Show A NOISY demonstration THE dispa s have brought us ava S to the effect that several persons have become insane over the presidential election thatis that is to say they have become confirmed lunatics there is no room for or woude wonder ir at such a result it is somewhat remarkable considering the multitudes of cases of temporary ilis insanity salty resulting from the same cause that the number of ina lancet where the permanent effect was produced were so few transient lunacy seemed to beram be rampant in our usually quiet city on saturday night bight its central part being transformed tor for the time belne being into the appearance ot of an aa asylum for the demented of the frantic type the chief object ox oe those who prepared and managed the demonstration on appeared to be the th e largest ar es amount of noise and flare at t the he 9 smallest all practicable expense herds of boys of various ages and men supposed an a oyd to have judgment being old enough to possess that quality were enough supplied I 1 led with flaming torches and tin horns the noise produced by the latter being an appropriate imitation of the braying of a certain long eared quadruped not specially spec ally noted tor for sagacity shouting and raving were the order order of the night yet the rati fic atory demonstration as a whole has been d described bribed as a grand affair a and ad an a indication nol leation that salt lake city is becoming americanized we deny the charge otherwise may be saved from such americanism which is the substitution of for sense enthusiasm is good in its place because it makes the world move but some other form and shape than tha n that exhibited on do saturday night would be much more commendable and appropriate it was not enthusiasm it was wild noisy riotous rant nothing not bins but the subjugation of lodgment judgment to a rampant explosion of sensation such scenes indicate that the distance between civilization and barbarism is as short as that which is said to separate the sublime from the ridiculous the paper which lauded the demonstration should have capped the climax of ab absurdity sural by calling it an intellectual tel treat a least of reason and a flow ot of soul I 1 afy we can now sympathize TO som born degree with hotel boarders and residents in that part ol of indianapolis where similar noisy ebullitions were given vent it is stated that many of them became so bewildered and disgusted with the be din and turbulence that they temporarily vacated the premises they occupied A few exhibitions 9 hibit ions of the same kind as that given on saturday night in u this city would cause the quieter class of people to feel a desire to rise in a body and establish a temporary encampment on cottonwood |