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THOMAS H. CARTER.
' , D. C. , July 21.
National campaigning as con
ducted by the two great par-
tics bas grown during the last
twenty years to be more or less of
nn exact science. Men are still liv
ing who remember the first hur
rah campaign , and one could not ask
a better treat than to hear the venerable
Richard W. Thompson o Indiana describe
the log rabln and hard elder campaign of
1840 which resulted In the election of Gen
eral William Henry Harrison. The flic of
his enthusiasm kindles again as he tells the
story of the Immense throngs that followed
the stump speakers Into the fields , sang the
campaign songs with mighty voice , danced
with glee about the representations of log
cabblus and quaffed bard elder. For the
greater part of six months the country was
a scene of political festival. After that the
campaigns were exciting. They were con
ducted so as to create enthusiasm and ap
peal both to the eye and the ear. In 185C
the campaigners organized troops of boys ,
nnd cerylllage had Its I'rcmont company
dressed in white shirts and dark trousers ,
on the side seams of which were stripes of
white tape , while the jouthful Buchanan
cohorts were dressed In Garibaldi shirts and
their trousers were decorated with red tape.
The rich politicians , taking pride in these
youthful displays , presented to the young
politicians banners emblazoned with the
legends of the campaign. The torchlight
procession , which has now become a per
manent feature of national campaigning ,
AMERICAN HISTORY IN SONG
Political Issues of a Century as Bet Perth
in Campaign Verse ,
OME THAT HAVE STIRRED THE VOTERS
Clf T mill CrudeI'nroilliM Coiiiiiiciu-
urnttui ; ( CtiniiKt-H In Polltlcnl
from WiiMliliiKton to
Cltiluiiil. .
( Copyright. liM. by S. S. McClure Co )
In our campaign songs , emphasizing as
they do the live Issues of political parties
and the personal traits of the candidates ,
wo have a fairly complete outline of Ameri
can history from Washington to Cleveland ,
nomewhat biased , perhaps , but an Indis
putable record noverthele-ss. Like the old
English Imllads , these electioneering songs
commemorate the changes in political
thought from decade to decade.
First off , "The Father of His Country , "
the immortal George , in 17S9 was elected to
the strains of the following somewhat
grandiloquent ode :
"Great Washington , the hero's come !
Kich heart exulting henrx the sound.
Thousands to their deliverer throng
Anil shout him "wulcomii" all uround. "
ChoruH. "Now In full chorus join the
KOIIK
And Hhout aloud for Washington. "
For his second election in 1792 , although
there was a great deal of party strife , tbu
tone of the songs still remained dignified as
t.hown in the following veisu ot the favorite
federal SOUR :
"No more shall nnarchy benr swoy ,
No potty states pursuu their way ;
liut all united firm , In one
Shall seek the general good alone. "
Chorus "Gn-at Washington shall rule
this land
* Whllo Adams' counsel aids his hand. "
The tunes to uhlch the electioneering
songt were sung at this time were , with the
exception of Yankee Doodle , familiar tunes
ot Great Britain , thus we find Washington's
pralnes sune to the air of "God Save tbu
King , " the federal eoug Jo the tune "Rule
Britannia. " "Illack Steven" and "King WIN
llara'n March , " also figuring In the cam
paign ot Washington's s'ecoud election.
In ISO ) the stirring BOIIK "Jefferson and
Liberty" and the tune "A Cobbler There
"Was , " assisted In Jefferson's tlctory. The
campaign which brought in Madison and
Clinton in 1MJS produced many "Embargo
Bougi ; " one of these net to the tune "The
Snug Little Island , " is exceedingly clever ,
find one of the verses shows a muslclanly
trend which is quite surprising for that
period of our country's history. Here It Is
"I wlHli that I could slni ; in Allegro mood ,
Hut tliei tunes nre as stupid as Largo ,
Could I have my choice 1 would strain up
my voice
Till It unupped all the strings of 'Em
bargo. ' "
Chorus ;
Oh , what u flttt key Embargo
A thorouKh-b.iso kind of "Embargo ; "
Tim puns never chime , und 'tis set to no
time.
'Tla a lone-winded tune of "l nbargo "
During the campaign appeared the "Tag
Hag and Bobtail" songs , In whlcll the Jeffer-
soulsn republicans defended themselves from
the stigma cast upon them by the upper ten
or silk stockings of Baltimore. Th old
was a product of the campaign of 1SCO which
resulted in the election of Lincoln.
