The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-06
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diligent In business at the ext.a ses.
sion, and passed all our measures. There sre no wit.
ticisms from a committee of that dignity The corn
spec oh TO which he refe was made when was but
an humble member. not charmsn, of the commii0 G.
No but myself represented that cement. It's in.
ciness the product OF my western raising and my
eastern distiration. Why snoud he accused of
mere play here1 Lave not shown some fruits as the
Jesuit o; studjous work. Did ! not carry throur h
here the hul bill to rail Dads, the lie-saving
bill. the census. aud many Others, which others may
panel Is I not tins to stop this ant dep-ecia-
lion of who really cafes little for berg here e
cept to do something wotby2 Where Is the fun In
such Misrepresentation VIII my friend from Mich
igan with me II give him lesson In the MAJ cr
of Cong essoral debate HUmor IL large part OF It,
Ii should be retiocnatve howe o.. IL shoul,i have
practical obie'f. When happeoed oae day 10 kip a
moth contact b. good nature remarks on that
insect and the pol ical anaogies 1t sugg ted t ives
because was iufo mad by any 5, otchms l. now
Senator from Kensucsv, that there facts to be
developed. In minute as,er he ave the pan het
gave 1t the needed good temper, ard half m lion
was saved. Tue point Is to make your fun dialee .ic
and rational. DID my friend in Lis speech 80 biim-
ming with humo,, and which tended to make ridiou.
lous The claim of inco nseauential committees to
q eater consideration, observe this ruler have been
told his committee took his speech IN ca nest met,
and Proceeded TO declare he had vlndiclted them.
tLanghfer.l They asserted that they had been neg.
lected aud would claim their hts to all questions
as to mauufac ures. This, of coarse wop'd XIII nv
elegant colleague of the Ways and means. Laugh.
teri He coald not survive II. What, sir, TO have
manufactures take away his tarfs7
Yves there any othe: object in the gentlemar's
speech? DID he tell how be REGARDED the commit
ices report was he GUY entertaining the House
lie was aso pleased to refer Pleasant way to
volumes of travel had written. ThauSful for such
a noice, fear he has omitted the one most apposte
There Is a VOLUME In my desk will send to him. II
IL Titled "why W. Laugh"
The CHAPMAN. The gentlemen viii suspend, to
ieceive a message from the Senate. Members viii
take their seats.
M. COX. 10 resume, as Mr.. Sherman would say.
Laughter. Wnea members take their seats viii the
gentleman take my book
IA page took the book to the member from Michi-
gan, who re, eved 1t |. aciously1
Mr.. COX. The volume send IL named "Why We
Laugh" send 1t 10 the gentleman with my regards
and with view to ask him to regard its philosophy
"why"-not ''how," nor sat wbat"-we laugh. 1t vii
show him that nearly all great natures manufactured
witticisms aud then, from Sir Thomas More Ia
Corwin, from julius Caesar to the gentleman. [Laugh
teri Eut their wit had a rational purpose. They
were logical In their laughs. They used what Ais
tote knew to be the redaetio adj a5surduua and what
Whately commcnds a. the best means Of exposing
fallacy and fraud wish could read an extract o.
so before send my friend the volume.
Now, In the view Of these lc sons for mirth, 4
zeal for my friend the other day to Cali the atten
ton o; the House to my body7 suppose / am little
II logical, parliamentary, kind TO say 1t Il
was done without malice, but 1t permeated every on,
OF my two million pores. tLaughter.l Supro
had the gentlemans immensty of pores, where could
not the laughter extend Then there would hay,
been need of some improvements, "because of Loss
of moisture daughter Why, sir, every sweat
gland in my small body gave on: its notifying mois
ture because they were SO few comp ed with tn,
pores aud glands Of larger bodies. GLaughfeEl
Now, sir, submit, was my size a subject for an,
eentlemans logical l-ughter1 / never claimed, be
cause of its smallncss, exempt n from the demand.
