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By JAMES
RAYMOND
PERRY
Copyright, By James R. 19C0, Perry. A Candidate
fcF.I.POM or never bad po¬
litical feelings in a presl
dcutial campaign run so
high. Principles, policies,
and jM-rsoiialiilcs were ull
sources of prejudice and
hatred. The candidates
tuf tlieirwo principal parties were as un
{[!*> ::s It is possible to Imagine, and the
-•irlnclpies ami policies of the two party
platform* were as opposite as the mind
could conceive.
As the campaign progressed with ev¬
er Intensifying feeling, charges nnd
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eountereiiiirges were made—some well
founded, no doubt, and others utterly
ridiculous. Persons acquainted with
the 1 r. n iMididates knew these stories
and similar ones to be utterly false, but
the la cl that siicli stories originated
and gained currency illustrates how
high public t'celing ran and Into what
depths of credulity its prejudices al¬
low od it to lie carried.
One of the most ridiculous and at the
mime nine one or im* most persisn-wt
tumors in circulation was i!mt which
I t ■i, ■ l I:ii a . .-ol, iha: one of
the candidates, who was slumping the
country from Maine to California—in
this most unusual of campaigns all
slates were doubtful, nnd nil alike
needed the presence of the party nom¬
inees—was not the candidate at all, but
n man of much greater intellectual nnd
oratorical ability who bore a strong
physical resemblance to the actual can
siidate.
The reports concerning this mysteri¬
ous substitute of the real candidate
were some what conflicting. According
to the more conservative versions of
this Improbuhle story, the substitute
assumed tin* part of ids principal only
t'.pou occasions when the genuine can¬
didate wa.s too much exhausted to lilm
nlf address tlu* expectant crowds ns
be passed from one railway station to
.another In his Kpccchumking campaign.
'J'liis theory was given some color by
ilie extraordinary number of speeches
which the candidate succeeded lu
■n>v, ding into n working day of 1- or
!."> hours. There was no stopping place
so small but that lie would find time
iuid words to make at least a little
speech, and to much as gave no cre
.deuce to tin* theory of candidatlonal
substitution It was a constant marvel
that the man’s voice and strength
■ didn't give out. Thus there were many
persons willing to believe the candidate
bad a physical duplicate to spell him in
ids specchmaking who would uot go so
•far ox to believe, as another version
the story hnd It. that it was the sub¬
stitute who was making all the speech¬
es nnd that It had all been arranged
before tin* nomination of the camll
dale. This version stated in terms as
■explicit ns was compatible with an
avoidance of libel suits that the man
put In nomination by the convention
was so Inferior Intellectually that
was totally Incompctc’.n to make tho
brilliant speeches which the party’s
salarlotl substitute was going about
making. This version of the fairy tale
would hnve It that the genuine camll
date had gotw Into the most secret and
seel tided retirement Imnuxliately after
tlnvconvontlon had noininatixl him and
that be would not Issue therefrom tm
,til after the election should have car
vied him up to a triumphant victory .or
down to an Inglorious defeat.
Jn the heat Of politico! campaigns the
most Improbable tales will find ere
donee, and there wen* found among the
duller class of Intellects many men who
actual)} belie\cd the real part} candi
date had never been swn at a political
rail} mid had ncxer made a sik*ocIi
fsinet* the U % ginutng of tht campaign,
This La'llef no doubt accouuts for the
interrupUon* that occijrrod now and
then near the close of the campaign
when the candidate wonld be greeted
with cries of “Hello, old Bogus!" and
similar remarks. But while no person
of education nnd Intelligence for a mo
ment supposed that the real candidate
was not daily appearing before thou
sands and making speeches there were
many who believed It not Impossible
uor even Improbable that lie hnd with
him a substitute bearing a personal
likeness to himself, whom he suffered
to make short speeches at some of the
minor nnd unimportant places nt which
tho train stopped.
It may be as well to state here how
the story of the double started, accord¬
ing to the explanation given by the can¬
didate and his managers, an explana¬
tion. by the way, that was accepted
with reluctance or not at all by many
of the opposing party. Then, too, as is
always the case when sensational sto¬
ries gain currency, there were many
who heard the story who never heard
the explanation of its origin.
