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would do anything rather than have TO
stop because OF holrSeness.
More local committees Il on the train.
There have been eighteen speeches SO far.
and the afternoon is only half spent.
Three thousand republicans want to
say Hello. Bill Won't You please stop
and let see YOU a minute? reads Il
telegram that is handed ;-board from Il
little station twenty NILS ahead
Col. Rans,.ell shakes his head.
Were late now" says he.
WHATS the odds says Mr.. Taft. We
afford TO be Il little late 10 please 1889
republicans.
So tie train stops. and Il is the tickeled-
est crowd YOU ever saw in your life. The
editor OF the local weekly sccambles over
Tx. gate Of tn platform and yells:
This will carry skookuln county for
Havina carried Sl1oollum county Mr.
Taft t. reinforced for the hall n dozen or
so stops and speeches that must be m de
before rightfal!. The halts -" 80 brief
that h does mo- try to sp- ak formally.
I'm mighty glad to Sc you ana thank
YOU for coming out. and ! wculd Xix" 10
shake hands with as many as / can,
says he.
Thav swarm up and ne grabs their
hands three at a time until the ruthless
RansdeIl gives the signal and the train
moves on.
End of the Ions Day.
big meeting of the day. the mass meet
ing" Is to be held is rea he'd. While the
train Is still banging over the switches of
the railroad yard. the glare OF red fire is
seen ahead and the boom OF cannon re-
sounds above the clatter of the wheels.
Tie train comes to standstill. and
Mr. Taft steps off Immediately To be en-
quilted in a swirlinG maelstrom composed
of local commit eemen. prominent rerub
lcans. populace. fireworks. yells. dust.
band music and cannon thunder. He gets
barely time to snatch "A mou;hful of din
ner when it is time for the meeting.
reception follows He meets and snakes
hands with every citizen who can move
about on his legs or crutches. and set
into the hotel corridor. Midnight comes
before Coly Ransdell kin lily but firmly.
kidnaps him and gets him into his car.
Maybe il is d night run. IL not, the car.
as il was the night before. is run off on
d switch to a quiet spot. not necessarily
in a cornfeld, but in place where the
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good speech. and maybe shook hands
with him. too if that blasted engine
hadn't come along.
1t lacked hall an hour of & O'Clock when
Mr. Taft disappeared from the dlsap-
pointed and early-risine enthusiasts his
day had begun. IT would end AFTER mid-
night. in a city hundreds of miles away
when the audience in the opera house
would file out with resounding cheers tor
our next President" and persistent
zealots. keen to shake the candidate s
hand, could be persuaded. more or less
tactfully. to dispense and let the wearlest
man in the world seek his car and repose
Public Anxious to See Him.
Campaigning with Taft is strenuous
work. Mr.. Taft's work consists in talk
ing at the sixteen or eighteen scheduled
stops that are listed on the days timer
AIRY. The work of those who accompany
him. of Private Secretary Carpenter Col
Ransdel and others. is to try TO persuade
Nh Taft not to overwork himself and his
voice 1t is a question which has the
hardest job. MIR. Taft is good cam
paigner How good he himself nor any
of his friends suspected until he took the
stump in this campaign. Nothing pieaSes
him mere than to get out among uhe peo-
pie Mr. Taft. until now, has had Few
chances to come face to face with the
done plenty of specchmakini; in the Dig
cities but had rarely spoken to rural au-
diences such as those which gather at
the small stations and collect from miles
around to size up the man VINO Is appeal
ing for their suffrage. He has had no
time There was too much To do In the
Philippines. in Cuba, in Washington ana
at Panama
The car upon which Mr.. Taft had made
his home since he left Cincinnati on Els
first invasion Of tie middle weS:. and into
some parts of which were called the "en-
e:ny's country" but which were really
Taft territory" is ordinary Pullman
sleeper, with dining car attached, such
as any enc who had the money to pay
eighteen full fares for every mile trav
erSed may hire. if he feels disposed
Mir. Taft has the Stateroom. The berthS
are divided among the NEWSPAPERS: core
spondenis. the secretaries. stenCgraphers
and camp followers" Al one end is an
observation Platform and compartment.
The platte RIM is needed for speaking pur-
poses and the compartment. with its up
hostered chairs. Is necessary for the re-
ception + the local committees.
