Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-02-28
FUNNY Mr.. ALLEN REPLIES
ONLY Mk. HEWITT MEETS MIR,
HEwITT's APPROVAL.
THIS, Mr.. Allen says. Is some
COnsOlatiOn-What The People
Of The eouth Endure-Filibus
terinx Democrats.


Of The south Filibus
terinx Democrats.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-ln bis spcccl
in the House yesterday Mr.. Allen of Mis-
sissippi said: was pained beyond meas
urc to read few days ago in the publ,
press that the Hon. Abram S. Hewitt
Of New York did not regard inc as great
as Calhoun, Slidcll, Soule and some o
the rest Of those men who preceded nc
Laughter. No, that is a revelation t.
me. ! had never suspected that wa.
not as great as those men until Mr.
Hewitt said So" daughter
MIR. Bryan-"Maybc he does not know
you personally"
Mr.. Allen-That is the trouble, he doc.
know me personally; that is. where il
stings. (Laughtcr.) The truth is, re-
gard Mr.. Hcwitt's remarks as some.
what personal TO INC, because was to
have spoken at the very dinncr at which
be delivered this speech. Laughter
Now have laid awake many q night
trying to meet Mr.. Hewitt's approval,
laughter and one Of the great obsta.
cles in meeting the approval Of Mr. Hew-
lit, is while MIR. Hewitt is one Of the best
Of men, when he is asleep, he 10 troubled
some with insomnia. (Grcat laughter. }
~ hayc ono consolation when I think
Of myself and the great majority of my
colleagues from the South having in-
Cured his displcasure, and the consola-
ton grows out Of the fact that having
known Mr.. Hewitt for some years and
having talked with him freely, have
never known any man or set of men
who entirely met his approval except
Mr. Hewitt himself. (Laughtcr.) II he
had lived in the days when common
scolds were ducked, Mr.. Hewitt would
have been drowned long before this.
Laughter.)
"Mr. Chairman, the people OF the
South have had great deal to endure.
l shall not refer to the fact that they
passed through a terrible war, for l
hclieve that has been referred to here
once before (laughter); but, sir, they
have had great deal to contend with
since that time. They have had
drought, cyclones, simoons. cpizootic
i'll the horses, tuberculosis in the cattle,
cholera among the hogs and chickens;
they have had various diseases and pes
tilences; they have seen their crops de.
prcciatc; they have had to contend with
when they had no money to
pay them, but throughout all these
trials and tribulations they have ex.
hibited something of brave and cour-
ageous spirit; and now, just to think
that the one thing cherished most of
others, the one sustaining prop that they
had, amid all these disasters, the idea
that Mr.. Hewitt approved them--to
think that last prop is taken away, and
that after all, Mr.. Hewitt docs not
approve them. (Laughter.) Why, geii-
tlemcn, rather than have had this cruel
disaster come upon my people would
have paid silver dollar out of my own
pocket" (Laughtcr.l
In conclusion, Mr.. Allen said: 81
would that had the eloquencc of the |
chairman of the committee on ways and |
means, (Mr. Wilson, Democrat, Of West |
in his last appeal here for the
passage Of the Wilson tariff bill. II
would like to invoke the Democratic pa
.riotism Of our Democratic colleagues.
do not claim that vote for this
dill is the roll of honor, but | do
lain that in the condition with which
yc find ourselves surrounded today
hc roll of honor belongs to those
Democrats who are willing to let
Democratic Congress do the business
II this congress; and | do not believe
my man can claim place upon the
Democratic roll of honor who stands
erc longer and gives bis prcscucc and
lis influence to filibustcring tactics that
eep us here and make such Il spectacle
S has been made of ourselves" TAP
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