XEW-YORK TAFTWORKERS PESTERED BY MANY CRANKS...GEORGE E. IDE. One of the vice-presidents. FRANK J....

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GEORGE E. IDE. One of the vice-presidents. FRANK J. PRICE. One of the executive committee. VARTTN HE»»VA\':i, One of the vice-presidents. ISAAC N. SELIGWAN. One of the vice-presidents. They Waste Mvxch Valuab Aiding the Cand •••R'onder what fr*ak'!l coxae next?" remarked cr ." of the managers of Mm unofficial Tart organi- jjitton. leaning back in his chair on th« tenth floor of *°- ITO Broadway. * Hardly •«• the words spoken when » little p-aj- man. with a. last year's straw hat and a six- ic**t map roiled up under his arm. darted into the. efflce. eluded IB» sable Cerberus at the door and j^nptraied the inner sanctum, exclaiming: '••Good fflorainp. fir. I represent one of the most factoid cartographic firms In this city, and de- jyjte the hard times we are Felling large numbers of oar do«bie glazed, indeslructlhle and mathe- iMllnr"- accurate of the world, the United Si*les. the state, the city and everything else that "ran be r.:ar?<*d. p*** IdM r °t c^l here to sell you sr.rt&"?- although we are offering bargains in view of husir.ess conditions. 1 am first and foremost a patriot and an admirer of that pood and great man. •Williair. H. Taft, and the thought came to me this morning that even rr.y humble talents might he useful in elevating to the Presidential chair the - ----- of this Republic. I do not pretend t0 j>e a great orator, a DanieJ Webster vr a Chaun- crr Pepe»- ««« yef— "We are hot engaging speakers at present, my friend" •Tes! V<-s! I know it is a little early: tl)«» can- £Msate has not yet been nominated, although he t.tl! V by a unanimous vote, but I wish to pre- fect myseM a? a possibility i?i advance. Candor cosrpe 1-^1 -^ rr.e To state that I have talcea no part in |w>!itir*; Bhice ISSS. whon 1 was an ardent Prohibi- ttodk, b«t the art of <-anv«ss;njr for many erudiie. vrf ful and necessary ohj.x-ts has kept me in the hsmesf. and I am confident that I could taik or. the 6txnnp with preat persuasiveness. I yzo-ry zO-r that fund.- are short this rear, the corpora- tion are sJightly feanul and distrustful that they trill W- t^ ejr raoaey back, therefore I will make tn citrcraeiy modest proposition M to emolument. la fact, during the campaign I will continue to czr.T&z* irupF in the daytime and s{*?.ak for Taft in the ever-incs. six evenings a week, redhot Fpe^ches. aaj »* ere in the metropolitan district, for 51SO a night and carfare. Can you beat it?" "It is a ion- price for first cla<=s oratory like yours." said the manager, politely. ••; told you that ty »" p making no arrangements for pj>eakors tt this time." TAFT CLOTHED IN MAPS. "Can"! you put me on the waiting list and ad- tmnm me a small sain to tid*' over and assure you rfisy penices?" asked the little man. "Of onurse. 2 am a Btinch Republican in politics, but orator>" is f ynnrre of livelihood, and some other men in my rot'tion would feel justified in offering their ser- lc« to tin Demo-rats, purely as a matter of busi- rrss. I could not think of detrrading myself to that extCCt act while the Grand Old Party gives the least BdatQlJ of hope to the ----- If it is ahsp>jt(-:v taposslble for you to take an option en -s7 t£>nt?i -.-a speaker— the -;•-«• spellbinder gtmqxiaus t? my «>ars I wish to suggest a cdMBK- for y'O?'.in? Mr. Taft by the sale of a r.a? is xrhich each and every state and territory liaafr* ' w::!: his visage. Better still, a figure of lit candidate with >"ew Tork. Massachusetts and pßßßjlrania WTaippei about him as a coat; New j«?