Show j A Campaign Is Coming and it will bring and SlaNders and Slanders Songs Slogans Symbols SONGS THEY SANG IN OTHER PRESIDENTIAL YEARS I By ELMO LIMO SCOTT WATSON and gentlemen of America I IL The TIle greatest glow on earth 1 Is L to begin 1 I INo No this thU announcement hunt hasn't anything any anI nj thing thin to do with lIh I T. T Barnum arnum th the Ringling brothers Buffalo Kill Bill eol Cody Coily or any of DC the others who have havi made mati circus circa history This greatest show on earth li lithe Is II the tile quadrennial drama of ot a t election Ko So bold hold your horses borses because A campaign In Is I. I coming with It Its songs song III Its slogan slogans Its Ita symbols and Its and It slanders 1 The singing ringing la Is already under way wal The other night Senator William K H. horah of ot Idaho appeared appeared ap apo In tn Brooklyn to make a speech II which It II was WAI commonly agreed was Wal hi hlll his opening bid bl for foi forthe the Republican nomination At that meeting his hll followers era vcrs lIan gang to the tune of ot U S. S That Menus Means Us U the tha following norah orah run rah uh rah rah lung King out Ms his name tar far and wide Dorah norah rah rah rah Join the tha cheer lh that t swells tl the countryside ft I Let all aU th the nation hear hi his hie call call j A fair deal drat a square deal fur for or all aU north norah rah rah rah The Th choice of ot Americans Americana allAn all And An now that the staging Hinging Is la started its HR safe lIate to predict that It will continue right up lip to November 4 4 l For or In campaign year America has ha always gone lyrical It started away hack back atthe attile at atthe the tile beginning of ot the republic when George Washington Wash Wash- ington was 81 the Inevitable choice for Cor first Ireal President dent of the United States At that time everyone joined In Is singing Oe George rc Washington the th Itero heros comet K Each ch heart hurt hears hear the sound Th Thousands Thousand to their deliverer de throng And hi shout hout him welcome welcom all alt around All of ot which adulation for tor the man who was Will First In War First In Pence Penca and Bud First In the Hearts of ot Ills Countrymen l I was very One line but o of course politics being what they ther were even evenIn evenIn In III those early earl times It just JuM couldn't last Washington's Wash I ington's second cond term wits far tar from Crom being a II happy Y one for tor by the tIu a lie he left leCt office there were were two parties the Federalists and the Republicans ancestors of ot the Democrat toIJa today engaged Ina in ina a bitter contest for tor power lower John Adams was the candidate of ot till the Fed Fed- Federalist aristocrats and Thomas Jefferson of ot the 1 common j e ul Tales states rights and other Issues over which there was as a s jk te y 6 1 l 1 loch r fb S L 1 3 i SS laaS y In Praise Prill of a Famous Kentuckian sharp harp division of opinion were reflected In the on songs sung during durin the CliO campaign palen of ot 1750 1700 The 1 resenting the efforts of ot the Federalists l Feder eder allots to build up K a strong centralized centralised government govern govern- overo- overo ment sang lane m Jo Hunkers No taxes hu well we'll pays pay pa a pardon for or Wheeler Stray Shay Parsons Parson and Car Dat 1 al' al rim Ili ireen srn bough bou he la is your hate bats and renew the theold old Id cause Stop the courts court in n each county and bUn bully the tha laws law In the next Beit election the Republicans Republican prophetIcally prophet prophet- t gang ang Lord how the tb Fed Federalists will win tar stare At Jefferson In n Adam Adams chair For Jefferson did defeat Adams and anil there were tre eight years ears of ot Democratic Republican paradoxical though that may mal sound I r rule le e. e But Dut Butr r f that didn't mean any loosening of ot political al parS par par- The l Embargo a aft act t which b lied had nearly ruined New England l trade had bad made Jefferson f very erl unpopular so 10 that the Federalists during b the ot of 1509 sung 1001 I f app Th Tn Th motley motle baud band of ot demagogues who rule rul this t. t f happy bapp nation y fi ILLS lUa mud made an end nd of lorelia orell trade and stopped our r b f navigation Emb Embargos Embargo's rg o horrid name am has ba drowned th the soles noise of ot dance sad and taker tabor And Aed snatched the tb untested morsel from the th hunt hun hun- t cry Iff mouth ot or So Sa the bd some lome difficulty tn la el elect elect- et tog log tn James Jamea Madison adlon Jeffersons Jefferson's choice to succeed him but they did manage to dl do It and he be remained remained re re- In the White louse House eight years lea lie was followed by hI James Jamea Monroe and the famous era of ot good 1004 feeling la to which political partisanship died down only to b be revived when John Joba Quincy Adams Adam the son aon of the second President was o elected In It named flamed up even eyen more fiercely IP In 1823 when the opposing candidates were Adam Ad am sins seeking r re as a. the I of ot