The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27

pafEn IN @ motor ear would baye do-
Reated q candidate because OF the preju-
doe against the RAsolehe monstsr. Now
% familiar ID the motor car, even In the
remoteat sections. and % many farrneru
possess them. that II b assumed 10 be d
part Of the up to date politicians campaign
outfit. The farmer and his family may be
treated to O Fide-possibly their frat In
such . oouvsyanos-and Il looks woll b
600 Q big red car standing at the gate,
adding to the farmef's importance In the
community. {.
In the old times. which means up TO the
last national campaign, every leading
politician down 70 the county chairman
had q piece OF blue cardboard that entitled
him to a ride on the railroad free. He
went to State headquarters every week
and sometimes oftener. Nov he goes
twice In the campaign. or maybe only
once.
He also had . round trip ticket good for
A. j. Wheeler and sixteen that enabled
him TO invite q ttsndly party TO be his
guests for the State convention. Maybe
II did not influence him OF the others. but
the fact remains that neither OF these
pieces OF paper 10 in his possession nov
One chairman who had held the place
for twenty years hardly knew just what
process TO follow In buying his first ticket.
Finally he paid on the train to avoid his
townsmen's com ments.
put % has from tnAs ana
buys his aoket regularly. though ne
goes more seldom ana only when neSes-
sary. Inere u some reoompense IN =
no ID no peeoered oy requests 70 gov
passes TOT .
Inc presht y thS ms Al
"hio tine pass mas oat no hsure' !. w
Appreciated IN ene country distriots
where are ong wnere railway
fare Is an tenn. Nov the farmer deie-
gates pay thear own way 70 the meetings
stay ~ nome.
Along WIN oil TINS IN a great numoer
OF the states has come he most sweeping
chanse OF Oil, the olrect primary LOT tne
OF oil onioera rom oni'eo
states senator down 10 road oVerseer IN
distrot NO. =. a proePeotiVe oanoioa'e
went oa county ohairmeh'
I'm THINKING OF petng q oahoioa'e
Tor Hegistrar' ne SAID i can GET .ne
support OF my own town n OF Ce~ntervllo
l thought msyoe / could depend on you
70 hx IL 30 tnat WIG horse to"nshp
would vote ior me.
We'll: uldCono wae tine regreuu
reply. -out now there VIII % no oonVen-
aon. -.
but' o "ouio.De "io
date. can't you get their votes.
Get nothing. You VIII nave 70 get en-
yourself. Go u there v
beg. promise. plead; DO your own cam
paigning. It's direrent now.
Tne direct primary mas wofke1 hsr
moniousiy with the dany papers on
the rural routes VIII the arm teie'
phone and with the autonomous. Inc
voter IN Wild Horse township reads aoout
the candidates. ana goes into the oooth
and votes a. he has reao' or ne sees the
candidate VINO ID whirled 70 ms door In a
motor q n votes as ne sees or ne talks
with ne chairman owe the phone ano
votes as ne hears' In eaon or al tneee
cases ne votes directly Tor the mar aho
has no convention
1t spotis a lot on Iun.- oemoans tne
country pohtician. wnen the
came In We always had q dinner Tor them
then a cauou then som Q RED not speeches
WINE the committees were "orAins theu
Q hurrah OF ana q oanaue'
In the evening when everybody ieh good,
Now q man x MS ieao pencli pack OF
q curtain n makes some marks enc IL
Is all over
All over % the Kind d campaigning ne
q to DO oefore eaon convention. ne
drove OF miles seeing tne ieaoers
In every precinct, ne contributed nun
dreds { doilare for MS pocke's
fairly buigea with . u MS count
always came to the 'front.' 10 ne DESIRED.
in these times ne can only guess. ano
the primary, with its speechmaking
with advertisements OF candidates N the
papers, with with
and counter-interviews In the daily
papers, 10 an uncertain
Country sohoolhouse oratory mas e
on the decline Tor several years, PROC
ably the daily papers nave mad some
thing TO 90 with IL. lhen n Issues
have been less sharp since the 1889 cam
paign. The spetlbinders did not IKE the
long drives through the autumn nightt
and contented themselves with addresses
in opera houses and court rooms near the
railway stations.
But now there are 10
diminish distance and the primary law
make 1t needful that the candidates
and their advocates h themselves
IN thu humblest voter az well az make