Show 4 11 1 1 PL W J TM TREE by DAVID GRAHAN PHILLIPS abhor of the cost the deluge etc opar mt C our continued from last week we As the atil mu 1 alm e r realized aai zd his me meaning n in I 1 doubt if many times in all history such a sight and sound has burst upon mortal ears and eyes for the moment I 1 was daunted if was impossible not to think that here was tho the whole people not to fee fed I 1 that dent and was about to fulfill his pledge daunted yet thrilled 60 too for fit at botfan bot tota are we not all passionate dreamers of abstract right and i justice dreamers alers then I 1 re embe red and I 1 said to myself ile he has defied the interests david hassone has gone out against goliath but the davids do not win nowadays I 1 will elect burbank but where was the elation that X 16 4 I 1 1 i 1 I g this campaign of yours and mr But burbanks banks must be costing an awful lot of money thought would have set to swelling in thereof theme of less than two weeks before and aad then I 1 began clearly to see that for me at least the prize to be prized must be fairly won from start to goal and to be enjoyed must gladden eyes that would in turn gladden me with tho the approval and sympathy which only a woman can give and without which a aale alon viiu deed forlorn CHAPTER pilgrims and patriots from st louis I 1 went direct direct to burbank ills his heart had been set upon a gran grand 1 I speechmaking speech making tour ile he was fell foud d of wandering about showing himself to cheering crowds and ho be had a deep and by no means unwarranted confidence in his platform magnetism at first I 1 had bad been inclined to give gi ve him his way but the more I 1 considered the matter the stronger seemed to become the force of the objections it takes a fa tar r bigger man than was di aur ur bank at that stage ol of hs his growth not to bo be cheapened by T ste steeple aeple chasing for otes notes also the coming of the candidate causes jealousy jes I 1 and heartburning over matter matte rs of precedence reception and entertainment arreg among the local celebrities and so EO he often leaves the party lukewarm luk I 1 warin where he be found it enthusiastic enthusiasts Furt further ber it uses up local campaign money that tbt ought to be spent in hiring workers the polite phrase for vote buying as retaining tee fee is the polite phrase for bribe I 1 decided against the tour and tor for the highly expensive expense ve but always admirable and p profitable table pilgrimage plan i I 1 I 1 burbanks Lur banks 0 jovn v n home was at riv luv ington and I 1 should have had him visited there had it not baen on a single track branch railway which could not handle without dan danger air and discomfort the scores cf thousands ve e wele planning pla acing to carry to sn and d fro from him dally daily so it was given 91 ven out CA that he purposed as fa far as possible to withdraw from the strife of the casi 1 I and to await the results in tile the dignified calm in which he wished the I 1 voters to determine it lie ile took after woodruff had bad carefully selected it a retired house in the country and it was in tho open country A farm garden adjoined it on the one side a wheat held field on the other a large orchard to the rear the broad meadow in front gave plenty of room tor for delegations visiting the standard bearer of the party of 0 patriotism in his rural seclusion to hear his simple spontaneous words of weme welcome co but for all the remote aspect of the place it was only five minutes drive and ten minutes walk from a station through which four big railroads passed one of the out billj ings was changed inoff anwa a tele telegraph raph bf office fil from orn which aco accounts u ants of the enthusiasm thusia thu sm of the delegations and of ills his speeches could be sent to the whole country on his desk in his little study stood a private wire e telephone that without danger of leakage would put him in fit direct comman communication t either elther with my study at t fredonia fredo 1 nia or dr with doe doc woodruffs rl vate room in the party national headquarters at chicago thus our statesman though ile he seemed to be aloof was in the very thick of the fra fray Y and the tens of thousands of his fellow citizens 1 though they seemed to come almost on their own indita tion inspired by uncontrollable enthusiasm thusia sm for the great statesman were in fact tree free excursionists and a very troublesome critical crit acal expensive lot they were but the public was impressed it sits in its seat in the theater of action and believes that the play is real and ignores and forgets the tact fact that there is a behind the scenes They The party distributed from various centers tons of literature litera and in addition to meetings arranged by committees a s saries C ries 0 of f huge demonstrations was held in the cities of every doubtful state besides the bartys regular speakers speake s we hired as many independent orators as we could but all these other branches of the side of the campaign wore were subsidiary to the work at the retreat it might be called the headquarters of the tha rank and tile file of tho the party those millions ru 11 I 1 lo 10 ns of principle voters and workers who were for babcock because he was the standard bearer af 6 their ralty ral ty no money no bribes no patronage have to be givert given to them but it costs several la s to t 0 r raise 1 ise that mass to tile tho pitch of hot enthusiasm whim which will make each individual in it tata tain to so go to the polls on election lay day arid and take his neighbors instead of staying at home and ana hoping the party wont won t lose burbanks work was I 1 therefore highly important but the tha seat ol of the real campaign was woodruffs P priva test private room in the chicago headquarters for there were laid 1 a id and were put pitt in the way of execution the plans for acquiring these ac elements that in the th e doubtful states have hane the balance of power between betwee 1 the two opposing and about evenly matched masses ol of principle voters I 1 just now recall a t talk alk I 1 had bad with my wife about that time slier sha took no interest in politics and rarey rarely spoke of matters masters arid and bo both th of us discouraged political talk before lae the children one day she said to me this campaign of yours and arld sir burbanks must be costing an awful lot of money A good deal 1 several Sev millions million sl this Is a bis big country and you I 1 cant stir it t up lip politically for nothing why do you ask who gives the money she persisted the rich men tedi tho big corpora cor porE eions give most of it kwil why y T patriotism said 1 I to save the nation from our wicked opponent L I 1 how A v do and the oth ers eis get it bac kIshe pursued ignoring 11 1 my pleasantry get what ba bick i ck why by the monkey money they advance they arent the mert men to give anything I 1 answered ans vered with a smile only she lapsed lil into to thoughtfulness thoughtful noss when I 1 wao wa assuming that her mind had wandered dered off to cian she said the people must be very stupid not to suspect or tile the rich men arid and the corpora capora co pora I 1 lions very stupid to give I 1 su suggested g do you mean they dont doa t rot git it back she demanded demand Pd ot of courser course said 1 I their patr patriotism lut inest be rewarded we cannot canno expect them to save sare the country year for nothing 1 I should think not st ale sala said adding disgustedly 1 I think politics is vely vc ay iy S silly illy and men get excited alimia it but I 1 never liston list lil arriving at the re retreat trotti front tile the gh convention I 1 found burbank much perturbed because scarborough bad been nominated nominate ed ile he did not say so or on the contrary he ex pressed pres in sonorous phrases ills his satisfaction is that there was to be a real test of 0 strength between conservatism aud and sui he never dropped his pose even with rae me not even with himself 1 I 1 confess I 1 dont share your cheerfulness ful ness said 1 I if scarborough it were a wild mn man have a walk walh over but he sat and I 1 fear hell b be more a and nd more attractive to the wa vs vering voters to many of our owa people party loyalty has been oven worked in the tha last tev few presidential campaigns hell go vote hunting U h the doubtful states but it wont seem undignified hes one of those men whose 4 cora ea arop A LW rate abd cant be bd lost Dur barik was unable to conceal his annoyance he never could bear praise of another man of his own rank in public life also he showed surprise why I 1 understood I 1 had been led to belleve believe that you favored his nomination r was his way of telling mi he knevi I 1 had a and in bringing it about continued next week i |