The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-10
"A Serious Tilt.

Washburn. Senator Washburn is of an ex-
citable temperament. No senator was more
eager than he for the passage OF the uncon-
ditional repeal bill. He had no patience
with those senators who blocked the way
for SO long time, and some OF his re-
marks. public and private, were exceeding
~ bitter. One day he criticised the sena-
tor from Alabama in way which aroused
that gentleman's ire, and Mr. Morgan, in
his quiet, calm way, apparently without
much feeling, but with the fires burning
deep within. explained that he was respon-
sible for what he said .both here and else
where"
Mr.. Morgan was not called to order. but
! his words created genuine sensation SEN
ators looked at one another as If inqulring
If they were to have duel on their hands.
A vision of pistols, surgeons. asecluded spot
in the woods, puffs of smoke and great
statesman prone and blood soaked upon
the grass fitted before their eyes. But it
was only dream. Mr.. Morgan and Mr.
Washburn were the next day chatting to-
gether in the cloak room as if nothing had
happened.
Pugnacious and Emphatic.
Senator Harris raised almost as many
laughs during the debate as Mr.. Stewart.
Senator Harris does not make long speeches.
nor many speeches of any sort, but when
ever be thinks the parliamentary proprietieS
have been offended, or that there is the
slightest doubt as to what is the precise
order of business, Mr.. Harris comes to the
front. Ordinarily in discussions of this
sort senators are calm and matter OF fact,
but not so with the pugnacious statesman
from Tennessee. On the most common
place points of parliamentary nature he
PUSHES in as if mounted upon charger,
cap-a-pie, lance and helmet fixed, ready to
NOV down the enemy. An ordinary visitor
in the gallery watching Mr.. Harris explain
the parliamentary situation would natural
ly think him consumedwith anger and ready
to fight any one who dared question his
statements.
One day, at the conclusion of a roll call.
Mr.. Harris exclaimed, Mr.. President"
meaning thereby that he wished to have
his name called for the purpose Of voting.
1.-The senator from Kansas" said the vice
president, using the word Kansas for Ten
nessee by mistake Mr.. Harris was stand
ing in the central aisle at the moment, and
when he heard Vice President Stevenson
assign him to the state of Kansas instead
of his own dearly beloved state of Tennes-
see, he turned, cast whitening glance upon
the presiding officer, drew himself up to
his full height, raised his hand menacingly
and fairly roared with his deep voice, 1.-The
senator from where:"
Humor in Senator Hoar.
Senator Hoar of MISREPRESENTATION
the men in the press gallery have irrever-
emily dubbed Grandma" nudging one an
other when Mr.. Hoar rises and speaking Of
catnip tea and lace caps and knitting nee
dles-has also become somewhat of hui
morist. One day the vice president had
made certain ruling as to the order Of
business. 1t was not of much Importance,
but what little significance it had was ia
vorable to the Democratic side of the cham
Der. Therefore every one was surprised as
well as amused when Mr.. Hoar walked
down to the open space in front of the pre-
siding officers desk and exclaimed in his
shrill, squeaky voice, Mr.. President. am
sorry to say the chair is right" What he
said was serious enough, but his manner of
saying it was overwhelmingly funny
1t remained for Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, to perpetrate the worst pun known to
the long debate. The senate was voting on
one of the amendments, and Senator Villas
of Wisconsin had made a statement con-
corning transfer of the pair which he had
! with another senator. T. Mr. Cockrell was
interested in this matter, and after briefly
explaining his position said there was no
doubt as to how the senator from Wiscon-
sin would vote on the amendment, because
it was as Villas the bill itself The happi-
est pun which the debate developed was that
of Senator Wolcott of Colorado, who spoke
of senators who were alwaystalking of their
devotion to the cause of bimetallsm, and at
the same time voting for gold standard.
"They are bimetalists," exclaimed Mr.
Wolcott, sweet by and by metallists,' a
hit which raised general laugh in the
chamber.
Sent For Mt. PETER.
These are only few of the thousands of
incidents and humors OF the repeal cam
paign. There was the remarkable speech
of Senator Sherman, the Nestor of the SEN
ate, in which he arraigned the other side Of
the chamber for its inaction-a speech
which helped to bring on the final result.
There were speeches by Senators Teller and
Wolcott which almost brought tears to the
eyes of the listeners when they described
the sufferings and hardships which the peo-
pie of the silver producing states would
have to undergo. There was the speech of
Mr.. PETER, with a stack of books before
him that reached tc his chin. and upon the
top of which he balanced the bowl of soup
with which he occasionally refreshed him
self, much to the bedraggiement of his long
whiskers. There was the speech of Don
Cameron, made with head bent over his
manuscript and in a voice that was not
audible dozen feet away-the first speech
which Mr.. Cameron has made in II years.
There was the happy Use of metaphor on
the part of Mr.. Voorhees,, the leader of the
repeal campaign. Once Mr.. Voorhees, de-
clared he would rather be carried from the
senate chamber feet foremost and be laid
in his grave out in Indiana than TO surren-
der this fight. After the failure of his
physical test sortie Mr. Voorhees, came up
smiling with the declaration that he was
like the famous John Paul Jones When
the enemy had riddled Jones ship with
shot and shell and stopped firing long
enough to ask the dauntless commander if
he was ready to surrender, John Paul had
seized his speaking trumpet and shouted
across the waters: Surrender? Surrender;
have only began to fight"
The happiest and most graceful OF all
metaphor used by Mr.. Voorhees, in this re-
markable struggle was near the end OF the
contest, when he turned toward Senator Tel
Ter. who sat with bowed head and drawn
features across the aisle, eXclaimlng,- i say
TO the vanquished leader of the opposition
forces. the senator from Colorado, that we
are proud to pay him the hoDors Of war
and salute his flag as he passes defeated
from the field of battle.
ROBERT GRAVES.
Too Sacrilegious . job