The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-12

I77SzfS foregoing experiences. In
80 almost every town the local
newspaper not only refused 70 re-
port a line OF Standish's speeches.
but would not accept his advertise
ments. Nor. in most places, could he
find job Office willing TO print hand
bills for him. His agent had nearly
everywhere been able To engage a
hall; but as no adequate preliminary
notice Of the meeting had been pub
lished. audiences we're pitiably slim.
In one or two towns, where the papers
did not belong To the Machine" IL
was discovered that every hall. lodge
had been engaged In advance by some
mysterious competitor. Give. at such
settlements, was forced TO speak in
open air. Even then the police at
one town dispersed the gathering
under excuse of fearing riot; at two
others the mayor refused a license to
hold an outdoor meeting. and at a
fourth. gang OF toughs. At long
range pelted the audience with stones
and elderly eggs. the police refusing
10 interfere.
Al length Gives advance agent re-
turned 10 the candidate I'm AFFECT des-
pair.
1--WE been doing this sort OF work
eight years" the man reported but
this time I'm cleaned stumped. I
can't make any Roadway The papers.
the city authorities, the opera-house-
neutrality-suspicious. and the police are
all under Conoyer's thumb It's got
80 that as soon as l reach town
can find out right away who is and
who isn't In the Machines pay.
Where the papers aren't muzzled-
and there are precious few such places
the halls are closed 10 US. and either
the mayor or the police will stop the
meeting. Where the papers are work
ing for Conoyer, we can get all the
halls we want, because the Boss
knows the news OF your speech cant
circulate except by word OF mouth.
"Oh, they've got as whipsawed In
grand shapel I'm wondering whatll
happen at Grafton Monday night
That's the biggest city next to Gran
| tie, and there's always been more or
less OF a kick there against Conover
rule. They've got square man for
mayor. and one OF their three news
papers is strong FOR you. was able
TO get the opera house too It's your
big chance OF the campaign and your
last chance on this tour The rest
OF the towns on your route can't do
anything with. I'm waiting TO see
what dirty game Conover will play at
Grafton. now that he can't work HIS
usual tricks there. Hell be sure to
try something"
Billy Sheylin, who had also ssctec
unexpectedly as unofiicially) as ad.
vance agent OF Give Standish's tour,
had in three respects excelled the au.
thorized agent: In the first place. he
had been as successful as the other
had been failure. In the second. he
had not turned back. Third. and last,
he was not in the very least discour-
aged Nor had he need TO be.
Yet even to him Grafton presented
the first serious problem. And to IL
he devoted much OF his time and
more OF his cleverness. At last he
formed a plan and saw that his plan
was good.
Give reached Grafton at noon OF
the day he was scheduled 10 speak.
This was the second largest city in
the Mountain state. Here. next 10
Granite, must the chief battle OF the
campaign be waged. On the effect OF
his speech here hung great per-
centage OF Gives hopes for the com
ing State convention as Grafton
went, so would Matawan County,
whose centre IL was. And Grafton,
wavering in fealty TO Conoyer, might
yet be won TO the Standish ranks by
the right sort OF speech SO with the
glow OF approaching struggle upon
him Give awaited the night. All he
asked was a fair hearing. This pre-
sumably. was for once 10 be accorded
him.
AT the hotel on his arrival he found
Karl Ansel waiting. The big, lean
New Englander was In a state OF
white-hot wrath.
You got my telegram and the no
tice OF the caucuses. I supposed" he
/ growled az Give met him.
mo. ordered all mail forwarded
here. and kilograms. too. broke
away from my route Saturday. when
I found couldn't get a hall az Smith.
field cancelled my date there and
went over TO Deene. leaving word for
everything to be sent on TO Grafton.
| Then, yesterday
Never mind that We're donel
Beat Tricked."
What do you mean?"
THE county conventions-the eau
cusesl In every nearly every one
OF the eight counties Conover worked
some blackguardism. To some he
sent kilograms that you backed out.
In others his chairman tried the back
door act And ! wrote you how they'd
snapped the dates and caught Ms un.