The San Francisco call., 1904-04-15
OFF THEIR FEET.

are attended by certain physical and psychological
phenomena of the curious and interesting character
These forth in the daily, semi-daly and
times tr-day, editions of Mr.. Hearst's
papers. When read that the mention of Mr..
Hearsts in Texas took audience "off its eet'
it did singular for Texas is unexpected and
sudden sort of place. But it spread like trembling
among the Shakers. So read that daily and some
times many times day this Even in staid and
of fact New England they go off their feet by
hundreds and in Montana, the Dakota Iowa, Illinois
and Ohio they suffer the experience. Along with
this they spell bound, lose themselves with enhu-
siasm," "go wild with excitement, "ose control of
themselves" and so on.
is believed in the Orient that there certain
which have physical power when uttered. One of
these is the good word Abracadabra If stranger go
into Turkish bazaar in Constantnople and say Abra-
cadabra, the people away panic Is it possible
that Hearst have the great American Abracadabra?
Never before has this lifting off their feet been done by
any candidate for the Presidency Mr.. Hearsts papers
tell what becomes of them after they go up They
separated from the ground lifted off their feet and
are left in that condition
This has not yet occurred in California. All of our
people still foot Perhaps this is because the
spellworkng is from headquarters in this
city in cold typewriter These have been scat
tered from Siskiyou San Diego from the Sierras
the sea-" They supposed be the composition of
Manager Tarpey. He is orator of the energetic
school, whose efforts send the atmosphere a drug
store for antphogstne to heal its bruises But his let
ters seem to lack efficacy They horns of plenty
filled with promises and kind words, but it is said that
of their recipients them saying, 1--WE need
something down here substantial than kind words"
What they except that the magic name
Hearst" be uttered to lift them off their feet?
While whole audiences groups committees and
quorums elsewhere flying into the air Californans
denied this unique and bunion soothing experience
Mr. Hearst should not deny to his people in his native
State the benefits of his magic He should try it on
Barry and Leake for instance. They belong to a
wicked and perverse generation that demands sign
Why withhold it? If they could be shown off their feet
dancing in the air and feeling up for the ground would
settle the business. But while they go around gnashng
in every other State in the Union the wonder-workne
is if monotonousy. still surely lifting people off
their feet The American Abracadabra is everywhere
else suspendng the of gravity and introducing mag
ic into politics.
Nothing like it has been seen since the davs of Lulu
Hurst the Georgia wonder She was right little tight
little lady but the touch of her finger tip would knock
Sandow off his of gravity. If she an UNI
brella raised and under full sail it inside out with
broken ribs and there job for the brelas mend"
She would look a chair and break its leg and
glance would break the neck of bottle or the back
OF sofa. Though she spelled her name differently it
was Hearst IN the pronunciation Some bold and defiant
man married her and she passed off the stage Is it
possible that her powers incarnate her phonetic
namesake?
Mr. Bryan had great power over audiences but he had
to work it by his bodily and vocal presence He con-
verted the convention of 1896 into dervish convence
but done with his vocal chords assisted materially
by his dark brown rolling in the finest frenzy But
Bryan to the of the curtain and the spell
was broken Not so. however. with this new phenon-
ena of Hearstercs. The wizard does not need TO be
present ALL He may be far away in his seat in Con-
with his cardiac machinery throbbing with unself
lsh devotion to the common people" and red hot and
enraged against the putocrats, but the mention of his
does the business and knocks gravtation out of
business.
He is indeed lulu. Judge Parker is not in it. Olney
is rank outsider, and it is in vain that Gormans fol-
lowers try lift themselves off their by the seats of
their The Hearst show has the road 1t is the
only greatest combined association of aggregation on
earth While write this ard while is read his smell
is sending people to keep company with Mahomct his
coffin and Santos Dumont his hy machine