The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-10
Another 1dIotlc speech from sprnsue

Another IdIOtic Speech from spr"gue.
He OutdOcs all HIS former Efforts.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial telegraphs concerning
Sprague's speech in the Senate Thurs
day:
Mr.. Sprague occupied the remainder
of the session, three hours, showing
himself the equal of Garrett Davis in
the quality most esteemed in race
horses. The galleries have not been
so full this winter, thanks to Sprague's
judicious advertising of himself. His
speech was a most extraordinary one
such a one, indeed, as crazy or a
drunken man would make. He allud-
ed to every thing on the fnce OF the
earth and in the heavens above. So
wandering and incoherent were his re-
marks that for most of the time 1t was
impossible to tell the bent of his
thoughts or the object of his speech-if
he had an object further than to create
a sensation. The first effort, made sew
eral days ago, his brother Senators de-
preciated; his second speech amused
them; but his address to-day excites
nothing but pity. He had no listners
on the floor of the Senate, save Brown
low, Corbett and Ross.
The former, too i'll to either leave his
chamber or to busy himself with wri-
ting or reading, was forced to listen by
his misfortunes. It is presumed that
Corbett and Ross had no writing to do.
The other Senators-all that remained
in the chamber-were intent on their
correspOndence, or quietly canVasslDg
among themselves. Sprague equaled
Garret Davis, II he did not surpasS him'
in his ability to clear the galleries.
There was not a corpOral's guard in the
chamber after he had spoken an hour!
The speaker gave melancholy blogra.
nhv of himself; how he had surpassed
other children in thoughtful words
when a boy; how he had risen to mans
estate and the estate OF his father; and
gave a yery satisfactory picture of his
present financial condition. am sup
posed to be rich, The said. His speech was
filled with capital 1's as no other speech
was filled before. He appealed 10 the
reporters gallery, deprecating the poy,
ertv of the corresponding, and PAID
them a handsome tribute for the man
ner in which they made public sentt-
n1ant. "Whv will you slur ?" he
asked. Not having the privilege OF de:
bate, the reporters were not permitted
to respond. He gave In advance the
nolicV he should pursue when he be-
came President. lie said he wouldido
as Lincoln did. He pitched into his
colleague, ChO AANO
colleagues (Mr. Anthony's) paper, the
Providence Journal, and into GeneraI
burnside, and into his (Sprague's) COM
netitors in business. He spoke, also'
nf his own great services In the war.
He wore himself out in the three hours,
without presenting any argument or
new idea. His speech throughout was
simply a disjointed harangue, without
head or tail, devoid of any object, and
utterly unintelligible to any one; and
so 1t is pronounced by all who heard It.
GRArEs.-Enough wild grapes grow
In Colorado to produce thousands OF
barrels of wine every year. From this
fact we consider that the cultivation OF
the Crane will one day be safe and
nrofitable business here. The rich soil
and light dry air of this country are
finely adapted to the growth of the
Crane. II this business can be carried
On 40 profitably along the banks OF the
Ohio. where rot and mildew so frequent
Iv destroy the crop, how much more
nrofitably can it be made in the valley
Of the Arkansas, where thousands OF
bushels of fine large grapes grow every
wear spontaneously, and where rot ana
nnildew are never known? The vine
Yards of Colorado are only in their
infancy, but there are few good
nractical men at work in the right
directiCn, and it will only require n
few years time to satisfy the world that
we have grape growing country equal
to any on the continent.-CotorGdo
Herald. -