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loco
<botany> A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several Other species of the same genus.

Synonym: loco weed.

Origin: Sp. Loco insane.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Cannon, Joseph (Gurney) (sh)




born May 7, 1836, Guilford county, N.C., U.S.
died Nov. 12, 1926, Danville, Ill.

U.S. politician.

He began practicing law in Illinois in 1859. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1872, he served 46 years (1873-91, 1893-1913, 1915-23). A staunchly conservative Republican, he used his power as speaker (1903-11) in a partisan manner. In 1910 a coalition of Democrats and insurgent Republicans passed a resolution that made the speaker ineligible for membership on the rules committee, the main source of his power. Personally well liked, he was popularly known as "Uncle Joe."