the nw DY Republican party f and Andrew Andrew An- An drew Jackson the candidate of ot the new cow Democratic Demo Deml- en cratic tie party Ito V x Old partisans rl recalling his hi vl vie Ic tory Cory at New Nw Orleans sang sane lustily We W. are ate a hardy freeborn free free born rites race Each man to tar fear a Whale the game we w. join in chase ehas n Despising toll and an danger nger And If a daring foe arno annoys arnoya till his and forces force Well We'll show how ht n hl-n that Kentucky LolAre boys toya Are alligator horses horien I t youve you've read It ft In the prints How flow attempted To make Old Hickory Jackson wince And soon eoon hi hie bl schemes repented For we with tine rift ready rady Thought such lIuch occasion lucky luekY And soon Boon around arone the general The hunters bunters of or Kentucky This campaign however was as nothing corn con pared to that put on by the singing Whigs I In 1810 18 In support of ot their candidate Gen Geo William Henry Harrison In Ma Ids race against Martin Va Van Ituren the tho Democratic occupant of ot the White House was literally sung lung Into th the residency Hurly Early I In the campaign a Democratic Demo Demo- erotic cratic editor had made the mistake of ot savin I about Harrison Olve live him a barrel of ot hard ban elder Iller and ond a pension of ot two Va thousand a year and our word for tor It he will tit sit the remainder of ot his days In a log cabin b by the side of ot a set sea coal cool lire fire and study moral philosophy Immediately the Indignant Whigs sprang ti tithe to the defense of their candidate They made mud much of ot the fact tact that the Democrats under the lead of ot the broadcloth clad aristocratic Martinan Martin Martli Van an Buren of ot New York had deserted the common com corn cornmon common mon and were ere casting slurs upon their thel General h Harrison arrison Old Tippecanoe who was I a plain trOD roan and alid a poor man So they began t tsing to sing linin Let t Van Vaa from tram his coolers coolen of silver drink wine win And lounge loung on cn hi his hill cushioned settee Our ur man on nn his hi buckeye bench can recline Content with hard cider elder Is I. he Then a shout for tor each freeman a shout hout for tor east State To To the plain honest hont true And this be our motto mollo the motto of fate tale Hurrah lurrah for tor old Tippecanoe And on this wave of ot singing hysteria another military hero was Vas wept swept Into the tile Presidency Tour years yearl rater later Van Ituren Buren was WIlS seeking the Democratic X nomination again I but he was turned down and the prize given gh-eD to the first dark horse In political history James history James 1 K Polk ol ot Tennessee Even before beCore this happened the Whigs Whip had tad nominated Henry Clay of ot Kentucky who md hod tried twice before Un In 1824 and again In Ir 1832 to be bo the Democratic I Ita standard bearer Theodore of ot New York was named as us his bill running mate so again the Whigs swung Into nto a singing campaign shouting Hurrah hurrah I The country's For Henry Cia Clay and The Democrats were wert capable of doing a hit bit ol ot vocalizing themselves so ao they sang right back Farewell oh oM farewell to thee Clay ot of Kentucky Well Vell leave the the to wander by Salt Bait Rivers River's shore hore We W. well welt might have known that thaL thy cause wan wag unlucky For the th l Democrats beat thee lhee so ao often before That song long was a true prophecy for lor the Demo Deml- crate croll did bent beat Clu Clay again and elected Polk But the Whigs had bad their revenge tour four years later When again they nominated u military hero am and began be egan singing the praises of ot Old Zech Zach Taylor bold ane and steady teady Sometimes Hough I but always Ready Heady For his running mate they named Millard of New York One of ot tl t songs gongs dI de d I dared The Th ball ban I I. I opened on both aides The Th pantie now hays hav made mad their choice Cans Cau on the Loco donke donkey rides The Whigs for tor Taylor give Iva their voice rote Pull Full boys boy all an pull steady for or and for tor Rough Hough and Read Ready The Democrats who ho had nominated Lewis Caa Cas ot of Michigan for Cor President and Gen ln William 0 i huller Hutler of ot Kentucky a Mexican war hero bero fo to vice vlee president roared back at them The They come In Democratic van van From old Kentucky Kentuck and Michigan Within the nation neat to shine chine In eighteen hundred and aneS forty For ever every state slate declare It so ao 10 That Ca Casa and nutter In must KO go Next Nut Fourth of Much March will prove It so 10 For thus thu have ban freedmen willed It t. it ohn ohl Out But the Whigs were better prophets wb when n they Ban sang I Ilie lien lies lie's on n victory's track rack and he be cant can't be pu put back for the lb people have Ilave said that they the trust In III old So our brave Rough sad and Ready nead In triumph shall baU run rill Fill the tho White Whit House Houll U I. reached and our victory wool wont e 1 oC 0 C C CABIN A Bf Jf r- r w n j Ob d l' l P 4 T Z tE M VI- VI II II HARimON H. H TV m C. C En lUs Asa e. e t ee A A. Campaign Song Bong cf of 1540 1140 S W t.