<t. Ohi^ and Veraaont as his straw hat; other piles far hie trousers, and so on down the line" - 'That i- c a brilliant suggestion, my o*>ar sir," Kifithe manager. "But, you know Mr. Taft is Mr. l^'ii-ar. hesitated to dii - ; te the visitor c Time of Those Who Are date Practically. ? '" rg * nia "- There might not be enough states to flt him. at least in the estimation of our en*. roies. No,-, you mu?t really pardon me. Your Mesa will be given the attention they deserve rnank you for calling. Good morning!" "Why did you give him so much rope?" asked a friend Bitting beside the manager's desk as the sable Cerberus, otherwise Perkins the Pleasant ejected the map man with violence disguised a^ courtesy. "He may have a vote." was the profound reply "We have- to jolly "em all, because they all have votes." A Bomber of bankers and business men who had helped to form the organization came in and asked for Vice-President George E. Ide or Chair- man I.oms c. Hay of the executive committee A stranger had it explained to him that the organi- zation was unofficial, because Secretary Taft de- clined to indorse movements in his favor in states where there are favorite sons, as New York and Pennsylvania. Governor Hughes is the favorite son in New York, therefore Mr. Tiffs friends are compelled to root for Tart on their own hook. Borne of the work of the organization has been to frond out illustrate articles to the press, the mail- ing of four hundred thousand Taft Indorsement slips to voters ttiroughout the state and the dis- tribution of innumerable Taft button?, badges and watch fobs. The offie-s are decorated with large Photographs of t!i.> prospective candidate In golf costume, riding: dress. Siberian furs, platform and oilier habiliments. Ono picture shows merely the massive back of the War Secretary, with two horizontal wrinkles in the coat, while another emphasizes his baggy .-uri capacious trousers framed behind ;i ferryboat gate. Perhaps it was the voluminous trousers in this picture that inspired a balloon man with the novel idea of advertising the candidate by sending up a gas bap resembling -;-sig Bill- and exploding it in the sky with a simultaneous magic display of red. white and blu..- stars forming \u25a0 halo over the fire ( portrait of the next President. CANDIDATE WOULD EXPLODE. "It might seem invidious to make him explode." admitted the balloon man. "but it would attract at- tention a-'l the Immediate succeeding pyrotechnic display, with the addition of such mottoes as 'My policies:' and 'Let us alone!' would rouse the pa- triotism of all spectators. It isn't serious enough? Say. if Iknow anything about politics, you never win if you get serious. You v.-in the support of the people if you keep 'em amused and cheerful." A. E. Cllman. press representative of the Taft organization, is a man of generous proportions, and at times assumes an air of dignity befitting the larger statesman. He looks as if he would weigh ahout two hundred pounds in his pajamas. While be was sitting at his desk the other day dictating to his stenographer a series of polished articles on "Taft on the Platform," '"Taft, the Graduate of Yale." "Tatt. the Traveller " "Taft. the Judge," "Taft. the Governor." "Taft. the Secretary of War," ar.ti a few other k.tids of Tafts, a sunburned citi- zen from up the state entered the outer office, stared a mom nt and murmured: "Is that Mr. Taft sittin' there?'" Before :i reply could be given the visitor rushed forward with outstretched horny band and cried: "Iknew him by his picter! Here's one honest vote for yon. Mr. Taft!" for fear of losing his vote, but at length he gently remarked: "I welcome you. fir, in the name of our great candidate. It is flattering to be mistaken for him, especially when I have no mustache like the dls- tinsruished Secretary." The press representative, while writing magazine articles on the under world of New York, lived on the Bowery for some months and made acquain- tance with all kinds of hoboes and crooks. One of these called at the office recently, and said: "VOTE EAELY AND OFTEN." "Say. pal, dis is de great lift all right, all right, an' I'm mighty glad dey got a \u25a0white man t' boost his nibs into de Presidential sofa. I'd radder see Taft hold down de springs dan any. gazabo except 'Big Tim,' and a suggestion come. into me nut dat d»re ought f be pomethin' doln* t' push it along among rie. class of hoboes. Say, am I get tin' nutty, what? Don't pound till you get the homestretch. Tho 'hos is bein' organized by the anarklsts an' socialists. If dey reed 'em, why don't we need 'em? Some of 'em ls» voters an' rie reft vote anyhow, but (leyre a pood class f circulate de propaganda among rie common people an' allay de poison of discontent. Dey're always travellin' an' bummin' across country', meetin' farmers an" workingmen, so it'd be a cinch f train 'em to hand out littychure an" paste up stickers on water tanks an' pass de tip along dat Taft was de savior of de nation. A 'bo won't work, but dis wouldn't be like work. You cd have inspectors f see that each man done his share, an' you bet he'd do a lot for the price of two tubs o* suds a day. 