The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-12
4 Hungarian Orator.

Ina description of the Hungarian Par
lament in the NodUelle Revue, M. Mem
enyl, after regretting that eloquence has
disappeared from that Assembly with
Francis Deak and Jules Andrassy, thus
describes the most powerful man in Hun
gary at the present day, M. Tia. A
friend of Germany. who had accompan-
led me to the gallery of the Hungarian
Parliament cried: "Why it is a sauf-
schultz master" Zone who teaches sew
eral village schools in turn, walking
from one to the other.l A running
schoolmaster ought to be extraordinarily
well-booted, but does not usually strike
you as prominently shout the regions of
the waistcoat. Here the comparison is
exact enough. The orators garments
were not made to raise the authority of
the wearer; the principal one is very
short gray coat, buttoned to the top. He
is thin and dry looking. His face, orna-
mented with spectacles and surrounded
by agray beard, looks twenty years old
erthan he really is. He stands as straight
as an arrow but looks as if the least
touch would upset him. His eloquence
accordS admirably with his appearance.
In spite of the silence which prevails d.
rectly he rises. it is almost impossible to
hear him. His voice is stiied as if he
were conversing without concerning
himself about the effect of his words. Let
US take the case of stranger listening
in the debate without knowing the han.
,guage. Suddenly he sees one of these
murmuredphrases followed BY sudden
thrill through hesAssembly. Three hun
dred members riseat once, gesticulating
and manifesting the most opposed senti-
ments, these applauding with joyful &C
CARNATIONS, those by vehement fleclama-
tons showing how disagreeably the ora
tors words have affected them. He,
meanwhile. is imperturable; the --LATEST
contradiction can not irritate him; he
continues in the same stified tone, and
his auditors never cease listening to him
with breathless attention. Members ap-
proach on tiptoe from the farthest corners
of the hall to catch the words more dis
timely which fall from his lips, for the
interest in what he says is as great to his
adversaries as to his friends. His self
command rarely deserts him; then hs
raises his voice and gesticulates little.
Dul HIS fOlCt never ILLS Gle 03u-lE De-
comes hoarse and forced, while his gest.
ures are awkward; he seems to menace
his opponent with the pencil which he
holds in his hand, asif wishing to trans
fix him with that fredoubtable weapon.
Nevertheless, the stranger. whose sur
prise augments, allows that these phrases
pronounced in disagreeable voice, and
accompanied by gestures anything bot
elegant, makes an impression on the
Chamber, and that at the end of the
speech. generally very short, he pro-
duces what is called in France q n.ouue-
Hnent protonge, SO prolonged, indeed,
and so intense that the debate is perforce
for several minutes. This or
ator-need l name him?-is Koleman
1isza, for ten years the all-powerful
President of the Council In this coun-
try no other politician can boast of hay-
ing been so vigorously hated in his time.
no other has in an equal degree expert
enced the inconsistency of popular favor |
and no other has shown, as he has done,
perseverance under all difficulties in the |
hour Of misfortune"