BY breakfast time Mr.. Taft probably
has spoken twice as an appetizer A
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In the fore rank. I'VE Ecarn tell he was
anchored out here, and we just want to
heV a look at him. and tell him that we're
fer him, all right
Gentlemen. you are very kind" re-
commences Col Ransdell. Mr. Taft will
appreciate it: ! know. but it really
wouldn't be fair to me to call him. |
will tell him You called, and
Three cheers for Taft" some one in
terrupts. They are given and then:
Run along in and tell Bill we're here.
He'll see us He's the man we want, not
you. Bring him out
'Gentlemen. il is only > O'clock, pa
tient!y eXpostulates Col. Ransdell. MIR
TAFT didn't 20 To bed until
You better fetch him out, if You don't
want to lose every vote in this town
breaks in the spokesman. Approving
cheers and cries rise responsive.
"Gentlemen," says Col. Ransdel
Three cheers for Taft, wnonpS the
crowd. Col. Ransdell-most loyal and
excellent man-lOseS his temper. He
smtes the railing with an incorporate
hand. and eNplodes:
Darn it, The mans got to have some
sleep!
Then the Train Moves.
But the uproar grows and rows In
side the car newspaper correspondents
erunt and growl. and wonder audibly ana
protanely why hard-working mon ike
themselves cannot be left in peace to fin
iSll their matutinal SnooZe. In the state
room a stalwart figure. after an uneasy
roll or two sits bolt upright, listens a
moment and then raises the window
shade two inches. He hears part of col.
RansdellS speech with its SputterinS con-
cIuSion and the irreVerent comment of the
crowd He grinS To himself slides from
his bed slips on his trousers and shoes.
wig giles into lOnS raincoat. and strides
out into the car. As he does so there Is
:. bump and Il kissing OF air as the enSi-
neer tries his brakes. The locomotive has
come TO Whirl the Taft car westward.
Before Mr.. Taft reaches the platform
the car has started. He only has time to
say. My friends and smile as the
white faces of the crowd with the cold
mist believing boards and muStaohes with
white rhine grow dim and vanish. The
Villagers see a goOd-naturcd face sur
mounted with tousled hair and a huge
hand waving farewell to them over" the
polished brass railing. They lose their
speech. but they have seen Taft and they
are satisfied.
BY ginger" comments one man. tle $
a mighty good Teller. He climbed out of
bed TO see US, and we'd had darn
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GROUP OF GUARDS AT WoRKHo USE.
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dinner consisting of soup. meat and vege-
tables. Their meal concluded, they re-
turn to their various duties, laborng until
80 when the working day ends. They
then return to their cells for the night,
their supper being handed in to them by
guards.
A gang which is numerically smaller.
but whose duties are far more arduous.
is tn" bull gang" This is composed of
the largest and strongest men in the
workhOusC. Every man of it is d physical
giant, capah le of wonderful endurance
There are usually about fifty mon in this
gang, which lahors urder the direction of
the engineer department Of the District IN
the grading Of streets and roads. TlCs'-
are the men tn pedestrian s2pe passing
him in the early morning. Their work
usually carries them TO tie outskirts OF
the cit;-just al present they are work
ing in Mount Pieasa"t-aGG they conS"-
quently are unable to return to their
prison home for tie midday meal In
stead dinner is brought to t':"nl. and. be
cause Of the hard labor t. which they are
subjected. they are frequentiy given eX-
ira rations. They, too. SOY; work a ~
are similar to those Of any other govern
nlent department. A working day con
sists of eight hours.
Other gangs" of the workhouse in
clude the market gang which cleans
the markets of the city twic" weekly, and
fields of the District farm, cutivatins5 po-
tao g corn. tomatoes. csbbages, turnirE.
lettuce, celery and various other veg
Ia ID, : and dclicacies. Part of these are
consumed by the prisoners, but the major
PORTION is sd il the feeding OF TIE pa
tets Of thn Washington Asylum HGspi-
tai, which is also superintended by Supt.
Z:nkhan and is Consiuerc6 q part OF tie
workhouse group. The dairy gang
locks after the twenty-siX cows which the
fern boasts. keeping the stables clean
and sanitary and performing the morn
ing and evening milkngs. Supt. Zinkhan
is very proud of his dairy. it having stood
the recent government tubercular tests
without the condemnation of single
COW.
Working at Trades.