'Course you g-^t to trow a little extra spiel into 'em how affable Taft HOW JACK RELAXED IN SAN FRANCISCO TOO BIG A LOAD FOR A LITTLE MAN. Naval patrols caring for a fellow sailor who ho d partaken of too much welcoming cheer at San Francisco. Twway years aso the inhabitants of an American dry Eirnt w«-ll have preferred to have the-.- main ttnn "shct up" by avowed "baud men** rather than incur the friend:y invasion of eighteen thousand aUtrr. Up to v«=ry rvc^ntlv, when such came *shor». he d<=vo:ed himself with praiseworthy pin- Fif taindfdness to having a pood time. It was generally taken as a matter of course that he inrjld became intoxicated, indulpe in occasional ftreet fights, make things unpleasant for quiet •jcairnered citizens and cenerally have a pood tin*, at the expanse o f tnc feelings of any one *+.o vrz* so enfortnnate as to be near him. Said tbe pood r,2tured citj- folks, as they barred their doers: "Pwr relkrw! He lias eea out on the lonely sea '\u25a0 - a ior.g time; row let him enjoy his little asms -" thank God when he goes!" That was in the old days, we say. A few weeks f- the greatest patherinß of ngiiiiiifj ships ever «£KinbW under the American flag dropped anchor fa San FranciPoo Bay after successfully compl«»t- fc? 1 cruise in history. Did the citi- »ss cf San Frsncisco bar their doors? Not they! 1 r.«w nvie-T of thinjrs has been gradually creeping £. a change for the better, whose culmination was Te£ched ard celebrated ing; those glorious eleven fiiJT of *-elcom<? and entertainment at San Fran- chro. Once upon a tirr^, as the Pto-ry books Fay. th» po- «* department was likely to be th* chief sufferer \u25a0*fees ar.y c<-;r.si<jera.bl» number of bluejackets hon- a city with their presence; it -was worked ov*rtin;«' flaring Jark's rtay, and thanked heaven w devoutly as a police department can for Its few *r&Kt when he left. Ask the police of San Fran- cisco what they have to report concerning the con- i'-Kt cf the dty*i - teen thousand guests In eai- kr FUits. Chi*» of Police Biggy said to us on th« \u25a0*.«\u25a0 of the -, .• \u25a0 vieit: "I am dei'phted beyond measure at the splendid w *^ afiir.tair.ed by the pallors ashore. Che record ** act \u25a0- sir.jr'.e arrest is Indeed gratifying, and •^•y "une^uiLued in the history of similar occa- =*- The rpiendid appearance and gentlemanly *«4act c* our Eiilors should be a matter of na- " -\u25a0_ pride.** ?>-isk of it. SCot \u25a0 single arrest' As * tiw ciilsens bow much trouble the tailors •**• then-., and Ike. aasejar is likely to be: "More hffitnri n for the cash register than usual." •«». that certainly was one side of the occasion. r " Jack sot only "dropped" a deal of his own •»vtegs ir _. , B presence, his parading, and above *^ *i*shkvj on which he lives, attracted thou- •**' ' cur'.ous visitors to th« city, and visitors. "\u25a0"wer hai ftiaiiC must live, and living is likely 10 aetr. veaCac money! 3°* i:: the Bailors look? THE AMLE.ICAX TYPE. Ers*y oep who saw the parade remarked upon **' T ejlai - : appearance. They were young, the of them, hundreds being twenty and less. *\u25a0\u25a0/ had the broad shouMers and thick ch«-*ts of *** «c*.rcise: they marched with a swing and *•*. •*:.\u2666\u25a0 #-njoyea it, and. above all. they **& faces which made the onlookers proud of them -cl«ar: cjj^ intea^ent faces, sunburned and ruddy tt bee::-, and outdoor life. They looked every f& Aa-ricac-Americani with strength and **" Sot \u25a0 many years back It used to be Raid, f 4^ Ji>k2r.»r;y, half la earnest, that a naval officer -** to be a linguist In order to mail* himself \u25a0"•"•tooi by his men, for all the nations of the *°*ifl were represented. Gradually the enlistment **<*»* oonSaed to tills country, men being drawn \u25a0*% tnm the seaports. To-day It is the exc*-p- 7027 02 " fin* m^n from the coast towns; the beys -•"on the Middle West, boys from the farm out to £« the world, make up the majority of Uncle J**» NMkig force at sea. **" wonder that he some-time* drifted toward *"• "hoki* of Pacific 6tr*et. where the land sharks •*°°i for (he fame of the Barb«ry Coast is known * '^ry pan of the \u25a0asaa seas and beyond, and ** naill '>' the pay light* of CHlasilwa offered •*•* "traction. After prolonged piloting across ***\ bar* tf sometimes had to be i^ken in for s*t*^ s"*« V> Ih . hufky naval patr oU, who «rr«i)>»- •**» 1" *«aplaj a*aara tb4 . y w * r * likely to be ?