National campaigns now began to take on
more exact methods than had characterized
them from"1840. Then every man was a
campaigner , and the desire seemed to be
principally to raise a great hue and cry
which might bring everybody to the polls.
But from the time the war broke out busi
ness men began , to assume the management
of campaigns and to conduct them with
the perclslon and In some respects the
secrecy which characterizes the manage
ment of great business affairs. This change
had become conspicuous when the campaign
of 1S7C began. The legitimate use of money
In campaigns had become well understood.
Much of the credit for the new method
of campaigning belongs to Samuel J Tilden.
He saw that there must be enthusiasm ,
something for the public to grasp , an Ideal
or an issue on which a campaign could be
conducted with just as much enthusiasm
as characterized the campaign of 1S-10. That ,
however , must be only a part of the cam-
plgn. Tlldeu felt the time had come when
something else was necessary , and that
was a work which was to be done in
secrecy , not because It was dishonorable ,
but because It was strategic It Involved
the reaching of every voter , so as to bring
him , in a sense , in personal contact with
the campaign management. It entailed the
making of lists in every school district. It
required correspondence , calling for great
corps of secretaries. It set the printing
presses to work for twentj-four hours in the
day. seven days In the vvech.
In brief , the change in prevailing methods
favorite Scotch tune , "John Anderson , My
Joe , " began to do service as early as 1812 ,
and President Madison was unmercifully
lampooned In those familiar strains In verse ,
commencing , "James Madison , My Joe Jim. "
Tie collapse of the federal party during
the war of 1812-14 , owing to the Hartford
contention , left Monroe to run virtually
without opposition , and "a roaring song
from little Delaware , " entitled "American
Perry. " sung to the tune of "Abraham New-
land. " helped to give splcc and fun to the
campaign. In a comical vein It relates how
the British commodore , getting tired of
Jamaica ruin and sherry , concluded to go
and get some cheap American Perry ; but
the taste was so deceptive that they were
greatly disappointed , and rued their un
lucky vagary.
"Your liquor's too hot.
Keep It still In the pot !
Oh ! cork your American Perry !
Oh this Ameilcan Perry ! Fiery American
Perry !
Tty nil that Is evil ,
It's a dose for the devil !
Oh ! curse your American Perry ! "
The second election of Monroe being with
out any opposition the period was termed
the "eve of good feeling" nnd electlone-er-
Ing songs were not In vogue , though the
military deeds of Jackson and Commodore
Perry's heroic victory on Lake Erie fur
nished themes for popular songs to the
tune "Bay of Biscay. "
The contest between Jackson and John
Quincy Adams developed no campaign mu
sical literature , unless an anti-tariff song
to the tune of "All ) Croker" may be so
considered. It Is , however , most interestIng -
Ing In view of the secession which occurred
thirty-six years later to note the following
lines which clearly Indicate that the south
had already been suspected of separation
Intentions
"Nny , qunko not , Yankee brother , now ,
Nor lie in trepidation
No civil war wo mean , nor no
Disunion of the nation
When Jackson and Calhoun ran In 1S2S
with Adams and Clay for opponents the
poetic muse was compelled to pay tribute
both for and against the military hero , and.
for the first time , the strains ot the "Star
Spangled Banner" appear with praises of
Adams and Clay , the chorus running thus-
"Whllo police Is still resting on cottage
und fold
With hearts turned to rapture , let's hall
the bright day ,
Beneath the bland influence of Adams and
"
Clay
While "Yankee Doodle , " with Us staccato
and bellicose strains served again to ridicule
the same parties ( "In Adam's fall we sinned
all" ) again we find the good old Scotch
cong "John Anderson. My Joe John" tricked
out In the following belligerent dress , which ,
however inappropriate to the gentle and
soothing strains of the melody , must have
been effective as a campaign weapon.
