The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-12-07
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M &. Conklfnxo left the senate, one
4 tke pSliySRreat aqeatOrs Sof the republic
ssracssd frcmsfhat arena into quasi-fetire-i
sMnEH III 49, mUst formidable debater,
SaIaapsolah III eninsnt etta,nlnents and ex
re g a sSps s. n g e ora ora
S ss1 ~ nv 81 Ill speeches were Inn
6Unt1 1nd Il ~ wundSrful what apt.
n SsSe Vse IL Hi seleotcn Of words.
81 4hst dsxtrous IT he maishaled
: 2is net 6poeches, barring q
#sJ surrounding. we're models Of their
II AprcdigIOus memory, which Quin-
~ calls ~ treasury of elouuence. =
e2p6d hin II rood stead, and the most IN
fimtaastatistics uofe rolled o. trippinply
~ hhis tcngus y the flowers Of poetry 81
y G1a6iat0EiA1 phrases OF rhetoric. His
voice was deep, resonant. full thioated, and
undSr pefSect control. The least
4 W1AAispeR Q we'll - the most strldent eiacu-
&tcn, penetrated every nook Of the chap
". There ~ & times . monotony 81
sWha NAV be oalled the Btatuesaue in his de.
Nvery, and sometimes . stately verbosity
Tint made ~ regret che crisp fierceness and
aA4ndors Of Zscharia Chandler. But, as
Judge Davis said, he was -the best equipped
0Rat0rT ii public life,n and beyond all
comparison, tho most remarkable Of repub-
lifan senators. His retirement from
the chamber LETT an untitled gap on that
side, aud there il no one to fill his place.
Next 70 Mr. Conkling in readinf SIS, but
not in e~ioqnence, liz the grim Vermonter,
Judge Edmunas, whoss learning is only
egua!ed by his integrity. The speeches OF
~. Edmund are more like plain talk than
anything else, but they read admirably md
aIo delivered without manuscript aids.
even 11r. Blalne. toward the last. rssorted
@ Wlitten Of printed slips, ana Conkline
ard were about the only repnb-
ncans VINO did NOT IoileW tnat plan. Now
AZ Edln9nds stands the solltary orator OF
sne rePsDhcan ena.ors-an orator without
NAT tne new men may do we
~; but the chances are that they
Wl1 Iallow tue 1ashien OF the minority.
On the democratic side the two Georgia
senator's are extemporane0us speakers.
Motnang couId pe MINER, ~ Old days, than
j y. huns speecnes, whether on the spur
81 t1e momens q prepared. he was along
ade Va. as the great orator of the
scnnte, uperlo 70 the New Yorker on
1920 S "A NAScCAvouAJ
great respect Tor each others intellectual
strength, and. though their encounters were
9sny neitner tfanscended The courtesy Of
deeate. SHARP, bard blows were given
2 taken, nnt always within parliamentary
smiis. ieaving no sting behind. What eff
sect Inc WOUND upon MI. Hills tongue may
nave upon ms aioquence we can only con-
1ecture. II VIII, Tor some tisss to come,
mpal sne rotnndlty symmetry OF his
artlc'lintion, out some OF his more recent
utterances nave. from common report.
oeen5 " no sense inferior to the splendid
e19loitions % the past.
senator brown has made many speeches
y none from manuscript. His series Of
addresses IN the extra session last spring were
the most memorable Of that time, except
Illus terrible nrraignment OF Mahone. Out
q tnat contest the junior Georgia senator
came % tne conquering hero. The champions
g repu1licanisn met him and were sorry
!0f y, 3 Illustrated the state OF feel
ing wnen, having been asked why he did
not pitch INTO retorted that he
nad oeen N md was not going again"
Duflng tnat extraordinary tern our senator
deprecated making 81 many speeches. and
s s s'atea % Senator Butler. OF South Caro-
ANA. tSnt Butler saw chat he was Just tho