Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-11

he told them how he loved Clarion
county and her people, and that in her
honor he had recently built the fastest
craft that ever sailed the lakes and
named her Clarion. As the craft
sailed from Buffalo to Erie, and from
Cleveland to Detroit and from Saginaw
to Mackinaw, to Oconomowoc and
Manitowoc, Oshkosh, Milwaukee and
Chicago, in every port she folded her
white wings and told Of the county
that honored him with seat 10 Con-
gress. The people were untutored in
nautical affairs and listened with rapt
attention. As the General closed his
speech the enthusiasm was unbounded.
Things looked blue for Judge Thomp-
son. Aftor few moments required to
get the audience out OF their seventh
heaven Of rapture, he stepped to the
front OF the platform, leaned over IL,
motioned TO the audience TO come up
close and said, "Citizens OF Clarion,
what General Reed has told you'Is true.
He has built brig, and grand one.
But where do you suppose he painted
tnet proud name OF ClarionP" Turning
TO General Reed, he said "Stand up
here, sir, and tell these honest people
where you lad the painter put the
name OF Clarion. You never thought
the truth would reach back here, sir.
I shall tell these people the truth and
l challenge you to d ny one word OF IL,
sir. Yes, fellow clGizens, he painted
the proud name OF Clarion under the
stern OF the brig, under her stern, ge'
tlemen."
The Indignation OF the people found
vent in groans and curses, General
Reed sat stunned and speechless. No
excuses would be accepted and the vote
OF proud Clarion made Judge Thompson
Congressman.
81 cannot but think" Mr.. SIbley
continued, "that the word reform
inscibed on our party's banner In 1892,
has by some means been cut out and
sewed on the seats OF their trouserloons
and they are daily sitting on their re-
FORM wearing II eternally behind them
instead OF in front"
Equally as quaint In manner and
speech as Representative Sibley Is the
Hon. w. Jasper Talbert Of South
Carolina. Talbert is we'll knit gentle
man with light mplexion and Roman
features. He presents marked con-
trast to Mr.. Sibley in speaking. Sibley
is slow-hss perceptiole drawl. Tai
bert talks like steam engine. Tropes,
metaphors, stories and ideas fly from
him like sparks from an anvil. He
rouses himself 10 fury, pounds his desk,
and animates and enthuses the House.
Withal he adorns his sentences with
the peculiar accent OF the Southron.
His stories are always good and TO the
point, He began his speech on the
night OF January 90 by saying that once
an old colored parson appeared before
his congregation closed up his Bible,
spread both hands on II and said: BRED
red Psn't gwine to take no pertickler
tex dis yers night. Use jlst gwine TO
preach de Scriptures, and 20 can search
de Scriptures to find my subjeck. 70
will find it sommers between Gener-
ashuns aud ResolushonS, bout war de
.Postle Paul pinted his pistol at de
Thesians."
So" said Mr.. Talbert, my remarks
will not be specified, but will range
somewhere between tariff reform and
free trade, about where the money pow
er is about to ruin this country"
In referring 10 the tariff problem be
said that he was somewhat like . young
man who was making HIS first speech