East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-16

Cincinnati, sept. Ib,-lhe JoHS VI
n candidate so Judge Taft has found,
are not all in the wordy struggle Of
challenge and counter challenge be-
tween rivals for office.
When Mr.. Taft wants relaxation
from the cares of the campaign he
can find it in the letters of hundreds
of cranks all over the United States,
for whose vagaries the republican
leader is a target. The letters come
on every mail.
would you stake a loan of $500
on an utter stranger and take chan
ces OF reimbursement before January
II" william II. Taft would not, even
though he is a candidate for the pres
idency and temperamentally inclined
TO oblige rather than disappoint.
The question was put in letter
received from a Newark, n. j., wo-
man. II is only fair sample select
ed from hundreds OF begging letters
which are found in Mr.. Taft's mail.
Most OF the applicants for loans or.
explanation OF the need which has led
to the making OF application to the
candidate, but the Newark woman
says only: Needless to add, the ne
cessty Is indeed pressing for me to
call on you"
The requests for gifts range from
a horse and wagon or n COW to Jew
elry Here is one from a young Ia
dy In El Paso, Tex. who wants a
Yale pin for her collection:
Dear Sir: Please pardon this bit
OF audaclty in my writing to you, but
have taken n great interest in your
life and affairs since I heard Of the
candidates for the presidency. Now,
I wish n favor at your hands.
Couldn't BUY One.
"T am n young girl in high school
who Is collecting pins. But as luck
would not favor me I have not OBJ
talncd one which ! greatly desire
namely. one from Yale. Many girls
buy the pins but prefer none II they
cannot he given TO me. for the giver
adds half the pleasure. Now, I ask
you. II not too much trouble. 10
break luck's spell and crafty the wish
OF n humble friend and send her a
Yale pin. I sincerely hope I may
some day see you as president Of the
United States. should then be ex-
tremely proud n YOU would be so kind
as to send me Yale pin"
Mrs. Taft also gets her share Of
the applications for aid to churches,
fairs and guilds send just n little
thing for the fancy table" is n fire.
quent appeal. and had she time Mrs
Taft could be as busy as her husband.
The requests to her range from en-
broidcring pair Of suspenders or
making rag doll down to straight
and candid applications for cold cash
Most Of these go into the Taft office,
where they are answered with those
addressed to the candidate.
Had Mr.. Taft granted all the re-
quests made to him to aid poor youths
TO an education he would now he able
to dispense with the proposed organ
ization of Taft clubs in universities
for every university in the country
would have had n personal represen-
tatlve financed by him
Cripple Sends Regrets.
one of the most original requests
comes from a cripple in California,
who SAYS that he goes about in a
wheel chair, and proposes to sell the
advertising privileges OF the chair
back TO Mr.. Taft. This man says;
81 have an invalid chair which
friends gave me and go out and sell
small stuff Of all kinds to help my
self along During election or cam
pagn times | have an advertising
board on the back of my chair on
which I place all of the candidates
whom | work and vote for. l wish
to place your photo In the center of
my advertising board and ask you to
kindly send latest cut OF yourself to
place there. | go all over the coun-
try and in the small towns on Sep
tember / shall be in a town where
there are 100 900 or 125,00O people
and by advertisement can be seen by
all.
"As this is the only way | have to
help myself along, send what you
think 1t is worth"
"P S.-Win we must or bust and
let no teaser come to hush me up
From an Old Confederate.
This Is n very common type of beg
gng letter 1t comes from Virginia
and says 81 am here to vote for my
party (republican). I am now ad-
vanced in years and was born by a
democratic daddy, served in the rebel
army and only cast one democratic
vote. That was for Grover Cleveland,
I am true republican and cast out
by my comrades The question has
been asked me: How can you vote
the republican ticket, being a Confed-
crate soldier? My answer is this;
Il want prosperity I am old and
feeble and have lost my hearing; can
not work and have not a penny to
spend. have no clothes or money
to buy. But money could not buy me
TO vote for the damned democratic
licked! If you have anything to send
to a good old revel republican, ad-
Hpncd