The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-08

purpose. he Is not a man of many
words; be speaks to the point. This /.
4 the KIND Oh man that succeeds in the
house Is wen as Senate. Windbags
-those men d fancy they can speak
kept In their seats-genersIlv oct .sai
upon sooner or later. Some fine dsy,
when they have exhausted the naiien:e
Oh everybody, a sledge-hammer hitter
rises 70 bis feet, and, iguratiyeIy speak.
ing, wipes the floor with them. Then
the are completely cured. The iook as
II they had been drawn through
q saw mill, and silence except amor
very discreet o~ccasions,i Is their motto In
ne future. They do most of their
taxing on the street, in the hotels. or in
committee wherever the patient public
| Is not called upon to endure. Every
pody knows VIII ia bore is in any assem-
by Mr. Holman is considered. by
nose Whom ne antagonizes, a great
such men.as be. Mr.. Randall and others,
q the country a great many mil
hons OF dollars. There are other men
Nho speak and try to object as often as
Mr. holman. Mr.. Springer. of Illinois,
Is one OF the5e men. He seems TO con-
sluer II as his duty to speak upon
every subject or measure that is
introduced He, like many others
whom the readers of The HERALD
can call 10 mind in their own local
legislature, feels it his duty to get on
ms feet and speak upon every subject
that Is introduced, but his influence.
owing TO this persistent talking. is
iesSened all the same. When he gets
up to speak, and does speak. there is
net hat attention paid TO him that
otherwiSe, were he Observation-Disclosures"
would be given on every hand; for il
must be remembered hat the members
OF the House of Representatives are not
slow to recognize talent, no matter how
yonng or how old the person may be
who displays it Reed, of Maine, one
OF the recognized leaders of the Repub-
lican side of the House. is not a man
that Is given TO making long
speeches; bat for 0epartee he is
unexeelled- He can sling in dry humOr
until his opponent is very much dis
comfted. Every word he utters tells,
and be generally speaks in such a devil
may-care manner that as 4 rule his re-
marks are very tantalizng to those who
are compelled to listen 10 them. He
never makes a great, long. set speech,
q What he does say, upon any occa-
sion, has more or less weight. Sunset"
Cox, now Minister to Turkey, was n
man OF a similar kind. He used to
speak very often. but il was always a
pleasure 10 listen to him. He was one
OF those speakers that c~aptivated. not
only the members of the House, but
the occupants of the galleries as we'll
Whenever he spoke there was sure to
be some fun; indeed so far as
Is concerned, Mr., Reed of
Maine. q no chance with Mr.. COX of
New York. SIR. Cox was witty. He
was a fluent speaker, and he could ring
IN poetry To such a degree and make =
puns out of the subject IN hand that il
always a pleasure TO listen to him.
Perhaps IL had been better Tor Mr.. Cox
Il be had not INDUCED in so mich hilar.
ny IN all his speeches. Such 8 thing
against his influence. He
looked upon rs 4 good speaker and
"A funny MAJ" but these qualihca-
did not i'll the bull as quallfca-
for "A statesman. HIS friends 5
came 10 the q -cluSion that he ,
could % De seTiOus under n Z
circumstances. and before be retired i
ne himself felt this TO b, the clse. ,
Sir. Cox. however. Is very muck missed I
rom tue floor Of the House to-day. /
de was 4 man OF great political expe- E
Renee; knew the ropes from beginning I
10 end; and ii rum0r is correct, he Will 7
resign his position as minister 10. TUT- e
key and return TO Congress from one z
tie numerous sistTicts that are ready a
20 return him n New York STATE. Ifi
does return 10 the floor OF the House
&c viii be sure to receive a big welcome Y
he viii set TO work as before. I
There is mach speculation through ?
mt the country as TO the result Of the
elections. Many think that the
majority in the House will
)e greatly reduced, and that there is
10 hance OF any political change /
n the Senate Every effort viii be made, c
n the part OF the Republicans, to ex- =
'ose the mastery inactivity OF b De- ,
nocrats during The session which Is +
10 a close. Every point will p
'e made that viii initiate against the .
administration. The whole TRADE, .
VIII not amount TO a gSeat =
ZEAL. The present administration ls p
ally increasing in favor, the great out Il
~ about civil service reform TO the p
ontrary Notwithstanding. Consider q
ng the herculean task that Presi5 ent
has had TO perform, none but
be disappointed will grumble, aud be-
pre- many months 90 over even the
rumbler viii have no cause ts g=lm- il
lie.
The Office Of the Solicitor General :,
b p has been flied, but Mr.. ID
ucker, of Virginia, who was strongly 4
commended for the place, did nor
rove TO be thePreadent's choice for the
thce. Mr.. jerks, late Assistant Score
airy of the Interior, was rendered the
without solicitation. MI. $
1sa very popular man, and no 3
that President Cleveland y
as ever made mas given more general u
than the one in question. q
Ir. Tucker. undoubtedly, was thor .
ughly qualified 10 I'LL the position. but :;
Ir. jerks, upon he recommendation n
I Attorney-General Garlaad. was the
lan destined TO I'll the place. Mr.
'ucser a net been re-nominatsd fori
'sngress. He is evidently about 10 ~
etire into private life, unless be accents u
be position OF some minister abroad
ay the position OF Minister Cox. in
II the lsrter hould resign and
eturn 10 the House OF Representatives.
At this end OF the line we are new
4 the midst OF the "dog-days.S The
eat in Washington d0riRg the last a,
EEK has been iasufferable. | veriebIv m
eile-n that % HaCraaa kara - g. 49,. "