New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-09

Mr. Allen TIE humorou, member q Congress ron
Mississippi has been amusing DIS eil'N-s'"t''in'n
ti. ..,u lv t.,lr- some az the incidents 81 hule
Congressional excursion which Representative Man 'nF'
Of Missouri. got up last year in the recess "i '''
gr..s IA Oklahoma iesldcs the gentlemen named
there were in t.c party ConSTc.rmep springer "l
Illinois and Peter. AID Perkins. Of kal-ar. colonel
Nan-ur wa, running the thing. and the s'ttIci
I'm the new country looked upon MIN a- man VINO
had promised them great orat"II'A H'''' A"o
funny man from Mississippi would not 10 Oh me
.r..,kers, stand at the meeting until DO became his
turr 10 sneak but went down among the people WHO
td assembled iu order u note the effect produ' 20
and "a watch the other Congrcss mcn as they "d
dressed the audience. Eventually II became The
,i,,i.spplan's turn TO speak, and hc was "'"ou To-
mount the -tand. Here some OF Tire points 'n'l
Allen made at the expense Of the othcF O'N
present -..s,....
II have been standing ont in this vast audience
he hog,p listening t. the remarks Of the gentlemen
,rbo urcccdcd me An Old fellow near me While !
.t,d il, the crowd touched mc on the shoulder ana
r,,iutinc 10 the speaker said: And them is 'oht!'''
men! Well great scott, DO wonder there is 80 hu'n
complaint That il I7 80 hard 10 Fct men TO 10 u"
Congress these days.
Then Allen proceeded 10 state that Me- Springer
Nau.ur. Perkins and Peters were men Who lad com
rl.tclv o. PLAYED out as speaker, 90 the states
and "a. nobody would listen 70 them there they had
or,auilcd 70 4 , into Oklahoma Why, ladies ana
pl,tlcrncu7 aG cd the Tshamlngo hunor't, when
Colonel Maueur invited ne 10 accompany ilc parry he
iId great stress the fact that the people IN
Oklahoma would listen to anybody making speech
and All the WAY down here ON the train he kept toll
Ing me that he wa, not incorporating things be
cause he had often spolcn IN oklahoma himself. lie
has with him picture u himself Addressing vast
multitude IN oklahoma. and he asked me If didn't
think he looked almost as important n the picture
as President Harrison did delivering his inaugural
adore, at Washington last March
After throwing out some ideas regarding the future
prospect, for Oklahoma and congratuating the people
on the pluck Ill PLAYED by them, Mr. Allen could not
r. train himself from humorousy taking mp episode
Of the war That had been alluded 10 by Judge Pctcr-
in his speech an hour or two previously. Judge
Peters. it seemed, lad spoken Of the settlers ia
Oklahoma a. people who came from Northern, western
and southern ,tatc, and expressed the hope that In
that new land they would forget all sectional dif
/ tfcnces The Kau-as ConRro- -unn also s1Id That
hen the Union and Confederate force, during the war
were on the Chat ttloochcc River one evening after
ho-tie. had been temporarily suspended the soldiers
Of each side gathered the opposite banks Of IA"
stream rebel. band struck mp Dixie and when
thc strains had died ont the Yankee band responded
with Yankee Doodle Each eldc checrcd and
yelled Lnt n hort time Of the bands BEGAN to
play Home sweet Home ana when II ceased the
other band tool, up the same strain. Then there
a calm ON both side, Of Tho river, for as poet after
ward de .crihcd the scene u had stirred the hidden
f,unts II feeling" and the soldiers Of both armic,
thought Of thor loved ones al home. Judge
Peters in clo... quoted these ,tanlas TO describe
more aptiy the effect Of the episode:
But memory walked by Mu,ics art.
Expressed I'm simplest NUMBER.
Subducd the stcrnc-t Yankee heart.
Made light tho rebels slumbcrs.
| As fair a. the form Of Music shines
| That bright. celestial creature.
Who sim mid wars embattlcd lines
Gayo ths one touch Of Nature
"Yesn said Congressman Allen in his droll and al
| most inmitable way, that really happened. was
there that evening myself. was on the side Of the
river occupied by the rebels. Judge Peters and
| Judge Perkins there. | had q loaded gun IN my hand
ana they today living monuments OF my Christian
forbcarancc for had notion 70 shoot them, but
cludcd not 10 after heard the band play Home
sweet Home ! spared them. and that Is why they
| are here to-day 10 address Won"
Before the Congressman left Oklahoma the ladies' Of
one Of the towns I'm which they visiting gave a
reception in their honor. one Of the ladies delivered
an address Of welcome. Colonel Mansur as chairman
OF the visiting delegation Of statesmen made the reply
and In the OF his remarks he said that he had