The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-08-22
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NJ Qns5'z wsaaszfal Speech
From the Washington SLY
There Is a cloud in the horizon of the
senate now no larger than the oii-fsisE-
ioned. traditional MANS hand, but i Is
growing every day. II i another tariff
speech By Mr.. Qaay. the indesasiezble
champion OF high rates on coal and iron
and cher commodities too numerous to
mention. i VIII be remembered that on
the night y hen tho lsiIl passed the Senate
q the last moment-foT Air- Qusy + never
ecipitate-tiai silent ard assuis states
man asked asld obtained from The sa-iate
leave o. prinl. which j. basn seldom
granted ia the upper honso. Noone want
ed t. son-e alr- slaay = 60 on and deliver
his speech. and there WIS no disposition
% deprive him Of the great pleasure Of
seeing il appear in fali in the =" Record
It was then thought that he had exhaust
Cd himself on the subject of the tariff.
and that his machine for grinding ont
speeches had been wrapped up IN cotton
and laid aside ON the shelf
Bat those folks were not acquainted
with the finer details VI Mr. Quay and
his ways. They had not scrutinized the
document which he had just ordered to
appear in the Record They did not
know that after an aggregate Of about -
hours Of reading by Messrs. Quay and
GaIlinger and several columns that had
not been readsthe speech did not bring
the tarin question any nearer TO the pres
ent than 1875. That lefi a very oonforta-
bile margin Of about % years for the Key
stone orator 10 draw on in case Of emer-
geneies, and the last reports would seem
TO indicate that there is very serious
emergency about TO burst upon Mr.Quay.
With either coal or iron placed on the free
list by the compromise bill, il l. said that
be feels II 70 be his duty TO try to talk the
Senate into a proper appreciation of the
enormify Of the offense proposed against
Pennsylvania
The latest reports from Mr.. Quay's desk
were to the effect that there were galley
slips amounting 70 It's columns Of the
Congressional Record reposing there.
delightful dissertations upon the growth
Of the coal industry Il the United States
and charming brochures on iron. When
all was supposed 10 be serene ON the sub
jecf Of coal in the conference, this speech
amounted 70 bat half OF the present
length.
But il has grown. II grows with alarm
ing rapidity whenever free coal or free
iron may he mentioned IN the AGATE hear
ing Of Mr.. Quay.
Mr. Quay Is known throughout the
country and even the world as one OF the
most silent men in public life. There
have been more persistent claims. - far
a. words g. bat they have usually been
mute from birth. To obtain from his lips
an Interview Oh almost any topic is one
of the proBGest achievements Of the aver
age Washington correspondent Ye; Mr.
Quay does not keep the length Of his
speech on the tariff question { secret.
That is the one thing ths; he Is willing
that the world-and especially that part
Of the world that has the tariff bin in
charge just at present-should know in
all the details.
But the way that that speech grows is
a matter Of admiration 10 the other Sena-
tors. They have become nearly green
with envy on account Of the ease with
which the gaileys in Mr.. Quay's desk pile
up on top Of each other. They realize
;hai Mr.. Quay has, par excellence, the
ileulty Of language Many applications
have been made 10 him for the recipe Of
hi- Snccess. but he has told only q few.
and ~ Those he has InysteriouSly drawn
from biz desk and shown a Few neatly
bound pamphlets. They are old and new,
and some are 81 middle age they are
al. however. from one source. and thai is
the great Census BureIu Of the Interior
Department.
Mr.. Quay's style Of delivery also l. pc
cdliar unto himself lie realizes. as do
few other men. the value Of conserva-
ton OF energy, and he does not believe in
wasting his force on an unappreciative
senate. 80 he summons his friends u
his AID, and lets them on the ground floor
of his fame by allowing them 10 -'speli''
him in his delivery Of the great tones
that he and his clerk and the superin-
tendent Of the census have produced.
Senator Gallinger l. ms favorite helper in
this, for he has good round voice that
never tires, and he likes 20 read aloud.
lie comes in very handiiy al about lunch
time, when Mr.. Quay gets tired and hun-
cry and thirsty.
The ultimate length Of this second tar
III speech Of the present session by Mr.
Quay is not, OF course, determined, for no
one vet knows how much longer the un-
certainty as 10 coal and iron and other
things on the schedules viii last. Until
there l. certainty, however, the speech
VIII keep on growing. like the famous
tnrRip Of which the poet Longfellow sang
ia bis school days;
Mr.. Finney hal turnip.
-Aud IL sn-E behind the barn:
And "a sr.sE. aad il grew.
And o.. ignip Ill no hlrm,r