^«I. sxmei with tr>at "UHlies" *J>* V"" 1 ,***'«"' in th«lr beltf. prepared to MSSp M»« £\u25a0- *b«]^e r vn ew happiness seemed inclined °'-'. on an ex^sgemenb Bt (t«irt» P Putnam. Wonderfully Good Conduct, on the Whole, of Uncle Sam's Tars. THE ONE HE LIKED. A country clergyman on his round of visits In- terviewed a youngster as to his acquaintance wtt!ai Itible stories. "My .ii." he said, "you have, of cour— '. heard of the parables?** "Yes. sir," shyly answ*r*«l th« boy, who* moths? had inducted him in sarred history. '"Tan. str." "Goo«1V" !>aif! th* clergyman. "Now. w*iiea off them do you Ilka fke best of atlT" Tha boy nqutrmed. but at last, heedias; hl» mother's frown*, he replied; "I like that on» «•;:«\u25a0• somebody lcafj and flanea"— London Optatoa. A wei! !a sunk to the depth found necessary for the stratum, anil there is r.o further seed of ice. In the basement of the store mentioned above a hole about eijrhte^n Inches In diameter is run to a ruid air shaft, .md when the temperature of th* cellar becomes too high the plusr Is removed from the air pipe: If i: were out all the time the prodti< c in the room would freeze. The mouth of th» sam*- fbaft opens into what wm:!<l be an Ice- house In another C't3v :ind a current of the lce> cold air fillr; the plar*-. ke«- P injr the butter. egsa. meats and other goods at a temperature Just above freezing point. There seems to be a stratnm of ir<» eeH air t>9~ low the city r>f Thompson at a uepth of from thirty to forty feet, anil the r^<iilents ne>v« taken advantage of the fact. A coM air well is almr»st as much a necessity in Thompson as the kitchen stove. Mr MaddoT was everted to one of the stores «{ the city, tak»n downstairs and invited to stick hia head in a hole in the wall, from which a large* plug had b-?en taken. Outside the thermometer stood at 9') in the shade, bat the- air which cam* out of the hole in the wall made Senator Maddox think he hn<l be^-n jabbed by an ire chest. The air was painful after com ins from the heated upper woria. In this respect Thompson might quite appro- priately termed the eighth wonder of the world. and the way la not the way of the man. la fact there are no ire men in Thompson. They aro nf)r neerltM. Whenever a Thompson citizen desires a refrigerator proper he simply dies a hole la the ground and pipes cold air into his cooling chest instead of rillingit with Ice. The air is dry and clean and far ah°a>l of Ice. Then are several sections in Montana, where an ice trust this summer will have no terrors, eren though it were monopolistic, grinding and bindfmc in character. Thi.s is Xterav.se of the stransa phenomena known a3 unrlerground cold air blasts, which have be^n found to he available throughout the yt-ar irrespective of the temperature on the surface. State Senator Fletcher MadSoos. who re- cently visited the more noted of these at Thomp- son Falls, Sanders County, has related his experi- ence. The ordinary air coming out of an airshaft in Thompson is. at t'r.e mouth of the, shaft. S3 d*- grees, but in some instances runs even lower. There are other localities in Montana where th» colii air stratum may be found, but not another where an entire city takes advantage of the fact and pipes cold air about as other cities pipe gas and w3ter. In White's Onlch. one of the early 'gold mining camps of lUeagher County, in the Belt Mountain?. a cold air stratum was discovered a quarter of a century ago. and in a peculiar manner- Jame3 Me- Cahe. one of the pioneer miners, planted a field of potatoes one summer. He raised a good crop In. fact, larger than he had *xpeete«l— and found that he would nee.i a storehouse for them, so he dug a. cellar in the mountainside just back of his cabin. The cellar was driven into the hill perhaps twenty He harvested his crop and stored the several tons of potatoes in the cellar. Double doors were. arranged over the opening. Imagine his surprise when, some time later, he opened the doors, to &xA all his "spuil.