Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-24

made while the Beochcr-Ii.ton ,rial was
aeitatug the country. A daily news
paucr was printed iu thc town and the
people were wcll Ver>ed iu the news OF
tho dav. The orator. as usual, began Co
dcscaut upon agricultural grievances.
lie went from one proposition 90 am
other until his listeners became tired.
His plOquencc was wasted. They un-
dersto0d his object and were disposed
to chaH him. Finally one man, with
Stcnt0rian voice, shouted; "Nhat we
want to know. aud know explicitly, is
how YOU stand ON this Beccher-Iilton
business
For ann instant the orator was non
pmsscI. tie knew mo- more about the
matter than am Ashautce chief lie
felt that critical moment in his career
had arrived. 10 was necessary that am
answer should Doe made, and that 90
should be made promptly. Gathering
himself to his fun height he calmly sur
viewed his audience. and then said.
81 have not thoroughly studied tue
question. but think Do the people want
it. they ought tosbc allowed Co have It,
The answer brought down the house
the Legislature.
Not long ago Hon. Asher g. Caruth
made ana interesting speech upon the
floor of the House. The thermometer
was up among the ninet.c~ and the att
moSpherc very muggy. indignant Mr..
Srruble. of Iowa. had given Speaker
Reed q dressing. Struo.c is kcpunu-
can rrurc.euting the Sioux City district.
He had been refused denomination. 10
had been lost, us hc thought, because he
had failed to secure public building
for Sioux CITY. The DIN had been left
hanging by Cine eyc-.idS with thirty-tivc
others for several weeks. The Speaker
gave uo one un opportunity to call them
un and StrubIc was indignant. lie is
serving hi, fourth term loo Congress.
Under Democratic administration his
public building Dim had twice passed
both houses. aud twice been vetoed oy
President Cleveland. lle had evidently
assured his constituents chat things
would be- different under 90 Republican
admin i~trati0u.
Mr. Caruth u his speech >ympathizcd
with Mr. Strub.c. lie said THAT he
thought the attack upon the Speaker
however. was unw0rrantcd coming from
the Republican side of the House. He
dubbed Tom Reed the Alexander Sci
Kirk of American politics. The Speaker
could say:
.Tam monarch OF all survey
NV right there IS mono to dispute,
F-nm thr center 800 round to Che SOFA.
Tam lord OFF che fowl and thc brute.
The House roared with laughter.
The term "brutc" seemed OBJ suit his
palate. 10 was iu committee of the
whole. The Speaker stood near the
door of his lobby with twinN.iug eyes
and an open mouth. llc did NOT smile.
some time aftcrward member asked
him what hc Thought of Caruth S
speech.
SWELL" hc drawlcd ina his broad
Yankee accent. FL ann trying to oo,lge
my friends ON that side. have been
charged with assuming almost every
prominent character u ancient and
modern history. I have been called
Caesar. and Charles the First and Crom-
well. Dauton and RoocSpicrre. but
now this man Caruth accuses me OF bee
ug a Robinson Cru>oc. Its too much.
can't bo Cesar and Robinson
CruSoc. or q Charles tae Firt and %
Cromwell. or Dantou aud RobcSp.erre
au at the same time. Let my Demo
cratic friends settle upon some charac-
Ter and nm Doe m better shape
some time ago % Democrat received %
clipping from Texas paper. ltalleged
tbat Roger q. Mills. m one of his
sDeeches ont there. had said, that If
Speaker Reed was i'm he'll he would
count the Democrats In the House 10