The daily gazette., 1880-01-24
FIRST EDITION.
n Racv Bit OF Husnor.
MR.. COX, OF NEW YORK, GOES FOR MR..
HoRR, OF MICHIGAN.

MR.. COX, OF NEW YORK, GOES FOR Nh
HoRR, OF MICHIGAN.
In the House of Representa'iv ives,
Thursday, while the Revision of the
Rules Of the House, as reported by the
Committee on Rules, was under consid-
Grafton, Mr.. Cox in speech in favor OF
the measure, made the following humor-
Gus remarks about Mr.. Horr, of Michi-
gan, In retaliation for some the latter
gentleman bad made about him
Mr.. Cox turning his attention TO MIR.
Horr, Of Michigan, denied that the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs had only been
engaged In manufacturing witticisiDs.
He (Mr. Cox) had been useful as well
as ornamental, Langhter.] He re-
minded that gentleman, however, that
all humor In debate should
have a practical object, All great men
were, aud had been, witty. 1t was,
therefore, no cause Of reproach that the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
had chairman who sometimes had
been accused, but never fairly convicted,
of witticism. Laughter was healthy.
1t was good for tie House. 1t oiled the
joints and the countenance, causing IL to
oultC lihb JudI vi bio AAOht -
Laughter.l He asked that gentleman !:
"Why should the spirit OF mortal be
proud" Why should there be proud
flesh in the House? IL Goliah or Dan
Lambert were here, would they twit a
man like himself about his size ? Isaac
Newton, when born, was put by his
mother in quart cup. He wished he
had a cup TO try the gentleman (Mr.
Horn, He (Mr. Cox was Dot proud OF
his appearance. He did not swell
around the House, as some others did,
When somebody asked Falstaf what lie
was about, somebody else said "two
yards" [Laughler.l There was no
disability under the law in mans be-
ing small.
The Constituent forbade q man being
a member under a certain age, but 1t did
not say that man had TO besix feet high
or two yards in girth. Laughter.l At
the expense Of MIR. Horr (who Is a large,
stout mani he (Mr. Cox represented
large men, fighting men, good men.
They had never taken his altitude, and
the gentleman (Mr. Horn should not
have done 1t. His constituents had
never thought that blubber was inte llect
that meat meant manhood, or that layers
VI iaiu ONCt tHu Ia uoNiOo ahaoo
Gladstones and Disraelis. Laughter ]
Shakespeare had said that flesh and frai J.
ty ever went together, and that the devil
never wOul1 have Falstaff damned lest
the oil in him should set hell on fire
lLaughter.) He made these remarks In
the interest of public Improvement Sup
pose tine gentleman (Mr. Horn had a
large duodennm, large sternum or a
longer os cocevgis than himself or sup
pose that that gentleman's ancestors had
held on with a prehensible grip to the
old Darwinian limb, and with a longer
and stronger power than his (Mr, COx's)
ancestors had done-would that glve the
gentleman a right TO criticise him (Mr.
Cox on account of his size? If he (Mr.
Cox we're called upon to write the gem
tlemAn's spitaPh ha wnnld. bQrrowlu <
from the "Sweet Singer OF Michigan
and Lord Byron, p1t in these words
Here lies the body of ofCongressman Horr,
IT'S grease (Greece), but living grease nc
more"
Shouts of laughter.
After some remarks in reply to Mr.
Kenna, of West Virginia, Mr.. Cox closed
his speech.
Mr.. Tucker, OF Va, moved that Mr
Horr, be given fifteen minutes to day, In
which TO reply To Mr.. Cox, but this be
ing objected 10 by Bragg Of Wisconsin
Mr.. Hurr said he would take advantage
of the five minute rule ON that day.