-*"' frozen solid, with icicles hanging from the roof of the cellar? Yet the thermometer ha.l not reache.l the freezing point at the cabin. not thirty f»-et away. From that t!m^ oa the cel- lar was use<i as a refrigerator by M<-Cabe and all his neighbors in reach, and the hottest days oZ July anil August did not dispel the icicles hanging from the roof. Stepping from the outer air a few feet inniile the cellar was like receiving a dash of tee wat^r in the face. The cellar Is still there. anj la always shown to visitors to that section. Another natural refrigerator in Montana is to be» found in Upper NVw York Gulch, another old min- ing camp in the Belt ran?e. Cascade County. A shaft had bet-n raised perhaps thirty feet from a bedrock drain anil was used for years as a re- frigerator, a cart-ass of beef could be kept therein even during the hottest of summer months. Th« shaft finally tilled with ice to within a few feet of the surface, and Is still used -i a never- ?mpty to* chest by the few residents of that neighborhood. Ground and Connect Refriger- ators zL'ith Freezing Air. Inhabitant* Drill a Hole in the NATURE HAS FORMED U TRUST. PITY THE POOR MONTANA ICE MM Snort 1 gw«w you cooldn't let rr« nave tl!> for a •*e"»k. could -sou? Long—Say. you ought to be able to make a fortune At the racetrack. Short— Why. L^nr-Tou are sucJi a good guesi-r.-Colcago New» \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0" %%'£>_ --z2 Is to de unemployed, and when he was President he'd make de railroads carry everybody on de rods free an' wldout fear of de bulls. Gimme fly* hundred plunks an' I'llmake de organized 'bos of America, a power In de land an' a bulwark against dese wildcat idees of unrest. De hobo class stands for a rest an' wants to be let alone. Sam» as all odder respectable people. You seen detr style when you met dem In de Bowery morgues. Dey're de greatest politicians on earth, because dey got de time. When df'ie organized. dey*n do IV more good dan all de ministers an' college president?." By way of variety an Italian nobleman presented himself as a Taft enthusiast who would promote the interests of the candidate among the Italians of New York. The nobleman thought that th<* prestige of hia name would be sufficient to draw several thousand Italian votes. He would be wil- ling to write a life of Taft in the language of Dante, containing all the thrilling and picturesque incidents in the Secretary's career, and would make a few cart-tail addresses to his fellow coun- trymen in Mulberry Bend Park. All be desired in return was the price of three plates of spaghetti and two bottles of chianti a day. together with the assurance that Mr. Taft, when elected, would re- quest the Italian government to send him to Wash- ington as ambassador. WOULD BRIDGE THE ATLANTIC. An inventor presented himself with the follow- ing proposition: "I have conceived th« vastest project of the twentieth century— bridge the untamed ,leep and connect Europe and America with a solid highway, available for foot passengers, horses, automobiles, troDey cars and trains. It has never been done before. You will agree with me on that point. When it is done It will be the achievement of the ages, Think of having a bridge arross the At- lantic, obviating steamship?, reducing the passage time to less than three days It will rest on pon- toons, and will also be suspended from a series <>? balloons, so that tho occasionally raging billows will not depress the track below a level auto- matically regulated by gyroscope?. What ha? this got to do with Mr. Taft? Everything, my dear sir. I lack only $10 of completing an issue of JKMKK) stock to build the transoceanic railroa.l. and your assistance toward this project, which will pay enormous dividends, will not only be a great ad- vertisement for your candidate. but we will reserve to President Taft the privilege of touching the button which will start this gigantic road hi operation." The listener touched a burl o which brought the colored doorkeeper and sent the inventor on his way. A number of callers brought the glad n«-ws th.it they bad named their offspring George Washington Taft and Mary Eliza Jane Taft, and they did not.. seem to be satisfied with .:.