"John Adams Q. . my Joe John ,
Your glory's fading fast ,
And through your shattered fame , John ,
Fierce yells the we-stern blast "
When Jackson and Van Buren were
elected against Henry Clay In 1S32 the first
states rights song made Its appearance , end
another which gained great popularity was
entitled "The Breeches of Blue , " and was
sung to the tune "Bonnets of Blue " The
flat ot the song U found in these lines :
"Economy's good In Its place
It's treed to JIOVB Un-t-chea of Blue-
It's better to patch up your old pantaloons ,
Than pay out your money for new "
But the songs In praise of "Old Hickory"
were soon forgotten In the contest between
the "Loco Kotos" and uhlgg , and though
the struggle w Scree between Van Buren
and hli opponents at the head of whom wai
General Harrison of Ohio , but one whig
song , and that written to the tune of the
"Star Spangled Banner" arose In the path
of Van Uurcn'a triumph. Before the next ]
Progressive and Comprehensive Methods of
Ndtional Committees How the Work Has Been
A P A MD A T-PM
A OAlVlJr AlurJNI Enlarged Entire Country Covered.
Involved the creation ot an organization
that Included In Its operations every farm
house and cottage in the land. That this
required money , and a great deal of it , goes
without saying. When , in the campaign of
1SCS , $250,000 was raised and expended In
the state of New York , the size of the sum
ra * ed general comment , but now , so vast
and varied have the demands upon national
otnmlltees become , such a sum would be
c'gardcd as a mere Incident of a subscrlp-
Ion sufficient to carry on a campaign. The
xpcnscs of national rcmmlttces and of
he state committee reach Into the mil
lions. In the campaign of 1S2 ! between
$1.000,000 nnd ? 5.000,000 were spent
by the two national committees
and thrlr subordinate associates.
Pome of the shrewdest politicians
believe that the science of campaigning
will be developed In the near future to such
an extent that each campaign committee
will be compelled to organize something
like a bank or trust company , which shall
lia'vo control of Its financial operations , for
they are so enormous now that they need
something different from the comparatively
Irresponsible financial management that In
former -tears has characterized the handling
of the funds.
No two national campaigns are conducted
on precisely the same lines , but all are di
rected by national cxecuthe committees ,
and the headquarters ot an executive com
mittee ii alwajs the center of political
nctlvlty during the continuance of the fight.
Down to the present time both the great
partle-s have always had campaign head
quarters In New York , despite frequent at
tempts to locate them elsewhere ; and it has
long been nn unwritten law that these
headquarters should be on Fifth a\enue.
and that private dwelling houses should be
their habitations. As a rule , the chairman
of each committee declares the policy of
the campaign He is selected by the presi
dential candidate himself , nnd. of course.
\s always a man in whom the candidate
places Implicit confidence , both as to his
loyalty and his political wisdom His post
Is by no means a desirable one and Mar
shal Jewel used to say that the man who
was competent to fill it , and who did it ,
was a fool. "If he is a poor man , " Jewell
was wont to say , "the same qualities that
would enable him to direct a campaign com
mittee would enable him to earn a great
fortune , and If he Is a rich man he could
hire some one else to do the work while
he did the heavy standing around , looked
vvise and took all the glury of success. "
The chairman Is by long uUs it.e htrd-
WILLIAM F. HARRITY.
est worked of all those who oci'Upy head
quarters during a campaign. Moreover , hi1
has to bear the brunt of nearly nil the
criticisms and possible scandals nf local
management Notoriety comes to him , but
election , however. things bad changed :
"There Was Music in the Air" and General
Harrison's nomination In 1840 was the signal
for an outburst of musical eloquence quite
unexampled In preceding campaigns A
song written by an old sbldler who fought
under the general at Fort Megs and entitled
"Old Fort Megs" sung to a favorite song
of that time entitled "O1 Lonely In the
Forest Shade , " became a great favorite.
The battle of Tippecanoe was eulogized to
the strains of the "Star Spangled Banner"
and the heroic pride of the voters stirred to
the highest pitch by a vivid description of
that great siruggle with the savage foe.
Their home sentiment also was appealed to
most forcibly with the "Buck Eye Cabin"
song , set to the tune of "The Highland
Laddie , " the chorus of which ran as fol
lows :
" 'Twas built among the merry boys that
wield the plough and cpaile.
