The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-22

I.akpe1Oyere was &TeeSeO ~ Ooc
from the dead The Marchese had s<u'
10 his ban ker in Catalina for tue Eanso'"
money. But that. Of course, was no long
e. neceseary.-ffcser's -NHCd-'Hs'
ORATORS IN THE SENATE.
A Southern Journalists Estimate
Men Who Draw and Keep
Audiences To-Day.
Prom the Augusta tsaa., Chreniele.
When Mr.. Conkl;ng LETT the Senate.
one VI the really great orator.
of the republic passed from
that arena into q,.asi-retirement.
n. vas a most formidable t:ebarer. be-
cause o: his eminent attainn!enis and
experience. He had no superior a. an
orator. BECAUSE Of ",anv gifts OF person
anu intellect. Many OF his speeches
were i.nprOniptu. and 1t was wonderful
what aptns-s there was in his selection
Of words. aud with what dextrou$ art
he na-shaie.l his arguments. His get
stretches. barring dramatic surround
Ing. were models Of their kind. A pro-
d;..ioas memorv. which Quintillian calls
'.r:,e treasury O; elN!uence. stood nm
in good stead. and the most intricate
statistics We're ro!le'l Is trirp;ngly from
his tongue "a the flowers "f poetry or
the .!a.ii:,t"ri:I phrases Of rhetoric. His
voice wac deep. resonant. tuli-throate''.
and under perfect control. The least
whi.rer a. we'll az the most Stritttnt
ejaculation. penetrated every nook OF
the chapter. There was at times 4 mo-
nntouy q. what may be g. He'd the stat-
u-~,,ue in his delivery. and sometimes
stately verho<it, that made Us regret the
crisp fierc. ness and can'lor Of Zacharia
(nan.ll.r. Bur. as Judge Davis said,
he was ''.he best equipped orator in pub
Nc life" and beyond all c"mE ris'n.
the most remarkable Of republican SEN
.,ors. His retirement from the cham
her LEFT an untitled gap on that side. and
there il no one to tiil his place.
Nsx: to Mr.. Conk!in= in readiness.
hut not in el"iu-nce. Is the grim YER
mon;er. Judge E'imun.!>. whose learn
Ing is only e1,altd Ivy his integrity. The
Speechcs If Mr.. Eslnlur,!> are More like
plain tall. than anything else. bit they
read admirably anil are delivered with
OUT manuscript aids. F. en- Mr.. Blaine.
toward: tn. last. rcS"rtci t. written or
printed slips. and Conk!iny and Eli
mund> were about the only Republicans
who did not follow that plan. Now Mr..
Edmrn'l- stands the solitary orator Of
the Republican Senators an orator
without c'"iucncc. What the new men
may do We cannot say: but the chances
are that they will follow the fa>hi' II Of
the majority.
-. ~, -. Il. -
gia Senators are eXtenip"raneOus speak
ers. Nothing could t,c finer. in old days.
than Mr.. Hills speeches. whether on
the spur Of the moment or prepared.
H.: was alongside Mr.. Conkliny a. the
great orator .! the senate. and superior
t. the New Yorker on ordinary ncra-
sinns. They had d~>erva'llv great res
beet for each others intellectual strength
and. though their encounters Were
many. neither tra!i-cen'l,.'i the courtesy
Of debate. Sharp. hard blows We're Civ
On AMI taken. ut always within parii:.-
l,entary limits. leaving NJ sting behind.
Villa, effect the wound upon Mr.. Hills
tongue may lav. upon his eloIucnce we
can only conjecture. X will. TOR some
time to come. impair the rotundity and
symmetry OF his articulation. but some
of his more :. cent utteranc-s have. from
common r.; =. been IN no Sense infer
inr to the splendid exhibitions Oh the
past.
senator Brown has made many
speeches and none from manuscript.
His series "i addresses in the extra S..s-
sion last spring wtrc the ,:iUst l,r;nor-
able Of thar time. except Hills terrible
arr.:ignlnent of Malone. Out OF that
contest the junior Georgia senator came
as the conIueriny hero. The champions
rf rcplhlic,ni-m met him AMI were snr-
~ for it. Logan illustrated; the state q:
,relin. WHEN. having been asked why
he didn't pitc:. into Joe Brown. ;rtort.:!
that he hazel '!."n in and was not going
again. Dulin:: that extraordinary
term. our Senator nrrr:,t.l making -
many si"cr!rs. anl ~ Stated I" >rnator
hu''cr. OF south Carolina. Bat Butler
saw that he WAS ;i.-: .lir man ~ make
Dawes and i!"ur an'! Huwi..v sick ns
III: encounter. AM: - eEc,,i:ac..l him
=; keep up III" hoa;I,oun.!' which he
did. An "a! officer o. III. Senate, who
had been in place for fly years. ,,:.i
TIE writer that az all the SENATORS he
had known Coy. ''Hr,wl!. in an intel
:'";ua! r'H.ii'a: 'n the "!ia,,l!,rr floor,
cu,i.i;.."
\'nr!,ees read. his speeches. 40 dos
H.n,!!e;nn, so does David Davis. So doe.
Hampton. Mr.. I.:,nar ,:;:ily Trusts
hii,ssv,i wi!..r;l! manuscript, even when
ii Woui'i not :;.;e i've n,inu.e- - dc.
liver what l.. has crn,:,p-.i. Even
Vince. IL: wonder o. he in:..inns.
sticks I" J Is c>>:,.:' before him. an.l -acri-
t:,'.> the flavor o; his nrat"iial t;l!ency.
Mr.. Beck j. in III" same catc"ar:.
The ri>!n. orator o. tI,. .tnate i,
GEORGE Vest. OF Missouri H.. is a gen
iu>. His THUR. j. a short and unl,rrnic
as that Ot E.'i.:iuni Keanwa> said to be.
But. like ;hc famous tra.e,lan. liz. has
that within which NOR. than make,
amend COR sO''e defect. OF ,cr>nn. Mr..
Vest may he fairly c:;.ssc.l a, on. Of the
few consl'nIn,ate orators OF the senate.
He has nearly every endowment for
usefulness and brillancy as a speaker,
ami no man 10 more admired for his
orat"ry and feared for his power of
retOrt.
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