Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-09

FxHa IN WIV stOou upon tne moor oil
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kfEtElre the House in front of
- El ~ the Speakers desk
1@ ENHH shortly before the gavel
TEnEHfUittn was raped calling tho
| 2,NNssg Vs,Y Nfsrn House to order. II
think julius Cesar Bur-
rows Of my state" he
continued. lis the most pleasing orator Of the
present time. He is man OF an exceptionally
wide Grange ofinformstion upon public affairs aud
10 wei! abreast OF the times in every detail Of
political science. For many years past no has
made an especial study of the practical pro-
blems of tho revenues md expenditures Of
the government When he arises to address
tho House upon any branch Of that sub.
1cet ho is recognized at once RI n
| man we'll equipped, who speaks as ono
having authority. and the House spontaneously
| comedies TO him that attention which 10 denied
| TO the average Representative in Congress-. Al.
| though he 10 we'll informed upon every detail
| concerning tho income Of the government from
| customs duties and internal revenue taxes lie
never fails to thoroughly prepare himself upon
every occasion aId oach speech delivered by
him in the House falls from his Inns MS a per-
| feet and symmetrical forensic masterpiece
| Mr. Burrows il not only gifted by nature with
Il magnificent voice in which the orotund toues
| prevail, but is n finished elocutionist. and in
| that domain of ora:ury Inns been for some time
4
complished and scholastic Ingalls,. Another
| charm of his or;itory is the fact that 1t
flows on continuously without interruption
and occasionally sweiis in volume ike Il
| mountain torrent There IS method and rea-
sou in the fact that his public uttoranccs are
| made without hcsitancy. He has that happy
faculty OF memorizinS his speeches without
any great effort he rnn, after writing II speech
| ana correeting it. commit it to memory by
| reading 1t over "a couple OF times"
MEN WHO REMEMBER WELL.
"Have you ever known other mcn possessed
OF that faculty OF ready commitmen;?'
Yes, have known several men whose charm
OF oratory is largely due to that fact. was
once informed by Mr.. Blaine, when he was a
member OF the House of Representatives. and
tho same information was gwen to me several
years later by hiin when he was in the Senate
that a ter writing his speech upon any subject
and rea..ing il over n single time. like "a proof
reader in search of errors lii his own maui
script, lie could rise III his place and deliver
the Grafton without Il reference to his notes.
Carl Schurz was man Who committed his
speeches TO memory, but he acknowledged that
IL required some effort on his part - do So
When speech was committed however, 1t was
Impressed Oh his mind pngc by page. | have
seeu him with his manuscript before him de-
liver speech OF two hours duration withUU:
once looking at the paper before Mia. Never-
theicss. he would turn the pages mechanically
with his hand aud continuo the uttelance or
Ills seItiNcIts aud arguments.
WHEN SENATOR N caEEhY FORGOT.
"Wiilc was Vice President PRO TEN on one
occasion l discovered the fact that senator Me-
Creepy OF Kentucky had committed mis- speech
to memory. He was talking IN ~ ia. .,;tssioncd
manner and /. vi course. being in the chair
was looking directly At him. rs cour icsy re-
quIrcs Of a preceding. o.ticer. 1 noticed that IN
,ne mist OF II dowe.y sentence he hcsitated for
n tn art,ka-. al...rt t..s.
his entire slee, Il lost. and he gradually
sank into bis soat NJ though ne had eo.iciud.d
his re;1arGs. su,.ieui:. However. the .o.t word
came 10 hi;n, wher>upcn 40 straighteu-d up
ana proceeded - the conciasion o. his Hudress,
which lasted more ihnn half Eour longer.
NIX. coNKLrSa As AS ouaron.
Mr.. Conk!inS WAS rema. liable orator in tho
Senate. rs he had been in the House. lie
never delivered speech upon amy subject un
til nearly every Que Interested had given utter
ancc to his convictions upon the sui jcci bcfole
de Senate. MI tonaHns WON'T oceu',v hi
scat constantly and listen to every word IL .Acr j
by his colleagues anti the tia.c came for RIM
to occupy the floor. Then. with tho oni.re
subject we'll in hand before him. he wui id
wri,e his speech in tnll, commit !. to memoir
with n very slight effort and in his PIN
the conscious master OF the situation. His
speeches seemed 10 be extemporancous and he
vas given ere dit for a remarkable memory. be-
b.. q
refer to tine Remarks made on the floor duri, &
the debate ana always quoted the WORDS OF has
tollea5aes verbatim. Upon no occasion Was
he ever interrupted by any Representative or
senator as other speakers SO efteu are. with
a ueiand that he change his quotations
Of What others had said because he was always
right lnasmuch Us his speeches were thor
oushly committed to memory and were always
accurate lii every detail, 1t III not to be won
dcred Mt that hc approGiniated objection as an
fnr nt,iYn NH ~
ling was the re .us not only Of that genius
which was recognized by all who knew him.
but also by the genius of labor. HIS speeches
were the product OF honest moutal toll.
SIR. Frye OF Maine is almost always an ex-
temporaneous speaker, and it may be truly said
that he never makes poor speech, although
sone Of his atserances are almost peerless OK.
halations OF genius.
DLAcKBURN's READINESS.
Joe Blackburn does NO. speak upon all
topics in the Senate as he used to do in the
House. He is probably the best example in
the country Of constant excellence in extern
poraneous oratOry. l do not think that he
often writes his speeches or commits them to
memory ! think that the preparation Of q
studied Grafton by Mr.. Blackburn would be
nomblo exception to the general rule OF his
public career. His most powerful pubic utter
ance was the speech which he delivered two
years ago in reply to Senator Ingalls,. The
taken his seat than Joe Blackburn was recug-
nized by the Vice President and proceeded
to deliver, without q moments preparation, |
the most scathing and unsuswerable denuu-
citation to which ingalls, was ever subjected.
1t was manifest to everybody that MIR. Black
burn: Grafton was without the opportunity Of
u single moment for preparation.
M'cREARY AND II CREEPY.
When The SrAR reporter asked Representa-
tive James b McCreary concerning the correct
spelling OF the name OF ex-senator McCreery,
to whom Mr.. Ferry referred in the above con-
versation, Mr. McCreary said: senator Tom
McCreery was my fathers first cousin and al
ways spelled his name with double ''e." IL In
singular thing that on account OF Cousin Tom
left the practice OF law when was very young
to go into politics. My father had studied
medicine in the Office Of Toms father who was
the first surgeon who ever performed the hip
joint operation successfully. The families were
very intimate and possessed . high regard
for each other. and my father was especially
fond OF his cousin Tom. / was studying law
and had no ambition other than to some day
become judge. when my father received
wanted to contest in the next lerisle- |
ture for the United State aanaxorshin