Where the log en bin stiinds In the Bonnie
Iluck K > e sluidP "
Another most Inspiring marching sons was
entitled "When This Old that Was New , '
and the "Old Oaken Bucket" was chained
to the stump , so to speak , and made to
pour out the praises of "The Soldier of
Tlppecanoe , " To "Yankee Doodle" the
Harrison men set a number of verses with
the closing line , "Log Cabin and Hard
CiJer , " to which thcj marched while they
sung. The writer became personally ac
quainted with an old gentleman of nearly
f > 0 , who remembered well the "Log Cabin
and Hard Older" song , but more especially
dilated upon the pov er of the song "Tlppe
canoe and Tyler , Too. ' whlcll ho said was
the most popular of all the whig songs It
was sung to the classical strains of "The
Little Tig's Tall" and as an Illustration of
electioneering "doggerel" onu ve-ise Is here
given :
"What hns caused this great commotion
motion ,
Our country through ?
It IH the ball rolling on. "
Chorus :
For TJppc'canoo and Tyler , too
For Tlppecanoe und Tyler , too.
And with them we'll bent little Van ;
\un , Van , Vun Is u used up mun ;
And with them we'll bent llttln Vun.
Who after reading the foregoing will not
believe in the jiower of music ? Certainly
the words possess no charm but brag but
the swing of the tune carried It all over the
country and millions of people gang "Tippe
canoe nnd Tjlcr , Too" A Significant fact
Is noted , that of the ten campaign songs
of that election but one was for the demo
cratic nominee ; that was entitled "Bullet
Proof" and was sung to "Auld Lane Syne "
During the electioneering for James K.
Polk , when Henry Clay opposed him , the
following songs were Invoked in the in
terest of Clay and Frelinghujsen :
"Clay and Frellnghuysen , " "The Locas
Hate Like Plsen , " "The Mill Boy of the
Slashes. " "Old Hal o' the West , " "The
Wig Chief" and "Ex-Speaker Polk of Ten
nessee "
For Polk , the following * "The Hickories ,
and Down with Henry Clay , " "The Nomi
nee , " "Two Dollars a Day and Roast Beef "
"Henry Clay. My Joe. hrl " this latter to
the tune of "John Anderson , My Joe "
Of all these the first only became well
known.
But In the campaign of 1348 , when General
Talor was elected , several songs became
very popular , among these were "Toe the
Mark , Tis Taj lor Can. " sung to the tune
"Dandy Jim of Caroline , " "Old Jack's Com
ing" and "Rough and Ready , " the latter * et
to "Yankee Doodle "
These were devoted chiefly to recounting
Ta > lor's military achievements "The
Storming of Monterey " etc General Win-
field Scott In his campaign opposing Pierce
bad several good electioneering songs ; one
set to the tune "Scots wha bae wl Wai-
Uce Bled , " tut the democrat * made the J I
never popularity. He IK hunted from morn
ing till night by men who want to dip their
hands Into the committee's treasury. He
has to approach nnd lea\e committee hcaa-
quarters by private wass. and has to live
almost In hiding to cieape the swarms of
bores and mendicants His callers are
numbered literally by the thousand , and he
has to submit at all hours to people from
whom there Is no escape The political
leaders ofnrlous communities come to
headquarters for the purpose of advising
the director-ln-chlef Now and then he re
ceives good suggestions but in the main ,
this is only a waste ot time , and most ofte'n
such visits are used as covers for demands
upon the national treasury.
For months at a time In the jenr when
most people seek to avoid extra exertion.
ARTHUR P. GORMAN.
