Show r A DA DAY Y WITH WILLIAM H. H TAFT f I i j jI STUMPING TOWNS OF IOWA l uray f g lies heavily upon an Iowa cornfield ono ono one of ot those spacious cornfields corn corn- fields of tho ol West that stretch for tor a nile pI Or two In every direction without a n. fence once or a n road to interrupt the tho and arni end- end of at six Ix and eight t foot stalks a as compactly as crack a l regimen of ot Infant Infantry on on The red of ot the tho sun Bun Is just Juet ing to lore Ibre a n tunnel of ot rudd ruddy light through the mist mist The vapor lies low Ics BO so clos close to the ground that a giant could wk n with wih his head In clear air nil without being able ablo to see bolow belOw the top bUon of his hh waistcoat In the midst f r the thickest of corn with cor the ears Ear of oC the nearest stalks beards inclining so heavily that their silky brush blush the tho dew from Its varnished var var- hd Ides Ide looms 18 a n big Pullman car lher Then Ther it I stands as natural a as life lire as If It It were ero the tho I I thing most to be ex cx- e- e In the world worM that a Pullman should jo C marooned at ut up sun-up in tho the middle of ot an Iowa loiva cornfield As the fog a bit and bit grows thinner sue suc sut- sut to th the voracious onslaught of the sees a C dull cul metallic gleam which sa gradually merges Into a n. double lino of at teel springing from beneath the of ot the car and leading leadinG on off of vaguely into the mist There is a switch rack Irack swich tip to upon which tho the Pullman Coifed ol d hou hours before and came Caine to ent ek oed for tor the night niGh t with wih a squealing ot of brakes and arid a a farewell snort nort or tw twi from fron the engine that backed it u uin n tho switch from the main line lino lne o of the he railway a few hun bun dred Ired red feet off of With lh Dawn Daun A fat tat shivering In tho the mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing chill chi out on the car cr platform yarns with a n prodigious display of lv hl ry and vanishes inside Blue smoke moke begin to ascend from tho the p e that protrudes from the roof ovel oel the kitchen of ot the car Breakfast Is wn way Prett Pretty soon are card in the gray ocean i that whirls ml jIl billows over tho the cornfeld cornfield corn- corn Held field feld tho the c of or heavily shod feet scuffling abug tho cinders and cro crossties cross cross- s- s ties of the of Qt wn way Half Hair anc a dozen dosen doz dos en on men out of or the fog tog then a 0 dozen two core score a hundred until the platform of ot the tho to car is surrounded I Here Hele FIC FO se Is cries one OTC of ot tho the crowd T ey ey hang hanG curiously and bashfully or or a minute until finally the bolder spirits spiris began to call cal softly soft soft- Rf- Rf Is ly 1 I Hey Ell I Come on out Y Wo We wont Vow o I to see Bee Three cheers for tor Taft TaC Tho c cIers erg are arc given with about half haIr of or tI soft ot pedal on The They gr- gr gw n bolder a an more earnest about It i r r- r It W y more people who eon con or U UP the track The door opening opening ng pon the observation ion platform swings savings i fide Ide and an cIder elderly mo mon I with hl coat collar conar turned up his and his halt hair sed mu mussed step steps out H U is cr very suave and phenomenally considering that tIl H fl 1 is la cold and his eyelids n- n astill still w with wih sleep I am ver very sorry orr but bur you ou wll wil wl have havo to excuse Mr Taft TaC says tho the m hunching bunching hunchInG up his shoulders in ina ina a He lIe Js ver very ery vere very vary e tired and I i we wait to let him sleep as long lone long as we I can cn He has hns a hard day before him 1 and md J admit that it I is Js for tor jiu u to t boo bo paying bo-paying a l cali cU calif califOn On Or can cn gather Anther from tHe conversation conversa conversa- tion ton On o far tar that the car Js is the one i I tho the Republican candidate for tor la is campaigning and that it i hs been