The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-17
HOW He WON.
The Stroke Of Genius That Gave "e"-
xnown Reading Clerk ltts Place.

known KeAting As'sh sss~ 49,
one OF the interesting ncidSh's ~
the opening session of "a new congress
is the selection of the reading clerk
of ,h. house. The reading clerk i APP
Wanted by the clerk of the house, but
! candidates for the place must take pdrV
/, "a connective "spcaiNing contest pc
\ fore ,l,e house. John 4. Reeve. " no was
readin. clerk during Harrison admin
;stration. WAS politician from 'aiio'
M. and one Of the bcst-known charac-
,ers i'm Washington at the time. Reeves
tells this story:
IL didn't suppose had any SHOW 'or
~, ,l,ce when il came to the test. said
\. ..for most Of the candidates We're
..,,..o., man. ana some were clocution-
to- while the only elocution hadc'
practiced Mas calling hogs ~ southern
illinois. Though | had been ao'c 20 ee'
no in political meeting and MAKE inc
f..llovs on the back seats hear me- 30
thought would 20 into the contest
anyhow. and do my best in my own
v-nv l,ut YOU ought - have heard
,hns. cloct,tionistS: the way they roiird
,ncir ~ and Missed their s.. ana SAD
! an. and IL VAS a caution. some q
u ,hem didn't talk like human beings
: ana others had voices SO rich ana iiie'o-
7 dions YOU couldn't hear them ~ ice'
Y, away.
9 49, the time my turn came mao
q .;x.d M The hall and knew lust apo"'
" ,.rarn ~ throw my voice. and de-
AZ .;.a ~ make myself heard II
&c XII ,o,hinr else. Each candidate had
received copy Of the house pm 70 rV''.'
7 Noticed that TIE otner fellows so
.d On, this way: 'Ih bill. ana ~ on
ne xavx nh Il a sound that won carry
and YOU can't attract the at''i"o', =
'c- he house by grunting IN! 20 "ne
ts,,,,e, sang on. i'm a loud. clear Voic
az ia, took them oil their feet: A-a-a-"-
ire ,.,,,. ,,n, n They weren't used !
~, ond wondered what had broke
ne ZOOS. hut il seemed to catch them.
I'M, Mas on The right track. so WEI
u, .;py;no her our clear as !, pei'' an
,,h., 90, warmed up felt as goo
7 exer. did in the hottest speech OF
campaign a -.
..The thing they gave me 10 rc"u ~
n terror. 1t had words ~ y - ~
ne q dictionary. bot hurried W ~
ion. .,;d through them and was "ol'
ont ,,r.,,v we'll when looked down
~. ,.a,. end saw a lot Of Spanish prop
:. LINES Now. I didn't know Span
from Apache. but ] was gong npo
hundred words minute, SO witho
ling ..nnp;nr | gave them two verses Q
cnt. ,;,tle German poem had learned WI
!, -, ,rd,anr me il q man in that
,,ys a,ned 10 know the difference, exc
for ~,.r.sman Niedringhaus. 81
yho ,au;s You ought to have seen =
/. far ,.',,r,, when he heard his native tons
fuse, worked of on the house OF represeA
oose t,ycs for Spanish.
rice .y.s rot the place. and j was
I'd TO ,opp "a ana German poetry 'h"' ="
arc. men. y. sun.
: add A Sanctum View
milk neicc Eoy-Oh, Mr.. Scrafcher.
Ii: II mind that man who was ~ here Ju
army little while ago? -
'airie country Editor--Ycssiree. 100. :
vas Mr.. Haysccd. aud he came ~
Avid five years back subscription
Iyc most run my legs off trying to
~. .Wcll. he hardly got out OF the 0
".e' ,e,ore he Was hit BY runaway
4 as an Killed" -, =,
!, -" .Nx, Nv. That's shocking. '