Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

"Glad to meet you. sir" squeaked the old man.
"What dye say the was?"
At the close of the campaign OF 1896 different
portions of Mr.. Bryan's campaign wearing apparel.
of which much was written, were divided among
his newspaper friends who had been his constant
companions for the longest political trip on record.
Mr. Bryan made from fifteen to thirty speeches
day. and never seemed to be greatly fatigued He
had the wonderful faculty of going to sleep at any
time and awakening perfectly refreshed.
Mr.. Roosevelt and the Scandinavans
MEN who accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt on his tour
AvA of 1000 had more real entertainment than those
with almost any other candidate When he made the
trip through the Northwest, meaning Minnesota,
North Dakota and Montana. he was accompanied
from MINNEAPOLIS by Senators Nelson, HanSbrough
and Carter of those States Mr. Roosevelt warned
that in Minnesota and North Dakota he would ad-
dress many people who were from Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, whose immediate ancestors were
from those countries and that it therefore behooved
him to make complimentary references to the Scan
dinavians whenever he could do SO: He needed
things about Henga and Horst, the Vikings, the
Danes Jutes and Angles. who were the forerunners
of English liberty and the ancestors of glorious
Anglo-Saxon civilization" Senator Carter, who is
of irish descent. and Mr. Roosevelt, who is Dutch
to the core, frequently joked about the little figure
that their nationalites seemed to cut in the
evolved which was often sung about the festive
board in the private car:
The Irish and the Dutch
They don t amount to much:
Then hurrah for the Scandinavian!
When Mr.. Fairbanks Is On Tour
AER. FAIRBANKS, while on his long campaigning
A'A tour, spent more time in his own compartment
than other candidates, either resting preparing
his speeches. He never made long speeches. and his
travelling assistants always got show One OF his
companions was Senator Dolliver of Iowa. He is
something of humorist though he does not let it
grow upon him. At St. Paul there was an audience
of six thousand people, and when Mr.. Fairbanks
concluded his speech he followed by Senator
Dolver. The latter had not been talking long when
the former seeing number of personal friends in
the audience, tptoed the stage and went over
to them. Senator Dover him and said:
Il want especially to call your attention to our
candidate for Vice President. 1t has been this way
his speech he picks out the best looking woman in
the audience, and as some OF the rest OF us
begin talking he goes down to talk with her. What
chance have to make an impression IN discussing
the political issues of the dav while the distinguished
candidate for Vice President is flirting with the best
looking he find in the audence!
Mr.. Fairbanks slaughtered up his tall form and
made his way sheepishly hack to his seat on the
stage. blushing like sixteen year-old girl, while
the crowd cheered and augned uproariously.
At Billings. Montana there country fair in
progress when the vice presidential campaigning
party was there. Early in the morning Senator
Dolliver accompanied by several other members of
the party, stroed out to see the show. Now. they
actually raise larger vegetables in Montana than IN