Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-03

friend OF Mr. Hooker's went to Mr.. Ran
dali and said: There Is a new member
here from Mississippi. That State has
been referred TO by some one on this
side and l wish you would give him an OPP
portunity 10 speak for ten or fifteen
minutes" Mr.. Randall turned and looked
at General Hooker. closing one eye az he
scrutinized him, and said: well. he IL
a new member There Is no telling what
in the devil he may say, and j think
he better not speak"
General Hooker said that he never got
even until Mr.. Randall invited him 10 go
TO Philadelphia with a number OF other
gentlemen and make a speech In his be-
half when ne was n candidate for re-elec-
tion. He received the Pennsylvanian's In
vitation by closing one eye and looking
at him from head 10 foot. Then he replied.
We'll. Mr.. Randall. 1 am a new member
and there Is no telling what the devil
may say and think had better not 60
Randall Acknowledged the corn. and
General Hooker went TO Philadelphia and
made as fine a speech as was ever heard
In that city.
The Hon. Leonldas F. Livingston in his
speech quoted an expression OF Abra-
ham Lincoln that he said ho was very
fond or Lincoln once snid: God must
llke the common people very much.
Whc eupon some gentleman present asked
''Wpy?''
'f@csuse he made 80 many OF Them"
Mr. Lincoln replied.
Common people" Mr.. Livingston
said, "owu and run the earth when they
can, ret rid Of the politicians They are
the bulwarlSs OF society. and God cares
COR society"
Colonel William II. Hatch, of Missouri
wofgd up his silver speech with mighty
good stOr'r. He said. 1--WE had a recent
cqeventlon OF religious workers among
rsiiyay men. The chairman said that
the proceedings would terminate with
Harer by railway workers. d conductor
a,id an engineer. The conductor led of
wiz an earnest appeal for the Divine
5lqhsing. and was followed by the engi-
scr, a man OF strong convictions and
e-termination, and possessed Of moral
courage 70 an unusual degree. He was as
acfte aud earnest in serving the Lord as
fornierly, when he was in the service Of
satan, and prayed with great fervency
tfps:
''sYc are here oh, Lord to ask Thy
blessing on this work. The obstacles have
been removed The locomotive is on the
trick the water Is in the boiler, steam Is
VI, . It oh, Lord. give us some sand. 1t
is sand We wait; sand In going up hill 10
k4cp US from s.ipp,pg; sand in coming
1cwn fill to make us hold. What we
ssnt, on. Lord, Is moro sand"
When the laughter and applause had
siDsidcd Colonel Hatch raised his voice
aisj hands and said, What we want. Oh
Lof,l. IS more sand. Give it to the Demo-
cra,!c members of the House OF Repre-
aent -tivcs. Give them sand enough, Oh
bvrl, TO hold on to the Democratic plat
f0rm and to their pledges to the people IN
.sg2"
MR.. GRADY.
The Hon. Benjamin +. Grady, Of
North Carolina, though an earnest worker
IN the House seldom takes part I'm debate.
The fight over the repeal bin however
became so hot that he was drawn into the
discussion. He said that he had hoped
that he might sit quietly and drink In
wisdom from the great men Of the House.
but soon found himself IN the condition OF
plous old deacon who always accepted
with sublime resignation whatever ills the
Lord saw fit TO impose upon him. one
cay a tornado came along and tore down
his fruit trees. levelled his fences, and de-
stroyed his crops. He took It all with
quiet submission and forttude. After
awhile he ran out TO his barn and tried to
save IT, contents from the fury Of the
wind. As he reached the door a shutter
swung around and knocked him into n
manure heap Picking himself up he re-
marked. "Oh Lord. / think 1t is time for
me 10 express my sentiments"
After the laughter In the House sub
sided. Mr. Grady went on and expressed
his sentiments. and they were tcrsely ap-
pllcable
The Hon. William J. Stone, OF Ken
lucky, had pat way OF expressing his
views on the financial situation. He said
that II reminded him Of "A fellow who was
building a house. and needed two beams
to hold II up. He wanted steel beams but
found he had only steel enough to make
one beam The builder said; "One beam
will not hold up your house. If you take
solid seasoned white-Oak you Will have a
beam just as strong as your steel beam,
M those two will uphold the entire
structure" But the fellow replied: mo,
won't put In wooden beams in my
building. no matter how strong the tim
Der may be. / am going 10 put all the
weight on the steel beam. and there IL
no use In talking about IT,"
He dld as he said and the house soon
crashed upon his head. The application
of this story is self-evident.
Hon. John VI. Allen. Of Tupelo. Miss,
made by far the most humorous speech
on the repeal bill. He said he never
favored the Sherman law. He spoke and
voted against # at the time Of its pas
sage. He did not like It then. and did
not like It now, but it was the only law
on the statute-books providing for any
increase in the volume Of currency. To
remove IL without substituting anything
the condition Of the negro's cow. The