the chairman lives In the midst of confusion
and riot , w 1th hardly a moment he can call
his own. People look to him to heal all
party differences and to smooth down the
ruffled feathers ot disturbed personal vani
ties. A man of only ordinary executive
ability would BO crazv In a single day over
the Intricacies of the position. Most im
portant of all. the chairman must have a
good private banking account. Often there
is no money in the treasury Contributions
at best are spasmodic , and often are made
In bulk only toward the latter end of a
campaign. Chairmen have sometimes ad
vanced upward of J300.QOO and J400.000. either
from their own ' resources or through
pledges given by thbnu Often there is a
deficiency In the account at the close of the
campaign for expenses Incurred at the last
moment , and which1 were beyond the control
of the auditing offlcer-s of the committees
Such was the cas-e ; liijlSSS , when Calvin S
Bricc , chairman of the democratic committee
made peed from his own pocket a deficit of
nearly a quarter of in million of dollars
No two campaign committees organize
exactly alike , but there is a general similar
ity as a matter of course The work Is
usually divided oi ) mure or less time-hon
ored lines Besides the chairman there IH al-
wa > s a secretary , 'a treasurer , a speakers'
committee , finance1 committee and a com
mittee on election , tnqlhods. The , secretarj
of the committee acts as a buffer to the
chairman. His real duty Is to entertain men
who come to headquarters and to fight off
people who seek e-ach day to capture the
headquarters for purposes of their own. The
ticasurer Is , of course , at the head of the
finance committee. In some respects he Is
badgered even worse than the chairman ,
since be must not only strain e\ery nerve
to meet the expenses of the campaign , but
must also so manage the funds after he has
them in hand as to prevent. If possible , a
deficit at the end of the battle. If he Is a
methodical business man , and such he gen
erally is , he comes to be known as n hard
welkin ring with "The Old Granite State"
and won the race easily
It is surprising bow little there was of
music In the campaign of 1856 when Bu
chanan was elected over Fremont and Day
ton , and Millard Fllimore. Of the three
songs for Fremont one was written to the
"Marselalse" and was quite a pretentious
effort , the chorus closing with this line
"Free Speech , Free Press , Free Soil , Free
Men , Fremont and Victory. " Another was
set to "Auld Lang Syne. " and the other to
the tune of "Dandy Jim of Caroline , " with
the line "Free Speech. Free Kansas and
Fremont. " The democrats were satisfied
with some cheap \erse-s set to "Walt For
the Wagon. " and a song making a direct
bid for the Irish vote to the tune of "Nora
Crelna. "
It was In the campaign which resulted in
Lincoln's election (1SGO ( ) that electioneering
made special useof music Indeed , glnce
I "Tlppecanoe and Tyler. Too , " no election
I had produced so many songs The' quadruple
! character of the contest. Including as It did
two democratic tickets. Douglan ( regular )
| and Breckcnrldge ( secession ) , with Bell
and Everett on neutral giound. no doubt
contributed to that result ; though the tre
mendous Issue which developed as the cam
paign continued , stirred the patriotic im
pulses of every one according to their
knowledge and prejudices.
Bell and Everett had two songs , neither
of which gained popular favor. The Breck-
euridge wing of the democratic party had
one song to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne , "
while the Douglas shouters aroused enthusi
asm singing the song "Douglas and His Men"
to the air , "Dinna Ye Hear the Slogan , "
the other song used by them wan entitled
"Lincoln's Picture , " and was Intended to be
funny.
Of the several Lincoln songs I'm bound
to admit that the least meritorious was the
most generally sung. As a boy , still too
young to vote , I remember "Joining In" the
song entitled , "The Lincoln Hess and Stephen
A. " , sung to the tune of "Du da " The
following verse will Indicate the literary ( ? )
quality of the ong- "
"There's an old tlow'Hos ' whose name
Is 'Dug.1
Du da. DtJ'rta' ,
He's short nnd ' '
thick-Tin regular 'Plug ,
Du da , Du dtt duy. "
'ii
Chorus :
\Vf're bound to wbflc'all night.
We're bound to/wfirk nil day.
I'll bet my money on , the "Lincoln Hess ; "
Who bets on Su-rilUIn A ? .
The lively air , jo , , simple that a child
could sing it , and easy to march by , ren
dered this very popular , especially In the
west. When Llncolnlwas re-elected In 1S64
there were few camjiajsn songs In the proper
sense of the term put the war songs ,
"Battle Cry of Freedom" and the enlist
ment songs , "We Are'Comlng. Father Abra
ham , " were made tp itlo loyal service. The
opposition were "Insrilred ' ( ? ) with a > ery
sickly effort entitled ; "Lincoln's Dodge , "
set to "Yankee Doodle. " a satire on "We
Are Coming , Father Abraham. " and "Tho
Hour and the Alan , " eet to the air of
"Bonny Dundee " The one tingle song of
the electioneering type for Lincoln was it
marching song entitled , "Then Go for Old
Abe and Be Marching Along "
The royal battle between the republicans
and democrats in 'G8 , when U. S. Grant
was elected over Seymour produced for the
latter some "Carpet Bagger" uongs and a
"Bond Baron' * Song , " set to the air "Tramp.