run for the tho night upon a a. 0 hf a village so f o that Mr Tat Tal aft can rest soundly after the fa- fa of ot tho the previous days day's Jolting ta-I ta and ant speaking over o er three or four tour hun- hun drel miles mies of territory The collarless ma mai is C onel JCl nel Dan IDan Ja Ransdell ser ser- serI i I at s of ot tho the United States Rest Rest-at- H He is in charge charlo of the Taft TaC terAe make male the to r. r His Ils mission is to as easy er as possible for tor tho the c the drie tr and to save him as much bother ard aid annoyance as ns he hc can But Dut the crowd is per persistent 1 darn sight earlier than Were Verc Vore up a 0 earler J ll J l is Is says zas za's a tall taU lean farmer far tar mer In the tho fore Core rank We beam nr t l he was t to S anchored out here and we wc j ji jut t want to hev hey a a look bolt at him and him that were we're fer tel him all al rJ right ht II tel kind re recommences re- re Gentlemen you are cr very lend commences Colonel Mr taft will appreciate It it I know but it I aC wi really eally wouldn't ho bo fair fall for rol me mo to call cali him I will 1 tell tel him you called calC I and randIi rand and 1 Ii Three for tor Taft some one They given and then If Te are aro 1 j Run alon along in and tell Bill bi were we're here Hell He'll lel see us lies He's the man we wc want not you Bring Dring him out G Gentlemen it Is only 5 o'clock patiently expostulates Colonel Handel Mr I Taft Tat didn't get Jet to bed until until you Tou better fetch him out If It you ou dont don't dont don't want to lose ev every ry vote ate in this town lown breaks In the spokesman Approving Al Ap proving provine cheers and cries rise sive G Gentlemen SaYS says Colonel Rans- Rans dell deU Three cheers for Taft whoop the crowd Colonel mOSt most most loyal and roi excellent man loses lose his temper He lIe smites mites the railing with wih an Intern Intern- per te hand and explodes Darn It I Tho mans man's got to have havo jar some sleep 1 Then th the Train 1 but nut But the uproar rows grows and grows correspond correspond- Inside the car newspaper grunt and growl rowl and wonder audibly and profanely why hard work- work Ipg men like themselves cannot be left lef Ip Ill peace to finish their snooze In tho the stateroom a stalwart after an uneasy roll rol or two sits halt bolt hol upright ater listens a moment and shade shado two then raises lIes the window Inches He Hc hears hers part of ot Colonel Ransdell's speech with wih its sputtering conclusion and the tho Irreverent comment comment com corn ment of or the crowd He grins to himself him him- self eif slides from fra his bed slips Blips alps on an his el trousers an and shoes wiggles into a Ion long I raincoat and strides out into the car As he does eo so there Is a bump arid and Ind a s hissing of air all as 8 the engineer tries his brakes The locomotive has come to whirl tho the tuft Taft car cr westward Before Detore Mr Taft TaC reaches tho the platform platform plat pInt form the tho car 11 has hns started He only has time hue to say tuy cr My 1 friends and smile 1010 ns as tho the white faces of ot tho the c crowd with tho the cold mist bedewing I beards and mustaches with white rime grow row dimand dim dimand and natured vanish face The Thela surmounted la villagers cr with s see e a tousled good good- hair and a hu huge o hand waving wa ln faro fare 1111 well vell to th them m over tho the polished bra brass wel falling i They lose their speech but the they have seen een feen Taft and thc they are sat sat- I I B By ginger comments comment one man tIles hes hC a mighty good feller He climbed out dut of bed ea to s see e us and wed we'd a had a S darn goo good speech and nd maybe maybe shook dar blast blasted d d bends with him too It If that engine hadn't come along It lacked halt half an hour at 6 d o'clock Taft disappeared from the when Mr 11 Tat disappointed and carl early rising His day had begun It I would hundreds end after midnight in a city