Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-06
VERIFY, SPEECH IS SILVER

just % hal i 10 that particular rart Of
the or,comci Congregational Rce9rd
specially designated a, no. 81, Vol 25i
though bearltg date Of January ~
1894, u ~ devoted altogether to
speech delivered 90 tho United Sletos
Senate by our stalwart and silver
tongued neightof, Hon. John y.
Jones Of Nevada more than three
months since. Tho legislative body
81 which Nir. Jouei hurled bic
arguments anu orhtory had under con.
alteration on the occasion tho bill 10
repeal tho purchasing clnuo Of the
sherman act, and the bust oss Of the
speaker and bis sympathizors was 10
talk the life nut Of that bill n thoy
could not defeat IL any other way.
Accordingly, whom ho was rco1g.
Missed BY tho chair, Mr.. Jones, on
the lilh Of Octlhcr, 1893. took nll
the auperiluoua covering on his uimbls
tongue nnd sailed IN. Almost every.
body knows the sizs Of the con grcs.
s.oHoi AccOTd-a page contains about
twD thousand words. We'll, our hero
gave the goutlo Senate twenty pagu,'
worth tnal nnt afternoon, g ceol
10000 words Including interruptions,
etc, anu then ",ne hOnoTauli sonator
yielded for a mollOn " ADJOURN"
which the grateful Senate adopted, and
they ami Dit. JohoB werg Etl8 to yet
rect until Monday the 1911. On that
day he gave them eleven pages more,
q dose Of something like $4,000 words.
AT this point Senator PETER anu othoro
relieved him, anu We hear him no |
more until Saturday thu 2lsl, when ho |
administered another uedatiye IN tue |
shape Of 2J,OJ Words, again yielding |
al last 20 motion Tor adjourn. |
meni Ate tho intervening DAY
Of rest, thu liroless champion oamo
up fftsh Id volubie, aud poured
forth sore 10 pagos' worth-abouL
$500 wrts, only suspeuding opera.
uons ftos thai warming-up process
becaus Mr.. Teller auI others wanted |
u nike few remarks. On Tuesday, |
% 2slh, no BEGAN where he lotl OIL |
20 afternoon before. rhiB umu lo
was more moderate, however; ho only
talked about twonty.ono or Two thouu.
aud words at themi but lac gave them
nearly aa much more next day, cyn-
GLIDING this time amid "lpllAu.o ia
inc galierign." Ho iay oysg on Thur.
day, tho 2j.h, tut plunged into tho
nay again on Friday, the 21,h. About
$1,000 words was hts quota Tor this oc.
caainni u was largely made up of long
extracts In small type aui tables OF
figures that no one on earth could uu.
ders,aud. Then "lho honorable suunfor
yielded the door for ihu day." aud on
Monday the 30th Of Osgohor, ho PRO.
coeded 70 to up the logBo
onda OF his argument, array Ia
compact phnlanx his iGCF, marshal
in aorrled rank, his iisufo., depict aud
frame HE peromtoa-hll this Ia fuW
choice sentences requiring not more
than 1000 words. His Inst Words
were a stanzA o. poetry Of which the
concluding lines are;
But the brave tal,h hath not lived in yaini
And this all that che watcher s4li.
Most people viii agres tina. it was
abou. enough Tor tho watch TO cay.
We believe the speech 10 with one e..
oeption the Longest ever delivered 10
Congress, the exception beiug former
effort o.. tho sam, Senator. a. printed
IN the Record d. occupies more than es
pages u moro than 1000 words 10 tho
page, aud required for iti delivery
almost tho wnUl, of tho time OF eight
sessions Of the Senate.
And yet the bin to repeal tho
purchasing clauso of the Sherman arl
passed the Senate, received tho presl.
dents approval aud 10 now law OF the
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