| Show 1 Landslides StOrm s Centers gers T 1 c t l l iRS 2 of ei PolItIcIan ti Q By Author Forrest of A oun Crissey y Boy oy 1 Ranch IMS 1904 EAR NED NEU Your letter saying Laying that the boys have made you national man troth from D b the eta Nd id state pre gave n else e a Jolt I feel feet a good deal dal d like the old lumberman who stood aa all i the Ute bore shoie and ana watered wate Ms kis von son go o out on the togs lop to t break a big biff bl lumber luber jam tam It was the lads fist first por pw ance fon and the old man marl remarked Hes a fine boy And its It a fine tine Job but if he dont hit it right this time hell n nver m ver get back to where he can be licked for his Jail foolhardiness By exert exerting ng a little brute bute b ute force and awkwardness a man In almost any kind of an office can make a fool of but when he takes the th position of ot stat tati state captain for the party in a national campaign IK II can caa ca ait Mt still null and aad a ds depend a upon being mad made a monkey of J by uy any anyone one of a thousand energetic hustlers hustle in ini inthe i he the organization organisation who art arc prancing around nights ap apo for the sole purpose e ethe of potting your foot In Inthe Inthe the situation Compared to the opportunities open to toa toa toa a national I a legislator a congressman or r even a governor gov or stands S about as aa little chance to todo todo do tt harm as a boy with a bucksaw buck aw and a Ms Mg I The Phe list Hut of nf perils that beset the Apostle Apo tle Paul would I look mild bf beaule e Hh the array of pitfalls pitfall which wait resit It for forthe forthe I Ith the th fret feet t of those thoe tho who vho make straight the paths pAtla of party part triumph If It the holder hold r of an ordinary office keeps 1 f p close c t tab ib on one out 01 or tw two special enemies and andt I v t riches itches his hf men ov n weak with social care he be is III ly sate safe but this party general g n ral in a big bigI i I ha ba has got ent ot to dodge g all ail the sharpshooters on onh she ho h other side and give giro most of his hi time to keeping V rl Ts fool friends f from om the th arn ammunition maga magazine I zinc zine in hit his bl ow n t tamp amp I Then npr A again in he must have a scent for landslides s I and nd Ind storm s c raters that approximate omniscience Back In n f t used to know a famous beetree hunter who Mho 00 insisted that even In the dead of winter be lae could hear ar the hum of a swarm fIann of bees in tn a hollow seventy leventy I f feet et t from the th ground the tb minute he clapped his hla ear ar I to um the th butt of M the tree the kind of an aD ear 1 for trouble youe youw got to have Ned If you get through with frith the job youre tackled without making a mess Hr f r your your political future And right rl ht on this point of nc I want ant to tell toil you yo a story that In the language len aAe of the thO evangelist will bring you JOU 19 a 1 realising sense s nise of your imperiled d condition co I IMf Mf rss Of s back bock in th the old state then as you know and aDd tak takI l I tg g considerable oon l erable notice of what was wall doing on the In la laI Inside side I of politics Little Doc as recall was the Ge national committeeman from our state tate and also state tate i t of the state te central committee at the time timer r u hen the hit first free silver campaign ca broke loose He Heh e ehard h hard id hit hi enemies but mm none of f them accused ed him hi of sleeping daytimes and I knew he was like fathers old oll claybank mare in one respect there was Wall no evi evl evidence evidene dence dene that tha t he had ever eer laid aid down tn In n his stall In to thlU or M in double harness laarne He was keen as a a fox and had thrown the dogs off a good many times by running on the top rail refi of the fence fent Jumping sideways dewa across the creek treek and doubting doubling back baek on his track Those of u us who were best beet acquainted with his hi I habits habit felt mighty safe Kate when he landed on the na us national committee committe and stood for our state In the chief councils of the party But there were a good many I of m the boys bon down n in the state who take to him his hie hair curled and he changed chanN his Ma bt skirt shirt at I toast least t three times a week Well ell anyhow an he beall was the captain of the party ship I w when hen the free silver 1 flood came in There T want wants wanta a aman man in our party who fairly ooze satisfaction Our e bad had been heeD nominated nomina our pet plank Lank adopted and an the th whole madon in is lathe the common commonwealth commonwealth commonwealth wealth was as a chesty t a as a peacock oc m in spring On One morning to Is June the Che lai of the state were thrown into lido ts fey by an n Interview hose from our member of the national committee The warhorses of the party frothed at the month and antt pawed the air as they read the words of the Little Doc Do I Our state i J is the of the national earn cam campaign amp p poign ip and we e aye are right richt now to in the Democratic col column I IS Ifs It he fie election were t n w we would be he beaten to a finish This from our member of the national committee and the general pilot of ot the campaign As that inter interview I view