The last minute revisions for the speech that day forced the team to hand
it to the typist page by page. They were so " punch-drunk with
exhaustion", they had little idea about the quality of the speech.
By nightfall they reboarded the train for the final three stops at
Bellefontaine, Ohio at 12:15 p.m., Terre Haute, Indiana 3:30p.m. and
Mattoon, Illinois 4:53 p.m.
Still ahead to look forward to was the climactic address of the campaign,
at 8:25 p.m. in the Kiel Auditorium in St.Louis.
