Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-11
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to speak as Mr.. Taft reached the platform.
The crowd here numbered many thousands.
The Taft special ran on schedule time,
much to the surprise. and frequently to
the disappointment. Of the town folks. In
one town., where 1t had been figured the
Taft special would run as does the usual
special, the town band had TO race a block
with the train to be on time with a well
come tune. 1t got there. all right, and the
train was ushered in to the music of the
band. The train was In charge of Colonel
Ramsdell, sergeant-at-arms OF the United
States senate. He stood by the side of
Judge Taft during every speech. He held
his watch in his hand. When the time was
up he waved to the conductor and the
train pulled out, frequently without a
warning whistle, and often when the
speaker was in the middle of a sentence,
which he never completed, so far as the
crowd knows.
This pulling out of the train right on
the dot caused a barrel OF fun for the
people of Wahoo and OF the train and a
hogshead OF humiliation to Warden A. D.
Beemer. The warden, who weighs In the
neighborhood of $50 pounds, had numbered
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rear end to hear the candidate. By the
time he had squared around and become
settled down in a good place to stand the
train started without so much as sounding
the whistle. The warden made a grab for
the car. but a half dozen were ahead Of
him and he missed. Then came a grand
rush down the track after the fast dlsap-
pearing Taft. Someone saw the warden
and the train was stopped several blocks
away. The warden kept a-coming, while
u dozen small boys on foot and a boy on q
pony paced him. The warden was hauled
aboard, putting and blowing. but Judge
Taft enjoyed his run 90 much the warden
kept his temper. even II he wa ''Joshed"
by the bunch.
During the trip through Nebraska, ac-
eordlng TO those on board the train, Mr..
Taft developed a considerable amount OF
humor which he used In some OF his
speeches. For instance, at one stop Mr.,
Taft was speaking Of the Bryan remedies
and he quoted this, which was an inscrip-
ton on an ancient tombstone;
was well.
] wanted to be better;
! took medicine
And here ! am.
But Mr., Taft is by no means q humorous
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tertaineT. He Is a student and his sudden
humorous remarks were 50 unexpected by
those on his train that they became 3
feature for eastern correspondents
While In every town where the trair
stopped there were large and enthusiastic
crowds. the night meeting in Lincoir
topped them all. Omaha greeted the can
didate with IN Auditorium completely
= filled. but az Lincoln red fire was burneC
4 and a parade, the like Of which was neve
: before seen here. was given in his honor
1t was in his home town that Mr.. Bryan
I attempted 20 take the edge off the dem
$ onstration by t~elegraphlnG his brother 4
. have all the Bryan pictures taken down
e The telegram. instead OF being taken as
8 compliment to Judge Taft by the repub
o licanS, was taken just the other way. Mos
% OF the Bryan pictures had come down lon
a ago. Those that were up when the tele
d gram came evidently remained up, 10
II while the city was profusely decorate
g with Taft pictures. there still rename
s In plain sight numerous Bryan banners al