And besides the gangs there are numer-
Gus OF = duties performed by individual
prisoners, according to their particular
abilities y fsw work in the tailorshcp.
where, under the direction of a profess
sionaI cutter, they mark and cut the
striped garments to be worn by future
prisoners. Some attend to the fires, car
rving and shoVe.inG coal into the fur
naces when necessary and keeping the
temperature Of the buildings at a COM
allowed 10 assist the electrician. \ few
in Supt Znkhan's office. doing typewrit-
ing, copying and possibly a little book
keeping. while still others have the dis
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agreeable duty of digging the graves in
potterS field. the paupers burying
ground, which lies to the rear of the
workhCuse buildings.
And just as the male prisoners are kept
continually busy. so arc the women. At
present there are 152 female prisoners,
white and coored. in the workhouse. This
is high number. the average being near
er 100 These women are housed in a
separate building, apart from the otf2rs.
and known the female workhOuse.
Here they are under thu immediate SUI
pervision Of women-even the guards are
women and Mr.. Zinkhan, who inaugu-
ated the system several years ago, de-
clares them To be more efficient ana to
produce better results with less friction
than did the male guards employed pre-
vious 10 that time
Female prisoners co not wear stripes.
as do the males. Instea they wear an
absolutely plain waist and skirt of dark
blue material. which gives them more
the appearance of nurses than of pris-
oners Their duties are naturally less
wearing than are those Of the men, but
they are nevertheless kept always en-
p!oycd Some help out in the Kitchens.
others. during the day. assume the du-
ties OF GOmestics. but the majority are
daily marcAed into large room, where
they sew together the garments which
lave been cut by the men in the taAor
shop.
il the w0rkhoucc holidays are observed
as elsewhere, in that no work is done.
hUt of them al, none is So welcome as
Sunday. THIS is a day of combined idle
ness and pleasure. During the morning
tl!@ prisoners Toll a"1ut in their Gels, but
following the MONDAY meal, which is
more elaborate than OF other days. there
b gins to spread q vague atmosphere of
expectancy. The prisoners are waiting.
and none too patiently, for the arrival of
J O'Clock. when Will begin the weekly
services in the chapel
Within the Chapel.
THE chapel" on week days. is only a
corridor in the east wing building. but on
Sunday it is filled with row upon row
of benches. a little organ is placed
against the wall. and finally, when all is
ready, the word is given, the doors of
the cells are unlocked. and the men file
eagerly into the waiting seats. Usually
there is present minister from of
the churches of the city, who breaches a
short sermon. He is listened 10 atten-
lively, but. after all. the rea! interest is
IL tie singing. Sometimes there is a reg
ular orsauist who leads the music. but if
not. Supt. Zinknan. who is a musician of
no mean ah:li,H, takes his place.
And nowhere can music be found which
is more inspiring than the simple ia
m!liar hymns which these men sing with
SO much fervor. Their voices rise to the
nigh roof OF the corridor. and reVerberat-
ing, echo back again in Il wonderful har-
mony. They sing many hymns during the
service. which lasts nearly two hours.
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third stop is made Just as he is about TO
plunge his knife int" thick rorie1 house
steak. smoking hot from lie kitchen. lie
deserts the Stcail. II is 4 !ive-lniEute stop.
The crowd is unusually enthusiastic and
hoSpitablc. There are an unusually large
number Of labo:- men tn il NJ" TAT; gets
To talking about labor .eg;sia 1 II.
''Five-minutes up cautions col. Rams
dell, hand on bell l. pc and tttG& ng al
Mr.. Taft'S coat tails
Well make it ten minutes. thor. says
Mr.. Taft. Il want to tell tlesc nen low
| stand on labor questions. 50 that They'll
know that ! am not againS them.
The FIVE minutes stretches 20 hteen
The steak Is stone cola when Mr.. TAFT
resumes his seat at he table. but he
doesn't care. II" knows that lie has been
frank with the laboring mon. and he lie
lieves that they believed him when ne
said that he Lad never been am" sonis:c
10. their interests.
Pretty soon the train Ha!is opposite a
foundry. A platform has been Quilt so
that Mr. Taft is able to sep directly
from the car into the d.al. dlSlH. ma
chinery- filled building. Ncrkmen i'll over
alls and jumpers. and with s.r,'iaseG faces
and grimy hands. chamber upon the inert
mechanical giants 10 l.e&F' what ne says.
Mr.. Gompers says that lie can deliver
the labor Vote lie begins.
He can't deliver ours" :houts man
A mighty cheer rises.
