Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-03-04


that they soak every thread and fiber.
They leave the goods in tho solution
for hours, then knead the goods in
the fluid. Then they dry them on q
machine which makes, / think, nine
hundred revolutinns per minute. This
makes the saturation perfect. Laugh
ter .ls.
Mr.. Wheeler--I desire to ask my
colleague q question. Has be studied
the history of the party moth 7 1t
has fed on his party and no chemical
process has yet been invented, be-
lieve, to stay it's ravagos. Laughter ]
Mr.. Cox-I omitted, as tho house
will sec, out of Difference to the ma
jority and their feelings, TO draw any
partisan or political lesson out Of
these moths and their predatory hab-
its. Laughter.] / have materials,
however, for a speech of an hour and
q quarter on that point. If the gen.
tleman will allow me, / will say it is
mostly in connection with the admin
istration. [Laughter.]
And, sir, since / am challenged to it
by my friend-not provoked, for he
never provokes any one, except to
admire him, and love him, the more
one knows him-I will endeavor to
read in the life and character OF the
moth some of those attributes which
are making the people regard the ad-
ministralion so carefully.
The real moth that we have TO deal
with IN political way, is combina-
tion Of the lackey moth, which gen
orally haunls the White House, and
hovers about the purlieus of power,
and the hawk moth, which is some
times in the army, or educated thcre.
All these moths you will find have a
political and destructive significance.
If you note how they are batched ;
how they hide in cocoons; how they
creep into dark places through Gran
MES how they 20 into closets where
goods are stored how they lie all
summer quietly-[Laughter,th the men,
bers gathering around the speaker.1
Mr.. Field-I rise TO question of
order. Let the house be brought to
order. [Laughter.]
Mr.. Cox-I hope my friend of the
elegant toll will come down this way.
Laughter.
Here the hammer fell.
Several members-"GO on" ego
on"
Mr.. Wheeler-I hope my colleague
will have unanimous. consent 10 pro-
ceed.
The chairman-Does the gentle
man from New York yield 10 his col.
league?
Mr.. Wheeler--C Certainly. / yield
all my time TO him.
Mr.. Cox--I thank the gentleman
and the house very kindly. 1t is not
often that we have scientific ques-
ton which requires such analytic re-
search like this before US. 1t is not
often the committee Of the whole
is engaged in the mysterious analo-
gies of nature and politics. 1t is not
often, as friend near me remarks,
that take the floor on questions of
this kind. [Laughter.]
But il seems to me that something
ought 10 be said 10 justify these moth
appropriations-and said little, more
seriously. May l quote from Harris
Treatise on Insects, to illustrate the
physical and political relations of
moth? ("Go on ri
The clothes moth. in its natural state
Like the politician
never leaves its cocoon until II cmerges therefrom
az winged moth. Wherever il is seen as a ma
ked worm, Il is because II has been disturbed aud
knocked out OF its case
For example, by an election or 9TH
erwise. i am told those scientists,
the grangers, are going after the ma
ked worm
and In these instances the moth
And just So also the politician
does not feed, but In few days dies.
How sad the thought, but how truo
the analogy. [Laughter.]
And then the eggs, according to certain French
Mr. Field-Mr. chairman, l insist
upon my point OF order.
Mr.. Wheeler--I hope the gcntle-
man from Michigan Mr.. Field will
not do that. This is the only matter
in connection with the army which
has not yet been discussed. Laugh
ter
Mr.. Plat, of Virginia. would
like 10 get the fullest information
about the habits Of the creatures that
the gentleman from New York is dis.
cussing; and wish him to mention,
when these moths die, whether other
moths take their places.
Mr.. Cox--That depends whether
they have navy yard in their dis
trict. [Great laughter.]
Now, Mr.. Chairman, win not de-
tain the house very much longer; IL
is 30 good natured. ! would read a
few mere extracts, with a view to
political lesson:
The eggs according to fiatrcillle and Dupon-
chel, from whose works the following remarks
are chiefly cxtrncted) are hatched In ftfccn days,
and tho little whtish caterpillArs or moth worms
proceeding thercfrom Immediately begin TO gnaw
the substances In their reach.
Just as man from a district like
that Of my friend would reach out
quietly bis sntenm after the little pat.
ronage here and there floating about
the navy yard. 1t is perfectly natu-
raj. | think l did IL myself when !
was in accord with the administra-
ton 10 1856. One or two postmas-
tcrs, think, sufficcd as tho "sustan.
ccs" began upon Since thcn--and
how long IL seems--our side have not
even had the opportunity Of acting
tho moth upon the national patron
age.
Again | read:
The little whitish csttcrpillars or moth worms
proceeding thcrcfrom Immediately begin 10 gnaw
the substances within their roach and cover them
selves with the Fragments shaping them into lit
tio hollow rolls and ining them with silk. Some
pass the summer within sbcir rolls
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