percolated out ewt through the tM state Mate a tidal roar set et towards the city and Increased in volume with Ith I every passing sing lIine hour bour Telegrams began to pour in from the politicians in every ev part of et the state and a good pod many maDy of them were actually paid messages The fel fellow fellows lows low 1 who were weft either her big Mg enough or little enough to speak out in meeting freed their minds called him all kinds of traitor and fool and demanded his resignation from both national and state commit t inside of three days day there was wu a bushel bullet of ot letters and telegrams me from all allover over the state all of the writ writers writers ers ent frothing at the mouth and reaching teaching for the scalp of the fool committeeman who had disgraced the party with Ms his lit blatant and cowardly nonsense They had a great areat deal to say BaY about Little Docs Does suggestion su that our out state tat was the tM of ot the cam campaign campaign That t stuck in the crops of the whole outfit but it especially riled the members of or the state and county central committees Somehow Som how they seemed to consider Ider con It as a personal nal slap at them and end they laid it down hard bard and fast that their rows In the party vineyard had been l tended to in a way Aay that put a short crop out of the question regardless of ot weather w ather Speaking 8 moderately the national committeeman eman found himself in the position of an official forecaster f who would on n th the balmiest day in June hang bang out every black flag and alarm alum signal In tn the outfit and no notify notify notify the public that inside of hours there would be hail hall sleet Iet and snow to beat Medicine Hat and a higher speed of wind than ever swept Kansas Missouri or the South Sees Seas But all through roh this hub hubbub hubbUb bub bob the Little Doc kept right rI lIt on smiling cool and ud happy as the fakir at a county fair All he be did was to call a meeting of the state central com corn committee committee and to declare that he had been Hen correctly corre quoted quoted ed ell In the interview Up to that time a meeting of the state sate central tr l com committee committee committee had resembled a a reunion of the Glad Hand bri brigade brigade gade at which the national committeeman figured as a athe the guest pest of ot honor But this tinge U when be the wheel horses bora came in from the four fOUl corners of the common commonwealth commonwealth wealth they pound the Little Doc Doe on n the hack back quite as a hard as usual He Be was just as a bright and chipper as II if It he know that they were going to toa ask a his big head on a salver in the course of the Imme Immediate Immediate Immediate diate proceedings pro inso He presented pre the first Bret district and when the hall ban opened remarked As A I seem to have said ld too much already you y u may ma pass right on with the other brethren and hear their reports on the condition of ot the tb work Perhaps some BOme of or them may wish ah to ask uk some questions Then I might like to make amke some inquiries of them Well Welt all feel freer to speak P ak tight right bt out and aDd our souls Nick N ek Snively a banker banker from rom a country district was the first one called on He licked ticked his Ups tips and smiled as u be he rabbi the lapels pela of ME hW saat t and addressed the committee commie 4 Ha far as mf district cU is concerned I am proud t Lin ta denial to the strange and anda alarming armUl a l S that Have ve iMe be current as to the condition t U patty party She be a never YIt failed yet yoet and with the splendid candidate and platform with which we wego wego wego go before the people I regard the batte battle as practically won wonA A gentle smile passed round the long table as ly sat eat down and the tile lawyer from the Third was called on to give rive hi h testimony t There were several large larse manufacturing towns in his bis district and only once in tn inthe inthe the history of the st state to had bad it gone Democratic He was spoken oTas a Bright man mAn and a good talker Friends he be said asid as aa he slipped sUpped the fingers fince of ot his right baa band b Hi In their accustomed place between the tile sec NC second second ond and third buttons of his hla Prince Albert coat I have searched the Third district from Coon creek to Scrub ScrIb Oaks hips and aDd from Prairie Center to Cotton Cottonwood Cottonwood wood Corners looking for tOr a storm center There one OM In m the district unless Its It a the ice houses on dear Clear lake lak This Thin brought a round of laughter and an l the Ute witty lawyer continued Down In our part of ot the state It H has haa never DeVer best been necessary ary nece to cry Wolf Wolf in tn order to get pt on OU our the vote We follow the even tenor of pf our war wag sad lad come up p with a II solid front for the party when the polls Pelle open This time throe will wW be he no exception The substantial men I of the Ute party the leaders leaden of public opinion are for the candidates and the principles with which to appeal to the voters vote You Yau dont t think then that the free tree silver sUver heresy has hu Made Ie aay inroads into the party ranks in your bailiwick Meekly inquired the Little Doc No emphatically eDT no