The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-06
wATTBRsoE ON THE PLATFORM.
The Famous Kentucky Editor Fol-
lows Reecher In n HaIr-Hour Adj
dress

The Famous Kentucky Editor Fol-
lows Reecher In n Half Hour Ad-
dress.
r"Uncle Bill" in Chicago Herald.
To have TO follow after Henry Ward
Beecher in making an address at a public
meeting is a disheartening duty to most
orator.. The audience Is usually TO DO pitied
also, for there are few men who can hope to
excel the great Congregationalist in playing
upon the emotions, the passions or even the
intelligence OF an audience as he has always
been able to 90. II was to this task that
Henry Watterson, the Kentucky editor
found himself assigned at the great free
trade meeting in the Cooper institute the
other night. Beecher had the advantage of
being a world famous and great man, and he
achieved a greater victory before he opened
his mouth than Everett 2. Wheeler and
David Wells did when they had circulated
their addresses. Yet Watterson strobe
boldly TO the edge Of the platform, and in
two minutes had the vast audience applaud
ing; had it laughing in five minutes, had it
excited in ten minutes and after that used it
as Its master and made 1t the slave of his
magic for fully half an hour.
He Is a singular looking man in the first
place. He is OF medium height and plump
form, and his dress fitted him as tight as a
~ DVANA1sH ~ blhIh llpLHtiH
were without a crease-two even cylinders of
cloth that rounded tightly over his spherical
corporation His vest was equally close fit
ting and his s~wallow-tail coat looked as il it
must hhye been put on and sewed in its place.
he wore no jewels or jewelry except a little
ball of gold hat tangled before the second
button from the last on his vest, and must
have been fastened to a chain hidden under
his coat His head and face are knightly and
heroic in contour and pose. His light brown
hair is parted on one side and falls down on
the other side over his brow in well planned
disorder. 1t is a little longer behind thar
we are used to seeing mems hair in New York,
yet 1t Is not in any strict sense long. His
high brow, large eyes, large, well-shaped
nose and heavy chin, as well AZ his habit of
throwing his head back, give him an air of
boldness and aggressive courage. He Is
handsome, in spite of the fGct that the sight
Is gone from one eye.
He g~esticulates little and stihiy. His
habit, when speaking, is to hold his arms
down by his sides, with the fingers and
thumbs OF each hand pressed solidly to
gether and bent backward. His hands
twitch from nervousness as he speaks.
Indeed, he is so nervous that any baby can
sit quiet for a longer time than he ever does.
He has a loud, powerful voice that filled the
great hall Of the Cooper Union as If IL had
been no more than an ordinary parlor. He
delivers each word by itself, and sometimes
separates each syllable Of u word he wishes
TO emphasize. And every word or syllable
comes out like n cannon shot. He Is bold Ia
thought, rich in poetry and imagery, ten
der when he wants 10 be, and either brill
liant, independent, or grave and solemn, as
the humor catches him. Slang is not de.
spised by him when it exactly expresses an
ilea. and he hpsitateS Mt nDthiup In prdar IN