The Washington times., 1908-10-07

the Middle West and internountain
States, William Howard Taft has not
been dwelling in the gardens where the
roses bloom forever, nor has ne been
lulled by the music the fairies make on
the mountain side when the moon shines
! brightest.
We has been having q hard time. The
only flowers h has handled were the
sickly carnations and the crushed roses
/ passed up to him by the housewives
who c0aXed them by hard labor 10 bloom.
| in the sitting atmosphere that comes
from aIlSau dust and prolonged drought
The only music he has heard was the
hlare OF horns crying out beneath the
lung power Of those who played them
because they worshiped but lid not uu-
1erstand the elemental principles OF
harmony.
But these things have been only his
minor troubles. In the first place, he
mas lived for nearly two weeks in a
private car There Is a mistaken i'm
preston that private car is d p.dsce
AS matter Of fact, private car looks
like honeymoon cottage when love has
flown out Of the window aud taken the
decorations 10 the next stop.
Looks Like Livery Stable.
There are times in the day when IL
looks like a livery stable shot to piec,-s.
There are other times when tie influx
Of local politicians makes it a fair re
production of the black hole of Calcutta.
where human beings persisted every mir
ute and were glad Of it.
When the judge sits down IN his state
room TO dictate letters and his stem
cgrapher, Wendell MiscRlor, clinys 70
the gas lamp with one hand while max
ing hieroglyI h.cs with the other. COM
fort is distinctly below par II sinks
even lower when twelve enthusiastic
committeeman crowd around the candi-
date in the drawing room and insist on
shaking hanCs with him and telling him
I things which they do not BELIEVE but
winch they think he wants 10 hear. 4
NanlsheS entirely when these same
gentlemen fail with yOraclty uDOf, the
/ luncheon that has been prepared for
Judge Taft These committeeman 20 on
the principle that candidate has no
business 10 want food, and, II he wants
II, he must not he allowed 20 cat it.
SO they eat IL.
SIN, these are only some Of HIS minor
troubles Now, candidate IS great
man, and great men are supposed TO
90 as they wish. At least. they are
considered 10 he among those who can
get out Of BID IN the morning at any
llIle Ihey H-sn- Sucn IS not the case.
Gets Up When Called.
a candidate gets out OF bed when the
people standing on the cinders outside,
call for him II matters not at all to
them whether he has had a nights
sleep or nap for forty minutes. Con-
seqUently, there has not been a morning
on this trip that Taft has not had 10
become proficient enough in the dressing
line to do a quiCk-chanEe stunt on the
vaudeville boards. And he does IL, and
manages 10 smile TO those who have
dragged him out
Another inhlctIOn upon the candidate
I is the stories that are poured into his
each as uresOme as the other One
comes from those members OF Congress
and those politicians who have won
their nominations If they were clothed
In all the splendOr which enveloped the
Queen OF Sheha, their dress would not
convey an adequate impression Of their
greatness II they were crowned kings
and emperOrs. they would not be IN as
high positions as they think they de-
serve In describing themselves and
their triumpHs 10 Taft. they employ
adjectives as long as your arm and
remind you OF the time when the kind
persons with a shutter in hand drew
near and carried Ananias TO his home
feet foremost.
From the Losers
The other stories come from those
politicians who have lost their fights.
They ride up 10 the train in a hearse.
glide aboard Ike a ghost. and take I'D
all their time waving their political
shrouds and braniishing their disfgured
ceremeEts in The fact OF the candidate.
They know all the funeral dirges ever