Tramp. Tramp. " which scored the "lojal"
gambler * who had grown rich In bond deals
and speculations , and contractors who bad
furnished "shoddy" goods to the "Bojs in
Blue" For the great general "who bad
never lost a battle , " "Marching Througi
Georgia , " "Ulysses , the Tanner" ( to the
tune "Jockey Hat and Feather" ) and "Grant
Boys la Blue" ( to the air of The lied ,
man to get along with by the committee's
subordinates , and even by some of the com-
mltteemcn quite early In the campaign.
The printing committee generally hn
charge of the editorial work as well as the
printing. There l a tradition around every
political headquarters which favors the clrI
dilation of documents , and this circulation
Is stimulated by the demands ot local speak
ers. During a recent presidential campaign
the bills for printing. Including the work
of preparing copy for the printers and the
expense of mailing , amounted to nearly
$250.000. Of course , the getting
out of such an mormons num
ber of documents renders necessary the
organization of a treme'tidous shipping de
partment. In the campaign just men
tioned this department , together with the
binding department of the printer , occu
pied three floors of a huge building n
whole block long and several hundred
men , women , bovs and girls weio kept
busy cverj week day and Sunday , anil
many nights , during the campaign getting
the- matter off. As n rule , however , cam
paign managers consider money expended
In the circulation of documents money
well spent. It was the opinion of Mr.
Tilden , and has been the recently ex
pressed opinion of Senator Hill Unit the
silent messengers which came through the
malls to the \oters had far innre Influ
ence In determining the doubtful than
stump speeches or political processions ,
and that Is also the opinion of such able
republican managers as Senators Chan
dler and Proctor. Senator Gorman , who Is
one of the shre'wdest organizers In the
democratic party , has said that public
meetings comert few voters , mainly for
the reason that when n republican spenKs
he Is listened to for the most part by re
publicans , and that is also the cose when
the democracy holds meetings. The chief
value of the public demonstration and of
the stump is that it maintains the party
In good discipline , or. as the senator puts
It , it steadies the ranks In the close states
In the north , however , the doubtful voters
decide the battle , and they are reached
by personal approach and through the
mails Still , few people ha\e patience or
Interest sufficient to read political docu
ments of any length , and the publications
which have had the greatest effect have
btnery brief paragraphs representing
great concentrations of facts upon one
sheet of paper.
The speakers' committee also has a dif
ficult task to perform , for at least 2.000
oiators find employment in a national caui-4
paigu. Many of these speakers are under
WILLIAM E. CHANDLER.
the direction of the several state commit
tees , but the movements of a large number
are controlled directly by the national
bodies The members of the latter class
White and Blue" ) serve-d to arouse the en
thusiasm and awaken personal admiration
for the "silent soldier " An illustration of
a music dealer's enterprise and push in
Chicago during this campaign is related of
a firm , who. In its eagerness to be "first in
the field. " and knowing that Grant would
be the presidential nominee of the repub
licans , forestalled the action of the conven
tion by getting a song written and set up ,
leading a vacant space for the refrain ; they
also had a lithograph title with a picture of
Grant all ready leaving a vacant space for
his running mate , whoever It should be
An soon as Colfax was nominated the poet
( ' ) composer finished the refrain and the
lithographer got to work on the picture. An
advertisement of it appeared in the morning
papers which contained the news of the
nomination and the next day the eong was
on sale in the store'
Grant's second election was characterized
by a song of "The Old White Hat" foi
Greeley and "Hurrah for Horace Greele > , "
to the time of "Dixie. " the latter having in
the north to be " "
come considered a "rebel"
song. The republicans replied with "When
This Old White Hat Was New. " in which
ridicule was poured into the ranks of "the
enemy , " ant ] Greeley's former bitter oppo
sition to his present friends was sarcastically
enlarged upon.
The Tilden and Ha > cs campaign of 1870
was notable for the absence of republican
electioneering musical Inspiration. There
was one Peter Cooper song , one greenback
song and one very poor attempt at satire
upon Tilden and Hendrlcks called "The
Kangaroo Ticket , " written for a republican
club In Indianapolis. There were two Til
den songs , one entitled "The Radical
Rogues , " In which the tins of omission and
commission of the republican administra
tion were unmercifully elaboiated upon and
one "Tilden nnd Reform , " commencing
"Come , all ye honest democrats , let each
man raise JUsolce "
Little campaign music was used in the
Garfield and Hancock contest of 1S80 , and
that little contained nothing worthy of note
The great struggle between "Plumed
Knight" and "The Sheriff of Evil" in 1SS4
gives us a curiosity In that the great Ger
man war song , "Die Wacht am Rheln , "
makes ita appearance with some clever
verses entitled "The Plumed Knight and
Black Eagle" ( the latter being the sobriquet
of General John A. Logan ) , one verge fol-
IOWB'
"They come ! they come ! the mighty
twain !
