ELEITIOXS COST BIG MOSEY
Rt.matw of tho Expenses of National, Stato
and Local Campaigns,
POLITICAL BATTLES REDUCED TO A SCIENCE
Upii Who Wrlto, Men Wlin Tnlk nr.il
Jlcn Who llullonholn .llnUc; n
JIIk .Snliir) MM Ai-coiintjt
Itnrrl)' Aiitllluil.
U cost $coo to nomlnato Abraham Lin
loin lor president nnd $7,000,000 to elect
William McKlnlty. Those figures rcpre
tent In part tho growth (it political cam
VaiKntng in thirt-slx ycAra Into a groat
business with a perfect system of orgatil
tutltn Today tho total expenses of all
political parties and tnmllilalos In the
United Slates fur ono eampulgn In which
t prcalilenC and congress arc elected ex
ceed tho tntlro cost of tho federal govern
ment for tho first twenty yenrs cf lit,
existence
ArUiur I (lorman of Maryland and Mat
thew S Quay of Pennsylvania aro tho men
ho, as rhalrmon of the national executive
or cumpulKn committees of tho democratic
kDl republican parties in 18SI, Introduced
Into Aincrlrnti polities tho present system
of conducting national campaigns by means
of thorough organization throughout the
country and tho expendlluro of vast sums
of money for speakers, llturaitirn, music,
fireworks and other spectacular features
that pleat o tho masses and often conceal
tho real work of the men who control or
Influence voters. All tho work dono by
the republicans In that contest, all their
caicfully laid plans and mastery of details
were In the end nullified by ono Ill-timed
nd injudicious phrase, and In every sub
sequrni campaign tho secret watchword of
Mch national chairman, the warning ever
beforo his eyes, has been: "Hemeuiber
Hun. bard'" The brief spec h of Dr. Ilurch
tru In which be used tli.i phrase, "Hum,
Romanism and Rebellion." In the opinion
of all republican politicians of that time,
defeated lllalne. Trior to that speech party
managers eagerly sought nnd encouraged
Mth ui iiuesiU 11 any and all public de.'lara.
lions in favor of their party or Its candi
dates Today they censor !I0 per cent of
ill tho campaign speeches delivered, nnd
carefully consider tho possible reception
and effect of every public utternnco before
they permit It to bo made.
The business affairs of the great polltlral
parties lire entrusted to national commit
tees, composed of one member from each
state and territory, who arc elected by the
delegates to tho na'tiomil conventions at the
time tho conventions aro held. Tho chair
man of n national committee Is always the
cholco of the nominee for president and he
Is the supremo power In planning and con
ducting the campaign. Candidates for pres
ident, with few exceptions. make no
rpeeches or public appearances nnd write
no political letters during a campaign with
out the ndvii-o and approval of the national
chairman of their party. The exceptions to
this rule have all been defeated. In thin
connection It may be recalled that Illatno
was In Now York contrary to tho advlco of
Senator Quay when the Hun-hard tucldcut
occurred.
tirttlnu; Dimvii to llunlnt'N.
National headquarters nro opened soon
after tho candidates aro nominated. The
national chairmen appoint various sub
committees and assign members of tho na
tional committees to certain specific work,
und then for four or five weeks every man
who Is to take part in tho management of
tho campaign Is expected to work from
twelve to njghteer, hours eycry. day. The,
first and most Important work Is to collect
money for a campaign fund. That duty
falls to the chairman nnd the treasurer of
the national committee. Circular letters
ami personal letters are sent out to Individ
uals and tp great corpqratlons. Many of the
great corpornto interests contribute to both
campaign funds, that they may have friends
In power, no matter what the result may
bo. Largo contribution!) are also obtained
by the personal solicitation of the ehulrman
nnd tho treasurer, both of whom must havo
nn extensive acquaintance among men of
largo wealth. Hecttuso of tho civil service
regulations no money Is raised by political
assessments. Every dollar received Is, in
theory at least, a voluntary contribution.
