Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-01
To be Continued.
ELECTION WIT AND HUMOR.
Candidate and Heckler In English
Political Campaigns.

More often than not the heckler
has the best Of it and Ian Malcolm
hits the nail on the head when he
says apropos Of the voice in the
crowd" "You are powerless in face
of it; the lit Of your sentence Is ruin
ed. Your withering scorn is turn
ed to laughter and after laughter no
retort appears effective"
Even Bernal Osborne, the wit of
the Victorian age, was nonplused
when after glowing speech at
Waterford upon patriotism and a SOL
dier's duty there came a voice from
the gallery: "Och, what's the world
to a man If his wife's a widow?"
Another election story of the En-
erald Isle which Mr.. Malcolm tells Is
that concerning a leading member or
the Irish bar who in an eloquent
speech upon the woes and injustices
of his native land sought to impress
his audience still further by squeez-
ing out a few tears which trickled
over his expansive cheeks. But the
sublime was turned to the ridiculous
when the wit of the gallery shouted
out: "Shure, boys there's fine field
for hydraulics"
This was as disconcerting as the re-
ply made to Sir Richard Temple, who
returned posthaste from his duties In
India to contest a seat. In the course
of a speech he remarked that he
had Travelled 5000 miles and sur
rendered $4,000 for the privilege OF
representing this great constituency
and the audience were impressed un-
til the remark in a loud voice from
the crowd: "Oh, what a fool"
And the heckler silenced Lord
George Hamilton on one occasion
when the latter, describing the late
Mr.. Gladstone as "a political adven-
turer who always had his eye on the
treasury BENCH" was met with the
shout: Eyes, and he'll have his body
there soon if you don't watch it,
During the last general election
speaker at one meeting was somewhat
irritated by a member Of the audience
who continually repeated, 1--WE won't
have our food taxed; no taxes on
food" But it was not long before
he silenced the interrupter with the
cutting remark: Console yourself,
nv friend: Joe isn't going to tax
thistle"
THE voice" at another meeting
shouted out, "Talk to us in language
we can understand" because
speaker had quoted some Latin
phrases. Like a flash came the cry
from the platform, "Hee-haw! Hee-
haw!" And the heckler vanished.
The son of a certain lord was ad-
dressing a meeting and was inter-
ruuted every few seconds by the
voice" saying, TINS good as you;
what'sh the duff'rence tween you
me?" Suddenly the answer came
| zone difference is that you dpink
and don't work, and I work but don't
drink"
Lord Morley is one of the few po-
litical speakers who can silence
| heckler with q smiling retort as ef-
| fectively as the famous Campbell or
MonZie. who. when he asked an Edin-
burgh burgess to vote for him and re-
ceived the angry answer, Vote for
Won, I'd sooner vote for Satan him.
sell" sweetly replied, Yes; but If
YOUR friend doesn't stand, may | de-
pend upon your support?"-a remark
that earned him stanch adherent
The fact tnat a blind man, Mr.. Wal
ter King, is standing as liberal candi-
date for one of the divisions of SOM
ersetshire recalls story OF Pro1'
Fawcett. who as a candidate FOR
Rrighton was asked by an elector
how he, a blind man, was going to
"catch the speakers eye" and vote
| in the right lobby. Mr.. Fawcett
scured effectively by replying that
he would depend on the kindness OF
friends. But, as to mistaking the
lobby. he said he might occasionally
vote wrong. "but at all events that
would not be so bad as your present
Nj. F.. who is always in the wrong
lobby. and he does it on purpose.
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