- t. So Old Jlou hough h and aDd Bendy was sung s Into the tile Presidency Just as I Old Tippecanoe had been The he campaign of ot Franklin Tierce vs VII Gen Scott In 1832 was nas a comparatively colorless col cot orless oriese one but 1830 1858 was another case of ot whoop It If up with sons song and shouting The slavery question WB was the big hilt Issue The Nothing Know 1 nomi nominated party formed largely of ot slavery pro Fillmore The Democratic party nominated James Buchanan of ot Pennsylvania and the new ne Republican party In Its first convention nominated Gen James C C. Fremont the so-called so Pathfinder Thousands of ot Free Free Sollers with an almost religious teal sent sang All Alt hall to Fremont well swell the lofty acclaim Like winds wind from the mountain like prairies aflame Once trot the Pathfinder Is h forth on his hi hunt Clear the way wet for tor or free ire soil for Cor free tree men and Fremont However the tho Pathfinder couldn't find Ond the way to the White While House for tor Buchanan was wall elected When the next nest campaign year ear came come around another candidate came me out of the West est t I r S z 1 s M Mt t j Sw v m This Helped Elect Old Rough and Ready with the affectionate and vote gathering characterization characterization char char- Abe Lincoln the of ot old old oll Old Illinois rall cult So the l Republicans sang Hurrah for tor our cause caus Of Ot all causes best beet Hurrah for tor Old Abe Honest Abe Ab of the West And An right back bock at them the Democrats sang derisively Say hes he's capable and honest Loves Lovea his hi country Rood good alone atone Never drank a drop of ot whisky Wouldn't know It from a a. tonel Any lie you tell well tell well we'll swallow swallow- Swallow any kind of mixture Out But oh ob don't dont we dont we pray and bK beg b 1 you you yon Dont Don't for tor sod Gods sake lake show how his picture Ulysses Ulysse S. S Grant regarded as the savior of ot the Union didn't have much difficulty In winning the election of ot 1808 so no no songs of ot any Importance importance tance tonce came out of ot that campaign Four years later when Horace Greeley gave him more opposition opposition one of ot the tile songs gongs which his supporters sang loni declared that General a rants Grants the man manTo manTo manTo To work for tor Uncle Sam Bam He lie will lead leneS the van And brat beat the Greeley clan Well We'll trust him Mm still 1111 to rule the nation hula Itule the nation rule the nation Well Vell trust him still to rule the th nation He ne saved ved our glorious Union During the Hayes campaign of ot 1870 1876 even the little children were familiar with the song gong that declared hay rides a white while horse horn Tilden rides a mule Hayes U t. a a. gentleman Tilden la Is a fool too 11 I IThe r I IThe The Cleveland Blame campaign of 1834 was noteworthy for tor Its songs the most famous being the Democratic hymn which declared that Prom From Maine Main to California The rhe people shout Well wn vote for tor drover Cleveland who Will turn th the lh rascals out The Bryan campaigns law saw a revival Tilden with rid rid- of or the doggerel McKinley lag Ins the white horse horae and Bod Bryan Dryan riding the mule When Alton 13 D. B Parker larker and Theodore noose Roose- relt felt were the opponents In 1004 1001 the Democrats came out with the lyrical prophecy that He lie will alwa always keep the tb nations nation's credit sate safe and sound lound And will wilt oust out dishonest men wherever they thy are found- found He H will bury Teddy under forty tort feet het of ot ground Alton U U. U Parker Poker la t. his name But Dut he be didn't For to the tune of that popular pope lar Spanish American war song long Therell Be De a aHot Hot Ilot Time tn In the Old Town Tonight the Rough RoughRider RoughRider Rider went ent back to the Homo again During the next nest two decades campaign campal a songs were not mot ao so potent as 81 were slogans and catchwords catch catch- words words that that Is until 1023 1028 when Al Smith was the Democratic candidate Then The Sidewalks of ot dew few ew York a song of ot the gay nineties was revived and It swept the country Into a frenzy of ot singing But Dut It U didn't sweep It Into a frenzy of ot voting for tor the Democratic candidate Even Ena Enat t though Who ho Hoover I I as a good lood campaign ballad couldn't compare with the Sidewalks Hoover was elected nevertheless Aa As for tor the last campaign campal n every one remembers ben bers how the American people wanting to be be- believe believe lieve Here that the depression was over joined lustily In III singing Hippy Happy Da Days Are there Here Again and andIn andIn andin In tending sending the smiling prophet of that belief bellet to the White House louse What will b be the outstanding song gong of ot the 1030 campaign That question can caD be answered better on the morning of ot November lember l A ember vember fi 5 than It can be ana ns en 1 l C e Wester pP Ual i t e |