Tho management of n national campaign
Is probably tho only business In the world
involving tho collection and expendlluro of
millions of dollars In a period of three
mouths that is conducted without tho as
Flstanco of n bookkeeper and at tho same
timo managed without extravagance. The
chairman Is tho only man who knows to a
cent how much money Is received and how
much paid out, because ho alono handles
tho secret service nnd emergency funds.
Tho bulk of tho money, however, Is turned
over to tho treasurer, who keeps It In bank
nnd draws checks for nil bills presented to
lilm with proper vouchers nnd audit.
I-'liut in lmportutico In tho mans of work
that confronts the campaign managers when
they open headquarters Is tho preparation
of literature, A great variety of political
Information, well written nnd arranged,
must bo embodied lit small books, circulars,
loiters, posters ard pamphlets. Many ex
pert writers aro employed and well paid,
whllo tho mass of stulf submitted by out
siders is carefully examined and such as
proves avallablo is accepts and paid for.
Kxpcrts nro employed to search tho records
of congress nnd tho departments in Wash
ington for facts and figures that may be
useful aud convincing. Tho chief document
Issued Is known ns tho campaign text book.
One million or moro copies aro printed In
less than ono month. Tho volumo Is called
a text book because It supplies tho informa
tion used in political addresses by the hun
drads of men employed to make speeches
during tho campaign.
t,'ot of I'rlntliiK.
A great quantity and variety of other lit
erature, Including pooms, songs, condensed
statistics about llnnnce, coinage, tho tariff
und other lssuus, nnd speeches In congress
of prominent party leadeis, Is selected uud
crough printed to supply every voter in
the country. Tho cost of printing tho llfor
uturo of ono party, the matter selected
by the national committee, varies from
Jtno.ouO to 1250,000, and tho expense of dis
tribution Is. nearly us much.
While tho ehulrman of tho national com
rolttco uud his asststnuts uro preparing the
lltorature, they havo in operation a
"speakers' bureau," whoro men aro em
ployed to malto speeches at any placo to
which they may bo assigned. A few promi
nent party leaders, senators nnd congress
men volunteer their services for n limited
number of speeches. They expect no com
pensation, but their traveling expenses are
paid from headquarters. Tho great army
of iprakerB of lens reputation, tho men
classed ns "hpellblnders," nro hired nnd
paid by tho national committee. With fow
ex, eptions their speeches pass through tho
hands of n careful censor beforo tho men
are sent out. The pay of these speakers
langcs from $r00 for ono speech down to
t0 a week and expenses, tho prices bo
lng regulated by the reputation of the
speaker und his ability to interest and hold
an audience. Theso men aro held to strict
n- count lii tho matter of expenses and are
required to present vouchers with their
lulls
It sometimes happens that popular ora
tors, whole volunteor services are gladly
incepted, prove very costly campaigners.
No ono at national headquarters would pre
mino to question their expense accounts,
lu 1S5S a very popular volunteer speaker
turned Into tho Chicago headquarters of
bis party an expenso bill of 11.200 for n
trip to a nearby state, whero he mado ons
speech, $1,000 of this sum representing, It
Is Raid, his losses at poker whilo on the
trip. Tho account was paid.
Arrangements for public meetings to
which hired or volunteer speakers nro de
tailed aro mado through state and local
committees. Ftom theso minor organiza
tions tho demand for outaldo speakers Is
always in excess of tho supply.
Tho man In charge of tho speakers'
bureau Is In dally communication by tele
graph with his army of orators. They re
port to him whero they are and how thoy
aro received. In addition local leaders
report to him upon tho speakers and tho
result of their offorts. If a man proves
dull or unsatisfactory in ono locality be
Is Immediately ordered elsewhere' or re
called. Value of N-uinprr.
