Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-24
Fun In tho House.

There vas great crowd 10 the House E. B
Representatives yesterday, draea ,titbs, :.
the anticipated reply Of Mr. Horr to Mr. o. B
The memb' r. gathered around Mr.. Horr = 4
spoke from The space N front If tie Sp.,k.., E
desk. H. stated that before &c Comma.
bis reply to tie able ard eloquent spe, Oh of 4,
distinguished, wo;ghty gentleman from n,
Yosk, Mr.. Cox, he would ask the Clerk to 49,
the speech, OF portion of it, which be, v.
Horr, bad delivered fey days ago, and wR,,
bad oeclslooou that fearful effort Which ~
House bad Witnessed yesterday. W
The Clerk rcad IS follogs: GENIAL Inl.
fri end" Loud sud upreaviuus laugbte, 'N
Mr.. Hotr justified himself! for usiop he,
words by explaining that ,tey we're sDokani;
the heat cf debate IL.ugh,,r.I He had at.
bis bog hood in mspua LABOR sud hard war.
ADD was consr queu'y sometimes euh.yrassst
SD 10 his sxrsms difhdcoca droprei wa,
WHOM be vas sorry fJr a!torHards, Had =
kDown the seosilveness Of tic sen;IemsD f,'r,
Nsw York, had be knoWn tbs poetry Of h.
osturo. be would have addressed The GENT ma.
IN the language Of n Ucd ru poet, a. a..
little Buttercup." C,u,icu i laughter a.
ucios to The book-"Why We Lau.h"-
which Mr.. Cox had seps to him YESTERDAY, +.
said he regarded it IS that gentle mans hrs,
work. becaus' it contain d very little Cox mr.
a COED deal of other m"n lLaushter.l Nah
Ing bad heeo tuliber from his mod than II.
idea OF baltt'ing the gentleman from Ms
Iok before this assembly. He kp,,
chs Gentlemsn's 1eigbt and pcconnli.i,
mcnts snd tar DO it from him 10 contest VII,
him. Why, some QUO had intimated to him
that 1t was thought that be vas trYioe to o..
some belt from the gentlemen. Good heavens
what good you'd 1t De to him. IGreat ausb,c
caused b Mr. Horr feeling his owo waist, srG
insulating that o belt which would e. NJ,
CeX Woul1 be much too small for birlI A.
man could surpass him 10 hs aimi,atlon i,r
the beautiful form of the gentleman from N,s
York. and he n,vtr looked at him wi;hvr,
thinking OF some aIcien. Greciau modrl. "A
thlog OF beauty IL a Joy forever" Hos simpa
a statemtut, add set how rruel Blu. he wlshd
to make suggestion to his friend, which. be
thought, wou:d SGD to his alread excee dUy
grace aud beauty, AID that was that Brother
Cox should part his hair 10 the middle auo
wesr baogs. Loud and c,nsnued laughter
He Mr.. HQrr) uow approach another subj c,
trcmolingy, because his freud had told II,
House yestlrjay that he once tlega rnsu rght
through keyhoe, and ne (Mr. Horr) did
Waot suoh tight sque,z'. His freed huG
made speech during the extra session "on tie
test oath" That speech had marked in i,
laughter fourteen Zines, applause" *
times, great laughter once, applause a..
laughter" once, and long continued spplause"
ouce. lie waited 10 know if the rumor Was
true that that speech had been printed
laughter, applause sud a!-!hrea DAYS before
it was delivered. lRosrs OF laughter That
was big advantage. Gentlemen who could
SIT down 10 tho darkness Of the m doishs houf,
ard when they GOT f1uuy thing lust stop aod
cheer themselves, and write in laughter" had
great advantage. The gentleman did too much
tJr the world. That Was probably the reason
tor his being so thin. If he furnished the
'laughter,' snd let the weird furnish the "spr
plause," it would DOT draw SO heavily on biz
cons tuition. For the purpose, as he exDlaioej,
OF showing that he was DOT wholly to blame f,r
haVlag applied tho term genial little friHna"
to the geutlcmsn from Now York, Mr.. Rvr;
sent to the clerks desk o bJuad volume Of
HaFpe!'s Weekly, which the clerk held up %
the iu!! Vl2w OF the Il use, opened at pic;urs
which represented MIR. Cox Gs speaker oil the
House, with his tee. resting 90 the back OF
chair. This action Of Mr. Hrrr's was greeted
with roers of laughter, which brjke out Ifresh
when that gentleman slated tnat tho picture
had been published just after Mr.. Ok hadu',
been eleolcd Speaker. Whoever looked at that
picture, hs said. would notice that tho gcptic-
mar ha,3 boon placed wih bis feet upon the op
Ct the Speaker chair 50 that he opuld got his
hoad over the desk He had beard TIA. his
trIcnd had once stated that had he been siz
i ches taller be would have boon President.
L.ug h'ec. rhe D Il site party had fal,cu
into the same miatsk IS the gentleman 10 CIV.
ing heed to muscle Instead of brains. II tito
gentleman from New York had three i6cA
and lot OF votes more hu might have b.eu
Speaker Of tue House. lie wished to say, 10
couoluslou, ttat whatsvrr be might hereafter
say IN debate, he begged tho gentleman from
New York 70 understand that he had 90 malice
or no, dn:6s Of heart in hin. That gentlcmsr
mad beer Kind enough TO give him an cpisaph.
He (hlr. HnrF) was 90. poet; but friend had
written for him az cpitaph gu tue gon.larsn
from New Iotk, which, be thought, Just osv.
cred the case.
"Ba1eath this slab lies the great Sam OK,
w no was wise as al owl and Draw, az on TX;
Inlok 1t DOT strange his turuins to dust,
for be swcod aod he swelled til! be 6ualy bust
Just where he has gone, or just how BIO fur4s.
Nobody knows aud nobody cares:
But wherever he is. be nc angel or elf,
Be sure dear reader, he's put6og himse!f"
The delivery Of .hrs, loes WA followed b.
roars OF laughter, vi CT we're rodoublad When
Mr.. Cox, ducliceG to reply.
The Committee rose, and tho House inms-
dlateIy Went into the Committee of the Whole
% the private c,eodar, Mr.. Cox, of New York,
in the chair.
40 OLD Bat III nc urgro who had emieratsd
70 Liberia sears ago, .ricrcd ql,utity of DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup short :iuu ago, starius
hat stocu.h Coughs End Colds were DOT rr.-
lueut 10 Africa b. would not ike to 90 sithou.
t in his family.
Lace GOODS We have largo and ard
lew lot OF iorohon. Vaencis, Btitaoric acd
Pillow Gaze Edging, from 10 a yard up-caoan.