The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31

was a masterpiece of elocution. II lasted
over thirty minutes. It was an ANALYTICAL
review OF Names greatest men, and a
selection OF William King az the greatest
He spoke of the powers of leadership of this
hero, and, III doing SO, placed him as fore
most IN TIE movement which separated the
district OF Maine from the commonwealth of
Massachusetts and made it q separate State
In this connection he dwelt upon the circuin-
stances OF this separation told of the rancor
and hate engendered between the people of
the two sections, and which, to some extent.
still exists, and how Maine was unable to bear
the tyrannical domination of Massachusetts.
he spoke with great warmth, and was very
severe on Massachusetts, people. He even
referred to the part which Massachusetts had
taken IN the war of 1872, and gave il some
pretty hard raps, several times making
ridiculous comparisons, and producing general
laug hter at the expense of Massachusetts. All
throughout his speech whisper might have
been heard in the Senate, ana. when
he ended, the Senate sat motionless as Vice
President Wheeler was about to put the ques-
ton upon the adoption of appropriate resolu-
lons. The scene was at this point suddenly
changed by the rising of Senator Dawes. Of
Massachusetts, He said that he did not desire
to interfere with the formal arrangements of
the occaslonJ by presunling to make a speech
when 1t was only intended that the two Sena-
tors from Maine should speak, but he felt that
lie could not allow the occasion to pass without
some remarks from him. Then he even outdid
Blaines want of decency by indulging in
most partisan attack upon the people of Maine,
defense of Massachusetts, and a bitter
charge upon Blaine for having dragged from
the ashes of the past events which the re.
spectacle element of Massachusetts had long
repudiated.
After Dawes came Hoar. His speech was
very severe upon Blaine. Indeed, Hoar's main
forte is his venomous tongue, and when he
wishes he can turn himself into bag of the
bltterest gall. He grew very excited as he adj
dressed himself almost exclusively to Blaine.
and walking in the direction of the latter,
with flashing eyes, compressed lips, and his
hnger shaking at the rate of forty motions to
the second, he told Blaine that il there was a
heart that cherished such sentiments as he had
to-day expressed that heart did not beat in
Massachusetts. He defended his people and
defended their valor and patriotism in the
war of 1872, saying that the only naval battle
that had occurred off the coast of Maine
was y!ctorlously won by a Boston crew.
element, shouted out, emo, sir !! that
was a Portland crew." This sudden
outburst was the occasion of laughter
and applause, during which Hoar's voice was
completely drowned. He went on, however.
and said that Blaine's attempt at ridicule of
his State was done only for the purpose of in
gratisting himself with certain class of SEN
ators upon the floor who may not feel over
kindly to Massachusetts. He even went fur
Their, and charged that Blaine's grievance
against Massachusetts was the outgrowth, not
of the war of 1872 but of more recent events.
by this he referred to the failure of Blaine to
secure the votes of the Massachusetts delega-
ton in the Cincinnati Convention. and eyery-
body SO understood it. Subsequently Dawes
spoke again, and made the same point only
with greater force. Blaine quietly replied to
Hoar that he had no desire to enter into a con-
troversy upon the subject on this occasion, but
went on to criticise Massachusetts course in
the war of 1912.
Dawes undertook to get in little more
abuse of Blaine, when the latter as If unable
to longer restrain himself arose very exctedly,
and, addressing himself to both his antagon-
lists, asked ii the Senators from Massachusetts
could stand there to-day and say that their
State had not bristled all over with acts of
cowardice that bordered nigh upon treason.
'' Certainly" said he, "such acts of bravery
as are recounted here to-day would have been
better if done in war;" Dawes tried to inter-
rupt Blaine here to say something about the
promptness of Massachusetts soldiers to re-
spond to the call to arms but Blaine laughed
to derision this statement, and, walking up
and down in the greatest excitement magma
BILE, said that it was not true, but that Maine
volunteers had first crossed the line. Hoar
took another hand and made a personal
onslaught upon Blaine, charging pros
titution of his Office as Speaker of
the House to accomplish party ends,
when Blame suddenly interrupted him and
asked him what he meant. !" mean," said
Hoar, "the Ku-Klux legislation of 1871"
Blaine retorted that, whatever were his acts
then, Hoar, who was then member of the
House. was always his closest adviser. Blaine
then fred another long-range volley Of canister
at his adyersaries, and especially at Hoar. He
repudiated the charge that he (Blaine) was
trying to ingratiate himself with the Southern
Senators, and said that the remark came with
bad taste from Hoar, who was one of those
anxious for reconciliation, and was willing to
embrace every hayward brother in the land
This disregard of dignity and personal and
political abuse of each other continued for
some time. Several times during the
scene the galleries became very noisy, and
loud applause came forth unrebuked by the
chair