Campaign managers depend to some ex
tent upon tho newspapers for information
about political conditions In remote sec
tions of the country, nnd tho clipping nnd
rending buroau at headquarters Is uu Im
portant dotal!. The press commltteo or
trusted subordinates have also to deal with
tho owners of scores of small papers who
demand u cash consideration for support
ing tho ticket. Most of this business Is
regarded as blackmail, but party manager
submit rather than risk the loss of a few
votes In a close state. Tho owner or editor
of such a paper goes to headquarters and
makes n statement as to tho circulation
and Influence of his publication, and then
offers to publish a certain amount of ad
vertising during tho campaign and support
tho ticket for a fixed sum to be paid In
advance. Ho usually has some friend In
tho local organization to speak a good
word for him. If his domand Is not too
extravagant the support of his publication
Is secured by paying him for tho adver
tisement flvo or ten times Ills customary
rates.
Hy tho end of August tho campaign work
hero outlined has been arranged so care
fully that It goes forwnrd In charge of
subordinates at national headquarters with
fow hitches or Interruptions. The chair
men of tho national committees now take
stock of their funds. They usually want
more money nnd often n great deal more
They send forth letters nnd appeals alarm
ing In tono nnd call together rich and
liberal givers of tho party. They always
manago to replenish tho treasury. While
they aro gathering more funds they have
trusted experts at work gathering reports
from state, county nnd district commit
ted of tho probable vote that will be polled
for tho candidates of each party. Careful
calculations arts made and In n few days
tho experts hand to tho national chair
men condensed nnd detailed tables show
ing how each stato will vote on election
day If the first poll of the votes was ap
proximately correct. Tho accuracy of
thcKO early forecasts would astonish tho
general public aud they nro not guesses,
but careful mathematical calculations
based on reports and records. Men who
become ex-pert at this work command high
pay. These figures disclose to the chair
men tho doubtful states nnd tho weak
points. In their plan of campaign. Within
.1 week they have doubled tho number of
speakers In certain sections, flooded entire
stntcs with new litcruturo and Issued the
most extravagant but positive statements
about tho outlook in other localities In
tho hope of influencing those voters who
want to bo with tho winning party.
l'nttlliK Out thf Moih-j.
, hon this stngo of u national campaign
Ih reached tho expenditures aro limited
ouly by tho amount of money on hand or
In prospect. If tho funds aro ample, $30,
000 u day or moro Is paid out from head
quarters. If necessary to economize speak
ers are laid off, literature curtailed and
stato committees notified to expect no fur
thor financial assistance. In nny oveut
tho chairman of each national committee
puts nsldo an emergency fund, which may
bo J1OO.O00 or $1,000,000. This fund is
kept in cash ready for Instant use, and
tho amount of It Is known only to the
chaliman. If nny record of payments
from It Is kept the entries arc merely lump
sums sent to state or city.
Stnto and local leaders, In addition to
tho routine Information from the national
chairman, havo organized and perfected a
vast secret service for their own informa
tion. They send out secret ugonts from
headquarters to report upon conditions
Wiere results are In doubt or local man
agement unsatisfactory. Thus they de
termine tho points whero extraordinary
otTorts may win a victory. lu this work
the secret service fuud 1b expended.
Wherever a reliable worker Is able to
show whero ho can get a certain number
of votes for tho party If supplied with a
certain nmount of money for extra work
tho money is provided, if tho national
chairmen havo it.
This work Is called "still hunting," and
tho details of It are never mado public.
There Is no Intention on tho part of the
writer to convey tho Impression that any
part of this work Is bribery or the buying
of votes. Under present political conditions
lu this country a man who went to the
headquarters of a party and proposed to
huy nnd deliver nny number of votes would
bo put out In a hurry. Hut when a tried
and trusted party worker says bo enn
carry a city, county, ward or district If he
has so much money for expenses ho need
not submit nn Itemized account of the ex
penditure. 1)11 H of Anxiety.
