Just a Hallowe’en bogie
William H. Taft sees what appears to be a ghost in front of him although it is actually William Jennings Bryan and a donkey hidden in a sheet. Taft says, “That’s the same one that tried to scare Teddy.”
Comments and Context
An elaborate Hallowe’en theme conveys the idea, which was close to the truth of the political situation, that with less than a week until election day, neither the Democratic donkey (the party) nor a jack-o’-lantern (its presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan) presented no reason to be scared.