Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-22
Mistrllaneuus 8eading.
CANNON BOOM.
Revealed the Wish That Republicans
Dare Not Express Publicly.

Revealed the Wish That Republicans
Dare Not Express Publicly.
The student of the psychology Of
crowds will find matter to his purpose
in the proceedings Of the house Of rep
resentatives on Friday. So will the
student Of hysteria. The temperature
OF most Of the members was high.
The language of those who spoke was
hot. THE hyena in human FORM
"liar," scoundrel" "knave," appeared.
The postmaster general was called ur-
banely that distinguished imbecile'
and that distinguished specimen of
asininity" Hon. John James Jenkins,
the great hammerer Of trusts, former
ly Of Baraboo, Wis, famed. He
charged Mr.. Roosevelt, long the god Of
his idolatry. with being the editor Of
that supplemental report Of Mr. Bris-
tow's which has spread such strange
panic among the representatives whose
noble labor for their constituents or
themselves 1t reveals. He cried that
the president owed it to congress ito
remove that man Bristow from office
before the sun goes down." Language
of melodrama, echo Of tense nerves.
II Mr.. Bristow was to be bounced, 1t
was not indispensable to do 1t before
the sun went down on the wrath Of
the 151.
Hon. John Wesley Gaines Of Ten
nessee. stood in the aisle. waving his
fists and clenching his voice. Appar-
emily almost everybody but a few old
stagers who have been getting favors
at the postof1ce department for years
and know their duty, was leaping to
his feet or standing metaphorically on
his head. And not all the old members
were immune. Sparks have been
cracking in General Grosevenor's early
Roman beard for two or three days.
Electricity, nervousness, anger. pos
sessed the house. 1t was a mob full
Of mutiny.
Hon. William Alden Smith, Of Grand
Rapids, took this mass Of impulse and
blind anger and used it suddenly for a
positive purpose. After a little damn
ing and denouncing he doomed Uncle
Joe Cannon.
when the people want really
popular candidate for the presidency
they take him from the house Of rep
resentatives."
Wild, delighted cheers. Thunders
of applause all around the house.
Toned an octave or two higher by the
fury Of the crowd, Mr.. Smith now
darted from the general to the specific.
"And I hope the day is near when
the people will crown the speaker OF
the house, who for years has faith
fully served the people and. stood be-
tween the treasury and its assailants,
and lift him:-yith the general consent
of the nation into the executive Of
fce"
Then the house rose at him. Cheers,
yells, shrieks, forest of waving arms
Bedlam yells. Democrats and Republi-
cans blew off their steam. Uncle Joe,
conversing with member and per-
haps a little conveniently deaf. soon
returned to duty and banged the stuff
fing out Of his gavel. At length,
satiated rather than weary, the uproar
ceased. 1t was a great day for the
nerves. Likewise for Uncle Joe Can
non. A boom under such essentially
pathological conditions will not make
much impression on that wise old
head. Still, in certain hysterical states
under the influence Of the intelligent
hypnotizer, the subliminal conscious
ness of the patient speaks and speaks
the truth. 1t may be said that many OF
the Republican and Democratic men,
bers of the house made spectacle OF
themselves: but it was useful in
way. On the part Of the Republicans
It revealed the wish which In calmer
moments they don't dare to express
publicly.-NewsYork Sun.