Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
THE TADPOLFS
>econd Meeting of the Honorable Body A Great Man Discovers Him-elf-Diseord and Iraasnn-A rhifrLrn- Cnndnrt.

sented his apologies and was formally excused
 Colonel Brusk was dnly elected presi- dent pro tenn.
 The business routine was quickly dis patched and the subject for discusslon announced, "Who Are Our Great Men
 Colonel Busyby opened the debate. He thought this to be a very wide world. There were various forms of greatness. It eould be measured by intellect or by avoirdupois. Greatness, in his estima- ton, was not to be acquired in following a special line of achievement, but through a combination of great princl- pies. In hIs mind the great father of hls country, C.. Washington, was the acme oi greatness, and he moved that the thanks of the Iadpoles be forwarded to Mir. Washington for hIs great services to his country. and the example he had set for he rising generation.
 Major Littletalk thought that there might be some difficulty m ascertalning Mir. Washington's postOiiice address. He was certain 1t was on some star route line that was possibly just now under a cloud.
 Judge Rigilson announced that the gentleman was dead.
 Prof. .Slowlt said that # no question was before the house, he would move that the Tadpoles wear an appropriate badge of mourning for thirty years evidently meaning thirty days
 The President pro tenn ruled the mo- ton out of order, as General Washing tons bones were iald to rest nearly eiEhty-l our years ago.
 MT MOdisty, the youngest of the Tad poles, stammeriBgly said the ladies shouldbe embraced
 The President said, interruptingly, that 1t was the duty of the Iadpoles, in- dividually and collectively, tO embrace the ladies whenever ami wherever an oc- casion offered, without regard tO race. color, o- previous condition of servitude.
 MT. Modisty, blUshing to fine roots of his auburn hair, had resumed his seat abashed and greatly confused.
 Prof. SlowIt arose and asked # there was question before the house, and be- ing answered in the negative, he moved that 1t was the sense or the TadpOles that Susan E. Anthony was a great man.
 Colonel Busbyby objected, as there was no evidence tending Co show that Susan was man at alL It WAS not the province of the Tadpoles to admit her superiority because of her brother Marks fame.
 Prof. Slowit thought that the scope of the discussion Was being too much cir cumscribed. and suggested that such action might lead Co the inference that the penItentiaTy rolls included all our grate men.
 The President hoped that such abom- inable puns would be the exception and not the rule.
 Major Lirtletalk thought a great man should be able to view both sides of every su bi iect, and then judge Impartially between them, and he thought Governor Ben Butler a gentlemen of such eminent attainments.
 Prof. Slowit wished the question be- fore the house statec.
 Col Bgusk, the president pro tenn, warmed by the spirit of the black bot tie, arose unsteadlly to hIs feet and re- marked that levity and nonsense had gone far enough. The question was who ARE our great men2 There Is DO retrospective allusIOn Tn the subject; IJ refers solely to the men of to-day, and technically 1t is clear that 1t Elludes simply to the members of this society. | That ths idea had not entered your minds Is no surprise to me. l look pen l etratlngly into a subject and view every l phase of Its construction. l weigh It, l taste 1t, smell It and feel 1t. Uurayel | its threads and test its wool and try its | warp. This question Is not an iusignlh- l cant enc, and it should be treated dis | passiouayely. It may not have occurred | to my fellow Talpoles, but 1t Is never | theless a fact, that one of your number l stands high In the catalogue of great | men. There are circumstances, small 1 and insignificant Tn themselves, vet un- | m their purpOrt, that point | out unerringly the majestic greatness of | one of yOur fellow IadpOles. ] might | say, and were It not for ny we'll known | native mOdesty, l would proclaim to the world that no nobler heart ever pulsated than that now thrODbing n my bOsOml However little you may have suspectedIt, the germs of gratness have expanded and natured within me until l feel like bursting with efIervescing glory. l am expansive, and only need the friction of equal intellects to shine with dazzling splendOr Your dull, browsing minds gan scarcely comprehend the dizzy height tU which mine ascends. and the greater altitude to which 1t aspires. Nv dear friend, the President of this great Republic, has often said, pointing 10 the portraits of his illu-trious prede- ,essors, There, Colonel, Is where your portrait must some day suspend" and ellOw IadpOles, there Il shall hangi l luow may count on the frlen ishlp and idelity of every Tadpole in this room.
 Prof. Sl)wit said he would withdraw he penitentiary rolls of grate men in avor of Col Brusk.
 Col. Busyby thought he could plainly lee the pustules of greatness bursting through the epIdernls of Col. Brusk, md while tine feelings expressed by that gentleman were merely the premonitOry of nasal catarrh, he felt that he skirts of Susan B. Anthony ought | IOt to be permitted to frighten Tad ,ole, and he would withdraw her name s a competitor for greatness, although .e felt sure she might yet be called upon o chaperone him through the intricate nd uncertain walks Of high life. Major Littletalk still adhered to hls ssertion that the political hermaphrod- te, Benjamin r. Butler. was a great l 1aD.
 Colonel Brusk said that unless a bet CT spirit of harmony prevailed among he Tadpoles he would withdraw from he order. Colonel Busyby thought the gentle lan's remarks were reasonable and re- elhOus. Colonel Brusk arose majestical.y to is feet and the fire of passionate eio- uence flashed first from one eve and hen from the other. He sad: Gen recognize but very little m , ommon between you and myself. This lub shall neither letter my advance lent nor clip the wings of my ambition; nd when l must choose between thein- ignifcant obscurity Of your presence nd the glory and emoluments of free nd easy official hfe amo,g my peers in i he East, | shall shake off the plebeian ail of the TadpOle without a single re- ret. In the words of one of my illus -ious peers: "If this be treason, make be most Of it." This meeting stands , djourned until next Saturday night, at 1 be usuB! hour. Ourt Report-Judge W. W. Hoover ,
 Presiding.
 FRIDAY, March 9. Albert H. Sales ys. T. l.. Mercer, notion to dismiss appeal granted Ex parte Juan Moreno, ,habeas corpus. application for discharge of defendant enled.
 SATURDAY, March 10.