The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-02-21
head as the seal of forgiveness
Romance.
HIGH DADDY IN THE HOUSE.

They had a little outpOuring of IAN
guage Friday on the floor of the house.
Language accompanied by gesucula-
ton. The language was all OF 1t fervent
and some Of it quite lurld, though 1t
lacked the illustrative cuss words with
which persons who indulge haDltually
in that manner of discourse usually
decorate conversation and make thelf
meaning clear. The gesuculaton was
forceful and animated; so much so
that some of it came near lmplnglng
ON the features Of the statesmen who
were giving the exhibition. DeVotees
of the manly art in the galleries and
ON the floor, who have been feeling
more or less depressed Of late in con-
sequence of the growing tendency
among the great lights of pugilism to
omit gesticulation from their athletic
engagements, b. gan to be encouraged.
Not for many months has there been
SO close an approach to actual collis-
ion between public men of the dramat-
ic profession, or the prize ring, or i'll
the congressional arena. 1t refreshed,
encouraged and exhilarated many
whose spirits had been dropping over
the manifest decadence of the manly
art Except for the interference OF
mean-spirited bystanders, who enter
tain the absurd notion that discussion
| of public questions Of great moment
shculd proceed from between the nose
and chin and not from the shoulder,
there might have been then and there
AN entertainment that would have re-
ioiced the galleries exceedingly, and
possibly made q Warm-healted ana
patriotic people very proud OF them
| selves and their representatives. IL
it had been continued to a finish it
might have recOnciled the HaWadlans,
to whom the debate was not unrelated,
to the policy of the present admins
ltration, which keeps their republic
from the enjoyment of such festivities,
or it might have made them more
eager to get in and have q hand in
the sport.
The discussion sprang up, as it We're.
spontaneously. Mr.. Heard of Mis-
souri,, who is described as a tall and
thin person, a recent invalid and not
muscular or athletic, had become
weary of the talk about Hawaii which
had been going on for some time, and
accordingly moved the previous ques-
tion. There are democratic precedents
for moving the previous question with
a gun; also with an empty bottle; also
in many other ways which in demo-
cratic communities are deemed effect
i've for closing debate. But Heard did
it by word of mouth. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky, who is not un-
known to fame as Il peculiar PreSby-
lterian with 4 Silvery tongue, an i'm
pressive manner and a physique which
commands the admiration of both
lseXeS had some remarks of high
order of eloquence shut up within his
hearts hot cells, which he was eX-
ceedingly anxious to let loose then and
there. He eXpostulated with Heard.
Heard was abrupt. Breckenridge, tap
ping his eloquence on Il key trifle
lower than he had intended, let fall
a remark that Heard was an imperti-
nent scoundrel. Heard, feeling in his
own mind that Breckenridge, however
sincere he might be in his statement,
was evidently laboring under a mis-
apprehension as to his (Heard's) real
character, endeavored to correct him
by informing him that he was a liar.
Nothing could have been more to the
purpose or freer from circumlOcutiOn
than this brief but opposite remark.
Breckenridge, who is famous for his
|
a recent trial, Immediately let, go his
left. Whether or not Heard lodged
does not clearly appear from the re-
port Probably NOT Democrats al'e
not lodging so much as they We're in
the Reed congress. At any rate, the
gesture fell short.
Then the debate became tumultllOus.
Lafe Pence entered into it with en-
thrsiasm. Much language was spilled
ON the floor unreported. Mostly crude
and eXtempOraneOuS. but tropical in
the extreme, for both disputants are
warm-hearted, high-spirited, and the
soul of honor OF course, it is only the
soul of honor that discusses public
Questions in this manner. Then the
United States government-the same
government that compelled COXey to
keep off the grass on the
scene in the form of the sergeant-at-
arms, carrying an uncommonly i'm
Ipressive stick with a gilded bird on the
end of it. This emblem has the repu-
tation of having quelled everything in
the nature of disturbance except the
civil war. Doubtless it would have
uuelled that if it had been taken in
time, but Breckihridge and Heard had
by this time become so much interest
ed in each other and in the various
members Of the democratic and pOpu-
list parties who We're holding them
apart, that they failed to recognize the
emblem. So they kept right ON illus
trating the latest phase of Christian
civilization, the present condition of
the democratic party, and the millen-
ium which was ushered in in 1892
1t was very inspiring while it lasted
Everybody felt that this congress was
on the point of doing something. Then
after Lafe Pence and the rest got
tired Of holding the controversialists
and the controyersialists themselves
We're weary, that portion of the enter
tainment ceased and the curtain was
rung up for apologies. Both gentlemen
apologized in the handsomest manner
to the United States government and
then to each other. Then each with
drew the apology he had made to the
Iother and took a fresh start, until at
length the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, who
is not remarkable for being warm
hearted and hfgh-spirited and the soul
of honor, suggested that as the house
had considerable work to do and not
lmuch time ito do it in, it should pro-
Ioaa6 tO h1SinaSS which If did Moth