New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-16
A POSTHUMOUS "RECORD."
FIFTEEN UNsPOKEN SPEECHES PRINTED
AT PUBLIC EXPENSE.
SOME COMPOSED WITH PAIR OF SHEARS
AND SOME THE ESTABLISHMENTS" VERY
OWN-HOLMAN real. ECONO-
ONCE
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIFuNE.I
MIST FOR ONCE.

Washington. Sept. l4-Every regular subscriber to
that invaluable. albeit often Inaccurate and oc-
casIona;ly dull and prosy. periodical The Daily Con-
gressonal Record" has been surprised by receiving
a pos,humous copy OF dated ten days after 1t was
supposed 10 be and ought 10 have been dead. When
he opened II and scanned It's contents his surprise
Increased and he asked himself why is this The
number comprises seventy Eight pages, the first nine
teen OF which occupied by what purports TO be
speech" delivered In the Hous, of Representatives.
August e by that pompous Pumblechook OF
craftsmanship. the Hon. Thomas c. Catchings, Of
Mississippi. The Work Of the LID Congress"
1t begins by saying that mir. Catchings said. when
as a matter Of fact he said a word on that
occasion. ana what he Is incorrectly reported as
having said Ia unlmportant Next comes an essay
the tariff by Mr. Hayes. OF Iowa distinguished
member OF the House distinguished as being the
only Democratic member from that State. This es-
say, which occupies no less than twenty-five broad
pages purports to have been said in the House OF
Representatives January Is. ~ and a. 1891
single glance through the dreary pages (Which show
that most OF the essay composed. 50 FAR as MI
Hayes was concerned. with "A pair OF shears) VIII
convince any Intelligent person that It could not
have been delivered in less than three days and
then not without interval Of at least a week
between the first two and the third, by any living
man with the possible exception OF Sandow But
why It should have been published now. AFTER the
lapse OF eight months-or why indeed. 1t should ever
Ia been publishei-s unsolvable mystery
The Speech" OF Mr.. Hudson. Of Kansas which
follows occupies only eleven pages. ana Is therefore
at leas, twice as good as that Of Mr.. Hayes Mr..
Hudson Is "A Populis and what he said" Is chiefly
arranged IL parallel columns and expressed IN AT"
bic. This also Is a great Improvement. !nasmnch as
the speech Is devoted 20 The turin; ana ever! Doy
knows thai nothing Is more convincing IN an az
m"nt on that subject than long tables OF stdtiS1ICs
neatly ARRANGED. SO as to satisfy tne eye AMI mUs
wound the :maginat'on; Now comes ,, SON h'Is
short. crisp. derlsiye-the thoughts OF Michael -.
ten with par ~ shears II Is All Hartsrs .. Erry
own" He declares IN many words that frV,
lection is folly a. we'll "a iraud -'he NJ" 'a'i
Next ,vn,s John DE Witt Warner with speech
on the tar!ff. II seemed 10 him to be happy con-
ce 70 prut SIDE by s!e Grover Cleyrands ie T
to "Siat-snlan" Catchings and Roll OF Honor VI
sons speech accepting denomination for congress-
Thes, Two productions IL. LEGS than three columns
Der's ''sp@rch'' On the arm Few realize and
at the sane 'ime are willing e acknow"1Ke then
and now one strikes 4 rich bonanza TO speak
on. OF them relating 20 the tariff. and al combined
filling only twelve 1nI o,e nan taseS %, ne i''
Iiayess on speech" dos.
r., show how versatile a statesman Mr. Cant
re,t, ~ california u.s. II is only necessary 10 say
that his ak "spr-ches relate respectively to chi
hors ard lands sugar experiments in California
and protection TO forest reservations one SIN
one Of them delivered 80 long ago az O. O.
toher 1895 being sort OF back number the
or er nv, were all delivered" according To the
inerrant Record" or August ., 1885,. the day on
which congress adjourned sine die and on which
IN. House OF Representatives actually In Sos
sion only an hour Thus IL will bee seen that Mt
Caminetti Is a spry statesman az Well az versa
tile .
The last four speeches" In this posthumous
Record" were delivered. or purIort 10 have been
delivered. hy Economist Holman on various dates
from January to July. 1885, and relate 70 the tariff.
the Urgent Deficiency bill. the forfeiture OF un-
earned land grants. and Indian appropriations
Truer on this occasion than he usually is To the
ti,l. he loves the Indiana economist" has apprO-
priated only SIX and a half pages 10 the eXposi-
ton ~ the important subjects with which he has
l.a