Tho last ten days of a campaign are dayn
of anxiety to every manager unlesa the
political situation so favors ono party that
no accident or error could possibly change
tho anticipated result. That Is tho period
when every posslblo precaution is taken
to avoid a second Ilurchard Incident and
when secret sorvtro work is prosecuted with
vigor on both bides wherever It promises to
aid In tho general result. Tho expert
calculators nro kept busy, final polls arc
made and reports aro obtained from every
section, nnd unless the contest Is going to
bo very close experienced managers in na
tion and stato can tell within a few
hundred or thousand votes how the election
is going. The figures upon whlrh they rely
are never made public. Tho fight toward the
oud Is often largely bluff, each side claim
ing everything In order to influence every
hesltutlng voter who wants to vote with
tho winning side. No matter how certain
a result may appear before election, there
Is no lotup In work while tho money hold:
out, no rolaxatlon of vlgllanco anywhere,
becauao every campaign manager with a
reputation at otaku remembers Ilurchard.
The money expended by tho national
committees Is ouly a small part of tho
total cost of tho campaigns and elections
throughout the country. In tha larger
states each party organizations speuda
from $100,000 to upward of $1,000,000 work
ing for tho stato tickets. Tho party ex
penditures In large cities nro enormous
nnd the expenses of thousands of candi
dates throughout the country cannot bo
aocertalnrd. Tho entire systom of cam
paigning has been reduced to a matter of
business lu this country and during the
past twenty years the Increase In tho cash
oxpcndlturo has been close to one hundred
fold. Experienced politicians estimate that
tho total cost of national, state and local
campaigns nnd elections In 1900 will largely
exceed $100,000,000. it may consolo the
masses of the people to know that the
major portion of the cost Is borne by men
who live or profit by tho business of
politics. WALTER D. HAWLEV.
Mothers endorse it, chlldreu like It, old
folks use It. We refer to One Minute
Cnush Cure. It will quickly cure all throat
and Iudk troubles.
CHINA THE WORLD'S PERIL
Views of an American Woman Long a
Hcsident of Shanghai.
RECUPERATIVE POWER OF THE RACE
MmiKhler, IMnRtic n n it I'mnlm- 1'ull to
I'hroli the Inereine Crowded
Condition of t itle mill
Con n try.
SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 13,-To cu
AmeiKnn nn adequate cuiuprehcslou ol
the tremendous populousness of Cnltia Is
almcst impossible. This country has noth
ing to approach It. Tho densest slums ol
the great American cities with their teem
ing tenements give but n faint idea of
China's swarming communities. The e;y
innulng diitritiH nro as overcrow. bid a
our great Amerban cities. It is this vas.
ui.d iNer-lnircustng population whuu ct.ii
stltutts tho main danger to the civilized
natlt,nj, ot a war which should involvo the
whole Chines, people. Tho mire force ol
numbers of these millions, unct.untul and
unreckonable with any degree of accuracy,
would wear down a vast army. An admiral
of tho American navy, who has traveled in
China, put tho caso tersely a few weeks r.go
when ho said, that all the armies of the
world might bo kept busy for twenty years
killing Chinamen and thero would still be
enough left to bo a serkus menace to mau
Itind should the survivors unite In war.
Smtlstlcs In China are tho merest gu;;3
work, but It Is highly probable that all
given estlmatej fall short of rather than
.xceed the conditions. Mr. Archibald Lit
tle, the traveler, gave, In a recent lecture
In Shanghai, an idea of tho conditions In
the province of Szcchunn at tho present
t . inc. Szechunn Is an Inland province,
about GOO by 100 miles in extent, mada up
of mountain ranges, a most unfavorable
locality for farming, nevertheless tho popu
lace supports ItHolt mainly ty the taising
of tiny crops on mluuto plots ot land. Mr.
Llttlo said that In traveling through it In
any direction It was Impossible for days
at a time to Hud a vacant spot largo
enough to pitch a small tent upon, l're
quently, he said, the Chlneso farmer would
climb a (light of 3,000 stone steps to a
piece of land no moro than ten or twelve
feet square nnd this economy of spne.
w'ent on to tho very topmost point of nil
tho mountains. Whllo Mr. Little was
traveling through Szechuan it boy of 9 or
10 years fell In one day with his travollug
pnrty nnd plodded sturdily along all day,
keeping up bravely with tho retinue, tak
ing dust, bent and hill climbing as pa
tiently as tho grown men.
