East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-25

with Canned Speeches of Party He
ruc~-IIundrcds of Ncishbors En- |
iry Pattlc Royal Bctwccn Rival En-
thusinst--"Mothcr Hasn't spoke 10 |
Father since"
spokane, Wash, Sept. 25.-Oratory
consisting of extracts from campaign
speeches on various national issues
hy William Howard Taft and William
Jennings Bryan. uncanned in phono-
graphs. instrumental selections and
tcpica. songs. also of the canned"
variety were The weapons employed
in q daylight duel fought in Spokane
The participants were Frank X. Gra-
ham, who learned the first lesson in
democracy back In Missouri and Kan
/ >as late I'm the sos and George w.
Leonard. formerly of upper New
. York. where he served an apprentice
ship iu the republican ranks during
Rooseyelt's regime as governor. after
wards becoming a full-fledged utility
man In Illinois and Iowa.
The affair, probably the most unique
ana novel in the history Of politics IN
the northwest was pulled off on the
north side Of town recently and was
. witnessed by several hundred persons.
attracted to the scene when the ma
chimes started to grind out the candi-
dates comments upon the questions
P. Of the hour
There was no official referee. no
s,conds nor bottle-holders at the out
set but as the personal views of the
standard bearers slid out Of the horns
and hit the atmosphere, the lines Of
par;isanship We're quickly drawn and
Il required only a count of noses to
take the straw ballot.\
Honors Even.
The forces were almost evenly di-
v,ded. ana though no decision was
reached, the followers of Bryan de-
clare their man got under the Ohloan's
fifth rib on the railroad and trust
questions. while the Taft men claim
the honors because of their leaders
direct appeal to the farmers ana his
plea for postal savings banks as Civ
ernmental institutions.
Graham laid in a half dozen records
by Bryan the following day. and see
ing Leonard in his room, he poked
the horn of the phonograph far out
Of the open window and turned loose
the boss democrats views on the la
Dor question. Leonard took down his
E-flat cornet and blew Everybody
Works But Father" Graham retail
ated with Bryan's argument for pub
licity on campaign contributions, and
his erstwhile friend over the way
whistled Every Little Bit Added to
What You've Got, Makes Just a Lit
tie Bit More"
Democrat Gets Mad.
This seemingly angered Graham and
he adjourned the session by s,ammins
down the window ana drawing the
curtains. With this Leonard slipped
down the back stairs into store,
where he bought a phonograph and
a supply Of Taft records and songs
The stuff was carted to his room
the same afternoon. 1t did not escape
the e1glc eye of Graham, who. scent
ing an argument. he lost no time in
hunting up more Bryan cylinders.
While on the way to the store Gra-
, ham met Leonard packing home an
. Ifva L
I'm getting even, old boy" Leon
ard said in d tone bordering on tho
melodramatic
That's p challenge / accept pho
> nographs as weapons, was Graham s
quick reply.
"When?"
| "Now."
l Nothing barred?"
l suits me-"
Challenge Passed.
Challenged and challenger parted
/ without further parleying and 10 min
utes later Leonard began hostllties
3 with a series Of bugle calls whlcn
was followed by the opening bars Of
Somebody's Waiting for You" Graz
ham came back with rive Got My
, Fingers Crossed You Can't Touch
Me-" switching quickly to Just Be
, fore the Battle, Mother"
: Leonard's first lunge. the prelimi-
nary fiddling, was on Taft's position
upon the rights and progress Of the
negro IN which the judge says he
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claring in favor Of justice to an men,
without regard to race or color.
Graham sent over a hot one. It
was the chorus Of a coon song, begin
ming, SOMEBODY Lied
Leonard's thrust also was a song
number entitled, "Who? Me-
you Amt the Man / Thought You
Was" were the words sung out full
and strong by Grahams machine.
Then Leonard slipped In a cylinder
marked I'm Old, But I'm Awfully
Tough"
This bit Of repartee was heartily en-
+ jCyed by the crowd which had gath
cred in the streets, and the two COM
batants went at it hammer and tongs.
+ When the wheels in Graham's ma
chine resumed theW whirring, the
voice of the sage Of Lincoln was
heard with all its sarcasm at the ex-
pOnse of the defenders Of the protec-
tive tariff. After reviewing events
leading to the raising Of the tariff.
following the war and declaring that
B "a 10 10 L. IN