Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29
WITTY CONGRESSMEN.
The witty Member from New York At
Last Meets Foeman Worthy of His
Steel.

lhOlOuo oHNNNhNot III bNlu IL
spects to Mr.. Horr of Michigan, causing
much merriment at that gentleman's ex-
pense. On the next day, while the house
was in committee of the whole, on the
state Of the union, Mr.. Hor improved the
opportunity to administer such a chas-
tisement to the funny member from New
York as to make it a matter of doubt
which is the greatest humorist, Horr, or
Cox.
When Mr.. Horr rose the scene was as
dramatic and exciting as when an I'm.
portant political debate impends. The
galleries were crowded with people, and
members gathered around Mr.. Horr who
spoke from the space in front Of the speak
er's desk, He stated that before he COM
menced his reply to the eloquent and able
speech Of the distinguished and weighty
gentleman from New York (Cox) he would
ask the clerk to read the speech, or por-
ton of it, which he Hort had delivered
a few days ago, and which had OCCASION
ed that fearful effort which the house had
introduced yesterday. The clerk read as
follows: "Genial little friend" Loud
laughter.
Mr. Horr justified himself for using the
words "Genial little friend, by explaining
that they were spoken in the heat of de.
bate, [Laughter, He had pent his boy.
hood IN manual labor and hard work. and
was consequently sometimes embarrassed,
and in his extreme diiiidence dropped
words which he was sorry for afterwards.
Had he known the sensitlveness OF the
gentleman from N. Y, had he known the
poetry of his nature, he would have ad.
dressed the gentleman in the language OF
modern poet as Dear little Buttercup."
Laughter, Alluding to the book "Why
We Laugh" which Cox had sent to him,
Yesterday he said that he regarded il MS
that gentleman's best work. because it
contained very little Cox, and A GOOD deal
of other men. TLaughte,l Nothing had
been further from his mind than the idea
of bilettlipp the gentleman from New
| York before this assembly, He knew the
pentleman's weight and accomplishment.
and far be it from him to contest with
him. Why, some one had intimated to
him that il was Thought that he was trv-
ING TO get some belt from the gentleman.
Good heavens! What good would it he
TO hrmY IGrcat Laughter caused by
Horr's feeling his own waist and insinua.
ting that a belt which would Gt Cox
would bo much to small for him. No
man could surpass him in his admiration
of the beautiful form of the gentleman
from New York. and he never looked at
him without thinking of some ancient
Cirecian model. A thing of beauty was n
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vet how true: but he wished to make
In suggestion TO his friend. which he
thought would add TO his already exceed.
rrace and beauty. and that was that BRO.
Cox should mart his hair in the middle
and wear hangs. G,ond and continuous
laughter ne lHorrl now annrnoched an.
other snbiect trambIingIv. hrcanse hi,
friend boi told the house Yesterday thal
he once blew man ripht throurb a kew.
hole, and he (Horrl did NOT want sucb q
tiybt sonar1n his friend madn n sroncl
! .nrino the EXTRA session nm The tesl oath
The speecb had marked in II 'Iauohtcr
fonrtean t,mns syr~ot laugbtar' once San
nIausr and long5ter' once and iong cop on
t;nnod anniouse' onca Hn T ,yonteJ % ~ =,
know if thn rnmor was trno tbat tba,
sneech had bGrn nrinted Iougbtcr m an
njonsn nnd oll tLrca dave beforc E was 40 Jp
iwarod i'rd , fr|ors m 81 iom2h.o,i Tbot W., ros ",
hig aJvsnto%o A "anticn,or who % com,'
s;t down in Tho darInnSs Of Tho m;dniaL
! borr ond rbon ,S",, not n F,nnr a. 81, -
;nst stnn and oboor tbee,nsoivoS on1 ,rr;t,
.iangbtar; S & T baJ % y araot aJyania%n " III, III,
i gHntInmar d,J zoo rnncb for thc wo,id
Tbat waS % %rrnIoTIy @ tbc wa rooSor % for @ he ho ~,
: inc On tb;n II bo f,rrisboJ tho Iarob
, inr and ini tho worlJ Fnrn;sL tbe 81
ninrsn II would nov Grow 90 on he oap "p
sttnt;nn For tbe nnrnose ~ ~ os bo ,y oY,lo;n o;,
oil of Ybowirg that ba Was @ rot ,vb%II,, ''t =
LIame sor hnyinc ' ornIi@d nj M thn % torm Zoo "gSnio il
}. lttIn friend" n tbr gnntlemon froon Noy
r. York How scnt t 10 ihn ni"rL's % 0 doak '
:. hound volume of Horner's WnclIy wb;c
. tbc clerk held m to fnll Wow of tSo hons
4 ononcd ot a n;ctnra which ronresnn "a
= Gov ne sneuker Of tho Uonsa wit
= his feet RESTING on the bask of
l., chair This action of Mr. Horr'
y was greeted with roars of lauphte
which broke ont afresb wban that o,sntlr
n,o, sto4oI ,I,nt tLo ,;o,,,ro L,I 10, - ~
= isIoJ ;,st ,f,o W., oI ~ ~ 49, " 81 pt'
, ''S"Iu ju'0 ~ N.Y. WA hiu I,ou o,cli clctto
Il speaker whoever looEea at that plctur
u ne salu would nOtlCe that the gentlema
8 had been placed with his feet on top c
4 the speakers chair so that he could &C
!, his head over the desk. He had hear
D that hls friend once stated that had h
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