According to the explanation, one day
when the train wns passing through a
city of considerable size a gentleman
came aboard who bore a rather striking
resemblance to Hie candidate so far ns
features went, but who was a much
smaller man and one who could not
possibly be palmed off upon the public
for any length of time as the real can¬
didate*. This gentleman and the presl
ilentlal aspirant were presented to each
other, and the stranger remained talk¬
ing with his distinguished companion
until tin* train had carried them out in
to the rural districts, and ns the train
wa3 slowing upnt an unimportant little
station the stranger laughingly sug¬
gested that he should take the candi¬
date’s place on (lie rear platform.
The candidate good humoredly ac¬
quiesced to the proposal, and the stran¬
ger actually showed himself upon the
rear platform to the little group walt
lng at the station, while the real candi¬
date remained within the ear unseen.
Contrary to the terms of tho proposal
nml its acceptance, the stranger even
made n little speech, the temptation to
do so apparently being too great
him to resist. The sixk'ch was merely
a brief restatement of some things the
candidate hnd already littered in one
his printed speeches nnd so would lmve
done no harm even if it had been re¬
ported for the press and again printed,
which was not done, ns the place
It was delivered was regarded ns
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unimportant to make appropriate
publication.
And that was all there was to the
story, according to the candidate
the party managers. The stranger soon
after left the train, nml he and the can¬
didate had never seen each other slr.ee.
This was all very well as an expla
nation, said the candidates opponents,
but ................. if true, how wns „„„ It that- the eamll
date was able to make suclxtu Impos
B jbJe number of speeches? And, fur
thermore, bow was It that on one ocea
sioti, due to somebody’s blunder, both'imp- the
candidate and his substitute
poncnl to be making _ speeches . at the —
same hour in two towns a few miles
apart? To the Hist question the an
ewer was made that the grant hit dice
tual and physical strength of the CRU
didate made so many speeches possible.
And to the second question the re
spouse was that the assumption upon
which It rested was absolutely bsse
lcss-a fabrication pure nnd simple.
And so things went on. with ever bn
creaslhg bitterness upon both sides, to
ward the end of this most momentous
0 f all presidential campaigns.
To such extent was feeling aroused
an ,j to such length of bitterness did It
that, as the end approached, the
more extreme imnisans wi»h* ready to
resort to almost any means to defeat
their opponents. There were rusypr*#
plots tn aS Kfi urinate one or tin* other of
both i f the 1« ; ding candidates, rumor*
h lilc'i v , i.cn traced to their sources. It
la pleasant I‘> *>e able to record, were
fonml to be wholly without foundation
In truth, hut the rumors served to ex
and Inflame still further the ant
niositi,. H of persons whose hatred had
nlreud.v reached fever heat.
If v.as at this critical stage of the
campaign that certain hotheaded parti
sans hatched a plot to kidnap the can
didate who was rumored to have a dou
ble. Tla y would kidnap him about a
week before the day of election, thus
compelliug his paid substitute In the
Intervnl to appear nt all public func
tions and make all speeches for which
the true candidate had made engage
ments. After election, should he prove
to have received a majority of the elec
total votes, the candidate was to be
hold n prisoner until after the succeed
Ing 4th of March, which would compel
the successful party to either Inaugu
rate a spurious {(resident or admit that
tlic man elected was not to be found
nnd therefore could not be Inaugurated,
Or, should developments after the elec
tion make It seem wiser to restore the
elected candidate to Ids party before
March 4. n heavy ransom could be de
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A band of housemen babhed the noAD.
ilia mini, which would repay the con
spiraiors for the risk they would run
in kidnaping him.
The election would occur on Tuesday.
On the evening of the preceding Thurs¬
day a final great political rally was to
he held in a large hall of oue of the
chief cities. This rally would practical¬
ly end the campaign, such meetings as
Were to he held afterward being of less¬
er Importance. The candidate credited
with having a double was to address
this great political meeting. There was
to Tie a torchlight procession lirst.aiul in
order that as many persons as possible
I might catch a giii:;| , :>' of the great
man it was arranged that lie should
ride from his hotel to the hall in an
open carriage at the head of the pa¬
rade.
The conspirators of the opposing
ty, knowing of this plan, decided
the liest time to kidnap the
would be Just before the'hour set
the meeting. It was liopisl by
that the salaried substitute would
unprepared for taking the place of Ids
principal liefore this great gathering
and would In his embarrassment and
unpreparedness leave a bad Impression
on the voters. Tho plotters therefore
decided to permit the candidate to pass
from the hotel to the hall ns arranged
and seize him just as he was entering
the hall by a private entrance. Two
dozen picked policemen were to be on
guard near the entrance, each of whom
*<> 11 sympathizer with the con
splrators and secretly act In conjunct
tion with them. Plans were carefully
perfected, and It seemed reasonably
certain that the abduction could be sue
cessfully accomplished. With a substi
tnte available the managers would cer
tn Inly have the mass meeting proceed
with an address by the spurious candi
date rallier than endanger the chances
of the real candidate’s election by male
ing public the fact that he had been
captured ami carried away and that it
was not known where he was or when
his person could lie recovered.