In another town lie is whisked into a
cheering thousands to town square.
where a stump of a huge tee serves him
for rostrum. A little elrl is pushed
forward anG bashfu!y hands him Il bou-
Quet. He bends down and. rs c"urteously
and painstaking as though he We're ad-
dressing queen. he thanks ner. she
trips away confidence fully restored. and
the happiest little girl in seven counties
Democrats Send Watermelon.
Three men come Juggling a giant water
melon aboard the car i'll one town 1t Is
labeled From the democrats of Such
and-Suchvlle." How the crowd roars.
and the men whack their thighs with their
hands as Mr.. Taft says:
Il am very much obliged to the demo-
Gratis of Such-and-Suchville. l would
much prefer to have a watermelon from
them than a lemon
Three speeches interrupt his luncheon,
and his voice is growing husky. The phy
stefan who accompanies him sprays mis-
throat. 1t is a disagreeable process. but
Mr.. Taft submits uncomplainingly. He
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IRON the Rising of the
/ Morning Sun Till Mid
night the Candidate Is in
Constant Demand - People
More Anxious to See Him
and to Shake Hands With
Him Than They Are to Hear
His Speeches - The Job of
Trying to Keep Him From
Talking-He Wants to Let
Every Audience Know His
Attitude on All Questions
Makes Good Impression on
People of All Shades of
Political Belief.
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local committeeman cease from troubling
ana weary candidates may rest.
Then the next morning he gets up and
does il III over again. II is hard work,
but the people demand il.
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tionally good and in whom the superin
tendent has confidence are made -'trus-
ties They are allowed more liberties
than are the rest whom they oversee. and
whose delinquencieS they so unfai.ingly
report. that but few paid guards are
necessary and tn duties Of these few are
light. When a prisoner is SEX he is
placed in The hospital and is given the
best availabl treatment. Should one
fejgn illness. in order TO escape work.
however. il viii avail him nothing. for
Immediately upon his complaint OF sick
ness he is examined by a physician whom
years of expert nc; has made difficult
to hoax.
Amount of Work Performed.
But few Washingtonians are aware Of
the enormous amount OF work annually
performed by tho So men in stripes. And.
most equalinG the amount, too. is the
Importance of the work performed by
them Indeed. it is to them that we owe
many of our streets and driveways, prom
inent among which are the roads, walks
and highways of Rock Creek Park, work
ed almost entirely by convict labor. OK
street, in Mount Pleasant. is another
which was cut through by convicts.
Fully 800 Of those WHO wear stripes
labor directly FOR the Identification and
Improvement % Washington. They are
divided into various gangs, each gang per
forming its own separate work under the
supervision OF an armed guard, Who keeps
every man at his task, ana at the same
time guards against any attempt TO
escape.
OF thesa gangs the largest in point of
numbers is known as the bum gangs
composed o. more than a hundred able
bodied men. both whit" and colored who
labor at various jobs in the near vicinity
of the workhouse. They start early in
the morning and work until noon. when
they return to their cells for a midday
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fortably Clothed and Housed
Spirit of the Institution Is
Reformative and Progressive
What an Inmate Gains by
Good Behavior.
HIS is a tale of those who wear
1t is a common occurrence
for those whose business calls
them to the downtown districts
to see, passing during The early morn
ing hours. large wagon filled with grim
v1saged. bestriped men, who are guard
ed closely by an armed horseman, who
rides behind the vehicle. They look
stolidly ahead. and maintain even toward
each other sullen silence. They are
the "chain gang" and are on their way
to the outskirts of the city, there to labor
on the roads and highways. They labor,
TOO without recompense, for they are
District charges-dregs of humanity which
have been gathered in by the police
force-and at the conclusion of their long
day they are returned to the small steel
barred cells OF the District workhouse
Daily are chronicled the arrests and
trials Of numerous unfortunates who have
broken the laws. Those who read note
that in punishment therefor the offender
has been sent to the workhouse-and
there, In most cases. is an end of it.
Rarely, II ever. do any save those i'm
mediately concerned in a particular case
visit the group of somber red brick build
ings In which the offenders are housed.
and but little is consequently known of
the daily life and custom of these per-
sons.
