The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21

the inner wants of tho man on the two sJeopers Newspaper corro7ponl- ! outs make up most of the population . forward lhc 'Tart troubadotrs,' they 1 fanoljWsIN style themselves Five Now 1 York papers have staff men on the train. the Chicago Tribune has "Ray- 1 mould along With his stonographer and the Cincinnati Enquirer 2nd 1 Washington Times, arc also repre- seUtod, The principal western papers have nlcu along during the tour tbroUsh their own territory 'rho Journal representative was qlartarcd on tho train for 1.-Two days, While 1t traycrsod tho states of Iowa, 1tinne- sota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska
 This train is a great news dissemi- uator, Within five minutes after some important incident, or after new speech by Judge Taft typcwritars arc l clicking furiousIy in every compart- mcnt, C. l., ScholL the Western Union representative aboard is on the spot tu gather up the messa -es and drop them at the next stop. US- uully one or more trained operators 1 will be left oft a such a place to holp the local staff do the sending, Nearly every morning four good send. CTS start out with thc train and lrOp off whore they are needed to get the news off tp tho newspapers of tho country In this way from 10000 to 5O.000 words a day nre telegraphod l from the path of tha train 10 say nothing of long letters sent ny mall with "teaturos" for more lesuraly consumption,
 Every Word Recorded
 Two expert stenographcrs, Wendell Mischler and c. T. Curtis. are with tho train, Mr. Mischlor is MT. Gaft's regular stonographcr, but there 's more work on this trip than two men l can well handle. Whenever Mr. Taft ! speaks, one or the other is at his cl- 1 bow. and every word is recorded. 1T 8 speech is wanted for "copy." lt is put ou the typewriter before the next stop is reached and sent over the 1 wire by a news association within half an hour of delivery to hundreds of daiics tho country over. In any ca'e, ] one copy is saved for a permanent record of tho campaign,
 ! A quiet but important individual sis ] day after day in one of the Alabama compartments digging hard, This is Horace Greeley Stone, prominent Chicago lawyer and personal friend of Mr. Taft, who is giving valuable sar,ioc as a staustician and au-arotm1 investigator of campaign subjects, as an aid lc Mr. Taft in the wide ,angs of his discussiou
 Thau there Is an official photo5ra- ] pher, A. l.. Strohmyor, 3 veteran tl- iunct of such tours and George rTa'i- tbam Bain representing the New York Daily News service, with his photog raphca. A. FL Race. Col. Ransdoll also has his assistant on board, Mi. Cornelius, who looks after many of the details of the trip.
 Literature Poured Out.
 At every stop there are two busy men passing out pictures and cam paign pamphlets from the baggage car They arc Crawford Kennedy and & Al Fitch, representing the ii,- crary bureau If the national commit teo They are putting out tons of mat- ter with little extra expense for dis tribution, and their work counts for much becauso .hcy en' everything In the hands of voters at d lime wAen ] it commands attention Matter peo- plc would throw away 1T il came by mail they win hold and read because it came from the Taft train,
 The Candidates Advance Agent
 There is system in this trip. as in every move of the Taft campaign The happening along the line are not left tp chance for Mir Taft has All advance agent Arthur E. Statter gors two or three days ahnad or fine train to the yariuus state and City hea1quarters 10 Hae that proper plans have becn made