The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-14
Plan Considered to Keep
Leading Citizens" Out
of Private Car.
MORE ANNOYANCE
THAN REAL GOOD
Bryan Successful in Fir7ness
Against Intrusive Politicians
Fortified With Brass Bands.

CINCINNATI, Sept. Upon the pan
oply Of SCOT that envelops Cincin-
natl. lurid flashes Of excitement play,
and in the distance there is heard the
rumble of political agitation. The friends
Of William Howard TAFT are confronted
with a problem, one so great that the
atmosphere must needs be volcanic and
the political agitation excessively noisy.
Shall the local committee be allowed
10 board the candidates train when he
is making his speaking tOuT2 This is
the question which is Illuminating the
aforesaid panoply OF SCOT and creating
the Tumbles Of agitation.
To appreciate the Importance of the
problem. one must realize what a local
committee is. In the first place, ii is
necessary unpleasantnesS in politics. II
IS that group Of gentlemen who are the
leading citizens Of a town. They make
the preparations for the gathering Of
the crowd, the ringing Of the bells, and
the waving of the flags which precede
the candidates remarks, as his train
pulls into the station. Therefore, the
local committee is useful
Invades the Car.
But il has another habit Arrayed
gloriously as the sacred peacocks of a
heather king, and with a stride more
majestic than that Of an offended peli-
can, II enters the candidates car a sta
ton ahead Of its home town. 1t intro
duces itself 10 the candidate and con-
veys by well-chOsen words and instruc-
i've gestures the knowledge that il dom
mates and swings the vote Of its county,
Then, when the home station is reach
cd, the chairman of the necessary IN
pieaSantness introduces the candidate
While the Introduction is being pro-
nounced at unnecessary length the in
PRODUCER is eyeo with awe and wonder
by the women, children, and dogs Of the
native town
This entering of tire candidates car
Is attended with little or no ceremony.
II IS done at midnight, noon, or O'Clock
IN the morning. II is accompanied bv
tne blarlng OF brass bands the throb-
ping or bass drums and a hubbub that
makes the stories Of the Tower Of Babel
sound IKE a whisper A local commit
zee. be II understood, labors under the
impression that a candidate and mis-
party need no sleep. and, as a result Of
this thought, the candidate and his par
~ get no sleep.
No Right to Privacy.
There was at one time in the public
mind an idea that any man has a right
10 privacy There is no such idea in the
mind Of a local committee. The com
nAlSee is an invading army. It is
Devastating horde. It is full Of
importance. II has put its BASH
tulness in the pickle barrel and left the
barrel a. home. II is the direct oDDOsire
OF charity, which, y E are told. rs moi
puHeQ up It pervades the train.
Grand, gorgeous, and gigantic il an
pals the eye and fills the ear.
Inen, IN view Of all this. shall the
national committee Of the RepublIcsn
party issue a manifesto that no local
committee shall be -HOwed 10 enter the
candidates train or carr Shall each
committee, Isolated in the solitude OF its
OWL greatness, be compelled to stand
on the platform OF its native town and
await the great mans coming. or shall
II De allowed TO bruise the woodwork
ana rum me carpet of the Candidate's
car by entering It a station ahead?
AS Tor Judge Taft, he is goOd-natured
and does not mind. But the Judges
friends, actuatej by a desire to save
him and themselves. are debating the
matter hercely. Bryan has set a prec-
ccent Tor banishing the local commit
tees 70 outer darkness, and those who
nave Travelled with him have reported
that the arrangement was vastly con-
ducive 10 the comfort and fresh air OF
the people in the car.
The outlook for the local committees
is ominous. Indeed. il might be descrfb-
ed as tinged with bitterness and gloom
The decision will have TO be made with
in a few days, for the tour begins Sep
TENDER p or O.
A brass band rOmping I'D and down
the aisle Of sleeping car at 5 a. m.
the morning after a hard dav Of travel
and work has power to stir the saVa &c
breast Likewise, Il has potent force
for opening the indignant mouths OF
those thus TCdely torn from the arms
Of sleep. A pOmpOUs mOnOlOgue on pOI-
3tics finds no ready listeners. nor does
a thrObbinE drum sound merry as a
marriage bell
Therefore, it is likely that the local
committees will be restrained from leap
ing from plush seat to plush seat in the
JAMES HAY. JR.