The Washington times., 1908-10-07
TAFT'S STRENUOUS LIFE
GIVES NO TIME TO REST
Republican Candidates Private Car Anything But Bed of
Ease, and He Must Up and Speak When
Public Calls
BY JAMES HAY, II.

written and have enriched the chest OF
gloom music with a few original COM
positions Of their own. They can give
you list OF 1000 scoundrels and crooks
IN their districts and they weep bitter
" and sob heavily enough to disturb
lhe Dalance or the car as they assure
itics.
To the first class. the candidate nee
essarliy extends congratulations AMI
compliments. To the others he gives
big chunks OF sympathy while inwsrdlv
wondering why he should bother with
them al all. This communication with
the elated and the disappointed comes
20 Dc great strain after a week or 50
Then comes the work Of making af-
teen or eighteen speeches a day. Those
VINO VINO think politics is a delightful game
piayed successfully by swelling the
chest. raising the hand and uttering a
LOT OF meliihuous words, have another
think coming TO them.
Think Again.
Those who think a big national fight
Is won by an indiscriminate use Of airy
persihage and Idle badinage want TO
consider the matter again. Before Taft
makes speech he has 70 know wheth-
C. he is talking TO farmers, laborers,
BUSINESS men, or gentlemen OF leisure.
he has 10 know what county he is in.
what is the burning local issue, whether
the people practice prohibition In public
ana enrich the liquor interests in the
sancuty Of the home. or whether they
Keep the saloons open every hour in the
day and night. Then he has TO sneak
50 as 10 win votes and, al the same
r yjllie IS 50 az not 10 offend any man, mar
1t is In the big cities that he eucoun-
ters much OF his torture. Every city In
me west is press agent for itself. IL
thlnhs ~ Is the best town on the-rnap
ana, II the visitor does not say he thinks
the same way. re IS branded as a luna
nc. therefore. Wlen Taft. exhaust ed
win day s traVe. and sDeechmaking-
reaches a city In the evening, he is
dragged from his car, hurled into an au-
tomobile and taken TO see the city" to
near the latest figures on building oper-
atoms, sewer improvements. and new
residences and parks He learns by
bitter experience that there are no So
doms and GOmorras in the United
States. They are all New TOrks, or a
little better than Paris" This Infor-
nation, while fun Of Imagination and
decisions. does not sound so sweet as a
love poem IN June nor so interesting as
a telegram that Kansas is at last IN
Job Seekers in Plenty.
And the Job seekers Any one, seeing
the endless parade OF those who board
the train in search OF Government jobs,
or the promise Of Government jobs.
= ould think that every almshOuse in the
land had gone out of business, and
every jail had lets its population escape.
They are all confidence men, They
have unlimited confidence in themselves.
They are confident Taft viii appoint
them to some berth where they can
spend their time drawing money through
the Government and smoke through
pipe. They are confident they can make
good on such a JOB, and they go away
confident that they have duly Impressed
the candidate. Having been unable 70
make living among their own people
they are certain they can do Il where
no one is on 10 them
As result OF all these things. Taft
has gotten into such a state that he
welcomes with relief the operations
performed on his throat by DR.. J. J,
Richardson, the throat specialist A.
least. the doctor know his business
and IS neither a politician nor a jos
seeker. Il IS better AFTER all 20 be hurt
Dr. physician VINO knows what he is
doing than the be "stung' by people
who are bent on doing any thing or any
body they can
Not a Moment to Rest.
Taft does not have q moment TO rest
during the day He never gets a fun
n'ghrs sleep. When he is not talking
OF being talked 10, ne has TO try 10 keep
W with his correspondence by wire
anc by letter Being handicapped, as
he is. by his great weight. he IS stand
Ing the trip remarkably well and even
looks forward with enQuanimity 10 his
tour IN the South and East.
But II is evident that ne does not
walk among the everlasting flowers
Hcr Goes he listen 20 the fairy music.
He is a candidate, and a candidate is
at the mercy Of the populace. And Il
IS worth noting that as the usual
thing, the populace has no mercy.