The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-12-18
SUNDAY, DEC. IS, 1881.
SENATORIAL ORATORS.

Charles Seely in the Washington Re
publican says: There is very few men
in either house of congress who speak
upon any important measure without
having made the most elaborate prepa-
ration. The library is ransackcd foi
books, old newspaper files are brought
from thoir hooks. and cords of paper
are used in taking ''notes.' These
notes are filed out. put In order. and
then you have n ''set speech"
Avn DAVIS, PERHAPS,
more than any other senator. INDUCES
in manuscript, preparing even n live
minute speech with great care. h
Is his infiexiblc rule, and has been since
he entered public life. After he deliv-
srs his speeches, or rather after he
,eads them, he hands his manuscript TO
Mr.. Murphy, the senate stenographer.
Who sends it 10 the government print
ng office. The compositors never have
my anathemas for The judges writing,
which is large. distinct, and full OF
haracter.
EDMUNDs v USES NOTES,
nd once n speech is out OF his mouth
o doesn't bother his head about it
turing all the years he has been in the
tuhlt nt has NV lthA5tu u HilRlo
peech. He turns everything in his
sind beforehand. and never rises to
ddress the senate without having
reighed in the scales OF his great mind
THAT he intends saying.
BES HILL WILL sPEAK
or three hours without n scrap OF pa
Der. Tie only preparation he make is
marking references and passages in
his book or thai. l have seer him
tme and again thunder away for two
'iours without stopping even for n glass
VI water. He revises his speeches,
',owever; makes additions and correc-
dons in a clear hand, much like that of
. college boy, and gives the printers
little trouble with his proof" Hill
has an astounding memory. and no
man in public life except Edmunds,
has his imperturba-bility. The only
nan who could well worry Hill or ex-
cite his wrath in debate,
WAS II LATE MATT CARPENTER
r How 1t tickled Carpenter to put some
adroit question at the Georgian and get
aim confusedi-a hard thing to do mt
any time, but Carpenter often succeed
81. And il was more the result of an
irresistible propensity for fun han any
hing else, for never was man who had
less malice than Matt Carpenter. He
Bad a heart as big 40 n mountain. He
was exceedingly particular about his
rpeeches when they were upon legal
questions. After he got the ''proor'
Rom tho foreman Of the Record be
you'd hack n 70 pieces. send the cor
lssoted proof back. GET . second. and
treat 1t in like manner. His writing
was characteristic, bard to r6al-a rui.
licking harum-scarum sort of iist-and
study to the printers. He used TO sHy
20 me, The shortest road is the best
road when you're in = HURRY" and
though be could write a fine, full. round
nand. he dashed off everything at
lightning speed. Another senator
who. like Evarts, never revised u
speech,
WAS THURMAN.
Occasionally he spoke from manuscript,
nj the stenogrnpher took down every
word he said. rs the OLD gentleman
would forget his manu- cript and drift
into extemporl eluquence. Thurman.
though never a graceful speaker. was
always forcible. He was beyond all
doubt, the ab'cSt Of the democrats. and
their leader from the time he entered
The senHte.
BAYARD WORKS lard
at his speeches, and thou,h he writes
them out and follows Ills mnnusrrinr
closely. he ~reyises after proof is faken.
He makes few changes. however. bul
holds the proof very often until two
o'clock in the morning, MS he srends
his evenings generally in social ci clos.
He is n good penmap. wriiing a ma
dium-sizcd running hand.
nuAPIs
80,
ouH M proc lnIo ~taltcrS' writes a hor-
aiDte manu-, anu l'ieS me soul OF II
occ'siohhIiy nc goes down
- we government printing Office to
S ai'Sr ms spt,ecn,s' which whcn
puolnou' are Vastly Inherent from the
report oil item.
SENATE CoSKLING SELDOM MADE
= correct ion OF his u~ttcrances in the
ienatc CHAMBER. He is pefl,ps trc
best ex femporaucons sneaker in tl,e
United States. and even his remarks I'm
running debate are splendid indices of
great ability. During ihe extra session
Of tho Furty-sixth congress he de,iy.
cred a speech upon tho army appropri-