The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-06
sENA1o..iAL oA...oEs.
A Description Of the Methods of some Of
Our Distinguished Senators.

IN either mousse OF congress VINO speak upon |
anv imnortont measure without having
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niauc 'he nios' eiaoola'e Preparallo"' Ahe
library is ransacked for books, old newspa,.
per ties are brought from their hooks, and
cords OF paper are used III taking notes.
These notes are filled out, put III
order, and then you have set speech.
David Davis, perhaps more than any
other senator INDUCES IN manuscript, pre- !
pairing even q hye minutes speech with
great care, This Is his lnileNblo rule, and
has been since he entered public lie. After
he delivers his speeches, or rather, after he
reads them, he hands his manuscript to
Mr. Murphy the senatorial stenographer,
VINO sends II 10 the government printing
office. The compositorS never have any
,anathenaS i0r the judges wrltlhg' Whlch Is
large, ulstihct anu iuil Of character
Edmunds never uses notes, and once
speech Is out OF ms mouth he doesn't
bother bis head about IT, during all the
years ne has been IN the senate he has not
revised Is single speech. lie turns every
thing III hls mlnd beforehand, ana never
rises 10 address the senate without having
weighed IN the scales OF MS great mind what
ne intends saying.
beh iilll VIII speak ior thrce hours with
out scrap OF paper the only preparation
he makes ~ marking references ana passa-
ges IN thus BOOK or that have seen him
tune ana agar thuhder away Tor Two hours
WITHOUT stopping even Tor glass OF water.
ne reVlSos MS speeches, however makes
auunl3ns ahu corrections II clear hand,
nluch IKE tht OF college BOY, and gives
the printers llttie trouble with hisproof He
mas az astounding memory, and no man in
puDlic me- except Edmnnds has such i'm
pcrturpaDllity, Ihe only man who could
wen worry liill orexclte his wrath in debate
was the late Matt Carpentry How it tickled
carpenter to put, some. adroit question to
the ueorglah ana get nm coniuSed!-a hard
thing to DO ~ any time, but Carpenter often
succeeded ANA IL was more the result of
an lrreslstaDle propensity Tor nun than any
thing else, FOL, never was man who had less
malice thah Matt Carpenter.
He had heart as big mountain. lie
was exceedingly particular about his speech
es wheu thcy were upon legal questions.
AMER he got the proof rom the foreman Of
the record nc wou!d hack 1t to pieces, send
the corrccle1 proH back, get q second, and
treat IL III IKE manner. His writing was
cnaracter9tc, nara to rcad-a rOllicking,
harum-Hcarnm sort ola iist--and study to
the printers. He used to say, "'rho short
est road Is me best road when you're in u
hurry and though he could write a fine,
iuil, round hand he dashed oil everything
at llghthlng speed
Another senator who, like EdmundS,
never revised a speech, was THURMAN, De-
casiohally he spoke from manuscript, but
the sten2grapher took down every word he
sald' as me old gentleman would forget his
manuscript ami drllt into cStcmporary
eloquenGe' Thurman though never u
graceful speaker, was always iorciblc
Ae was beyond all doubt, the abcst
OF the democrats, aud thes leader
from the time he entered the senate,
bayarG works hard ut his speeches, and
though he writes them ont and follows his
manuscript closely, lie royiscs after proof is
TAKEN he makes few changes, however
put holds the prootyery often until o'clock
III the morning, as he spends his evenings
eenerally " soclal circles. lie y good
peninall writing q medium-slzcd running
hand.
Lamar Is a great rteyiser, cuts proof Into
tatters' writes horrible hand, and tries the
soul OF q printer, Occasionally he goes down
tothe government printing Office to look after
his speeches, which, when published, are
vastly dlllereht from the slenographer's re-
port oil Them
Senator Conbling seldom made u corrcc-
Ilon OF MS ut'eranceS IN the senate chamber,
lie Is perhaps the best cxtcmporancOus
speaker IN the United states, and even his
remarksin running debate are splendid in
dlces OF great ability, During the extra SEES,
sion OF the iorty-slNth congress he delivered
~;Iput mot "' , ,a'o ~''hS pnM.lni, VI.
any kind WLnn tbn y;co'nrclidnn, a.,
noiinced "the senator from New
York. up rose the stately
form Of Roscoe Conkling. Never before
or since had senator such an audience lie
spoke for four hours. Before The olinurn.
ment Of the senate i5OuOO comics Of his
speech had been subscribed for. Every
printing establishment In Washington sent
to the senator its lowest estimate. Ina
very short time, OYSTER, one of the brsl
living typos. and foreman of tho Compress
siOna Record, had thc proofn flo rrcat
speech ready, lie took Il mn TO Wormlry',
about 0 O'Clock In The mornin, and nsE,d
for senator Conkiinr. "IIc il moi nm yct I,
said the private sScrctntv ,thr senotn,
breakfasts about If. however. ns Won ar, In
hurry and want to See after the sncnoh
shall call him. "Tell Mr.. OYSTER to com,
in-ah how do Won do Mr. NysterPu An,
Lord Chesterfield never wos mora noiit,
than was Coukling in his ui.,ht.shirt AGe
rubbing his ewes he looked at the proof
made few changes, and struck out m,
"Hon. before Roscoe Conkling. Yol
will never find il prchNcd to his name II
any speech intended for general distribn
ton. After he received the sprrch he wrnt,
histhanks. yer; kindly. ia forrmun Oy4
ter, 50 follows
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