New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-30
MR.. LDNrYDs OY TALEPH0yEs.
HIS SPEECH FOR DANIEL DRAwBAUGH

| WHY HE DID not Ar Once BECOME FAMOUS
LOVER, RESPONSIBLE FOR \ GREAT DISCOVERY.
Yesterday was feld-day in the Bell
Peoples telephone suit. judge Willace's court room
crowded by people who wished 10 hear Senator
Edmunds speak. EN-Judge Hin closed his argument at
800 p aul gave way to the senator from Vermont
lr. Edmuds addressed the Court with easy gesture, and
mpi>,yc force. IL ringing voice was easily heard IN
all parts Of the room The voice that Of
the prim" of life except when the speaker seemed paIc
ulary d.-ogs Of enchanting attention. when CHANGED
10 treble clear a. bell and indicative OF youth rather
than age. Mach ~ senator Edmmd,s speech was OF 4
hunorou. character and the least humorous feature
Of thr uumoyed IMPRESSION of the speakers faco
while lis auditors INDUCING in hearty though
suppressed laugh Even the Court times felt con-
strained o. smile. senator Edmmds said:
Ny learned brother ha, carefully gone through tho
that do not consider 10 necessary say wol,
.mT "'i"ul' ih'l' l. 80 Httle Tor me 10 cay,
the testimony has been 80 carefully GOV
crcd that l Will occupy little time.
We an know that pcr.on, can be found in a community
Whoha'c h'' ne same opportunity a. others To becom,
sincerity, ey that they have recollection the sub
JccL 20 u is. To small cNteut, IN ms case. Four or
testify that they know Of Daniel Duwbaugh- telephone.
i n , .lnt ~, 81. Iitti. I,"i., f-9 49, f.,p
DO dd anal Daniel DrlwAagh struck the bridge tlaJ
carried @ Over. columbus, "Ao some people believe dis
covered America. bad idea of the rotundity of tho
earth and could therefore attempt to prove with some
confidence that There Wa' something ON Tie other side.
H. wasted much time before hc could induce kings
princes take any stock In his enterprise ior.c caught
, blra of the clecllc ttt-raph VINO M me nlddr of
The Atntic Ocean 1t wa, {g'r5 ecioiG he Gonld srt
made great discovery IL TOOK Llh even I" ger To con
tc world. After many struggles the Congress ~
disposition, with other peoples money Il made m
appropriation for an experiment at Baltimore.
Invention Of ,his man must in ' the ushs
OF event, surrounding INN and not IN ne Ilsht 81
results OF h, discovery than Nicademus had of the sec
oud birth. lie wa, an rlrsied IN elcct1cy lie tfl"i
and that lisa
tuan Professor Bell struck the right point The statutes
% the ucd states provide that nlu Is considered IN
Inventor and worthy OF protection II he brings into tho
b1I never been Sf0nght into the world before.
hi. man wa, huntir. fer the unknown. He was
student IN 1ecrc,y 5 He bSsIe''ea genius s iM
iui mechanic by The other side Wa,
lie had IA, gins pursued the system OF work. and had
the hunger tor discovery possessed by AL inventors.
They SAY II he invented the telephone why did hc not be-
could get no one Of consequence 70 believe in hs claims.
TREND. who could advance his interests. Now Mr. BclI
lad much trouble in his beginning II took
thi. community could be- induced to take interest In
his invention. Even after Mr.. Bell became famous le
ona rovc r"ftabir But II Mr. Bell With ali the al,
Vana,rs Of funds and friends ,e wasn't worried then,
but has done better since very much BETTER had 80
that mis- old mechanic OF Ebcrlys Mills. with the wolf
at the door and the angel OF death hover.
ing near did not at once make himself famou,f
Tho other side has hnicd, not maintaincd but merely
limited that what Drtwbaugh wanted 10 invent whs
lover. telephone II appears rom thelr hnis ihd mo
mel shborh0Od Of Harrisburg was greatly IN need of
Telephones No doubt the old can ana string tec
phone WI. used for TINS PURPOSE ana mat the practice ~
lover king at end ultimately succeeded In short
ening the string. The principle OF this old telephone -
thai OF his later inventions aud Of the telephone Ia
to-day.
The speaker explained why some OF Drawbaughs in.
,truncnts did not always work. They had been carried
around country for months taken apart hundreds u
times handledby everybody thumped by baggage smash
ers spite OF all this they worked well enough 10
show that DrawbaIgh did not claim too much. Tho
plaintiff counsel subjected a scoring for giving
points 10 witnesses The moment he closed senator Ed
minds handed Judge Wallace chronological synopsis OF
the testimony and then left the room.