Telegram-herald., 1891-03-21


IElshIa2n might say. Joe" a. Ne l.
famihaFly and Affectlonately called by
ms colleagues. gets a good deal excited
wnea be LAS the floor on al important
matter. His arms whiri around ms
head and be pounds his desk until il Is
almost certain that there viii be a cab
met makers bail 70 PAY for repairs. Ills
hair gets dishevsled from the frequency
with which be runs his hands through
1t, and be usually requires clear gang
way mp aud down the aisle 10 esaaole him
10 nd himself Of his flow of words with
comfort 10 himself Now he walks
mensclrgly down the aisle toward
the speaker, shaking bis tsI Is though
he would knock the. very life out Of
him. then he turns suddenly toward "a
member beside him, and looking hmm
straight in the eye argues with him, as
though he was the only person in hear
ing distance. and again he darts back 10
his desk and continues his yolley - from
a coign of vantage. Notwithstanding
his peculiar aud somewhat exciting de-
livery, Cannon is a good and fOrclble
ialker, and he never gets on has fee; for
nothing.
\ new orator made his appearance in
the congress Just closed. He hailed from
Iowa. and his name Is Jonathan l.. Dol
liver. tie has a ringing voice, and he
utters rhythmic sentences with marvel
Gus fiuency. His gestures are graceful,
and he speaks with the greatest ease. rs
is only SO years of age. and has already
gained an enviable reputation for him
self in his own state. Orrin c. Moore,
Of New Hampshire. is another Of the
new members who jumped into the front
rank of orators in the Fifty-first con-
gress Tall AMI thin himself. his sen
fences are short and pithy. He Is pict-
uresque and original in his illustrations,
and his logic Is Of forceful character.
Barnes, the heavy weight from Georgia.
is good speaker, but on account of MS
weight does not often address the house.
n hen he does ne attracts attention. His
language is graceful, bat ms gestures
are somewhat confined. not at MI 10 be
wondered al when it is considered that
he weighs over 400 pounds. Usually
during his speech his hands rest com
fortably on his capacions waistcoat. and
he does not DO much walking about
while talking.
One of the queerest takers is Wilson,
of Washington. He has thin, piping
voice. rather unpleasant TO the ear and
reminding one of the efforts of ven
triloquist Mr. Mason. of Chicago, is
amusing 10 watch on the floor. While
talking his round. chubby face gets red
der and redder. his hair becomes dis
ordered, he stands now on one foot now
on the othe~. and his handkerchief is
frequently called into reqrisition to mop
the perspiration engendered by his e.
ertions from the back Of his neck. II is
curious, but Mr.. Mason does not perspire
on the forehead rs most men do. His
collar, after the delivery of one of his
gymnaSt,c speeches, Is sight to see, and
the bow Of his nccktie invariably crawls
around and rests under his left ear.
/ Little Washington, of Tennessee, jump.
around while making speech, doubles
himself up as though he had the collie,
aud usually is SO hoarse before he Is
half way through that his own mother
would not recognize his voice.
Springer, Of Illinois, would find il i'm
possible TO continue talking if somebody
surreptitiously removed his spectacles.
Not that he needs the glasses TO talk
with, but he has become SO accustomed
TO holding them in his hand and shaking
| them 1t the speaker that he would lose
| the thread Of his discourse and his voice
/ together unless he could have them with
him. His method OF using them is some
what peculiar. On rising 10 address the
| chair Mr.. Springer takes off the specta-
Giles from his nose, extends his arm me
chanically, shakes his glasses by the han
| die three times at the speaker nobody
ever saw him shake them only once or
| twice or even four times-it is always
thrce), says Mr. Speaker and then his
arm drops again. OF course it takes
longer to describe it than for him TO do
it, but the peculiar part about it is that
the performance is exactly the same
every time, once day or twice day. at
the end as at tie beginning of the ses-
sion.
McMillin, Of Tennessee. is nervous
/ talker, too thoroughly in earnest TO
waste words in jokes. Silver Dollar
/ Bland has two entirely different voices.
When he is talking about the free coin
/ age of silver his voice seems TO catch
some of the metallic ring associated with
has pet hobby. But on other occasions
/ it sounds as though he had turnip in
/ his mouth and could not get nd of il.
+ Payson. Of illinois, Is bright, quick.
sharp debate-. always ready and always
strong in argument. His voice is one
/ Of the best in the house. aud its full,
| round and clear tones can bc heard even
/ in the cloak rooms. Kerr, OF Iowa. has =
/ funny voice. and bis actions are what
| in schoolboy would be called sassy
/ Nothing pleaaes him so much as 10 get
/ UP and interrupt speaker by asking
1 questions. That his questions are gen
orally not in the least pertinent to the
/ subject matter In hand is not
/ II the least concern to him. He
seems 70 think that II was his mis-
sion. when be was sent TO congress,
Z to ask questions. and he has been
doing it ever since. he would have re
.igned bong before this IL there had been
rule forbiading the interruption q
members during a speech.
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