responded the lawyer with smiling dignity Then Than the national committeeman turned to Snively and aDd liked You dont feel teel that the people of your are site sg up nights to te worry about the crime cane of Tir TirI lJ nr I I should say not he answered Calamity howl howlers howlers ers era are scarce down do our way We gone stark cra crazy y if It f If It I have hare interrupted the Little Doc Well gen FT rm Im going to make a few statements right here If you go IJO home me of you find things different than what I flay Y then you can ean have my resignation from bout both the tM committees on Oft which I 1 am serving Right in Nick Snively district there are three silver Republican clubs and sae ie e has h members another Mt and anether anet Ms member is ill pledged to mate te for Bryan and free hee silver ster Of course CORne secret MOret organizations organisations but Ill give ve Mr Sn y a h 1 of or their meeting places and acid all the other vital J statistics so that t he be can me up aad al as get my resignation re Then the Little Utile Little D turned to Lawyer Pratt and said mid You dont font seem to have bave aa an a eye e for storm con cen tees tea Just Jost go So over your ur district with this list let and andY Y find at least t seven ones and growing steadily Thyr more silver allver Republican Republica clubs and if it you dont get Ift busier bU ler than a boy killing snakes th lI make mke your election returns look like Uke the report r rt front from a banner nn z district dl In the Mississippi Kt But lint there then are a whole lot Jot worse than yours I teat dont cIen Relieve Snively and the law lawyer lawyer lawyer yer cut In with How Erow do you tou know Whoa When we get all the testimonies te In nan answered the Ute the Doc Ill Til tell you for you yon have baTe a right to know mow r f b every eort min man tall make matte the tile report which he be came into this meeting intending to sake make The put on Oft the enthusiasm pedal quite so tick thick a ati the lust first ones but they stuck to it that patty party sentiment wow wa strong and healthy and aDd that their districts he be counted bunted on to roll up good ma majorities m majorities tor fer frt and 11 1 sound MUD money Then the national daft toll told just how many weak uk spots he could put eager Anger on OIl in that particular territory and he Ire closed the argument t by telling the men who had joined la the cry for his bla resignation that if u they stir up u things from one end of the state to the theother theother other the whole whale campaign would be lost loet and aad the re responsibility treat rest on their shoulders After he had explained how bow he be found foun out that Coin Harveys book beak had supplanted the tAe family Bible In thousands of Republican homes home and Del that the crime of ot TO 74 and the doc e ef of redemption by free tree silver had bad crowded out the old oW orthodox plan of ot salvation with without without without out consulting anyone he M had sent into every county of the state tate a picked man whose e ostensible business was to gather crop statistics U but who talked politics with every man he be came across These men made dally daily re reports reports reports ports mailing malling them to a certain lock box In Inthe the city Uy In a few days he found that the deep cheated satis liatis satisfaction satisfaction faction of the faithful was wu Wind blind belief and ard had no connection with observation of actual conditions Aft After After er r he be had bad heard loam from every county and aDd knew that enough Republicans had gone Pae sliver silver to spell defeat the Little Doc gave ve out his bS famous Interview When that meeting broke up the members were a bunch but the strike clear in until they began to dig die Into lato the the he holes bol the Doc bad marked out and verify his statements Most Moat of or the committeemen found fOUM silver Republican clubs had grown in numbers and in m membership Once a realign realisation Lion tion of the real condition of ot things got cot through their systems they were faster on the run than a young rabbit followed by a pack of hounds in full tull cry it had been impossible to raise rais a campaign fund and the men with money had said what the use Its It simply throwing It t away for what a cinch anway an After the scared committeemen had carried the news of the storm center among their people you I keep the contributions away with w th an army array with banners The money rolled roiled in But the Little Dee Dec had the tM same ame fight to arouse the members of ot the na national national committee that he be had bad in his hi own state Finally however hower he got cot them on the run and whenever they could ace a storm torm center they went after It tt hard bard And Instead hutt of ot being called upon to 10 resign re the Little Doc was wu the in the situation and the man to whom Uncle Mark Hanna w what went nt when he suspected BU that the mists of prejudice or complacency were obscuring his hi vision and preventing him from spotting a storm con cen center enter conter ter moving down doom from the Medicine Hat of ot political obscurity carlt ob And Ani An l so 80 Ned if youre going to run the national campaign In your state next 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