The Road to the Workhouse
There are three stages in the journey
to the workhouse. through which every
denizen of its little world must pass
First is the night passed in one OF the
station houses OF the city. With the fol-
lowing morning comes a transfer to the
District Police Court. 9TH anG louisiana
avenue northwest, where after receiving
tin cup filled with steamng coffee and
one sandwich. the prisoner Is led up
stairs and placed in a large steel cage
which is on one side of the court room
Here. along with other wretched ones, he
remains until his name is called. when he
is led before the judge and allowed 10
tell his story. offer his excuses, or admit
his guilt and throw himself upon the
mercy of the court. Should he be ad-
judged guilty he Is sentenced, according
to the seriousness of his offenSe. He may
be fortunate enough 10 get off with a if
teen-day sentence-the minimum penalty.
On the other hand. he may be punished
10 the fullest extent of the law and Or
dered to be incarcerated FOR a period OF
eleven months and twenty-nine days-the
maximum penalty for Il misdcmeanOr in
the District of Columbia. The ''indeter-
inmate sentence" which Is imposed in
other communities. is a preroSat!ve not
allowed the local Police Court officials.
Practically the same results are obtained,
however, by Judge DeLacey. who lnfilctS
on all non-Support cases the maNimu UNI
penalty. with the provision that an carrier
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- cious cOrntields Of the middle
west that stretch for Il mile or
two In every direction w!Iuout
a fence or road TO interrupt the monot
onous and seemingly endless sequence of
six and eight foot stalks. ranked as com
pactly and exactly crack regiment
of infantry on parade. The red target
of the sun is just commencing to bore
a tunnel of rudy light through the mist.
The vapor lies low. so close 10 The ground
tina. a giant could walk with his head
in clear air without being able To see
below the top button of his waistcoat.
In the midst of the thiCket Of corn. with
the weighty ears of the nearest stalks
incltning so heavily that their silky boards
brush the dew from its vanished sides.
looms q big railroad
There IL stands natural as life. as II
It were the thing most to be expected in
the world that d Pullman should be ma
rooned at sunup in the middle of an Iowa
cornfield. As the fog lifts bit, and
grows thinner succumbing TO the vora-
cious onslaught of the sun, one sees duh
metallic CLEAN which gradually merSes
into a double line of steel sprineinS from
beneath the wheels OF the ear and lead
ing off vaguely into the mist This is a
switch, the track upon which the Pullman
rolled hours before. and came TO rest for
the AiSAts With sQuealing OF brakes ard
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RAY fog lies heavily upon an
Iowa cornfeld of those spa
ciouS CorntieldS OF the middle
west that stretch for a mile or
two In every direction without
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LIE spRIMos NorEs.

High Springs, July 1S.--Mrs. @, p.
Webb OF Dunnellon Is visiting her
daughter, Mira. II. j. Peterman,
Miss Mabel Rogers has returned
from a most enjoyable visit to South
Florida.
Mrs. Clara Pedrick and children OF
Orlando are visiting Mrs. Cora Ped
rick.
MIR. and Mrs. T. p. Andrews have
returned from their bridal trip TO
Georgia.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. J. u. Barnes.
on July 5. a son.
Mrs. Mays and daughter, Mrs. j. H..
o'Bannon. are visiting friends in sa.
yannah.
Mrs. j. O. Nettlea OF Savannah is
visiting her mother, Mrs. sallIe Easter.
lln
Mrs J. @. Barrs and Miss emma
narrs have returned from delightful
outing az Pablo Beach. They were
accompanied home by Miss Annie
Barra, a successful teacher In the
Central Grammar School OF jackson
Vile. and Miss Abbio Barrs, who has
been attending school Ia Nashville,
Tenn,
A revival meeting Is being held In
the Baptist church. conducted BY Rev,
r. w. Gayer. am evangelist appointed
by tho State BOARD OF Missions,
Great interest IL being manifested IN
the services and many additions have
already been made TO the church, A
large Baraca class has been organized
ana possibly Phllathca class VIII
be termed before the meeting closes
j. G. cowles has gone 20 Georgia
20 spend the summer
The installation ceremonies and
banquet which was 10 have been held
by Esther RehekAh Lodge on last
"Wednesday. has heen postponed until
the close % the Baptist revival.
Robert one OF the twin boys Of
Rev, and Mrs, } l. Yeats had tbs
misfortune 10 be most painfully burn
ga on last Sunday BY overturnmg :
cup OF bot grcase ON himself hrs
Tanner and Rlaekshear attended him
and greatly relieved hts mtense sui
tcring
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