The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-02-03

! there is not another man in eithe
House save Blaine or Hill, who coul
have detained the attention of a thir
J n the audience for more than an hour
let Elaine hasn't il IN him 10 max
uch an Argument, muster his author
Tie. and render simple and comprehcr
Able such n variety Of abstruse do,
rnes. THE doctrine of implication
defined and illustrated by Conklinp
VIII he found as complete, comprehen
slYeand finished as legal monograph
and was instantly accepted by the sbies
Jurlsts AS conclusive of the negatiol
of
THE PRESIDENTS COUNTING POWER
! But the wonders ofthe address itsel
the reader can explore. am only AJAX
ious to miss no detail in its presenta
ton. Fancy this big-brained reasonei
the creature of the whimsical shred,
and patches Of art, artifce and coouetry
! have but partially told. Fancy him
clad IN garments studiously arranged
the stuff elegant but unobtrusiye, for
Conkling is not swell in the sense OF
color, or loudness of cut or design The
coat, constructed to give the utmost
play to the broad shoulders for shrug
tells more, as managed by this par.
llamentary Roscus, than the whole
vocabulary in the hands of others. The
lapels OF the coat, very broad at the
collar, descend in two points Of unrui.
He'd smoothness to the waist, forming
an exaggerated V. As 4 ackground TO
this, waste Of linen Of bewildering
whiteness, and three glimmering pearls
at equal distances distinctly visible. The
trim redond white beard ndmoustache
adjusted to nicety-not Il hair away.
The golden fleece clustering about face
and forehead, recalling the half immor-
tai fronts painted by Dolce, Da Vinci
and Nelasquez Each one of the thick,
pressing clusters carefully adjusted; the
center Of the head shining with sort
OF sacred tincture that almost relieved
the growing Gases Of badness from the
implication of year marks. Thinks of
this man-with a brain capable of deal
ing with the most intricate problem of
statecraft,as the machine which crusher
and disntegrates the ore from the
quartz-susceptible, at the same time,
to enjoyment so puerile. There were
moments of ineXpressible display, when
the irresistible majesty of the man
arose superior to all
THESE PAlTRY BY-PLAYS
moments when dignity of gesture and
magnifcence of action obliterated the
strutting and the tricks and the pa
geantry the aflectation of voice and
manner, the stage whisper and the
resounding play Of words-there were
others when all this infinite art of
preparation was thrown out into noun
famous proportions overshadowing even
the argument by such whimsical supple
details as eXtorted sneers and
disgust. For example, in one of his
most enhancing evolutions Of a corrob.
Grating theory, quite new, and certainly
his eye caught sight Of
some imperlection on his right hand. |
He deliberately stopped, brought the
hand up to the level Of his eye, detected |
the object, and, suspending the brilliant
flow of his most momentous conclusion,
plucked the thing away-the thing,
Judging from the obduracy with which |
it adhered, being a bit of the nail |
which the pairing had left detached.
What manner OF man, what fiber of
mind is it that dale3 so triHe with pub
lie scorn : 1t was not weakness, much |
is it may look like it, nor indifference
% the conventionalism Of others. 1t |
vas simply the man expressing himself |
lqturolly. He did not mean to make
jhese wonders Of selfpossession parts
If his endeavor. He simply overflows |
With vitalities that must find expression |
n this fashion. If he were compelled
10 diverge from these interspersions Of
what in another would seem
UNWORTHY BuFFooNERy,
he would lose the facility of speech and
concurrent sympathy of action without
which speech is leaden, even though |
silence be not golden, Much OF "A
study as this extraordinary man is in
lction-for speech with him is the
of the Demosthcnic COM
mand to learn oratory meaning
effect upon his fellow
senator's is hardly less suggestive.
Blaine had never witnessed him in
such superb self-consciousness before,
with such an audience, with full stage
and all incompatible mise en- scene. His
eyes, wide and staring at any time,
grew into globes of wonder and inquiry
He fastened them upon Conkling so
steadily that the indetinable attraction
which informs us that we are the
object Of curious gaze warned
Conkling and walking Blaine-ward,
with only lIamlins bobbing body
and IIowe's simpering head between,
he thundered out that tremendous
as to the right OF the
to count vote In the event
of an official under impeachment for
atrocious iniidelity in office having the
vote of state. Blaine was
within arms reach of the tall, surging
figure; his big blue eyes never wavered;
he did change color-the ashy shade
which the House learned to know so well
as the precursor Of a tger-Ilke spring
covered the lips and stole upward to
the eyes. Two thousand eyes were upon
him; the Senate and half the House
the ordeal, which lasted perhaps three
minutes, ended, by the speakers final
resture of inpatient, incredulous scorn,
and sign of relief actually was heard
on the floor Blaine few minutes
later left this uncomfortable seat and
wandered over to the Democratic side
where
HIS OLD ENEMY
musu penetrate q M at Gordon to
reoch Him A score Of incidents like
this, all possibleto consummate actor
intovicatnd bv the aroma Of admiration,