The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-23
LONG SPEECHES ON SILVER.
Senator Aliens Record Breaker Con-
tanned Nearly $4,000 Words.

the Congressional Record-A Hun
dred Thousand Copies Of Senator
Vests Speech Distributed Through
the Country Hills Reputation
Greatly Benefited by his Course.
Washington, oct. 22.-The speech of
! Senator Allen, of Nebraska, of fourteen
and three-quarter hours in length, was
said to have broken the record in the
Senate. 1t looks like, when printed, It
will almost break the Congressional
/ Record. The manuscript, as submitted
to the long-winded senator for revision,
made $50 folios, or about $4,000 words,
making pile of paper three inches thick.
/ In type the speech will fill from sixty-five
to seventy pages of the Record. The
other long senatorial speeches are all in
| type and will appear as soon asg the
Record can publish them.
Nearly half a million copies of the
speeches on the silver question have been
or are being distributed through the
country. This is, of course, at the ex-
! pense of the individual senators. This
would be q serious item of cost to each
senator, if each ono footed his own bill =;
but the custom among them is TO sub
scribe for each others speeches. 1t fire.
queuJly happens, however, among the
/ more liberal senators, that by the time
senator has gone the round of all the
speeches delivered on particular sub
| ject, it is about as expensive for him as If
he had footed the bin for his own speeches
in the first instance.
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION.
| The largest issue of any one speech has
| been that of MIR. Vest, of Missouri
| against repeal, which ran up to hun
| dred thousand copies, and which singu-
! larly enough is being used by the popu-
lists III their campaigns. a use which the
! author certainly never intended it for
| Next to this will probably be the speech
! of Mr., Cameron, Of Pennsylvania, which
he is circulating himself, and which is
| expected to reach close to the hundred
thousand mark. Mr. WolcOtt, of Colorado,
| has circulated about fifty thousand of his
/ speech. 1t is impossible TO approximate
the circulation OF Mr.. Daniels speech, for
the reason that it has been copied by the
| populists, and reprinted from their own
presses, and circulated widely by them in
their Virginia campaign.
The confirmation of MIR. Van Allen will
be sore trial to some editors who will
find themselves minus one fruitful subject
for composition which they have been
working lately for all it was worth, and
more.
HILLS COURSE.
Senator Hill has made considerable
reputation by his recent course in the
Senate. He has shown that he has more
Skill, and more ability, and more re-
sources, than most people had given him
| credit for His citing the example of Al
len @. Humans decision, while acting
as president of the Senate, in favor Of
closure, was something new. 1t was a
very strong precedent for what Mr.. Hill
was contendlng for, but, strange to say
this was the first time 1t has yet been
quoted in all the discussions that have
| been had on the subject of closure
Mr.. Hill met and parried the thrusts
of some of the older senator's with
a dexterity that would have done credit
to those older senators themselves; and
he made thrusts of his own which showed
him to be no mean debater, though com
! paratively a novice in that business. He
ranks very much higher, in point of
ability, than he did a week ago.
THE NEW MINISTER TO BOLIVIA.
! G. II. J. Taylor, the nominee of the
| President for minister to Bolivia, tells a
! little fact which is a pretty good joke on
! Of the Senate to confirm him, he says that
! the Senate confirmed negro from Ala
bama for similar position, without
| knowing that he was negro. The name
! Of that person was Ii. G. Smith. Taylor
says Smith had sense enough not to show
! himself about the Senate. and the sena-
! tors just simply knew him as H. G. Smith
! of Birmingham, Ala. said Taylor: He
is about four feet seven inches high, and
is as black as your hat" Taylor tells the
story with a relish. 1t is doubtful
whether the dignifed senators know
yet what sort of an individual they CON
! frmed when they made that particular
! Smith a diplomat
B. i. Jossey, Of Washington state, has
been appointed immigrant Inspector He
! is a Georgian by birth and rearing, and
! lived in Americas until a few years ago
NEW PosTMAsTgRs.
Postmasters have been appointed as
! follows
! In Georgia-Perry L. Moss, at Dun
| woody, DeKalb county, vice Il. K. Beaver,
| deceased. G. p. Camer, at Granville,
vice p J. Sewell, removed.
| In South -Cottageville, Cole
| ton county, G. Il. Alderman, vice X. B.
! Chisholm, removed. Round, Colleton
county, Joseph II. Dodd, vice Harry
! Fields, removed. Bethca, Aiken county,
/ j. Il. Kennedy, vice r. II OFT, resigned.
! Power, Eaurens county w. II. Godfrey,
vice Miss E. n. Power, resigned.
! In Fiorida-Bristol, Liberty county
! J. p. Roberts, vice j. p. McAliley, re
moved.