R,lt 011 t,H> very morning of the day
when the abduction was to occur and
when all the plaus for it,* execution had
been arranged the startling news came
to the conspirators that the secret hnd
leaked out and that the candidate and
his managers would be prepared for the
kidnaping. A traitor to the enemy
straight from that enemy’s camp
brought the conspirators the news, llo
divulged the plans the enemy had
f»'epart*d fur outwitting the couspira
,ors- H ' vns to be a case of fooling the
,ook . 5 1 ,5 . th
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Shbsfflffite could well l>e spared, and the
,he en °my, as revealed by the
traitor Was to have the spurious candi
date ride roin t io hotel to the hall in
the open carriage at the head of the pa
rRlU ‘> wh,le tho S enulne candidate
shouU1 proceed to the hall In a closed
carriage and enter the building through
a " otf *r entrance The conspirators
Bh « u,d l>e suffered to carry out their
plans - OIlI r ln6toad of tlie real candi
H would be the substitute whom
they woukl capture and carry away.
Tllls nows brought coustcrnatiou to
conspirators nt first, but after the
wowicnts of discomfiture and be
wlldoruient the leader exclaimed:
l' vll 7, aJHhs better then! Wa w ill l«t
them see that W» chance our plana
a* qutekty at they can thetrm. W«vtU
let them continue to think we arc to do
as already planned. hot In reality we
will let this substitute of their* enter
the hall, and w« will capture the tandl
date In the dosed carriage. Tbo ro
suits will be the same as first plan
ned.”
"Ha, ha!” shouted the other conspir
ators and proceeded to rearrange their
plans accordingly,
That evening, with limelights brlng
Ing his features Into strong relief, there
rode In an open carriage nt the head (4
ft procession through double rows of
cheering and shouting spectators a
smiling nnd hadess man who strongly
resembled die presidential candidate,
He bowed and bowed, and few besides
those in the secret dreamed that he
was other than wliat be seemed.
At the Bnmo hour a closed carriage
WQS driven rapidly from an alley in the
rear of the candidate’s hotel ami rolled
swiftly away through the more desert
ed streets toward tlie ball where the
meeting was to be hold. When about
half the distance had been covered, a
band of horsemen suddenly dashed
from a cross street nnd itarred the read
In front of the carriage. One of the
horsemen quickly mounted the scat
with the driver, and, the others lining
up on either side of the vehicle, the
carriage and the little cavalcade sur
rounding it sped swiftly away toward
the environs of the city.
Tlie occupant had made no outcry.
An hour or so later, when the great
hall was echoing and re-echoing to <he
ringing tones of the presidential candi
:latc and to the respondent cheers of his
audience, a little band of swearing con¬
spirators were disgustedly kicking
about ail efiigy of straw that their lead¬
er hnd just pulled unceremoniously
from a closed carriage.
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THE SUNBONNET GIRL.
Weari Her New Heudnrenr or i.et* it
HunK Uown Her R.n-k Ht Will,
After the various sorts of summer
girls—the dimity girl, the white duck
girl and the golf girl—comes the new
est of all, the sunbonnet girl. With
her curls flying about her sunburned
cheeks, her face never looked half so
tie 3v itch big its when thus quaintly
flan ic'd, says the New York Herald.
For sailing, tennis, golling and in
deed any outdoor sport the summer
gill dona this new and favorite head
covering and sallies forth ready to
Joy whatever fun there is In store for
her.
She may tie the strings of her old
fashioned headgear under her chin or
leave them fluttering to the breeze, just
whichever happens to be the fancy of
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the golf gibl’s favobitb.
the moment, for the sunbonnet girl is
one who Indulges every whim and is in
for a most enjoyable time.
Half the time the bonnet is hanging
down her hack by the strings or swing
ing over her arm and, again, may be
carried by some member of the sterner
aex who flutters about tbo belle of the
season as the proverbial moth.
The golf sunbonnet, wltb its bright
red gorgeousness, makes a charming
bit of color ou the smooth green links.
