The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-07

PROF. CORNELIUS MADAM,
President
American Institute of Hypnotism-

] american Institute OF HypnCtiSm-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Il came to propose he went on, "the
adoption Of an entirely new force in POI
itics. Ny plan win cut down the expense
of a national campaign by half and VII
make the election of the man who en-
plcys me absolutely certain. I must see
the chairman at once"
Pm afraid said the well-trained
clerk, that the chairman is out TO
| lunch. I'll take you in 10 see the Com
nittee on Speakers or the Committee on
Committee on Campaign Buttons, which
ever you prefer. But we have decided
not to go into vaudeville this year.
Young man, you don't understand me.
You evidently have no idea Of what 1
propose. Let me explain
The second clerk fed rapidly out Of
the room as the professor took off his
yachting cap, folded the tails of his long
| and shiny frock coat in his lap, and sat
| down on a pile of campaign documents.
Its ike this. You people are all
| busy trying to convince the voters that
they ought TO vote for certain candidates.
| You spend millions in sending out cam
paign documents and in paying the ex-
| penses of speakers to travel around the
| country. Even then you cannot be GER
! tain how any man but yourself will
! IL IL.
! uteS / can hypnotic any man so that he
| you doubt my ability. Let me try it
| on you. You are supposed TO be here
| working for the election Of Bryan and
Stevenson. In five minutes l will have
you giving three cheers for Mckinley
| AS the professor started to make mys-
| terious passes with mis- long, slender
hands the clerk squirmed uneasily off his
seat.
Never mind. professor" he said. 81
don't doubt your ability for a second
and I want to hold my job until the
campaign is over Come in and I'll pre-
sent you TO the chairman of the Com
mittee on Speakers
The long suffering young man in the
next room looked up with d well worn
but sin serviceable smile.
What can l do for you, sir?" he po-
litely inquired.
Nothing. sir" replied the professor,
with deep bow. ION the contrary, I
come to do you a favor I want to
place in your hands a weapon which viii
make the election of your candidates
| absolutely certain. You do business with
amateur sDellblnders. Let me show you
how professional does the work"
The chairman of the Committee on
! Speakers showed signs of retreat and the
professor went on hurriedly:
Look at the opportunities which a ma
| tional campaign offers to a man Of my
gifts. You get word, for instance, that
Samuel Edwards. who for eighty years
| has voted for every Democratic candi-
\ date for president has come out for Nc
Kiney. We will suppose that Mr. Ed
wards lives at Centrala, Ill What do
you do? At present you can do Moth
ing. If l was in your employ you would
! simply give me expense money knd a
modest amount in addition and put me
on the cars. 1 would go to CentraIia and
visit Mr.. Edwards. Within half an hour
would have him under my magic
| power. Under the hypnotic influence
| though entirely unconscious of it, he
would go home and write a letter de-
claring the report that he would support
the Republican candidates a falsehood
and announcing his unfaltering allegi-
ance to the faith of his fathers.
"On sthe other hand, suppose you want
to MAXI a distinguished convert. Simply
| pick him out. 1 care not who he is,
though you name one of the opposing
candidates or member OF the presi-
dents cabinet. Let me start after him
Within a week I will have him resiguing
6zwn the ticket or the cabinet and taxi
ing the stump in favocsof your candi-
date. They can't get away from it. No
man can resist me. 1 could If I wished
force you to give me a hundred lollars
in cash at this moment
The chairman of the Committee on
Speakers hurriedly buttoned up his coat
and called a clerk
John" he said. take the gentleman
into the room of the Finance commit
tee"
My card, SIR said the professor as
a
his desk. you are wasting money. I
want TO show you how to save it, and
how to get all the money you need for
campaign purposes
The red-faced man looked almost in
terested
Suppose, now, there is some fellow you
know of who has plenty of money, but
won't loosen up. Give me his name AMI
address and sufficient funds to paw NY
expenses to the city where ne resides
Simply tell me the amount you think
he ought to subscribe. I'll do the rest
As quickly as trains viii carry ne III
be back with the cash in hand satchat.
All you'll have to do is to name the men
But began the chairman.
Don't interrupt me. l want to make
the case clear to you. You have to pay
all the bills for campaign speakers. Stop
it. Hire me. Let me, unknown to the
In no time at all I'll have them denounc-
ing the doctrines they are supposed TO
support, and in two weeks 1 can disar-
range all the plans Of the opposition
committee. or, if You prefer. I'll hypno-
tie their audiences. I'm whOlesa' o
as well as retail dealer in the art I'll
follow the opposition spennbinders
around the country and at every speech
I'll guarantee TO start half the crowd
cheering for your candidates"
Gould you do anything with the CROWD
of men in the ante-room?" suggested the
chairman mildly, who are Fostering
me to give them jobs?"
Certainly" said the professor What
would you like them to do?"
Make them jump off the roof or s De
down the elevator cable, or something
OF that kind"
The professor sprang into the open
doorway, rumpled Up his scsniy hair and
began 20 make gestures, swinging MS
long. lean arms like the wings OF a wind
mill. The people IN the outside onice
fed in disms=.
They're gone" said the professor.
turning Now. If you please, Wen gsz
down TO business"
Il think" said the chairman in sore
haste. that you'd better see the n
tIeman in charge Of the bureau of press
and publicity. .. John
stop sending out boiler plate edito-
rails 10 the country weekEes, said the
professor You're wasting you- tlEne
Hire me TO hypnotlze the editors III
make q contract with you 70 make ore
o. the opposition sheets Top every daY
for q month. Tank Of the effect o. 4.
Every morning you'd announce that the
Goose Ridge Herald or the Cs5artcwu
Bugie has seen TIE error Of its way I'd
r, 50 ~ -
candidate Same way with the city pa
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