“Certainly there was nothing exhilarating in the actual words of his speeches, nor anything convincing in his philosophy. His political platforms were only wings of a windmill……….There were two things…………..that distinguished this prairie Demosthenes. He was an actor of genius………..He would whirl arms, bang tables, glare from mad eyes………(and) in between tricks would coldly and almost contemptuously jab his crowds with figures and facts – figures and facts that were inescapable even when, as often happened, they were entirely incorrect.”