Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-31
BUTIERCUP cox.
"ShO0-fay" and r.. q. HOrr Haze
a Tilt, IN aUhtch ".Sunset"
is SqueIched.

HOrr's Remarks Enjoyed by a Large
Crowd and are Greeted with Shouts
of Laughter-NO Reply From the
Bantam.
Roswell G. Horr, of this Congressional
district, having in speech short time
since referred to Representative Cox, of
New York, as his genial little friend, the
gentleman took umbrage at it and on
Thursday of last week took advantage of
the general debate upon the revision of
the rules to exhibit his wit i'm an en-
deavor to be funny at the expense of the
representative from the lumber woods of
Michigan. The following is the effort
of the little bantam as reported by the
Associated Press, and Mr.. Horr's reply
made on Friday, with a description of
the scene in the House during its de-
livery as described by the special Wash
ington correspondent of the Inter-Ocean:
Mr.. Cox closed the general debate in
an hours speech in favor of revision,
and during his remarks turned his at
tentiOn to Mr.. HOrr, of Michigan, who
had recently referred to him i'm humOr-
Gus speech. He asked that gentleman:
"Why should the spirit of mortal be
proud? Why should there be proud
flesh in this House? If Goliath or Dan
Lambert were here would they twit
man like himself about his size?
When somebody asked Falstaff what he
was about, somebody said two yards
Laughter There was no disability
under the law in a mans being small.
| The Constitution forbade man being a
member under certain age, but it did
not say that man had to be six feet
high or two yards in girth. Laughter
at the expense of HOrr, who is large,
stout mani He Cox represented large
men, fighting men, good men. They
have never taken his altitude, and the
gentleman (HOrr) should not have done
it. His constituents had never thought
that blubber was intellect, that meat
meant manhood, or that layers of lard over
| the abdominal muscles made GladStOneS
and Disraelis. [Laughter.] Shakespeare
had said, that flesh and frailty ever went
together, and that the devil never would
have Falstaff damned, lest the oil in him
should set hell on fire. [Laughter] If
he Cox were called upon to write the
gentleman's epitaph, he should borrow
| ing from the Sweet singer of Michigan,
and Lord Byron) put it in these words:
Here lies the body of Congressman
HOrr
'Tis grease (Greece), but living grease
no more" ShOuts of laughter.
After some remarks in reply to Mr..
Kenna, Mr.. Cox closed his speech.
The committee then rose, and Mr..
Tucker moved that Mr.. Horr be allowed
| fifteen minutes tomorrow to reply to Mr..
COX's speech.
Mr.. Bragg objected.
Mr.. HOrr-Then 1 will go on tomorrow
under the fve-minute rule. l do not
think it will take over five minutes to do
the job. Laughter.
HORR'S REPLY TO cox.
A special telegram to the Inter-Ocean
says: Sunset, or "Buttercup," Cox, as he
will be known now, took occasion to be
witty, yesterday, at the expense of Con-
gresham HOrr, of Michigan, and de-
scended to vulgarity, Horr was prevent
ed from making reply yesterday by the
adjournment of the House, but sense of
fair play prevailed, and he was given a
few minutes this morning. Friday,
under the rules, is devoted to bills of a
private nature, and it required unani-
nous consent for HOrr to speak, which
was prevented in the regular order by
the objection of Whitaker, of Oregon. A
large audience was gathered, and every
body was anxious to have some fun, so
that it was not difficult for Garfield, by
a parliament twist, to get the House into
committee of the whole on the Presi-
dents message, and HOrr was given the
floor. 1t was quite an embarrassing pO-
sitiOn, for HOrr was expected to be eX-
| tremely funny to order in cold blood.
But those who anticipated failure were
disappointed, for HOrr's speech was un-
commonly good, and the points he made
were thoroughly appreciated.
HORR'S ABILITY.
MIR. HOrr is a short man, rOtund and
rosy. He is new to this Congress, and
was never in politics before. He lives
in East Saginaw and is lumberman.
He is brim full Of wit and good humOr,
and the malicious and vulgar threats of
Cox yesterday could not have been more
misdirected than at him. HOrr's speech
in the house last spring, when he told
the Democrats that the South would
never be prosperous until they raised
more corn and less cussedness," gave him
a reputation asa man of strong practical
sense as we'll as wit; and while he makes
no pretentlOnS as rhectOrician, his
plain words and hOmely illustrations
are the very esence of OratOry, and no
one is listened to in the House with bet
ter attention. Like Cox, he was Origi-
nally an Ohio man, leaving that State in
1866.
When Mr.. Horr Rep. Mich.) rose the
scene was as dramatic and exciting as
when an important political debate i'm
pends, The galleries were crowded with
people. Members gathered around Mr..
HOrr, who spoke from the space in front
of the speakers desk. He stated that be-
fore he commenced his reply to the elO-
quent and able speech of the distinguish
ed and weighty gentleman from New
York Cox, he would ask the clerk to
read the speech, or that portion of It,
which he (HOrr) had delivered few DAYS
ago and which had OccasiOned that fear
full effort which the house had listened
to yesterday.
The clerk read as follows: Genial lit
tie friend" Loud laughter.]
MIR. HOrr justified himself for using
the words genial little friend" by ex.
planning that they were spoken in the
heat Of debate. [Laughter.l He had spent
his bOyhOOd in manual labor and hard
work, and was consequently sometimes
embarrassed, and in his extreme diff
dence dropped words which he was sOr.
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