• - congratulations. ! One of them, a man of color, boldly remarked that J bis Roosevelt twins had been worth J",. and hi ! thought a single Taft ought to be worth not less j than tt, even allowing for the times. Several \u25a0 egro statesmen offered their services to persuade members of their race that Brows \u25a0 was not , an issue in the campaign, and thai no negro couM j forget the grand old party that ha.l freer! him from servitude. Any suggestions along the color j line are referred to Perkins, the doorkeeper, wlw Is In fact more than he seems, being a lawyer an.i an editor. He was editor of a real newspaper in Texas. His political experience is not small, and he presided over the Taft mass meeting of rive j hundred negroes in Cooper .Union the other night Perkins says the negroes are grumbling a little. ; but they'll 'swing into line at the rig time. BUTTONS AND BADGES. A phonograph expert has suggested an elabora- | tion of the canned speech system used In the , Hearst Governorship campaign. He would have Mr Taft repeat his choicest gems into the receiving horn of a machine and distribute the cylinders to appropriate sections of the country. Western states would get orations extolling the West and the East j would echo with sentences pertaining to its wei- j fare. There would be In some cases moving [»!\u25a0• j ures of the candidate in vocal or other action to j accompany his addresses. The industrious Seere- ; tary would be shown at his desk, on horseback, at the banquet table and taking long distance walks . to the golf links at his summer home in Canada. The labor leader is enthusiastic tat Taft ami offers to do anything to get. the mir.ds of union men off the Phelan case and other incidents in the , candidate's Judicial career. He would be glad to , help the cause of Taft for nothing, only a man must live, and the uncertain;]*'* of union Jobs are such that he would like th- refusal of an insprc- I torahip In a custom house after election, or some- , thing decent in the federal patronage at home. ! The labor leader Is modest nd practical. He wants as reward no ornamental and highly honorary post that would consume all his salary- He would rather have a Quiet sinecure in the Custom House or Navy Yard. Button and badge men arrt\e in shoals with novel ideas for advertising Taft or. celluloid and bits of gilt cloth. They mostly subside whan they are Invited to look at several barrels of buttons and badges already In stock. There are about two hundred thousand buttons in a barrel, every one J showing the smiling face of the War Secretary. \u25a0 The coat Is from half a cent each up and averaga J a thousand in million lots. The organization j gives away all buttons without charge and erpe< ts | to distribute several million during the convert. at Chicago and later. But l»t it not be supposed that many sailors did not make u*e of better loafing places than those offered by the. dance halls of the Coast. The figures showing the first week's work of the Naval Club House conducted by the Naval Young Men's Christian Association, are Interesting. This was a. three Ftoried building fitted up for the occasion, where there were provisions for reading and writ- ing pool "and billiard tables, a luncheon counter. 250 beds, opportunity to check valuables nnd obtain Information, and plenty of comfortable and clean loafing places. The average daily attendance ex- ceeded a thousand. Two hundred and fifty beds were used nightly, while hundreds were turned away for lack of accommodation, and 1.35 C slept on the floor during the week. Thirty-five hundred meals were served, and 3,250 games played. It is to be hoped, by the way, that the movement to make this clubhouse a permanency may prove buo- the enlisted men are representatives of every section of the country, every type and every occupation. College graduates and rich men's sons rub shoulders with ex-ploughboys. A famous Car- lisle Indian fullback Is a messmate of an ex-col- lege professor, a plumber and a runaway farm- h"l"1 c said that every profession