The Washington herald., 1908-09-01
Big BLACK BASS
OUTWITS Mr.. TAFT
WiggleS a SaUcy GOOd-by as
1t Falls Back.
SALUTE GIVEN AS THE CAUSE
Dispatch Boat Brings Message from
Gen. EdvvardS--Darn Gen. Ed
Bait l. Gone, but in spite of Mis-
fortune Fishing Party Get Seven.

Put-ia-Bay, Ohio. -Aug- S1-Gen. Car
ence r Edwards. head OF the Bureau ~
Insular Affairs at Washington. used 10
be one Of lIr- Taft= warmest personal
friends he IS IN d-sfavor now. and IL
there IS any repetition OF This mornings
performance, open 5ostilty 7iu De de-
cIared by The candidate.
lIr- Taft was sitting in a row6oat
under the shade Of a large panama hat
over at RattIesnake Island Mr. Taft had
just had a bite. The fish had shipped
his hook Of bait as clean as whistle.
Il w.s the first bite the candidate had
had. and his oarsman said IL certainly
was a good one
You bet it was said the candidate.
as he put another mirnow or his hook
and cast out
There he IS again whispered the
candidate. as the Iip Of his rod shot down
into the water. Give him time" said
the guide. he's only playing with it now.
There was another tug on the Ike and
8Ir. Taft was all braced 10 strike. when.
bang went a shot not twenty-five feet
from the Taft boat The Candidates ex-
act feelings ct that moment viii never be
known At any rate. he gave q yank
that would have lifted the bottom out
Of the lake A fine. big. black bass. four
pounds anyway. and 1Ir. Taft says five.
few into the air The judge started 70
reel IN. but alas, his hook and line lay
limp behind him oa the other side Of The
boat 9Ir- Bass meanwhile came down
with splash. showed his golden side
for a second in the sunlight, and then
wiggled a quick goOd-by. and just then
a power boat, the one that had fired
salute. shot Up 70 the side Of Judge
TafJs skiF and a messenger said: I'M
portant telegram from Gen. Edwards
Very Much Annoyed.
Darn Edwards. anyway. said the
candidate. looking moUrnfU1ly at his
hook. adding that he would read the
message when lie got in Then TO the
oarSmen. DO black bass. like that one
ever bite a tnlrd time in succession2" The
judge remarked further for the benefit OF
the dispatch boat crew that he saw no
necessity why they should make as much
noise as Perry's feet just because the
Republican candidate was fishing Of
course. no FISH would let Itself be hooked
properly with cannonade going on over
its head and when Mr. Taft came to
think it over he felt that ne had done
pretty well even 70 get a look at him
A small fleet OF launches and skifs
from Put-in-Bay. some Of them loaded
with photographers. followed the candi-
date on his fishing excursion It was a
case most OF the time Of fishing on the
run. The candidate had a fast power
boat. He would make a dash for mile
OF so until he had distanced his pursuers.
then get ont into a rowb0at. but the
crew Of photographers was indefatigable.
All they needed was time. and they were
sure to be there. The candidate was
snapped in about every posture imagina-
bic 10 a fisherman except in the act Of
taking a fish Of the hook. Let the fleet
Of photographers once get within shoot
ing distance and they churned UP a muss
that would have scared even a hippo
drone mermaid
One Of these photographers. however,
faltered between love and duty and finally
decided 20 leave both, 50 he whipped out
his fishing tackle and started TO take
snaps between bites. A hungry but IN
gracious bass grabbed his minnow just
as he was poised for a snap. In the
scramble that resulted both rod and
camera went overheard. The camera
hoated. but the rod went to the bottom.
But in regard TO that whale wh.ch
Gen Corbin caught, almost. the general
told about It when the party put n for
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