OF corIage in the arena of debate. Laughter II
health u oils the nts llaughterl I'd the coJntt
nance, causing it to shine. An animal that TT u
laugh, Ee a hyena. IL specially despised; bat babe
when Il first beholds the sunshine. laughs The gen
teman BATE llal shiei j n 'ocent BABE
"a cHe,ob. [Langhtcr.l BE may have child en--al
little iotuadities all dimpled beauties which witt
''hitChcin roise ard giee" rush /, meet their dad
aad all like their dan-dam, bad fatheri 1 capao
20 lead IL plainly, but 1t looks 'ke-theIr dam
bad father. lto of au. hter.l Does he nos Low,
them Doabtless all genial natives Ire bis low
children. But where Is the poiut OF making my small
person-thoush an the average man, one hund,et
and forty pounds the butt of his ridicule7 VII,
,hould smallness, in speh an immensty OF creation
and when everything may be reduced 10 aiomies, b,
account contemplate Z once buried bu Iy DO ly
here for nsinpatng that was small. / cast his SO ul
which was very small through neither keyhsle. fol
he was little in eveI. thiny except in size.
When one comes to consider all uniyei sal pbysica
relatonshe s'ze say. OF this dome and the goddess
on it much bigger, even, than the gentlemen. laugh
ter .hen Of the mountains OF our ca H. then of thu
sun, OF Jupiter or the star Sirius, ard then the con
stelations and systems far beyond. pnnaced dim in
the intense inane. Of creation, how contemplate
member OF Congress seems [Great laughter
The. efJe. where or what Is the humor OF making
member Of Congress ont TO be little and laughing NJ
his What is there 20 boast o. In this enority
iie and aize At the best Ga1h did not reach mo-
than twice as high aud was only sixth more than
the size Of some gentlemen here. L nbert, with al
MS opuehCe VI Oil, was ony poor Wei man, unnD
10 grasp what Isaac Newton knew--whose mother
put him in qaart cup when he W. born. laugh.
ter.l Sir Isaac Negtoul Does the gentleman think
he could get into such cupf tLaughter.I Why then
why should the spirit of NORTH be proud Proud
flesh IL not the sign of health. [Laughterl
My friend evidently meant to be familiar with me Ia
two respects: First, 70 humble me for my size and,
second, TO be witty what cannot help, my size
\ h.... I'm
failed to recognize him, how imperfect was my body.
took him by mistake for gentleman from North
Carolina. 1t was my poor eyesight1 Yeton my fail
uie to recognize him, he called me. first genial and
second hitJe-al of which implies rather undue ia
m;liarity on u short unrecognizing acquaintance !
tLaughter.l
endeavor to debate here impersonay: never re-
fuse to yield never invade anolhers right; always
consider my pcison almost an abstraction. / am
not proud of my appearance, as some men are who
swell. ILaughter.l Why, sir, argued against making
Congress too big ten years ago. Two hundred and
fly was enough Had known the adv, mt of this le-
viahan into our troubled waters should have favor
ed two hundred as our number. [Laughterl But that
s to be settled next year. Competency Is not strength
Let us remember thatl
When the gentleman was TINS beiittling me. what
was he about 2 Vineyards [laughter] or 70. Does
that, under our Constitution, prevent me from being
bis eqnal The is disability under TIE law on ac-
count of ones szs oay his age his 1ebcioas ante
cedents. If were mountain mummy or 4 LII
putisn, sbsud be eligible here. Laughter Irep.
resent large folks, fighting folks, [laughter,l good
folks they did not my gf;h or take nv alti-
tude when they sent NO here. They did not think me
ILaushter.I They did not think
blUbber pdlrated bIain; nor meat IN pbood ar thar
tumors necessarily tend to Iuteec,ual'tv They did
not regard Unworthy Of their trust because had
not aSers of LAID over imnense abdominal muscles.
Prolonged i.ughterl They are intellisent-know
that tissues Of Fat dc not ssees OF fact or Of
politics. Aman msy be 1--WE huudled and seye ~
ponds, seveesl aenflemea rolled into one vet Sc
might siill be as tallow candle to the sun uapsh
teri
What eli, none but Fastsfs to be of the elect
Il 20, the Horse would be With the qualities
ne celebrated for, including alloys, .rcfss, and
un. Are we to have or v inordaate, iump;sh incar
,afions Of swelling vanity -tehcmoths I'm our Cor
OCCASIONAL waters Nothing bat better and no bread,
,ir, Shakespefe a master OF wit and he told N.
u falstaf. He knew that flesh ard flaiity 90 to-
either. fLangbter.] BE said the desil would never
ave the tat knight damaed, lest the on that's in him
sonld set bell on fire. lLaughter.l How vel, he /
dvised him Make less your body and mere your |
CO. for the grave doth cape for ycu thrice wider
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