lias its slang, but purely the language of the warships In as distinct- ive as any not even excepting college Idioms or the dialect of golfers. But perhaps th« beat way to a«-e Jack in his native haunts Is to visit him m our company on one of the big battleships. Re- m" mber that although the city tendered entertata- J the M the latter was not behind hand in affording interest, for people were Just . « i anx- ious to M Jack and Ilia floating home as Jack was to ta-te the hospitality of the city. He la a wili- ng host, proud of his home, taking real pleasure n showing hi* visitors all that he may, and «- :-; , ne a- be goei with all the ready skill ami SilS of a "per.onaHjr conduced" guide. So we £,£• advantage of Ins hospitality fjf** nviwiion to spend Sunday on board with him ESS Sda'y morning. The waterfront is crowded . h .;; op.c ionfe there simply to we the partis '" Unv "-" make th-.fr landing, others In the trlt r I Z rtniinr BO»* «>-. Ny way .o get out O «*.jc *s the whit* covered launches ami X^SFotfteri com* tip to the landings, there i* a genial rush of men. maids and matrons at so* patrol stationed by the gangplank, and many and varied are the reasons poured Into the ear of the weary officer in charge, each applicant explaining at endless length why he or she should be allowed to board the launch. For a time It seems that every person in San Francisco has a brother or a cousin on the war- ships, until that Imaginative game Is spoiled by the edict that only officers' tfrlends can use the launches, all others to "shell out their four bits" ajid try the excursion boats, which meant a gam- ble as to whether the desired ship was ever reached or not. At last there comes a launch with a red "X" on its bow, belonging to the first class battleship , and we pile on board, thanking our stars that we have a letter of introduction to her cap- tain. A "CHOW" ABOARD SHIP. As we climb up the gangway eight bells ring (noon), and the meal pennants race up toward the mastheads of all the vessels of the fleet, bo that we have Just time to find our friend, the "signal boy" ("man" would be more appropriate) at his mess table, second section, starboard; and, once found, he Insists that we sit down to "chow" with him. Wide, wooden, shelf-like tables swing on ropes, with the "grub" thick upon them, and on either side benches. Amidships Is the galley, and at the side, between the two tables of the- mess, a E-inch gun overshadows the meal with a realiza- tion of the true meaning of this floating fort; at least, that's how we feel, though for Jack It's far too old a utory. From the gun port wo see the distant city, the gleaming white warships at an- chor and the innumerable small boats, ranging from beautiful yachts to clumsy people-packet! barges, which swarm about on all sides. Naturally, th« conversation turns to food, nrul in answr to our questions we receive ail sorts of \u25a0•hull" regarding ship's food. At this particular Sunday dinner there are pork, potatoes, a couple of bowls or' coffee, each, aril pie—and plenty of it. The big rack with the three enlistment stripe* vol- unteers some Information regarding "eat?" in gen- ..,i Of course, potatoes a:*- "spuds. while "hy- draulic \u25a0pud*" are a particular special of famlll.is mudas •'Educated cabbage" Is what on* of th« Jackie* cali* .the preparation at ttuU national flo*er If a commissary steward happens to he unpop- ular through undue mixing of lard with the butter or because the eggs are over mature, he acquires the Inelegant title of "belly robber." The signal boys told us 'that \u25a0when they crossed the line an unpopular "holly robber" had been paid back " by Jack with so much interest that he actually re- formed for a time. During this period of com- paratively good conduct a skeptical victim of his recent closeness happened to see this reformed "robber" actually putting condensed milk real condensed milk. mind you. and lots of it—ln th« coffee. "Hey!" calls Jack, "don't throw those cans overboard: better keep 'em for hash." When he Is at sea it is a long time between drinks for Jack, and his ingenuity is soon put to it to satisfy his thirst, for. of course, no liquor is per- mitted on the ships. "Coffee royal" is a popular