Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-26

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~ zoe -s..,.r ,h,sl ,ss -lsl dr..,y,
That N Il ls- seem 80 .omtsr sni Grayf
An, nsi icsn 20 by yost fssss
Thai yes'es iaii q whits os.kst" auay.
Appis kSspAil mason.
ORATORS or CONGRESS.
twsshinstcn star.
81 have heard great many orators Ia
both houses of Cougr.ss," said ex-Sen'
ator Ferry of Michigan % star report
er a. be- .iooj on the ficor of the ilou,e IL
trout of the Speakers desk shortly b.
farr the ga,cl was raped calling th'
House To- order. II think Julius Cse'
.ar lIurrow. Of my state, he continue'i,
''is the most pleasing orator of the PRES
ent time. lie l. q man of an excption-
ally wlic range ot inform,iion upon
lablic affair. aud 4. well abreast of the
time. Ia every detail of political science.
for many year. past Ice has made an
especial study of the practical problem'
II th. revenue. and expenditure. of tbs
government. When be arises Ia addres.
the House upon any branch of that sub
jc,t be- Il rccognlioi al once a. a man
veil equippei, Who speaks ne one hs,'
iug auinotity, aud the House spont,ne'
ou.ly concc,ie. Ia hlm that attention
which !. deni.d Ia the average Repre-
ssntstiS. la Congress. Although De 10
we'll informed upon every detail con-
ccrnlng the Income of the gos-rnmen,
frum customs, dutic. aud Internal rcNc-
nus taxes, be never falls to thoroughly \
prepare himself upon every occsslon aud
each .ls,yh delivered by him In the
House f,ll, from hi. lips a. perfect and
.ynm.trical forensic m,sierpicc". MI
burrows l. not only gifted by nature
Niih a msguihcrnt ,oi~, In which the
Or'tund tones prevail, bat l. . nnishc,l
clovulioul.i, and la that domain of ora
tory Ia. hscn for some time unriN.lcd Ia
Congress except by the accomplished
and .,iIolastic lugsll.. Another charm
oi his Or.tory 1. the fact that u fioss ou
continuously without Interruption aud
Occasionally swclls In ,olum. Ike a
mUuntaiu torrent. There u method
ani reason In the fact that hi. public
utt.r.pces sTc made without bc.ltsncy
Tie Ia. that happy faculty of memorn
ing AL. spccyhcs without any gr-d ei'
iort. he eau, after writing a sP~ ch
aud corr-c,ing n, commit u Ia m'mory
by rradlug u over a couple of times"
"lIay. you ever known other mcn pos
.-ss.d oi that faculty of reading COM
mltnentf'
"N.., have known several men
whose charm ot oraiory IL largely due
"a that fact. ~a. once Informed by
Mr.. Blainr, when BE- MAS a m,mbet of
"a. House of Representatives, aud the
sain. Information Was given Ia me sew
er,i years later by him when %. ~ss Ia
ia. senate. that after writing hi. speech
on any .uhj-,t aud reading IL over .ln-
gle time. like . proof reader searching
iot error. In his osn manuscript, hc
could Ti.e Ia hl. place aud deliver the
Grafton without reference Ia hi. notes.
"yarl SchurI ws. man Who coui-
mltei HI. .p.cchc. to memory, hut b.
.cknow lcdgyi that u Required some ci-
fort on hls part Ia do 80. When speech
VA. committed, however, u ~as Impress
ci on hi. mind page by page ! have
..,n him with his manuscript befors
him d.li,cra speech of two hour. du'
railon Without oncc looking al the -.
t.r before him. N,N-fth.l..s he souli
turn the page. mechanically With his
hand Ani continued the uti.ranc- of hi'
..ntimeui. aud Arguments.
"whiI. I wa. Vice l'rr.idcnt pro ten
on on. occa.ion ! discovered the fact
that Senstor McCreery Of kep,ucky had
committed al. .I'-.,h to memory. lis
VAS talking Ia an impsssIon-i minnei
aud 1. of course, being la tb. chair, ws'
booking directly At him, as court-.y ~.
aulrr. ~ a presiding officer. ! noticc'l
that la the midst oi nowery sentence
he hc.itat.d for = word. Failing To ~
memb.r that ON. ~oui, his entirc speech
"a. lo.t, aud he gradually sank Into hl'
seat az though he had concluded hl. ~
marks. Suddcnly, how.yvr, ia. lo.i
Nopi came to him, wherrupon lis
.tr.Ishtsnei up sni proc-c'ici u tb'
CONCLUSION of hi. address, which lasted
NOR, than q half hour longer.
mir. Conkling MAS q rvmsrkabl. ora
tor Ia the >euat-, n. he hid been la the
House. lie never delivered = spccci
upon any .ublc,t until nearly every one
Interested had given utt.rsncc Ia hi'
conviction. on the .ubjcNt before th. SEQ
ate. Mr.. Conkling would occupy hl'
.sit constantly snd listen Ia every wor'l
altered by hi. COLLEAGUES until the time
came for him to occupy the Iloor. Then
" ith the entire .uljcct well Ia hani bc.
for, him, he uould write hls speech IN
full, commit II Ia memory With ,ery
.liyht effort aud ri.e la his place ih,
vonsciou. master of the situation. ILL.,
.pecche- seemed Ia be extrinporaneou'
aud 4. VA. given credit for a remark
able memory. becau.-, Ia the course al
al. utt.rsnc-., %. ~ouit refer q" th'
remarks made ou the fioor during tbs
debate and slway. quoted the woris al
III. colleague. verbatim. Upon no oCca
.ion MAS b. ever interrupted By any Rep
rr..ntati,e or senator a. other speakers
40 often are. with a demand that h'
change hi. quotations of what other,
had .aii, because he Was always right.
Int.much a. hi- speeches were thorough
IL committed Ia memory aud we're al
WAYS sccurat. Ia every detail, u IL not u
d. wondered st that he approximate,
PERFECTION ~. an orator. Every publ,
uttrrinre of Mr.. Conkllng WAS the r..
-ult not only of that grniu. which va.
r-cogniy-i by all Who knew him, bal
al.o of the grnlu. Of labor. lli. .pce,h
60 we're the product of honest menta
toll.
"Mr. FRYE, OF Milne, IL almost Away
an extemporaneous speaker. and II ma,
be ruly said that he never make. q poo
speech, although some of his utterance'
ar. almost peerless exaltations OF gen
ius.
'.Joe Blackburn does not speak upoI
all topic. In the senate a. he used To q,
In the House. lie l. probably the be,
example In the country of constant ex
c.llence Ia extemporaneous orstory.
think that the preparation of . studies
Grafton by Mr.. Blsckburn would be /
notable exception To the general rule q
his public career. Ills most powerful
public utterance Vas the speech whlcl
he delivered two years ago In reply I,
senator lngsll.. The celebrated IIoan
erges from ksnsss had no sooner takeI
hi. seat than Joe blackburn Was recog
uly.d by the Vice President aud proceed
Ell 10 deliver, without moments prep
sraiion, the most seathing and unznswer
able denunclstion Ia which ingaiis wa,
ever subjected.
NE IS A BRICK"