Walk I hit for it .loli.
He was nuked, save for a loin cloth,
nnd without food or money. At night Mr.
Little, who speaks tho Inngungo, asked him
where lfc was going, to which ho replied,
"To Su Low, to carry ronl."
"nut," said Mr. Little, "you cannot cirrj
ct.nl, you arc too young."
"Oh," said the little man, "I can carry
fifteen barkcts In a day, fcr which I will be
paid 17 cash (about l? cents.)
"Havo you eaten today?" Inquired Mi
Little.
"No," sntd the bravo llttlo fellow, "tut
I'm not hungry."
As thero was ft ill about thirty mllC3 of
hnrd hill road to bo gotten over before
rraihlng Su Low one can conceive something
of tho moral courage of that child.
Amidst unutterable poverty, disorder on'"
confusion of confusions, despite overpopula
tion, pestilence nnd fumlne, tho Chinaman
Increases and multiplies uninterruptedly.
This Is In part due to tho universal desire
'or children, progeny who shall hand down
the name and family blood thiough long
generations. All tho miseries of existence
havo no terrors for the Chinaman t-o long
as ho Is raising children to worship at the
nnccstrnl tombi. Ills Individuality he count?
as nuught If. ho only may turn to his fam
ily and with pathetic devotion die within
tho charmed circle. Afck him how long he
has lived in n certain locality and ho will
unswer E00 or 1,000 years, meaning
that for that longth of time his
family has perpetuated Itself and
left the 'rcrords of It 3 tombs
there. If death claim his legitimate chil
dren he looks to tho children of his con
cubine or those of some relative whom he
adopts to perpetuate tho family namo r.nd
traditions, railing In this he has a recourse
'o a method which to occidental morality
Is somowhnt stnrtllug. He hires for n year
a friend's vife, who has a reputation for
focundlty, hoping thus to repair tho for
tunes of his lino and to escape heaven's
tvorso curie, that of childlessness.
Wonderful Itccii))crntl vo l'oivor.
From llmo to tltno the Chlneso have raid
tho penalty of tbolr conditions of life, nnd
nnture, "auditing her accounts with n red
pencil," has revenged herself with decimat
ing plague and famine. Hut tho recupera
tlvo ability of tho race nfter such I033 of
life Is without parallel. Chlneso nnnnls,
with every evidence of authenticity, state
that nfter tho black plague of the four
teenth century had swept away Its millions
tho birth rate showed an increase that was
almost Incredible. The birth of triplets
throughout China was of common occur
rence nnd Infnnt mortality decreased to a
very small percentage.
Loo for his children Is the dominant
emotion In tho Chinaman's heart. Pa
tient uuder abuse, ridicule und ill-trentmcnt
of hlmtclf he will endure no harm to bis
-hlldren. Lay n hand upon them nnd you
ico him descending v.ild-eycd In multltudos
from his mud hovels, every man with n
heart full of sorrow and savagrry, bent on
your destruction. It Is by appeal to this
foellnc that tho secret society men of
China nro now arousing widespread scntl--nont
against all foreigners. Under tholr
teachings millions of the eoollo class are
coming to belie vo that all foreigners are
kidnappers and that, tho eyes of Chinese
children nru used for making medicine.
Thero Is a btory being scattered broadcast
at this moment to tho effect that the r'all
rtads lay the foundation of tholr brldgof
In children's bones. That belief Is nt the
root of much of tho antagonism to tho
building of railroads. All over tho coun
ry the Chlneso aro guarding their wolli
lest tho foreigners put' poison In them
Less than .'00 yearn ago our ancestors hold
precisely tho sarao superstitions at do the
Chlneso today. During the fourteenth
century they persecuted nnd burned nllve
thousands of Jews for the supposed polB
onlng of wells nnd during tho great mor
tality caii.scd by tho bubonic plague In IUS
tlHS-UfiO) tho Jews wero considered ne
having brought tho fearful mortality upon
the Christians and in Maycnre alone 12.000
Jews wero burnod nllvo by tho Infuriated
people. It was reported nil over Europe
that the Jows received poison from remote
places, which they prepared with spiders,
owls and snakes In order to destroy in
children of the Christians.
