The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-01-29
Representative Horr on Butter-cup Cox.


WASHINGTON, Jan 23.-The House
this morning then went into commit
tee of the whole on the state of the
Union for the purpose Of listening to
HOrr's reply to Cox q speech of yester-
day. When Horr rose the scene was
dramatic and exciting, as when an inn
portant political debate impends. The
galleries were crowded with people,
and the members gathered around
Horr, who spoke from q space in front
Of the Speakers desk. He stated that
before he commenced his reply to the
eloquent and able speech of the distin-
guished aud weighty gentleman from
New York Cox he would ask the
Clerk to read the speech, or q portion
oft, which ne (Horr) had delivered a
few days ago, and which had Ocoa-
stoned that fearful effort which the
House had witnessed yesterday. The
Clerk read as follows: Genial little
friend" Loud laughter.
Mr.. HOrr justified himself for using
the words genial little friend" by ex-
planning they were spoken i'm the heat
Of debate Laughter. He said he
spent his boyhood days In manual Ia
l,or and hard work, aud was cOnse-
Qvently, sometimes embarrassed, and
In his extreme diffidence dropped
words which he WA sorry for after
ward. Had he known the sensitive
ness Of the gentleman from New York;
had he known the poetry of his
nature, he would have addressed the
gentleman In language Of a modern
poet ~ Dear Little Buttercup." Con
tinued laughter.] Abiding to the
book Why We Laugh" which Mr..
Cox had sent to HIM yesterday, he
said he regarded II rs that gentleman
best work, because it contained very
little Of Cox and good deal Of other
men. Laughter. Nothing had been
further from his mind than the idea of
belittling the gentleman from New
York before this assembly. He knew
the gentleman's weight and accom-
plishments, and far be il from him to
contest with him. Why, some one
had intinated TO him that il Was
thought thai he WAS trying TO get some
belt from the gentleman. Good heav-
ems! What good would IL he to him
[Great laughter, caused by Horr's
feeling his own waist and insinuating
that belt which would fit Cox would
he much too small for him. No man
could surpass him i'm his admiration
Of the beautiful form Of the gentleman
from New York, and he never looked
at him without thinking Of some
ancient Grecian model. "A thing Of
beauty was a joy forever" How SIM
ple n statement, and yet how true.
but he wished to make a suggestion TO
his friend, which he thought would
l., .s<sx.AtssU and
beauty, and that was, that Brother
Cox should part his hair in the middle
and wear bangs. Loud and continued
langhter.l He (Horr) now approach
ed another subject tremhlingly, be-
cause his friend had told the House
Yesterday that he once blew man
right through keyhole, and he
thorrl did not want such tight
squeeze. His friend had made .
speech during the extra session on the
test oath. That speech had marked on
il e laughterl" fourteen times, "aI'-
plsuse, great laughterl" once, and
''Ilongr,i continued applausel' once.
He wanted to know IL the runIor was
true that that speech had been print
Ell, Laughter and applause" and all,
three days before il WAS delivered.
Roars of laughter.
That wss u big advantage. Gentle
men who t0uid sit down In the dark
meas Of the midnight, and when they
got funny thing, just stop and cheer
and write llaughterl, had
u great advantage. The gentleman
did too much for the world. That was
probably the reason for his being 20
thin. fine furnished the Laughter"
and let the world furnish the ZAP
plsuse," il WOULD not draw 30 ON his |,
For the purpose, - he !