concoction, and Is made by adding straight alco- hol to the ordinary article. The alcohol can be secured by pouring shellac or paint into water. allowing the solid substance to sink, and collecting the floating alcohol from the surface of the water. L^mon extract, when procurable, is also popular with pome, but they say a zinc liningis necessary. Dinner over, and the "slushers" (dishwashers) beginning their work, our friends take us up to the signal bridge, the stronghold of the signal boys, where we spend a happy afternoon. The duty of these signallers, as the mime show?, is the sending and receiving of all signals to and from the vessels of the fleet. Up goes a string of flags on the Connecticut: perhaps it is "173." meaning "Well done," or "X D R." "Thank you." or, once In a long while, "D I." which means "Pay more attention to your signals." As soon as the signal is received and understood it Is reported to the officer of the deck, and an entry made of the exact time of Its receipt. Naturally, "V I"is reported with little enthusiasm, for it means a good "call down," if nothing 1 worse, and ifthe officer on duty happens to be a "hook" Jack may get seme days "in the pie house, with angel cake and wine,"; which means bread and water in the "brig," or ship's prison. I served them. whil<> "s.i!t horse" holds a time hon- ored place of prominence on the menu, and "canned Willie." "tinned Bin." "slum." "brugoo" (oatmeal) and a host of names meaningless to the unini- tiated are too common even to be noti'-eable on a man-of-war. THE SLANG OF THE "GAJtBIE." A soldier 1? calle<l a "doughbeily" and a marine a "leather neck." While we are on th» signal bridge a marine, brings up a fair visitor and ex- plains with splendid imaginative power the us^? of many instruments, dwelling with particular length on an explanation of the wireless telephone, only to have the faith of his trusting listener in his ability rudely shattered when a signal boy tells him that all the apparatus, excepting the empty case, has been removed for a month: It was a sad blow for the poor "leather neck." Th<> four of lii'-iu comprises ore »-r»»t Atlantic fWt. Which you all know. boys. Is a. damn hard thine to b*at . They all Veen together coming through th» Straits. .-*nd trip, ail wll r>« u>t<»th«r vkM »• »Tit«r Golden Gal* .lack says ha is As dinner became more* and more a thing- of the past "Must}'" sent "Piggy" below to "break out" anything he could lay his hands on In the way of eatables, and soon "Piggy" returns with two loaves of skilfully stolen bread. "Hoist the meal pennant!" cries "Musty," and they "scoff" their stolen Eweets as If they had fasted for a week. In his own language. Jack Is not a bluejacket, but a "garble," or a "flatfoot," and newly enlisted men are called "rookies." If Jack succeeds In "guying" his neighbor he has "got his goat"— a white goat IfIt's a friendly Josh and a black goat If the victim gets mad. On board Bhip when the proper name of an article Is not known It is called a "gad git." "We talk of South American ports, of Callao, where the "spigottys" told Jack there had been no rain for twelve years, and the next morn- Ing a big shower drowned the words In their mouths! We look at pictures and coins of far countries, and exchange yarns which perceptibly grow in welrdnees as the afternoon progresses, but at last the time comes for our departure, and wo thread the gun deck, thick with "gnrbies" enjoy- ing a Sunday afternoon nap on the soft side of a newspaper, and pass down the gangway, taking with us tome sailor verses, offered at the last mo- ment. We rememl>er one versa of a song entitled "The Four Admirals"— Evans, Thomas, Bperry and Emory: "First In war first in p<?aee. Fir»T in th* hands of tn* 'Frisco polie*— but circumstances have shown that he Is wrong: SOME ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE UNOFFICIAL! TAFT ORGANIZATION OF NEW YORK. ROBERT C. OGOEN. GEORGE E. STEVENS. JACOB H. SCHiFF. LOUIS C- HAY. •» President. One of the executive committee. One of the vio«- presidents. Chair^-a-. XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBI*XE. SUNDAY, iMfm 7, T9OS. « TAFTWORKERS PESTERED BY MANY QUEER CRANKS

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