Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-09-28

sui In the political work or the cam.
paign. he ascrihcs the foundation of
his sentiment to the growing admira
ion for Mr.. Bryans character and eth
cs and the sudden outburst of cnthu
slasm for the Democratic ticket to the
wider appreciation and knowledge OF
the merits of the system OF guaranty
# bank deposits urged Ivy the Demo
rate party. Curiously enough. rs
Senator Gore was talking on this sub
iect Il letter came in from Il repre-
sentative of the national committee
who has been touring ohio. He re
lnrtcd that the ostenSihlc rcconclIa
lon >olcmni2Cd Ivy pcrfunctory hand
,hakc between judge Taft and Senator
Foraker at Toledo was not regarded
with any degree of enthusiasm by the
followers of the latter. As the gentle
nan who wrote has been for probably
Forty years active in Ohio politics and
Is in this trip he has visited every
county in the state. his opinion is of
value. More than this. he reported
hat leading banker of Springfield.
D.. w. $. Thompson. who had always
been Il Republican, was SO impressed
with the merits of the guaranty prolo-
>ition that he was making pubic
speeches in its support.
A Foraker Story.
And. speaking of the senior senator
from Ohio, here is Il story about him
the truth of which viii -. couch for.
but which, after havins ,estched his
course in the last two se>'~ns of con
yress, seems to me quite p-ooable. The
narrative runs that Democrat ran
across Senator Foraker on a train in
southern Ohio. Naturally the talk
turned upon politics. Said Foraker,
What are your people up at Chicago
doing by way of organizing the negro
vote?' 81 am afraid they are doing
nothing" was the response. Il am
told they are very short of funds
Well" responded the senator, you
could do nothing better than to jump
on Il train and go to Chicago and tell
those fellows at Democratic headquar-
tiers to do that work even if they have
to rob bank to get the funds" The
story is characteristic. and 1t throws
some light on the reality Of the recon-
citation of Foraker with the residuary
legatee Of President Roosevelt.
The Democratic Campaign Book.
have had long and rather regret
full experience with campaign text
books in the Democratic organizations
Usually they come out about the time
the campaign is ended and even if
properly prepared would be at that
date of no value wha discover. Those of
1900 and 1904 set side by side with the
Republican publication of the same ma
ture were enough to bring blush even
to the hardened cheek of the Demo
cratic politician. but the text book of
this year was out before that of the
Republicans and Is admirably prepared
and edited 1t Is fair that credit should
| be given to the three members of the
text book committee, Hon. ]. f. Lamb
Of Indiana, Hon. Josephus Daniels of
North Carolina and Mr.. Richard L.
Metcalfe, the managing editor Of Mr..
Bryans Commoner. The book is in
fact a text book and Is packed full of
meat for speakers. writer's and stu
dents of politics. 1t IS long, narrow
volume Of about 300 pages, shaped so
as to go readily into the pocket. No
one who purposes taking an active
part in the campaign should fail to Sc
cure one. While prepared primarily
for gratuitous distribution among
Democratic speakers and journalists,
the committee will have sufficient
supply on hand to furnish copies to
those who may write for them at the
price of % cents each, post paid. Orders
should be addressed to the text book
committee. Democratic national head
quarters, Auditorium Annex, Chicago.
Colonel Lewis In Maine.
There is no more picturesque nor
scarcely any more misunderstood fig
ure in American politics than Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago.
Partly no doubt the latter is his own
fault. Nature heaped upon him GER
tain mannerisms which his friends
think he sometimes cultivates. But
the man who picks "Jim Ham," as he
Is called both affectionately and jocu-
larly, for fool will find that he has
picked up an exceedingly hot PROPOSE
ton. He demonstrated this fact first
when he was in congress as repre-
sentative from Washington. There has
never been Democrat at least during
my experience. ut the capital so apt at
retort as he. Even Tom Reed, with
the biting t1l Gue, hesitated to attack
Colonel Le~as.
Howevs. this is all beside the fact.
What I Yanted to say is that Colonel
Lewis has spent his vacation this sum
mer stumping Maine and Connecticut.
He returns with the prediction that
Bryan can carry both states. l am a
little shy of the predicting business
myself and would hesitate to accept
the Maine proposition. Yet the nation
al committeeman from that state at
the Chicago headquarters the other
day insisted that the governorship
was held by the Democrats beyond
doubt and that in November it was