Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-03-31
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.That state can point 10 a past which
has furnished soldiers braver than ever
followed the glorious Napnleon-ays,
grander than those led by the Duke Of
Wellington-and today, Mr.. Speaker, il
need be, the sons Of those sires and
those sovereigns will come with armor
ON and visor down and lance at rest.
They will be men who can look the
harnessed and fiowered chivalry Of
Spain in the face and say, We are not
only thy equals, but thy superiors
s.I am glad that for once the south
has an opportunity to dispel the lie that
she is disloyal to this Union.
'There is not red line in the flag OF
our country, that glorious banner. the
emblem Of American liberty that floats
above onr heads, that would not be
made redder still by the blood that the
southern people stand ready to shed in
Its defense.
De Graffenreid's time expired. Il
was unanimously extended. Again it
expired. ThefS szstsse R@#<rd should say,
aHere the hammer fell, but it doesn't
say it. Speaker Reed lifted his gavel,
and, marvellous to tell, he was 30 enrap-
tured with the big Texans looks and
burning words that he held the ivory
mallet in midair for two or three min
utes while the "Black Eagle" conclud-
cd his oratorical flight. That was a
mute and splendid tribute Of which any
man might we'll be proud.
James Hamilton Lewis.
Twenty members can make q good set
speech where one can hold his own in
a running fire debate. To shine in "the
oratorical scrapping match" is the se-
verest test for speaking representative.
The man who succeeds in the set speech
and also in the hand to hand verbal
fights enjoys an exceptionally strong
status Such man is James Hamilton
Lewis Of Washington. He is serving
his first term and has made every sort
of speech known to parliamentary an
mails except dull one
When Lewis first appeared In con-
gress, some of the bright young scribes
were disposed to regard him lightly be-
cause he dresses in exquisite taste and
charged him with being dude, init
mating that he was nothing more. But
he soon demonstrated that a man may
bestow an adequate quantity of time on
his toilet, may even be ga glass Of fash
ion and mold of form, yet have brains
in his head and tongue keen as two
edged sword. Several members that
wot Of discovered that truth to their
sorrow in contests with the Washing
tonian He does dress we'll He has q
right to- Any man who once worked as
a stevedore and who is 80 destitute Of
false pride as to retain his membership
in the Longshoremen's g union while in
congress is entitled to dress precisely as
he pl .ases. Mr.. Lewis evidently believes
in the philosophy of Polonius, 1.-THE
apparel oft proclaims the man."
Only S5 years old, he enjoys the dis
tinotion Of having received eonsidera.
BILE vote in the national Democratic con-
vention of 1896 for vice president Of the
United States. He has also been nomi-
mated for United States senator and
governor Of his state, declining the Lat
ter because the platform did not suit
him.
Polite as Chesterfield, he Ia by no
means bashful in asserting his rights
upon the floor, and in their maintenance
shrinks from tussle with no member,
tackling veteran legislators with the
same superb confidence with which he
engages tyros. He has even tried several
tilts with the speaker on the speakers
own ground-parliamentary lava per-
formance always hazardous and which
requires unusual courage. In his wide
range of reading Mr.. Lewis certainly
has devoted considerable time to the
study of parliamentary law, for he ap-
pears to have it at his tongues end.
He has broken a lance with Uncle
Joe Cannon, and in the encounter fully
held his own, feat by no means easy Of
performance.
He excels in repartee, which Lemuel
Ely Quigg of New York, who is no
slouch in that business, realizes full
we'll by this time. Lemuel Ely is one Of
those bright, aspiring gentlemen who
occasionally wake up the wrong passen-
ger, which he did when he essayed to
take fall ont of Lewis, and instead
had several taken out Of himself by
Lewis. Some of Colonel Lewis epi-
grammatic sentences in that encounter
are Jewels and set the house in a roar.
For example:
81 have been very much interested as
have observed these special defenders
Of the trusts. They ever and anon either
watch their opportunity. or, upon or
ders from their masters, rise in their
places and find some opportunity to
speak word in defense of those insti-
tutions which are responsible for their
seats in the house"
"Really it pains me to see gentle
man SO in need of information doing all
he can to throttle 1t. +"
''I insist that there ever arises now
and then these gentlemen who offer
what they assume to bs something In
defense of the trusts. On yesterday one
of the distinguished gentlemen assumed
to quote Scripture. have heard Of the
livery of the Lord being worn to serve
hell in, but this was one Of the few In
stances in which had ever seen it. ]
do think that il either of the gentlemen
will quote Scripture as applicable ! will
commend to the gentleman from New
York, in view of his attitude, the lines,
probably not now inappropriate, that
the OK knoweth his owner and the ass
his masters crib. ,"
s'The gentleman made his accusation
hastily and in the presence Of the house,
but now he seeks to evade the conse.
quences of IL by most plausible CON-
struction Of what he thought he said.
No man has a greater admiration than
have for the acrobatic agility as well
az ability Of the gentleman from New
York"
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