Mid storm and sunshine , flow em and grain ;
The Plumed Knight1 lookd to the kles ,
And onward the 'Illack IJugle1 tiled. "
"The Man from Maine" was Bunc to the
air , "The Sword of Bunker Hill ; " but the
most effective of the lot was "Hurrah for
Jimmy Biaine , " set to "Marching Through
Georgia "
The democrats went for their opponents
with a song called "Turn the Rascals Out , "
a single verse of which will serve to satisfy
our curiosity
The C'onfllct rages fiercely boys.
Our chieftain leads the von ;
We march in bold array , my boys ,
Aealnut the "Tattooed man ! "
From north and south , from cast and
we-Bt ,
All loyal freemen shout *
"We'll work against corruption's host ,
And 'Turn the HuxculH Out ! ' "
The well known college song , "Good
Bye , My Lover , Good Bje , " was made to
serve both for and against General Harrison
in Ills campaign against Cleveland. The
republican sbouters sang1
Protection IK thr i > eoplu'8 wealth.
Goodbye , free traders , goodbye1
And we xhall guard the nation's wealth ,
Goodbye , free traders , goodbye ! "
while the democrats retorted with
"A dollar u day Is enough for you ,
Goodbye , Cheap Bennle , goodbye !
No 'wuihe-e' me-n in the V S. trew ,
Goodbye , Cheap liennie , goodbye. "
The favorite old song , "Tlppccauoe and
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CALVIN S. BRICE.
are nearly all men of national repute , and
their efforts are confined in the main to the
close and doubtful states. The lot of the
national commlttceman who directs their
movements Is neither an easy nor a pleas
ant one. Some orators decline to speak In
small towns , and othcis of less extended
fame Insist upon being scheduled for
speeches In New York and other large cities.
But the speakers' committee Is generally
succssful In smoothing over these difficul
ties , in impressing the different orators
with the field In which they can do the
most good , and in persuading them to accept
the assignment for which they have been
scheduled. Formerly the cost of campaign
speeches was the largest Item In
a bill of campaign expenses , but
it Is very different now. A great majority
of campaign speakers , aside from thtlr
necessary cxpen-'es , receive no recompense
for their services ; those of the first-class
never do Still there ale quite a number
of attractive speakers , who are not only
paid , but well paid , for their speeches
Some receive $100 a week and expenses and
a \ery few as high as Jl.OOO a week. There
are not wanting those who make a business
of campaign speaking , and have no other
regular means of support. One speakci , a
well known ex-congressman , has been em-
plojed for several years bj the national
committee of his party , at a handsome
salary.
In some of the states the result of an
election Is not uncertain , and In these little
work is necessary , though watch has to
be kept lest through apathy the unexpected
Tyler , Too , " was revived again during this
contest , and many an old grizzled voter who
had voted for the hero of Fort Melgs and
Tlppecanoe renewed their youth and enthu
siasm for the "Young Tippecanoe" In the
stliring strains of nearly fifty > ears previous ,
changed to "Tlppecanoe and Morton , Too "
A song of "The Old Bandanna , " In honor
of the "Good Old Roman. " Allen G. Thur-
man ( Cleveland's running mate ) , became
very popular In the west , while the favorite
tune , "Tenting Tonight , " was made to carry
Into brief popularity a song called "Young
Tlppecanoe. "
The last campaign was chiefly Interesting
musically for the number of labor
songs developed. The "Tlppecanoe" en
thusiasm seemed somehow to have exhausted
Itself , though "Grandfather's Hat" was
praised successfully , and "Goodb > e Forever
to Grover" was shouted to "Marching
Through Georgia" by the Tiaveling Men's
Republican club. The rise of the populists
Is signalized by a number of songs , how
ever. "Labor's Sweet Bjc and Be , " "Good
bye , Old Forty , Goodbye , " Indicating their
general trend. The silver "craze" also ap
pears to the air "Marching Through
Georgia , " commencing thus "Sound the
good old bugle , with a bimetallic song "
This same tune was made the vehicle of
democratic Ideas In a song commencing.
