The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-03-26

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prolonged laughter)
Speaker-The gentleman from Nor
walk must remember that we have two
or three pages Of the calendar to go
through with, and if he proceeds he
must do so by the unanimous consent OF
the house.
Gum of Milford--I move, Mr.. Speak
err that the gentleman from NorwallI
Rave all the time he wants, if he takes
all day, for we are much better enter
tanned by him than we would be by
anything on the calendar. (Cries Of
go onv Go onv' from all over the
house)
Mr., Speaker, / observe that the law of
compensation don't go in this house. |
have been sitting here in this house for
nearly three months like an old slough
ton bottle, without compensation. Now,
Mr.. Speaker, it seems to me that those
who do not speak should receive some
compensation think before this ses-
sion closes shall move to have the
rules changed so that when a bill is
put upon its passage the member who
doesn't talk shall have two votes as a
compensation for his silence.
Mr.. Keeler of Norwalk--Ill go in for
that as it will shorten the session
Naughter.)
Mr.. Speaker, there is no man in the
house who enjoys a good speech better
than I. I presume, Mr.. Speaker, that
there is in this house fifty men who can
get up and make a rafting speech,
while there are two hundred of us who
can't make one without great en-
barrassment. You see, Mr.. Speaker,
that those who are skilled in oratory
have a great advantage over those who
are not Mr.. Speaker, in the early part
of the session, when the Hawaiian reso-
buttons were before the house, remem-
Der how delighted / was to hear the diff
ferent speeches. l was enraptured; l
could feel every hair of my head stand
ing up in single file; I could feel every
nerve in my body tingle with delight.
Naughter.) That night when I return
ed to my home [ sat down and wept
My boy, lad of twenty summers, said
to me: Dad, why do you weep?" l
said: Because 1 am mad. Gaughter)
[ am mad because l was not born an
orator" My boy said to me: Dad,
orators are not born; they are like ma
chimes; they are made" They are like
certain breed of dogs. Take til setter,
for instance; he may have natural in
stinct to set, but he will never set right
until he is trained; and the pointer he
may have the same instinct, but he will
never point the way you want him to
unless he be trained. SO with the ora
tor; to crate properly he must go
through a severe training. For instance,
Demosthenes, the greatest orator that
Athens ever had, was trained for years
by the best tutors of the day before he
attained perfection. 1t was said that
Demosthenes' training was so severe
that he went to the seashore, filled his
mouth with pebbles so that he could
keep his tongue in proper Use. think,
Mr.. Speaker, We're you in position to
know you would find that when the
gentlemen from Stratford and Milford
were training for orators they, too,
might be seen vending their way every
day to the seashore for pebbles. Qm-
mense laughter and applause)
Gum of Milford went more for a
bath than 1 did to chew sand. Gap
plause.)
ford may claim that he went to dig
clans. Demosthenes as an orator was
worth more to Greece than an army of
twenty thousand men. BY the power
of his tongue he kept Phillip of Mace
don, with his army, out of Greece for
years. This was case where the
tongue was mightier than the sword
Mr.. Speaker, the sad part of my speech
is to come. You are undoubtedly aware
that the great orators of Athens all
died of violent deaths. Except Plato,
and he kept out of politics.. Socrates
had for a wife one of the loveliest
women who ever adorned the society of
Greece or any other country. Socrates
loved her as he loved his life. He was
fearful that she might be called to
climb the golden stairs" before he did,
and that he would be a pilgrim and
stranger here below 1t proved upon
his mind to such an extent that he
went out and bought a cents worth
of hemlock, and made tea of it. drank
it, and expired. Cicero committed sui
eide Demosthenes was arrested and
to Jail. His arrest proved
upon his mind to such an extent. that
he, too, hunted around for poison and
found a quill full of the deadly stuff
He drank its contents and died Mr. |
Speaker, I fear that some of our orators
will meet with violent deaths. It would
not surprise me to hear that Gum of |
Milford had been blown up by dyna-
mite; that the gentleman from STRAIT |
ford .(Judson) has been sandbagged by |
4 clam digger; that Cowell Of Water |
bury has been killed by his brother |
n-law, for he stated on the floor of |
This house that he worked four DAYS
IN case, and only received ten dol
airs and paid his own expenses. Mr.
Speaker, 1 move to lay the bill before
is on the table till l can find where I
I'M at.
The Speaker-It has been moved that
he report of the committee be accented
md it's recommendations adopted. AMI
n favor of the motion say ave "
Great laughter).
The bill, it is needless to say. went
through with a rush.