New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-19
uNpERR0LE In CONNECTICIT.

4 great convenience 10 Il man in Il hurry TO
cav something his heart is full Of and his head
has not quite cncompasscd Is lypcrDoe. 1niil
Is what il is called in rhetoric; that or figure
of succch II is otherwise sometimes called cN-
orgcration by mikl-manncrcd persons VINO WISH
in exprcss dissent i'm terms of courtesy. I'M
rulsIyc persons who reach short words by short
processes sometimes call it lying. But hypcrDoIc
is perhaps the best. ~ It is the most inohcnslV'
name for the form Of expression sometimes i'll
dulgcd In by gentlemen OF the highest 'eraci'!
when their emotions become umutuons and
ovcrpowcring and cannot be damned on account
Of religious scruples A Ncw-Havcn clergyman
has been INDUCING in hypcrbolc. Inc state sen
ate having passed a bill lcgalizing poolseiihS
on horScraccs for Il certain number "i u'!s j"
each wear i'm the interest Of the owners oi INV
Charter oak Park at Hartford the religious ana
moral sentiment of the State was sh"cscd, us IL
we'll might bc. The Rev. Mr.. Mason. of New
Haven. felt particularly scanlalizcd. Beng III
a hurry 10 say something about II mat wouh
arrest attention and prevent concurrent "'''o"
on the part Of the House. he sc.zel me oppoI-
tunl,y afforded by Praise Meeting III HIS
chur,h to say with some indignation mat me
members of the Senate were bought Ike o'''''
in the shlmblcs" Doubtless h. did not mean
fo say precisely that. or. If he dih mean 'o say
II to have il construed literally. lie certain!
would not have said II in the presence or the
Senate. for II would have been incxcusahlc us
courtesy Rut he desired To- be- forchc ana 10
arrest attention. and he INDUCED in hyperbolr
That u.s. hc calls II hypcrboc. The accused sell
ators call ii 10y another name.
al the attention pf Inc
State Senate. And thereon the Senate rose UP
with Indignation quite equal TO the clergy man :.
and uorhans 4 hucklcbcrry hotter. and appointed
q committee If themselves 10 find "ht Wh''h'
or not they had been bought in The manner "''
scrihcl and If 80. who bought them ana Tor no"
much Meantime. another clergy man. me cui'''
81 a religious newspaper ~ Hartford M"
mingled in the fray 10y publishing an ihi"rS'
mrnt Of the Nrw-llay"n clcrgymanS accuNa"""'
This being done with dclibcraiion IN "A week.!
journal. and not upon impulse IN 4 "l'riisc Meet
ing" gave the matter a more serious aspect
The committee met. and made hid starr ny
mixin. mn the letters requesting the two clergy
men to appear aud verify their statement. Inc
letter 10 The Hartford clergyman WAS sent 10 'h
Ncw.Ilavcn accilser. and vice versa. :" p'''
had fun out Of II AMI neither appeared ih'-
tanclc being Strengthened out The committee hi''
ON Monday Of this week and had the t"" clergy
men before them Being questioned ~ IT
whether they had personal knowloiz" "f Ahy
Senator's being bought Ike cattle In tn" sham
blcs" both answered in the negative. ms sur
priscd no one Bu each thought that II he had
time enough he could bring testimony 10 sub
staniiatc The charge
In 4 long statement given 10 the press 10y ill'
New-IIavcn clergyman he iustihcs his assertion
AZ a reasonable Inference because IN" bill put
..,h. seal Of ronnccticui'S sanction and approval
.uunn one. ~ the dcadlicsi vices AMI on" Of ia,
darkest factors In the whole catalogue Of crime.
and the men who voted for II must have been
houcht 70 do So" lie says III j. human 10 dra"
differences We all do IT," Aud he adds: "W'
all Of us sometimes indulge in hypcrbolc i
seems probable that The conclusion Of the invcSrl
cation will be- about to that effect; that as q
matter Of fact the Senators were not bought
like cattle in the >hamblcs' but that The clergy
man. having heard and read limitations thai
IN. members of the Legislature were v"nal an'
being highly wrought up by their approval 4"
what he considered zone Of the drldli'Si Vl'c'
.and one Of the darkest factors In IN" who'
.calcndar Of crime could draw 10 other ni'r
cncc than that they must nave p''h """-"
70 do So" and consequently. in IA" Stress "i III
emotion characterized the transaction III III
hvpcrbolic language which gave offence
might have been wiser, perhaps, oil The part 4"
the Connecticut Senate To have recognized IL ~
hypcrbolc and let it pass II WAS obviously in'
posslhlc Of proof and II must be- slid thli IN
Senate has added nothing 10 Us dignity lay ul
dcrlaking 10 investigate 1t. On the other lmnd
isn't there a lesson In II for all sincere AMI wen
meaning. hui impnlsVc aud emotional persons
as 10 the danger of INDUCING IN lNprrboc' !
is not "A sii. habit The Nrlngr man Il J."
much given Ia lilcrlnc.s II construction I" max
II snfc And the Ncw.llnyon brother VII" u
explaining his original hypcrboic Describes b'
ling on hpr,craccs ~ Zone If The drldllrNi wee
'nnd one ~ HE darkest factors In The 'iinl"gn
oof crime" viii pardon III Tor saying lhil II
reminds ~ Of another excellent brother wh'
hrng lnhlr,d with On account Of his hhhii 81 c'
npgcrallon rcpllcd II know H. Know !
rive shed hoe.h,ids of tears over 1t. hut some
"hnw can't help H."