"Bring the good old frying pan , we're going
to fry some fat. " The satire of this may be
Judged by one of the refrains which : an
thus :
"Hurrah ! Hurrah ! for Dudley nnd for
Quay !
Hurrah ! Hurruh ! for teaching us the
way.
To carry nny doubtful Htuto on election
iliiy.
While wo are frying for Bonnie. "
Already the present contest Is fitted out
with a "True Blue" republican campaign
song book and a "Populist end Silver" song
book. S. G. WATT.
"Written for Tlic life
Oh , give mo the life of the bounding Bleed !
Let those who will love the HeiiMfli-SH
wheel ;
For nothing Is n cold machine
Compared with whut can think und feel.
And all the night or nil the il.iy.
In stormy or In pleasant weather ,
O'er Ice nnd leet or muddy joadn
My horse und I cun bu together.
Pno us the air , wo l oth can breathe ,
We climb the rugged hillH und moun-
talnu , .
Gayly we gallop through the rules ,
And drink from Nuture'n glorious foun-
tlllllH.
Give me the touch of the soft , warm none ,
And the IOVIIIK iiuinn ui.u nit uvii.e
bruin ,
The sensitive earn and the flying feet ,
To guide und guard me through un and
rain.
Gl\e me the curve of an arching neck ,
\\lth nervous strength und u clear
bright ec , '
With the swift , Btrone pluy of slender
And let nil the win-flu in thn world co by
July IS. 1KW. liELLi : W1LL1JY GUU
flirt- for llrailiiclii- .
As a remedy for all forms of headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the very
best. It affect * a permanent cure and the
most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield
to Its influence Wo
urge all who are
afflicted to procure a bottle , und give this
remedy a fair trial. In cans of habitual
constipation Electric Bitters cure * by giv
ing the needed tone to the bowels , and few
caies long resist the use of this medicine
Tr ) it once. Only DO cent * at Kuhn & Co a
druc Btore.
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The latest 1 * the manufacture of paper
teeth ,
may occur. It Is to the doubtful and closa ,
states tlibt most attention Is given The na-
tlonnl committees watch everything In these
states very closely , and by means of meet
ings and processions keep the excitement
to as high a pitch as possible. A most im
portant pait of a committees' work Is known
as polling the doubtful states. That Is , se
curing a supposedly complete and correct
list of the voters In each state. These lists
often cost a great deal of money , and often
are found to be dlseouraglngly faulty and
Incomplete This Is not surprising when
one considers the brief life of an executive
committee. In ery few cases does such
a committee have more than three months In
which to do its work , a work Involving the
organization of a vast business Institution
as well as a political machine Many urge
that executive committees should be con
tinuous In existence , with permanent head
quarters , officers and employes , Including a.
well paid executive head Such an Institu
tion would have four years Instead of three
months In which to do its work. Its poll
lists would bo kept constantly revised , and
Its machinery would always be well oiled
and efficient.
This year the campaign piomlses to begin
late , and It Is possible that at Icnst one of
the great parties will have Its headquarters
away from New Yoik.
Bobble Mother , were all the bad men de
stroyed by the flood * Mother Yes , my son.
Bobbie ( who has just received a whipping
from his father ) When Is there going to bo
another flood.
Summer Sports
Call for
Cuticura Soap.
For Summer Rashes
Freckles
Tan Sunburn
Red Oily Skin
and /
Undue Perspiration
It U IndUpenttble. lltcaun of Iff dtllc.te
mcdlc.tlun , CUTICUKA SOAP If the mo t
oothlntr. cooling , end parity Ing application ,
well a purett end iwecteit lor toilet ,
path , and nursery.
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luih wlthUuTiuuni bojkrti moit rtfrtMug.
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tbc klo. toothluK Itiflmnuiktloo nod wiien to- ]
lowed by yeutle unolutlnir with CfTict'n * . ( olnt.
unit ) , jirovet mod bnurllcUl lu rcllnrlog tlrud ,
lame , iufltuicd , or itralDtd muiclei ,
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