In puperstltlons and prejudices the China
man Is today whore the European wnB five
centuries bark. Owing to the tcverlty of
tho purely animal strugglo for existence,
his Instinct of isolation and his Impenetra
ble egotism the Orleutnl has stood still
while tho rest of tho world has advanced
I'nder favorablo conditions he should have
been ahead of us and this must be taken
Into account In reckoning with him us a
foe, for the seeds of a higher order of civ
ilization are latent In China. They have
blossomed once and may again blossom.
Tho ChlnanifM's physical characteristics,
too, are such os to make htm formidable
l'rom the physical point of view he seems
tho fittest of all races to survive adverse
conditions. Well built, possessed of mar
velous endurance, with nn unequaled power
of racial perpetuation. Inured to all hard
ships, thriving amidst conditions of life that
old wipe 1 ut most races ho Is of the ma
terial of those who conquer by tho very
power of persistence. That ho will ever
amalgamate with other peoples Is highly
Improbable. Admitting that we all sprang
from nn anthropoid raco there still must
have been tome characteristics peculiar to
tho stock from which tho man with the
almond eye came. Tho persistency with
which ho turns his faco to tho cast nnd In
okis tho spirit of his ancestors, his unwill
ingness to associate with other men, his
neommunlcatlvcness. his highly religious
and superstitious naturo aro wavering shad-
s . 1 some faroff origin too long hlddcu
away from us to find out.
Not a llttlo hns been hastily said about
he fighting qualities of tho Chinaman, but
0 have yet to learn what he will do under
iultablo Incentive. During tho Japan
China war, we must remember, ho was
asked to light for a cauao of which he
knew nothlna. With small newspaper
facilities and no common tongue (It should,
bo homo lu mind that each of tho 1.S0O
provinces uses a language peculiar to ttseir
ml nlso that men from tho different
provinces not only cannot converso with
nch other, but usually, owing to tholr
rlRnnlshncss, hate each other), poorly paid
mil poorly fed, ho was hustled to the front
md asked to fight for a cause of which he
had never heard. Men who fight well are
usually men who bcllcvo In their cause.
It matters not whether that cause ba true
ir not, tho fact that he believes It do
ermines tho man's whole conduct In con
lection with It. Events near Tekln recently
'tavo demonstrated that tho secret society
men of China know how to bring every
man, woman and child to arms when they
desire to do so. Doing familiar with tho
superstitions of tho people, they appeal
directly to them, with the result that they
can spread abroad such lnfurlntlng rumors
r.a may yet prove a firebrand to tho vast
orr.plre.
There Is yet Bplendld metal In China, but
hopo has gone out of the Chinaman's heart.
Tho spirit of discontent Is dead within him.
Llko n dumb animal, happy If he may eat
or If he may not rat. with no possessions
but bis children, he moves on to meet his
lomlng doom. There aro intellectual and
ablo Chinamen, tho flower of this great
stalk, but they aro few, and the stalk Is
withered nt tho root. AH classes aro suffer
ing ftom the ngony Hint precedes tho birth
of n new era. Tho time has come when
China has reached the limit of what It can
do under tho old conditions. Tho Chlneso
empire Is on tho verge of dissolution, but
thero still remains, for tho nrmles of civil
ization to reckon with, tho Chinese pooplc
sullen, savago and superstitious, with fear
ful possibilities of danger In their steadily
Increasing millions. MRS. LU WHEAT.
ltottsr.vnirs sun: r.vitTxrcn.
IMnMuk of n Xolftl Houitlt Hitler unit
Sim .limn Hero.
"nuck Taylor" Is dead nnd Teddy Roose
velt has lost the truest, firmest friend of
nil tho cowboys whom he drew about him
during his bunting trips in tho west and
whllo ho led the Hough Riders In the Span
ish war. Taylor tiled on Sunday morning
at Providence hospital, lu Washington, re
ports tho Philadelphia North American.
