Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-05-04

Sai0 Ofat0fy Is ueufery-ueuVerJ-u
ery;" and delivery is killed by manuscript.
Voorhees,, however, is not profound-yery
far from it--and he lacks sincerity and is
given to demagogism. Very often he is
6ot-headed and rash, and his partisan zeal
gets the better of his judgment. He is
man of warm heart and good impulses,
generous and hospitsble to the last degree.
Jones of Florida.
One of the ablest men in the Senate,
ranking with its best lawyers is Jones OF
Florida. He is hard student and labors
diligently at a set speech. He is passion
ately fond of Edmund Burke, and knows
his works as never knew any other to know
them. He has memory equal to Blaines
or Ben Hills, and time and again have
heard him repeat page after page OF Burkes
immortal speeches. 1t is the same with the
speeches Of Phillips, Grattan, Curran and
0'Connell. Jones is very able man. His
Democracy is of the prudent kind. He is
liberal in his views on all subjects, Just and
generous upright and manly, with the am
bition that characterizes every selfmade
man, and one of the cleverest fellows the
world over,
Beck, of Kentucky.
Mr.. Beck who has been for so long on
the Committee as Appropriations is the
most rapid talker in either House OF Con-
gress. Well for him that the Senate has
such a stenographer as Denis Murphy,
whose hand travels over paper like light
ming. l doubt if his equal could be found
anywhere. Beck is an, untiring worker, has
the constitution of Kentucky race-horSe,
and no amount of labor is too heavy for
him. He is not much of reviser, going
on the principle of Pontius Pilate-quod
scripsi, scripsi. He is as blunt as Joey
Bagstock, and as good natured as Mark
Tapley, vet quick tempered and fiery
withal His Democracy is extreme.
Manderson, of Nebraska.
Perhaps the real orator of the Senate is
Manderson, of Nebraska, who is yet a
voungish man born in Philadelphiain 1887.
Manderson has n clear rich voice, an en-
eaging way of presenting his subject which
he deals with earnestly and vigorously. He
has made but one "set Speech" on the Fitz
John Porter bill, but that one was enough
to show that he was an orator.
"Reminiscences.
I had to think that Newton Booth, of Cal
ifornia, was an orator of the first school.
He spoke only in snatcheS, but it was treat
to hear him brake into a debate. He was,
thought very lazy, and looked it as he sat
most of the time lolling in his chair with
his eyes on the planets, or where they are
supposed to be.
Oliver p Morton, never an orator, yet
ALWAYS held the Senate. He was sledge-
hammer man, as much of partisan as
Oliver Cromwell.
The fastest talker in the history Of the
Senate was Sargent, of California, late Min
lister to Bismarck's Kingdom. Sargent was
harder to report than Beck.
A Tough Citizen.
Perhaps the man who more than any
other murdered the vernacular in the Senate
was Corbett, of Oregon, who was "HippleS
Mitchelrs predecessor. | don't think Cor
bett knew any language, living or dead.
The worst of It was, he thought he was an
authority on all financial matters, having
once had some success in the grocery busi-
ness out in Oregon. One day he gave Mr..
Murphy o speech to have printed. In the
goodness of his heart Murphy doctored the
speech. which had neither comma nor period,
nor any punctuation mark from beginning
to end, and was correspondingly bad every
other way. What was Murphy's surprise
when, a few davs after, Corbett, having re-
ceived his speech from the printing office,
abused him for running his speech.
Characteristics.
The long winded Senators are Morgan, OF
Alabama, good lawyer and fond of con-
stitutional questions; Hoar, of Massachu-
setts; Cockrcll, of Missouri, parsimonious,
stingy man and very narrow in his views;
Dawes and Morrill,, of Vermont, when on the
tariff.
= The striking business men are Allison,
Beck, Brown, Butler, Camden, Gorham,
Harris, Hawley, Kenua, Plumb, and Sher-
man.
Mr.. Garland, of Arkansas, is the ablest
lawyer on the Democratic side.
Ingalls, is the most polished man in the
Senate so far as the English language goes,
Vest, of Missouri, is the best stump
speaker on the Democratic side.
CHARLES SELBY.