audience In Inthe Inthe Inthe of miles away when whet tho the the opera away house would file fe out with Next ch cheers chers for Our ers cx zealots zealot President and persistent keen to shako the candidates candidate's hand hanl could be persuaded more or less tactfully tact tact- I fully tuly to disperse and let lct tho the weariest man In tho the world seek worl his car and pose re repose re- re Public l Anxious to Sec Seo Se Him Campaigning with wih Taft is strenuous work work Mr Tafts Taft's I. I work consists consist In talking at the sixteen or eighteen days day's scheduled itinerary stops that aro are listed on the The work woric of those who accompany him o of ot Private Co Col 1 Secretary Carpenter and the thc others is to try to persuade Mr Taft Taff Tar not to overwork himself and his vol voice It Is IR a queston ques ques- lion tion ton which has lias the hardest Job Mr Taft Tar he Is a good rood carpal campaigner nel How good 11 himself nor any of or his lila friends I suspected until ho took the stump tump in this campaign Nothing pleases him more nore than to get out among tho the people Mr rr Taft until now has hail had few chances to come taco face to face faco with the tile great curious American public A A- A rr n Ll r r. r t L' L t. t t- t i. i r t 1 j i l l' l i I J t 1 1 1 t J l I I 7 J i. i l i t f- f lj 4 a f ibm i I J s I 9 I r J. J W i 17 f rii 47 t I 1 I t t i A M v o 4 ut 1 I J r J ll 4 g T U I o. o f j r. r t. t tl 1 r p cl f A p 1 r I vL v t. t I r lW G L f I j i M I 0 j. j t I J J I I 0 H w i I 1 M EC I I n I I I W Jo- Jo I IJo I i. i 4 U j i l 1 I S r h ifT At r j M I I r 0 I J j ff i f J r tU 4 1 t t j c 1 r 1 i 1 l T 4 c I t i t r t M. M 1 t 0 r r I. I 1 S I r S. S r L S. S J r t S O at Jit J. S s 1 J. J t r M J tJ r. r J. J i i. i I I 1 r I I J r I t 1 I r. r l. l r 1 I f fL t. t WILLIAM WILLI H. H TAFT TAT IN L ACTION ACT ION i stenographers and ad camp fol toJ- to- to lowers At ono ond and Is nn observation observe observe- tion Uon platform for tor B speaking sneaking purposes purpose and the tho compartment with its is upholstered chairs Is necessary for tor tho the re reception reception re- re of or the tho local committees Speeches for Api Appetizers D By breakfast time Mr Taft Tar probably probably ably has spoken twice as an appetizer A third stop Is made just as ns he I is about to plunge his knife into a 0 thick porterhouse steak smoking hot from the kitchen He Tic deserts the steak steak It ItIs Itis I is a minute five stop The crowd is unusually enthusiastic and hospitable There is an unusual unusually large number I of labor men in it I. I Mr Taft gob gets got to talking about labor legislation Five FIe minutes up cautions Col CoI hand on bell bel rope ropo an and tug- tug gli sl g at Mr II Tafta Tafts Tats Tat's coattails Well 01 make it i ten minutes then Ho He had done lOne plenty of at speech mak ing tug I In the big cities cites but had rarely spoke to rural audiences such aa ao those which gather at nt the small nUt sta to tons size izo and ant up col collect tho the man t from who miles mies is appealing around st- st for Cor their suffrage He lie has had no time There was too much to do In the Philippines In Cuba In Washington Washing Washing- ton and at Panama The Tho car upon which Mr Taft had made his home homo since he lie left lett Tal Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati o on his first frt Invasion of oC the tho MIddie MIddle Mid MId- dle die West est and into some parts of ot which were called caled the countr country coun coun- try tr but which were really Taft real ter ter- is 18 an ordinary Pullman sleeper sleep sleep- er with a dining car attached such as any ny ono one who ha had he money to pay a PEO eighteen fares tares for mile every trav tray ma may hire if ho feels reels so dIsI dis din I The posed berths Mr are Taft divided has lias the among stateroom the tho newspaper correspondents tho secre- secre says MS Mr rr Taft Tt I want to toll toU