The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-11
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:. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26-while listening 10
remindsd o. tho great change in the compiler.
ion Of tho Senate which the last two years
sh touch hard Tssn sss
bSnsla Wa!sse and wSsss ii i aoa !ias
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orator or whose memory was trsshoneA yesterdsy
the es %Ss i nss los. almost Sths s
nc MORE ma.s S dc to enter DtS.
Ssrpsnter dead fhe shres sri sSsn
est lights Of the loft thus gone-and every one
with inferior material. and the senate Of TO-
seen in tho fact that II removed tho most popu
tboss Is Ts Is the most powerful orator q
In the Senate. for every one Of the men who
came near rivalry with him In. the witchery Of
arena. do not except Mr., voorhees, . a. his
latter days have shown little Of the fire that
and he has become close @sn%script ssiHeyy..
VI Win something OF aiIectation in his airs OF
Judged BY their usual efforts It must be con-
ass fnst there is not an orator IN the Sem
moments. He is. however. the most popular
o. the speakers In the Senate. unless II be MI.
81 the imTetuous Missourinn as The two poes.
Vest IL warm. impusive, and magnetic, In0alla
sSrc sSic .nd fSa saIoM
face. absolutely without any * preston but that
OF penetrating intellectually. make him the
representative OF sarcasm and satire His Ian
gqage Is the best that is heard Oh the fioor. and
rs sentences would fit into IA review with very
preston devotedly. The qualities named make
MIN MIN stronger ~ AN opponent than as IN advo-
Wher 4" Eo@ra never win mon to any cause
no , can use the artillery OF ridicule with remark
sas a he Ss r.
power Of look and gesture Which gave Rsen 1s
Georgian Ben Harrison Of Indiana t came M .f 20
the Senate with reputation us an orator basel
hi. worsns OF Hsndreks l IN ahs
the 9ratorieal line since he began lis Soma.
Edmunds. the attorney Of his party. III the
o talker Of the court room. while
OF the Republican leaders, is devoid OF every
grace Of oratory. Senator Beck has been sptly
senator Bayard has bad tenor op's voice. sse Mbia
,yhat Ian T. husky and stifl We all know
gives at home He talks to the ss
same way. and it IL. effective Talk here as II Il
there. because 1t carries freightItrain OF com.
, The House is better off for orators than the
Senate; Tho first place. among them is. per-.
znia. who has the advantage OF personal phy
s !, and bell,like voice. On the hastings
MS "a acute sense Of hnmor sometimes calls into
play =, power of mimcry that on tho stage.
would have made him the rival Of SotIern.
Gen Hooker Of Mississip pi represents bet
o !uxpriance. His every thought is clSth hed
8 graceful to rare degree and In the most
nj UNASSIGNED moments he is courtly in every.
The, quick and ready man of tho House. az
everybody knows. is Sunset Cox. He rings In
g his eN tempore" sneeches many an express
, y trisss. he Is stu man q wonderful gift
ais T. catch on his feet With Sharp repartee
,eady for bis opnonont. His memory.is mar
MANY tho Of BIZ sp asa
ioubt II there are many doctors OF divinity in
he country more familiar with the Bible than
Inows more OF Shakespeare than any man nan i In,
America. Neither Mr.. Carlisle nor Mr. RandaI
Kasson would be the best one on his side II IL
we're not ior the apparent affectation and APP
ws the as 81 IS as
,is Bearing Reed q Maine is ASK rs KEEN an as a.
'eady 70 iiy to his feet. but with a face and q,
ioiee like an overgrown fat boy Of l5: RobesoE
his bellows-liks delivery make him remote Ss
rom tho most liberal definition OF eloauence.
There can be no doubt that the style Of ora
DRY In this country Is undergoing marked
hange. 1t is becoming calmer and sterner.
frope and figure arc being severely pruned
md rhetoric Ia falling under suspicion. The
Intithctic clauses and the rounded periods that
we're indispensable In the Grafton OF nifty years
'so are now rarely heard in tho best deliver
'ncos. danger is seen by some in going too
ar in this reform. II the search for naked
trnngth carres us back to the ponderous and
ndigestible style of the old English models.
We may not gain much by tho death OF the
merriam spread eagle But whatever
hanges may come in the popular estimation,
i true oratOry whatever men may rise 10
harm with the tongues OF elouuence. no
hanges can derogn,e from the value Of tho re-
he great Georgian. whose voice used to COM
'iand the attention of this nation from both
wings of the Capitol. but who never there OF
Elsewhere rose to the heights OF power he
cached on the old red hills OF Georgia. They
Ga f to MIN always AN inspiration. and they
Will Dc Tor him forever sacred shrine.