The Washington times., 1908-02-23
WHERE THE AUTO
ENTERS POLITICS
Public Speakers Utilize Ma
chine to Keep En-
gagementS.

Among some Of the notable triumphs
which the au -omobIe has made in the
past year is that OF providing safe.
speedy and conventional conveyance for
public speakers and politicians.
These people frequently have three or
more engagements at different points in
the same evening. and where there is
more OF less congestion. as is usually
found in certain portions OF the metro
politan district. and where the distances
from one point TO another are too great
20 rely upon the inconvenient ana in
adequate service afforded by the horse
drawn vehicles. the street railways or
subways. the motor car appeals with pc
culiar force 10 the busy man upon such
strenuous occasions
A few minutes gained or lost often
means the making or marring Of some
particular event. The saving OF time
then becomes a paramount considera-
ton. and the automobile being the most
reliable, convenient and serviceable
mode OF conveyance yet created by the
constructive genius OF man. it is but
natural that all progressive publicists
should be quick To discern the superior
advantages which the motor car thus
affords.
Scores of instances might be cited
where public men rely wholly upon the
automobile for prompt. safe and com
Portable transportation.
The Presidents Ride.
Pl esident Roosevelt though stm pos
sessing his oId-tlme affection and devo-
ton for the horse, has for some time
availed himself Of the advantages which
the automobile affords. a notable in
stance Of which being his use Of REQ
in covering the three miles from Ian
sing TO N A c. at the celebration Of it's
seIni-centennial anniversary, May 81 1907.
No less frequently does William Jen-
nings Bryan invoke the aid OF the 'ben-
zine buggy On one Of his very busy
DAYS in Few York recently he was
obliged TO meet an appointment in a
suburb situated fifteen miles out Of
town The rain and sleet pelted down
in sheets. The town could not be
reached by train, trolley or in any other
manner besides an automobile within
two hours. A Premier so landaulet
was promptly engaged. and he arrived
at his lecture platform five minutes
dnedu OF llIIle despite the AdCA lfdl the
drive was made against a wind blowing
a gale of fifty miles per hour.
In GubernatoTial Campaign.
Another equally prominent instance is
that Of Charles Evans Hughes OF New
York It is well known that Governor
Hughes availed himself Of the autOmo-
bile as a mode OF conveyance from one
point TO another throughout the State
of New York during his recent q NJ
paign and that much OF the force and
success Of his gubernatorisl canvass
was due 70 the time and energy which
he conserved by employing the best
transportation that modern invention
was capable Of offering.
No better proof of the practical util-
ity, convenience, economy and adapt
ability Of the motor car to modern
needs c luld be given than that the most
enlightened men OF the nation should
become uniformly converted to the
striking advantages derived from is
use. Nothing could more convincingly
emphasize its stability. It's permanency
is assured while its growth and develop
ment is intensifi ID by its constantly in
creasing popularity among the classes
as well as the masses