The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-03-06
PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN ON DECK,
THE MISSISSIPPI HUMORIST AT
HIS BEST.

He Scores Ex-Mayor Hewitt for De-
tanning the South-Pattcrson'SA Apol-
ogy for Southcrncrs is Rcpudiatcd.
Representative Allen, of Mississippi,
in the course of Il speech last week on
the silver question, made witty and
eloquent reply to EX-Mayor Hewitt, of
New York, and Congres Patter-
son, of Tennessee, for their detractions
and determinations of the public men of
the South. Mr.. Allen said
was panied beyond measure to read
a few days ago in the public press that
Hon. Abram Hewitt of Now York did
not regard me as great as Calhoun.
Sildell, Soule and some of the rest of
those men who preceded me. laugh
teri No, that is Il revelation to me.
| had never suspected that was not as
great as those men, until Mr.. Hewitt
said SO. (Laughtcr.)
Mr.. Bryan Maybe he does not know
you personally.
Mr.. Allen: That is the trouble. He
does know me personally. That is
where it stings. Laughtcr.) 1t is ut
tcrly without excuse. The truth is,
regard Mr.. Hcwitt's remark as some
what personal to mo, because was to
have spoken at the very dinner at
which he delivered this speech
Laughter.) And one of the great OBJ
stacles in my meeting the approval Of
Mr. Hewitt is that while Mr. Hewitt is
one of the best OF men when he is
asleep, he is troubled some with in
somnia Great laughtcr.)
| have one consolation, when think
of myself and the great majority of my
colleagues from the South having in
Cured his displeasure, and that conso-
lation grows out of the fact that hav-
ing known Mr.. Hewitt for some years
and having talked with him freely, L
have never known any man or set Of
| men who entirely mot his approval,
except Mr.. Hewitt himself laugh
tcr.) If he had lived in the days when
common scolds were ducked, Mr.. How
lit would have been drowned before
this. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Chairman, the people of the
South have had IL great deal to endure.
| | shall not refer to the fact that they
| passed through a terrible war for
think that has been referred to here
once before. (Laughter.) But sir, they
have had a great deal to contend with
since that time. They have had drought
cyclones, simoons, cpizootic in the
horses, tuberculosis in the cattle,
cholera among the hogs and the chick
| ens-they have had various diseases
and pestilences, they have seen their
crops depreciatc, they have had to con-
| tend with mortgages when they had
no money to pay them, but throughout
! all these trials and tribulations. they
have exhibited something of q bravo
! and courageous spirit; and now, just to
| think that the one thing cherished
! most of all others, the one sustaining
prop that they had amid all these dis
nSfnrS tho iInn that AI,,
proved them-to think that that last
| prop is taken away, and that, after all,
| Mr.. Hewitt does not approve them.
| laughter Why, gentlemen. rather
| than have had this cruel disaster como
| upon my people, | would have paid q
silver dollar out OF my own pocket.
Laughter)
| Mr.. Chairman, am sorry to see that
my friend from Tennessee, Col. Pat
tcrson, is not in his seat, because I
want to say word to him. He is my
ncighbor and my friend. He is an
! honest, intelligent, hard working rep.
rcsentative. do not know that [
would refer to the matter am going
to talk about now, il it had not already
| been mentioned in this debate. | sim
ply wish to repudiate, SO far as am
concerned, the apology which the gem
| tletnan from Tennessee is said to have
made for me and my sort in respond
ing to ox-Mayor Hewitts speech in
| New York lately.
have here what purports to be re-
port of Col. Patterson's speech. | will
read few extracts from it, After
stating that the Southern Representa-
| tives in Congress were generally OPP
posed to the financial view of New
| York, he won't on to make these re-
marks. He was speaking in New York,
and | confess it is right hard for a
man to maintain the parity between a
speech that is acceptable in New York
and one that would be acceptable to his
constituents in Hardeman county, Ten
nessec. (Laughter.) He said: For
more than twenty years, every State
platform has contained plank for the
free coinage OF silver. These men have
been brought up to believe in it with.
ont question. They believe IL. They