The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-08
More House nonsense.

Mr.. w. Jasper Talbert, who is on his
second term in congress, has made
himself town talk for a few minutes
but he has won no Iaurels for himself
or for South Carolina. In fact, this
Mr.. Talbert has made himself ridicu-
lous on a large scale; he did that same
thing a few weeks ago. The members
Of congress write up their own biog-
raphies for publication in the Congress
sional Directory The sketch of himself
which Talbert prepared was widely
quoted a few weeks ago along with
other laughable autobiographies writ
ten for the Directory. Talbert present
ed himself as farmers alliance man
and then he quoted from his home
newspaper" the announcement that I'm
all relations of life. as a neighbor,
friend and public official, he had been
! faithful 10 every trust, jealous as
! church member Sunday school worker,
| legislator and alliance man, and, he is
| a staunch democrat" Talbert held
! the Office of penitentiary warden at the
| time when he was elected to congress.
| Rising yesterday to a question Of
privilege. Mr.. Talbert referred to Ian
! guage he had formerly used on the
| floor Of the house. his words referring
to the secession Of South Carolina in
| 1861. Il declared" he said yesterday,
that we were NOT whipped but had
worn ourselves out trying to whip the
other fellows I said South Carolina
was not ashamed Of the part she took
and that /, for one. endorsed secession
then. | Thought we We're right, / think
so yet. and that under the same con-
dtions. surrounded by the same cir
cumstances, / would do the same thing
again"
This is idle talk and harmless. II
proves nothing except that Mr.. Talber'
doesn't live and learn. Any man could
say the same thing in review of any
blunder Of his life. 1t means this 81
did what | did because | thought II
was the right thing to do at the time
did it, And If l were back where
was ait the time I did 1t, with the SAM
surroundings ! would do just as did.
| That's natural enough. If a man wcr
btlth 1T liit punt W MY III oAis N''N'''
taking ne Numbered, he would be with
, | out the subsequent experience whic
4 brings the proofs that his course wa
I a blunder In other words, II this Sou,
e | Carolinian were back in 1861, h
4 | wouldn't have knowledge Of what hap
a pened between then and 1865 to go by
p Thus Mr.. Talbert's talk resolves it
| ATn- nssln ~
n so,tts congressman who is a new mem
Der craving notoriety at the expens
Q Of Mr.. Bayard Talbert and other
2 proposed to call the South CaOlinia
T. down. The result was that Talber
. | proclaimed his states loyalty. 9TH
/. circumstances under which she secede
$ could not exist again ard I am gla
5 Of It," Which means that The cam,
q do the same thing again" hecau-
|. thirty odd years of history have IN
a tcrvened. and he never again can !
Il back whore he was in 1861 The whol
swagger is nonsense.
Il What ontertains us in Talhert's tai
J. is the declaration he makes to the e.
II feet that 1--WE were not whipped bt
+ we wore ourselves out trying to viii
% the other fellows" one evening
l. September, 1892. at New Orleans, NJ
II Corbett met Mr. Sullivan and the
e. were I'm each others company in n
" prize ring during twcnty-one round
Ie Thereafter. sullivan was on the flo,
4 while the referee counted ten TT
& vulgar and unthinking public has il
a sisted ever since tEat Sullivan W;
v whipped But he wasn't; he had sin
ply worn himself out trying 10 VIII
\ the other fellow.