these men how I stand stem on labor questions so that they'll thoU know that I am nm nm amnot not against them The five minutes stretches to fit fit- U- U teen The Tho stock Is la stone stono cold when Mr Taft raf resumes his seat scat at tho the table but ho he doesn't care Ho He knows knos that ho has been frank franl with wih the laboring men and he believes that they believe bellevo him when he said that ho had never been antagonistic to their interests Interests Pret Pretty soon tho the train halts hals opposite a foundry A A platform has been built but so that Mr Taft TaCt i Is to stef stet direct directly from tho the car into to the tho dim dust dusty fled building Workmen in overalls and jumpers and with ith smudged faces and grimy hands clamber upon the tho th Inert mechanical mechanical me me- giants to hear what he says rays rs Mr Gompers says that ho can cnn deIv deliver deliver de de- de- de Iv liver r the labor vote vote vote- vote ho begins I lb Ho He cant can't deliver ours our shouts shout a aman aman man A mighty cheer rises In another town he Is whisked into IntI a carriage and drawn through the lines Jnes of cheering thousands to a town square where a stump of a huge tree serves him for Cor a rostrum A little girt girl Irl is pushed forward and antI bashfully A hands him a bouquet bouquet He lie bends down and as ns courteously and painstakingly as though he were addressing a queen I he thanks her She trips awn away confidence confidence con con- ful fully restored and the tho happiest happi happi- est ent little girl in seven soven so en counties countes Hero Conies Comes a n Melon Icon Three men come lugging lugginG a giant watermelon aboard tho the car In ono town It I Is 1 labeled From the Democrat Democrats of or Such and Such and How the tho crowd roars and the men whack their thighs with wih their hands handa as ns Mr Taft says I am nm very much obliged to the tho Democrats of SUch Such and I 1 would much prefer to have havo a watermelon watermelon water water- melon li hn from them than a lemon 50 5 interrupt his luncheon lunch- lunch I eon con and his voice is growing husky Tho The physician who accompanies him his throat throat It I Is a disagreeable process but Mr oIl Taft submits submit Ho lIe lo would do anything rather hoarseness than have o hn to stop because e of 1 I train More local committees pl pile on tho the I There bavo o boon beon 18 speeches so far tar and tho the afternoon Is 18 I I spen spent t only halt half hal Three thol thousand Republicans want ant to sn say Hello Heno Bill Bi Wont Won't you stop and let us see you ou a 1 minute reads cads a n tole telegram rm that I IH IR handed aboard from Colonel a station staton 20 W miles mies ahead Wore Were ore n tAn TI i. i n shakes his head au IC lt the tho o Jf says sS s'S Mr Taft Tar we can cn afford to be a n little late lato to tc olease Republicans lite Ioto So o the train stops and It la is the crowd you ou over saw In our your Ife Ie The editor of ot tho the local weekly scrambles over o the gate gato of the plat plat- form orm and yells This will carry Skookum or you ou wil Mr 11 Taft TaCt err carry county Having carried Skookum aft at Is county Mr af reinforced for tor the half a n dozen 1 r 1 so stops and speeches that must bo be naile before nightfall The halts are so I 0 brief that he does doe not try hals to formally rin a I yIm y to speak Im Im ml mighty ht glad lad to see you OU and r T thank you ou for tor coming out and and I would ike 11 e to shako hands with as ns many as I wih an an says rays ho The They swarm up and ho ha grabs their ends andl throe three at a time until tho the ruth ruth- ss Ransdell ISI gives the tile signal and tho the rain fraIl moves on Long lons Do Cub Ci t nt Lout InOt I. I It I t is dark lark before the town wh where hero ro tho thoe g e meeting of the da day tho the mass maRs meeting is to be h hold held ld IB is reached c hl A tho train is still sti banging over ho he switches of th the railroad yard |