The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
IA PAlGN YARNS tile Stories of Election Time That Will Cause a Laugh or Two.
LATEST ON BRYAN
lat the Democrat Said to His Dem
 ocratlc Friends of the Lincoln (Neb.) Candidate.

ial headquarters And the gloom ed deeper when instead of talking | tfairs of state and the essential | gs of the campaign, the men who ate the card indexes, collect money, | gn speakers and deny rumors, be- to retail a lot of stories. the ma ty of which had done service since time of Jackson
 st why one story reminds one of her of an entirely different sort Is oblem which the psychologists have as yet solved. But Just permit one w In a crowd to start the story ng game and every other fellow in party seems to think that he is uty bound to be reminded of an r. "As a matter of fact growled | reporter who had been assigned to Ter all the yarns he could find, | re is nothing funny in politics I've hanging around the headquarters the hotels for a week trying to get gh stuff together to All a column hoss wants a few thousand words light and airy persifage. but I mt been able to dig up anything h while except a few remarks of Ele Joe, and his contributions are picturesque that Dan Campbell ldn't let the sheet go through the if they were printed, even if Bill tin didn't knock them out as chest and howl about such drivel taking place of real, live news
 yer hear the one about Bryan run so often2" interjected the new her Of course all hands knew just was coming-there are but seven es in the world--but the new mem had just ordered and was entitled ome courtesy As the gloom deep he told this one:
 Yell. Pat, suppose you arc going ote for Bryan?" To, sir"
 yhat?"
 Q. sir"
 That? You democrat and all family and friends democrats. you are not going to vote for an?"
 O, sir"
 nd why not Pat?"
 ecause can only vote for Taft this while l can vote for Bryan any time"
 e perfunctory laugh which follow ncouraged the campaign mat1ager
 minor candidate 10 inquire: Ird tho latest about Taft?'
 o. What is it?" asked the polite rter, as his companion kicked him r the table.
 is copy for all of you. whether papers are republican. den1ocra- r prohibitionist," he answered as welled with Importance He was in the game and fancied that he making a hit. "It Is true and bless story that will neither make lnmake votes"
 h. Taft" said the campaign man pausing to laugh heartily at the ght of his story, Twas out talk brisk constitutions lone day, and arply negotiating corner ran rely into a pedler, upsetting the 's tray of shoestrings and collar ens
 pe pedler, as he stopped to pick Is wares. grumbed to himself. And they want to say these here hle balloons Is perfected! ,heard another the other day" the campaign manager, still ing heartily at his own story and Sg to observe the glum looks of present "Tt was down in Okla and a campaign worker who was hg me said to ono one of tho local pgers, We will give you some or who will fire your imaginations idunnos I want anyhody's i'm ations fred, answered the local ger, what we want down here is 't some of the fellows fired that's ag office SOS to give us and our sls chance
 campaign manager now had the and he refused to waive his ad- ge. q heard another" he said E9oticing the yawns "It relates to .se of the photograph in the cam You all know that Bryan has talking into photograph Sos
 It's great business. this phono-
 business, and believe that It's
 regular feature. I'm going it myself for my man. I'll get of you newspaper boys to write hd speech and have him talk 1t "a photograph and then we can 'the machines all over the district. suld he good thing, and save fad fare It'll be good thing pu newspaper boys too You can
 a lot of money. just writing 1hes I'm always looking out for Newspaper boysl used to be q kind newspaper man myself, got ad- ing and wrote pieces for q paper
 in southern Illinois My friends Le that l missed 1t in not sticking F business I know just what the E want In newspaper and ] make some of tho editors sit ur ako notice if l was running a
 in big town, Seems to me that ieWspaper business ain't what 1t ato be- but of course, you boys sto blame You can't help it But ,pst forgot that phonograph story | good one, too.
 sec there was fellow sell honoeraphs and he got the dea would be good thing to use F'achino in the campaign guess Eas the same fellow that got
 to talk into the phonograph
 anyhow he asked fellow he 9pn the train How do you like Rhonoaraph as a campaign ora, ,Vel| said the fellow he spoke E prefer it ito some candidates 4fan put it off without waitine 8 to run down.