The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-17

his dcsg and animutes and onthuses the House
Withal he aioms his sentences with ihc pccul
far accent Of the southrJE. Iis stories a PC
always good and TO the point. I.e began h!s
speech On the night Of ofJanuary ~ by sayAg
thnt once on Old colored paTyn appCnrad before
his congregation closed up his Ene, spread
both hands upon n and said: "BIcd"cu Isut
gwne to take no rcrticIer tex dis ycreught.
$50 Jls Gwino TO preach do Scrptcrg, an go
con search dc scr'ptcss 10 fne ay mDicct
70 VIII fine il gommcr3 between Gcnorashgns
and HcsoIu3hons, bout war dc 'lostie Paul
pInId hisrslol at DC Iucauns"
So" saIh Mr. Telbcrl, my remarks wil
not be- specified, bat win range somewhere
between tarii reform and free trade, about
where the money power Is about 10 ruin this
country"
In referring to The tariff problem ho said
that he weg somewhat like young man who
WAS making his lIr.l speech in IlevEagYila,
Georgia, az Il candidate for the legislature
He wos asked by one Of the audience l. he OBJ
iectcd to expressing himself on tho tariff Bill.
No, he replied.
Then" sai4 the qucstioncr, lets have
your viows Oh It,
"Wcll, said the candidate, fellow citizens,
! have not studied the question very closely,
but from what | know OF It think the dol
rottod thing ought to be paid OF at once and
stopped.
Mr. Talbort applied the story By saying
talt he was inclined TO think tia; the whole
thing ought to be paid OF with d graduated
Income tax, tho only way by which the tarE
can or ever viii be reformed.
/ Not long aftcrwarl he told tho story Of a
young lawyer in South Carolina who started
out to make his first speech in hot political
campaign with the Idea Of remaining neutral
ms to parties and names. lie had been told
/ by his friends that In speaking be must raise
| his voice so as 10 be distinctly heard by the
/ whole crowd. In order TO do that he must
select some person on tho outer edge Of his
audience and address himself 10 him. The
young lawyer started out IN his first speech
under this advice with noN-committcl idcos
/ it was o hot day. As he mounted the stand
he pulled on his coat and collar, rolled up
his sleeves and began thus: "Fcllow citizens
nm no Democrat; follow citizens, am no
Republican; fellow citizens, I am no Third
Party man
At this moment he remembered theinst-uc.
ti0ns about selecting man en- the outskirts
OF the crowd, and seeing an Old gentleman
como up On the outer edge and take his scat
on an cid lo-, the young lawyc. with great
emphasis pointed his finger q, the cid man and
ronr1d out in s;cntoran voice. "Tcl'ow citi
zcus, then what an Il"
Tho old follow, thinking the question nd
dressed TO him, replied, "Nou are gnrl'
| daustcd fool"
/ Later on Mir, Talbcrt accused the Republicans
OF a,trihuting wrong motives 90 ,ho South,
/ lie said it reminded him Of m 0Nccdotc Of a
minister moving into littlc town and as usuo'
tho brethren began to offer him advice. Ono
brother told him that In preaching he must NOT
abuse tho lawyers too much rs they were
liberal and paid good deal TO tho church.
Another brother said Now YOU must not say
too much about tho brrkccpcrs for thoy toc
are liberal towards tho church" hut they
wore unanimous IN saying! "Thcrc Is ricl
Old jew living on thcoutsilirts Of the town. Hc
ia Of no account any way and docs not give Tho
church anything Mt oll II YOU wan, 80 cure,
anybody just give him hcll and scissors.
$50 it 10 with our Republican friends, said
the Carolina Representative 'Thoy all soon
to delight In giving the South hc'l and scissors
They seem to think Tint nothing good cay
como out Notwithstanding good con com,
ont of the South
Moro quaint tnoa shlov or Tclhcc, is ChnmI
Clark Of Missouri. Hcmadc two toriT speeches
models OF wit and hrcvtv. liie stories wcyD
few, nut good, and his metaphors vcrc utterly
unapproachohle Hero ia ptory he told or
January 10TH lic said there wac an old MAI
who had been living in Hon. Joseph Is. Cannon
district and had voted for brother Cannon an,
the Republican party for twenty years. Whc;
he found out how tho election had gone thro
years ogo when Cannon was defeated, he sal,
TO his wife. sally, YOU pack M the good
while ! go to town and pay some hills and W
wllmovcto somn district which the Democrat
can't carry,
sally packed up tho goods while he went e
town aud heard the ncws FROM all over th
country, when he got back he mOuwtull
sHid to his spouse "Sally uurock the goods
There is no place In America that we can EO tC
Why good Lord oven Massachusetts, has gou
Democratic
Chomp accused the Republicans Of uropagai
iug free trade moro rapidly than rabbits multi
ply In Australia, Some gentlemen goCm tn II
much pcgturbod in spirit and wo0r,cd IN tlCs
in u futile attempt ia tiud ont wbCt a tarii
rOiurmcr is, The task ot Sisyphus was ~ llr
rous performance compared with that WhiC
these gentlemen have imposed upon themselves
They might now rest from thor lahurs am
possess thoir souls In peace tor he would te
thom, and his language would he plain. ioWa
always glad to impurt information tu sCarChrr
for truth and tariff reform lie said % tOrli
rCfOrmCr is a rudimcntary free trader the Ecrl
from which the free trader grows, the CIry iron
which the free trader " hUtvhod, W hart th
acorn Us 10 the Onk what the mountain sprn
rs to the rushing river, what the sUukliuE col
In to the proud war horse; WhNt the child is Z
the man, so "a the nagCout tariff rCturmor 4
The Republicans and assistant Republican
are acting in the capacity ut iuCuhators am
are Matching radical free traders from tarli
reform eggs so fast that a lightning calculate
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