Evening star., 1920-07-04
WITH HARDING HOME,
HIS RIVAL WILL STUMP
Experiences Recalled of Nominees Who
Have Made Campaigning Tours.
Bryans Prohtless Trips

name OF buTcndfu, duuTeSSlHS MI E
Blaine. and was intended to char
acterize the democratic party and op-
position to the republicans. 1t
proved most unfortunate for Mr..
Blaine.
In the opinion of many a more re-
cent faux pas by an able politician
was the appeal of President Wilson
to the country in 1918 to return
democratic Congress. 1t came at
time when the republicans as well
as the democrats had been putting
their backs into the war against Ger
many and aroused great Indignation.
DouglaS-I.incOIn Campaign.
In 1860 stephen A. Douglas. put
forward by the more conservative
democrats of the north and .west as
their nominee. against Breckenridge,
who was the choice of the democrats
in the slave states, and Lincoln. the
republican, undertook a real whlrl-
wind campaign throughout the coun-
try He toured every state in the
Union. except a few in the south, and
spoke in every large city except
Charleston, S. c. His campaign was
the most sensational ever undertaken
up to that time. He was on the road
for two months and sometimes spoke
twenty times a day.
Lincoln, on the other hand, re-
manned quietly at home in Springfield,
ILL., He made no important political
utterances and wrote no letters on
political topics that found their way
into the papers. He followed this
course with the approval of many re-
publican leaders. But if Lincoln re-
mained at home in the campaign OF
1860. it was not because he could not
speak. He had debated with Douglas
two years before throughout the state
of Illinois. when both were candidates
for the Senate, and Lincoln lost 1t
was in those very debates that Lin
coin had dragged out of Douglas
statements which made the latters
election in 1860 impossible.
Senator Seward of New York, how
ever, took the stump for Lincoln
or, rather, for the republican party,
for he rarely mentioned Lincoln. Even
at that time Seward was convinced
that he was to be the actual Presi-
dent, as Secretary of State, and that
the ungainly Lincoln would merely be
puppet in his hands. When Sew
ard, on a campaign trip, came through
Springfield Lincoln modestly made his
way down to Stewards special car to
welcome the party. Seward shook
hands and then sat down. after in
PRODUCING Lincoln to his friends. Lin
coin left the car alone and unattend-
ed, which seemed an unnecessary
rudeness on the part of Seward.
President Buchanan Jeered.
During that same campaign, which
was one of the most bitter-for the
country was on the verge of civil war
William L. Yancey, violent seces->
sionist, travelled about speaking for
Breckenridge, invading northern cities,
where he was given a hearing. Bu-
chanan, the democratic President then
in the White House, made one speech
in the campaign, at the White House.
He spoke in a weak voice and fire.
quently had to stop to drink water.
The crowd laughed and jeered, and
some shouted, Go it, old man" But
his speech was widely published.
More and more as the years have
gone by the candidates themselves
have taken charge of the campaigns
The personal element has entered into
the equation more and more, and the
parties have been in a measure showed
into the back ground. Bryan. Roose-
welt, Taft and Wilson have been the
greatest travellers. probably, of all
the candidates for President.
Bryan's Great Campaign.
In 1896 Bryan was in the full vigor
of manhood He was an OK for pun
ishment in the way of long COM
paigning. In the democratic national
convention he had taken the delegates
by storm with his famous crown of
thorns and cross of gold speech. and
under his leadership the silver demo-
Gratis had carried everything their
own way, in spite of the protests Of
President Cleveland, democrat. In his
dramatic way. Bryan had concluded
his attack upon the republicans sup
porting the gold standard. saying:
You shall not press down upon the
brow of labor this crown of thorns.
, You shall not cruelty mankind upon
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