The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-06
INGALLS, ON lIl1ca'

which ex-senator Johr
the public through the s, \, ,aa'!
OF philadelphia. he says ~
tice L. Q. c. Lamar: ~, NE ~
in offhand. extemporsu,oss y 3. !.
/ dealer In oratorical ~, @ I
pared his reports in ADVANCE W. N. I, \
the occasion to use them. =. -
ammunition. His speech.s
frequent. were written out - ~
memory. ~ 49,
AS an Illustration q ~. .
brilliant Kansan goes an !.
Lamar. In his famous spe.ss ~ ~,
censure OF the Missias,nr ,ss!l{i>R
peated the speech verbssirw IegilHS
one In MS room the niehs Y - ~
delivery. Senator IngaIis sslou n
himself later in hts srticiteo @ltlb5 ~
the then Senator Lamar rss.m No
nents In the senate in ssysN ~
Hoar resolution In rerard tr,u9 @
an instance In which he -. +
spoken from the spur Of IN Z seisel n
reply to Conkling, given !. Icnet q
FORMER paper on Famous ~. m N!
he completely knocked A., svse
N, aorker, was another ineSsss y p.
impromptu debating capacity s1sa
s sSei,oi Eoo come y under the had 4
But tho object OF this stcr, /. Y.
versy' but interesting rsu,s,,
june, 1891. I had the pleasup Z 1
for the Atlanta Journal thu 49,.
delivered by Justice L. q. 9. is,.. ,
DRY College, Oxford. Ca. rhs sl1, 3
be delivered In the afternoo, MI. :!
my paper went to pren TN ~ 49,
us to print the speech ahe,s SSg
5apers was 70 get It In typs ~ y
oeIiverea. Justice Lamar VA + ~
eorsla and had graduated Al -.
torty-six years previous TO t6e ~
ne was then making. There - p.
terest in his address. had ~
advance. Through the presldsss !, z
lege l secured an introduction VI,
me on confidential terms with IN .sss.
l asked him to let me have I ~
speech to send to Atlanta Ia AZ NJ
was delivered. He said that n ~ v
ten line Of 1t. After consids -
importantly / got him to nrres 4 ~ ~. !.
In his room and speak the spesch Nj
or as full synopsis Of il A. = Is
giving. He decided to eivs \.
speech. and he said with a anil. i,
modesty and confidence were hssut =
termingled. that unless his mtuo,, ~
on him In an unaccustomed ~ 4. :
he could repeat the speech I'M !. :
gong 10 deliver It the next day. 4.
was rather glad OF the opportunlty i 4
y. because IN SO doing. be vcuii y
language in his mind iust q h W
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With myself. an audience az a.. ,...
hand and not stenographIc notsa n.
mar repeated the great college MN
nc had thought out without putin. 4
PAPER to deliver the next day 70 /, 4,
If several thousand. He msds ~
With such slowness as was necessary
,ble me to take 1t down. but xltA6s
icle OF hesitancy from any cause n
luite particular that II should b III
PAPER just as he had given II 10 ns
ore went away from his room, W.
he speech in legible hand and nsk
or his approval. ! had not msts ~
ors, but he corrected every one W
make. If I had used the relative N
instead of that" or this insle,i (
# had made the slightest error h sj
ARTICLE or noun. he detected TIE H2
DIRECTED 1t. The next day be dsliM
peech lust exactly az he had npllA
o me. 1t was sold on the streed 4 4
n the Journal before he bad anhie
Ivering 1t at Oxford. The moflIn
'hich had written TO him for ! WI
were all given tho Inin
hat he did not have q lins u W
'ritten.
In the course Of the speech jr6w
epeated brilliant extracts nm ~
lons. which he had heard . / ~
early fifty years before. He fspsaia
1g sophomore paragraphs IRON ~
ates which had taken place hall !
efore. He recalled to the Old ltls
larked perfection OF detail nuntnq
tances of which they had sntifoly n
n many ways he displayed Z usnaJ
the State His speech -
ounced "a psychological phsncua9
His marvellous memory VA tSAl
ss in his general conyersatlcn tua
,llege visit than In his alumni ssd
elected several columns Of rrnS
lowing his wonderful memory non
dental conversations which ws W
lends.
Justice Lamar did not have V q
'eeches and commit them 70 nsr'Q'
'uld think them out and iitrvM
EN- with the accuracy OF q calculiu
line. The instance In Wnica
onkling. the instance In wniep y
e whole senate In his unantlcpeM
oar, both of which Senator w
ven through the Evening Posi- 4, ~.
erous other instances, both y
i'd In Washington, he showed ~
, need of "oratorical shell eoo0t
Senator ingalls, does additlonn ~
9 memory OF the great Soutnefua I.
at she had the singular toHune
inted by President Cleyelana
e supreme court without over ~.
reported cause in any tribunal ~
err having been admitted q Y "
actice In the court Of whien !" :
ember." .-..A.. a
,ntlon of Justices OF the suprene Y
re never members OF that ~. !.
that in former years the nnelSn.s ~, =
nreme court was much smaller
w. that many cases sucl y M
re formerly tried In the su~ M
at II was the custom o. ps.,.
tapt states to prepare the g
ppeme court cases and to NY
ended IA by associate counsel y ". 1
, a bie and busy lawyer = :
RI large state practice and 49,
ant Federal practice, dla ~ ~ III 4,
me- to Washington 70 ava, ,,. ~ n i,
,nts OF the supreme com u.. III n
lch more profitable 70 'nI nnInr "
Washington associate. msmbe
ZEN Judge Lamar was 2 vista
preme court OF the state !" ~
decisions Of that court al tina
ar the country. During ". a,suB =
n, cases were sought as .,sI n Z,
Ter state courts and were \
" could be found a. the - q
,uracy' Justice Lamar ~ 49, ~
me court OF the United wv ,s.'s = r.
dist;n e,,ish himself a. fuly n
ew hirs confidently expsctses,A. n
~ make n record equal 70 ~ y
"a ~ his incunbency. o. 4
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