La Junta tribune., 1912-10-19


when the 1912 "cal to zrmx'' came
the other day was George Ade. He
Was on the farm At Brook. Indiana,
and the particular call that was sent
him was The printers call for copy.
/ Ade began newspaper work on the
Chicago papers In the early nineties.
ana he has ever since been introduc.
Ing himself to q constantly widening
circle OF readers. "Ar,ie." Pink
Marsh.'' Doc Horne" Fables In
Slang" THE Girl Proposition -
breaking Into Society" are few
books which have brought fame
to his farm. and reques,s for auto
graphs.
In 1902. as pAs;ime. Ade took TO
writing plays. and the phenomenal
{ run Of his Sultan OF Sulu.'' Peggy
I from Paris The Shotgun" The
County Chairman" and THE College
Widow" In succession. gave him pop
ularity on the stage and In the or
chestra. Since then. Ade has con.
3 tinued putting down his observations
In the form OF stories and plays.
and nowadays when he isn't doing
this he is flirting with the soil in
Indiana. at least when he isn't TO
be- found with his friend John Nc
cutcheon. But thai is another story.
Here are few random obserya
lions concerning tn. new Progress
siye party and its candidate for pres
iden,.
IL | were picking out roommate.
might prefer Mr. Taft to the Col
onel. because. with Mr. Taft. I would
have better chance Of putting up
the curtains and arranging the pic
tur.s 10 suit myself In selecting
Prs sid.nt TO go up to Washington.
representing my Interests and coping
with the shaggy wolves OF practical
politics. prefer the Colonel
The new party has singing at all Of
Its meetings. Possibly you can re-
member when the crowd sang at a re.
publican rally. II tried to sing In
the Barnes choirs this year I believe
would choke.
Up a, Chicago In June they told
US very plainly: We are going to
drive him out OF the party" They
got their wish and yet they don't
seem happy.
\ good many people. especially
thos. who wear oycrshoes IN the
sumner time, object TO the Colonel
because he is scrappy and assertiye.
II the Colonel didn't happen to be
Just What NE r.. the sections who
n'akr a business Of embalminE re.
formers would have laid him away
twenty year. ago
They have been tryias to get some
thinE on him ever since he bobbod
np ~ a police commissioner IN New
York city About all that they have
proved to date is that when he gets
mad he Is not polite.
>
Tho dcluge which swept away the
Republican Congress and undermined
the Republican Senate and Uttered
the lsndscap. with defunci stand
pa,,.rs. gathered Itself while the Col.
onel was In Africa. beyond the reach
4 the mail or the telegraph. n he
went back to Africa tomorrow and
remained for ten years. the voters
II hcm. would continue TO r-pnd''
y" the politicians who break their
promises Yet they say II IL a
''on--maa" movement.
\ GOOD many Of the old regulars In
Washington us-d to believe that =
really honest man wore = whit" neck.
tie and would Civ. two tens for .
five. They hate the Colonel with .
s--thinR hatred because he 10 . foxy
politician. whereas. In order to pre-
serve tho traditions Of the lobby.
he ahouid prov. his honesty BY en-.
saxinx Murray Crane - = guide.
The colonei's good ship was hardly
beyond Sandy Hook when . little
company Of sure thing operatives
naiGht have been seen beariag down
on the White House. They shook
hanes With the row Superintendent
and told him they knew bis brother
and thcn they said they would show
him how the game really WAS played.
4 few moments later they w~re put.