Consumption killed him. A bullet that went
through his lungs during tho Santiago cam
paign bellied nlong tho cud.
On Saturday night Taylor was taken 111
at tho hotel ut Cabin John Hrldge, near
Washington. Krlcnds looked nfter him and
secured his consent to being taken to the
hospital. There wns )io hope for him from
the flrbt. Ho died as easily as he had lived,
giving no thought for,the future and secure
.11 tho present.
When tho republican convention was In
session hero Taylor came on from Wash
ington to see bla colonel, Roosevelt, nomi
nated for tho vice presidency.
When the convention was about to get
down to business "Huck" Taylor said: "Lst
mo go up In that ronveutlou and nomlnato
ma colonel for president and I'll stampede
oven thing. Nothing will stop It. I toll
you, Hnnna wants ma colonel on the ticket
10 carry McKinloy through. Ma colouel has
big, broad shoulders; ho can do It. He'd
sweep the country; that's what ma colonel
would do."
During Roosevelt's stumping tour of New
York stato "Huck" Taylor made the famous
speech ending with "I'd fight for ma colo
nel; I'd died for ma colonel; I'd Ho for ma
colonel."
Sergennt "Huck" Taylor had been Thing
In Washington slnco ho arrived there after
tho Spanish-American war with a number
of sick aud wounded soldiers who wero
invalided to the military hospital at the
Washington barrncks. Ho underwent treat
ment nnd nfter convalescing made Wash
ington his permanent home, having secured
a position as copyist In tho census ofllce.
Ills lean form wns famlll.tr to other em
ployes of tho ofllce, who soon acquired a
liking for tho genial fellow who had romped
about the plains of tho southwest und
whom many of the younger employes had
known ns the king of tho rough riders and
cowboys In the Wild West show of Buffalo
Hill.
Kew of tho most Intlmato friends of Tay
lo'r knew that his picturesque name was
only assumed. Ills correct nnmo was Horry
Tatum and ho was the son of n promi
nent and well-to-do morchant ot Montgom
ery, Ala., bearing tho samo name.
H10 Inttrr Is dead, but two ot live broth
ers Haywood nnd Griffin now llvo In easy
rlicumstnnces In tho Alabama capital. Tho
family Is highly regnrded In tho state, und
-m account of this young Retry assumed
tho namo of Horry F- Taylor, or "Duck"
Taylor, when be becamo a cowboy. Tho
namo stuck to htm In after years and lis
used tt when ho was listed as clerk In the
ensus bureau. Ho was born In Montgom
ery, Ala., about forty-two years ago, and
went to school In that city.
After receiving his education ho became
in actor and opera slngpr, In that manner
putting to good uso a tlno voice. Ho filled
ho rolo of Ralph Rackstraw In Tlnaforo,"
and nlso played In "Esmeralda" and "The
Count of Monte Crlsto." He afterward be
camo a cowboy and toured tho country with
Huffulo Hill ten yenrs ngo as "King of tho
Cowboys," tho Btar In stngo coach and rob
ber drnniHs of iho frontier.
After leaving tho Buffalo Hill show ho
started In what was known ns tho Wyo
ming Wild West show, which opened In
Pennsylvania in 1893 nnd exhibited to one
day stands In New York and Pennsylvania
towns for several month's. During tho In
auguration of President McKinloy ho was
In Washington, but soon afterward re
turned to Wyoming- Ho was well known In
that stnto. His genial nature, his Integrity
and a high senso of honor brought him tha
respect of tho governor of Wyoming, Inw
yers, bankers and rnnrhmen.
When the Hough Rider regiment was
organized Taylor took an active Interest
nnd was energetic In enllstlug tho services
of many frontier horsemon and cowboys.
He was popular with the other members
of the rogltanut and quickly engaged the
admlrution of every one. from colonel to
private. He will bo burled In his native
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