Gingham bonnets are trimmed with
ruffles or fine white embroidery and are
perhaps the most useful kind of all,
yet they lack the airiness of tho organ
dle or mull.
Kdte. From the Soath.m Jeweler,
Signet rings remalu very popular.
Watch fobs find more wearers every
The elt£ular shape has great vogue In
brooches.
Flower rings are an English Idea of
the “new art" variety.
Thumb ring purses are latest among
the many clever novelties.
"All the rings on one hand only”—
the left of course—Is now the dictum.
dl<]n , t get tQ the fle , d jportg ln
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Softlelgh—I—aw—got off & weally
efcvah filing lawst evening.
Miss Cutting—Is it possible!
Softleigh—Yaws. I wcad it io g
papab first, ducher know^—Chlouts
A GIRL'S EVENING DRESS. '
A Prrttf Gann, Cost ^l-!Iow to Dir
■•d How to Make it.
There has neror been a time wh£n
atmplletty baa been held to be more
adorable than at present—simplicity
when utilized In connection with youth
—says a writer In The Now Idea IV o
tnan’s Magazine lu preface to the fol¬
lowing little story of "A One Dollar
Evening Gown:”
One of the dearest girls In the world
—she Is tny neighbor, and wo nre on
rather familiar terms—has been be
walling her lot, ’for she has been obllg
cd to refuse uu lnvltatlou to a summer
resort for a fortnight for the simple
reason that she has nothing to wear
for evening.
Now, a grown up woman who^fteeds
certain things according to the mode to
fitly adorn her cannot Imagine why a
young girl with a fair face, bright eyes,
a lithe figure and a general composite
of youthful attractions must remain at
home from an outing among even pre
tentlous people simply because she has
n ° evening gown. So wo forthwith
solved the problem,
No one knows better than a grown
up woman that youth Is the adornment
°* gown—not the gown the solo
adornment of youth. This mst Is the
foundation of the proposition of an
evening dress for the sum of $1. Vi hen
niy neighbor goes away, she will pack
In her trunk among all the girlish at
tlp o two muslin gowns, each one of
which cost not more than the trifling
*um meotioned-gownswhich she made
with her own hands and in which she
will One appear of tlie at the evening in question danefs. is
gowns a
white dimity, having a tiny polka dot
of red. The dimity cost 7 cents a yard
and ten yards were required. The re<j
was selected because it belonged with
her special type, which is dark hair
and eyes and a complexion tiycorre
gpond. Yellow would have looked equal
\j well perhaps, but we chose the red
because it Is her favorite color. We
had a choice of printed batiste at Q
cents and also of cotton crepon at the
same price.
The first thing to be considered in
this gown is tho petticoat to be worn
with it. It must be a trained skirt of
exactly the same length as the outer
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oiriHL S £ so as hLg to vivo the latter sulfltffent
Just right Fortunately
8 j ie possessed such a skirt; but even if
j Blle j ia( j uot wo B i 10U p\ have pieced
down one to mnko lt do> or wo should
have applied a circular trimmed flounce
0 ; imis n n to an ordinary petticoat
Then enme the dress skirt. It was a
-simple affair w ith a demitralu'and
t r i um ied with a circular flounce. We
bought some baby ribbon at a cent
E yard> ..’ to sew on tlie ^ the
flounot ’the bu t even if we had had no
nbboa gown would have passed
raug ter. Of course the ribbon Improved
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The waist was the simplest affaJr
i Imaginable. We cut it from oo ordi
nary In waist pattern, allowing by extra £oods fold
the back and front laying a
In the goods before placing the pattern
and tbeti rounding out the neck In ai
I semidecollcte fashion. There was no
lining in the waist, merely a ribbon
niching around the neck. The sleevq
was simplicity itself, a mere cap of a
sleeve made to fit the shoulder closely,
The s i tx . vo might have been made In
a puff, but the severe sleeve was the
choice of tills particular girl. An »lbow
! sleeve Is also appropriate. We ia<l 30
cents left with which to purchase
the ribbon.
My neighbor plans to wear a white
silk sash wHh this gown, lieeause she
the sash, but a belt of red ribbon
would answer every punxise.
The other gown Is a cheap dotted
muslin in white nml also cost 7 cents
a yard. It Is a reproduction ot the first
gown ln of’ stvle i,f making, with tlkf ex
ceptlon tin- pufiV.l b !,ove and a
! change of color In ilu* liblsms.
An original notion is necklace of
rtngsjhreaded ou to interlaced ribbons.