning whistle caused more thnn mere annoyances. With the whis- ties toot-toot the motorman turned on the subtle electric fluid. If the speaker was addressing the interested populace from the back platform he would make an effort to reach a climax before the car left the applauding and cheering multitude far in the rear. The Bran mock bill. temperance measure, was one subject always discussed. Hon. Harry NJ. Dougherty. prospective can didate for the Republican nomination for governor. was saying as the whis- tie squeaked
 AS to the Brannock bill. say the governors action was right. That bilP'-
 But the toot-toot disconnected him for an instant, and that was time enough for a bright countryman to in terject:
 If the governor owes that Mir. Bran l mock anything on this bill. why doesn't l he pay it;"
 And instead of a goodby of huzzas and thunderous applause the guberna- torial party was followed by the jears | and guffaws of the jocular citizens of | township.
 The trolley party had its trafiic man. ager. who also took the part of stage ! manager. He saw to 1t that schedules | were followed. and on him depended | much of the success of the trips. |
 It was demonstrated beyond perad- | venture that campaigning by trolley Is an unqualified success. 1t brings the into closer relations with the local workers. The local committees were invited in advance to ride through {. their districts with the candidates. and they not only accepted the invitations, put In most instances took with them | he leading politicians of their locali- ties. These men would become well | acquainted with the candidates in the tide of tw6 or three hours, and when hey left the distinguished party. minds filled with enthusiasm and pockets with cigarA they were satisfied of the Iusness of the cause and sure of vic .ory.
 In campaigns of the future eayly dec ,rated trolley cars bearing candidates propaganda and political leaders will -ush in and out of the rural districts ,f the central states at least. Brass bands and huzzas. tin horns and red ire. famboyant discussions and full some tributes will accompany candi- iates into interior townships. where ,uch campaign methods have been to-