The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-11
ORATORS OF THE HOUSE.
N tbe Nation LiStnS When Cochran
Speaks.

,roanv's Mountain of Eloquence to
vIov the Income Tax Proposition
,,ive-Tom Reeds Calling Guns
.,,,svs Trained on the Democratic
niaa If the Chamber-Wilson Never
ooats Unless He Has Something
--,,ortant to ay-Characteristics of
other Members
washington, Jan. 9-The democrats
% been in condition usual to demo-
Us They represent ali sorts and con-
,;,;ons of men, and they would not be
S..-,ocratic if they did not get lost in the
Ties Just at present they are some
81 ratified at the presence of so much
y. do and then again some of them are
s,r1isb and are making big bluff for the
s.raft of their constituents, in demand
inc Incidental protection for local indus
tries o,.;+.,4 ,,,o,,l,o,.. ,s
.,.nnay,tv IN power, the majority have put
w onG heir harness and the battle has opened
9TH all the lurid glare that quasi-psuedo
Nd real statesmen can gather around
sben in such a fight to charm and attract
WV. In country. Wilson waited patiently
H WI prepared speech, but finally got a
nance to let loose his logic.
T pnnrEe Cochran is pitted against
! W. income tax, and while he viii fay
WI norton of the bill alive, he will
W.T. himself on record in a brilliant speech
y favor of reduction of the tariff. Tom
Paed has been gathering his brows
ike gathering storms and nursing
bis wrath to keep it warm, "
for the day when the speaker will grant
him permission to empty his bile upon the
LIDS If all save Tom Reed and his party.
PTvan will rehash his famous tariff
.neech and once more, for the third time
since he took his seat in congress, he will
good the House with eloquence with
which he can almost melt the stones to
tears.
oRAToRY OF CONGRESS.
The oratory of congress consists largely
NJ words, but there are a few who can rank
With the greatest orators of the earth,
and it is these few who challenge the crit
icism of the world for American style of
eIoouence, and for this reason should be
nri5ed by every American citizen. The
Greatest statesmen in the House are by
M means the greatest orators, for there
is Wilson, of West Virginia, but there is
an interest that surrounds the orator that
the silent statesman fails to attract.
When Bourke Cochran, for in
stance, is heralded as making
a great speech, the country will
wonder with what powers this leoniue
man is endowed that he is called so great.
Large in head and large in body, Bourke
Cochran is a man who would attract at
tention even on a desert island. In re-
pose he is a physical study, but when he
addresses the House this study turns to
amazement. In appearance the Tammany
cbieftain tapers from his head down,
looking like an inverted pyramid balanc-
ing itself unsteadily on its peak,
in imminent danger of topping
over into the a isle. He gazes about him
with sleepy eyes, as if uncons cious of the
peril of the poise of his body. He always
begins his oratorical efforts with his
hands plunged deep in his pockets. Then
out comes the right, emphasi ling the roll
ing brogue with an occasional little dep
recatory wave, fluttering for an
instant in mid air. AS the
climax approaches, the left follows
the right into the open. The sentences
then come tumbling over each other, the
arms begin to work up and down like
pistons, and the clinched fists land period
icallY on the desk with a resounding
thump. The machinery gathers speed as
the speech goes on. The wheels go round
and round, the arms fly wildly in the air,
the hands come together sentence after
sentence with reverberating slaps, and
the megalocephalic Tammany brave
meeting exhorter, with the fervor
Of his own eloquence. Then the
machinery suddenly and without
warning runs down, the big bulk col
lapses into the seat nearest, the half-closed
i eyes gaze dreamily at the stained glass
ceiling, and the great performance is at
an end.
BRAINY TOM REED.
There is no man who holds the atten-
uon of the House, congressman and
galleries alike as does picturesque, awk-
ward, brainy Tom Reed, the mental
I athlete of congress. When he speaks on
the floor of the House, he is a study and
al attraction. After the imprisoned
outoursts of new and budding orators, the
lciSlve nasal sentences of the man from
Name are a profound relief On the
noor Reed is never vociferous, never
NOISY, never aiming, at eloquence.
III his comical and drawing way
he rises lazily to his feet and
never failed to glance at the democratic
Siueo1 the House as soon as he is upon
his feet. Most of the time that he is
speaking he keeps his hands in his trous-
efS pockets, indolentIy suspended from
tle corners by his thumbs In this pos
lure he completely fills up the aisle and
no page is audacious enough 10 attempt
y squeeze by him. He talks straight
auedd with scarcely a meditation of his
,UNe and often speaks for five
Ut ten minutes without making a
GESTURE When he does make gesture
H ~ is with his left arm, and consists in
a.tng 1t up and shaking it menacingly at
nae democratic majority. AS he warns
i Irp 70 his oratorical work his queer sea
tHon looking head grows red and redder,
a 1S sarcasm and irony pour out, his
oar1Sa%Sllng remarks are pungent and sharp,
'lu ne sits down amid rounds of applause.
WILSON'S STYLE.
far different is the style of Wilson,
T Taose name the tariff bill now bears,
& ms b;a nalr is tinged with grey streaks, and
U IiS longue never utters reviliug epithet.
a Ne Is the scholar in notifies and one of