The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-17
SENATOR CULBERSON'S SPEECH
my G. A. EpwARDs)

7, nav he safely said that no speech ever
delivered by young senator IN Tue As
Of the congress OF the United states ha'
created tho warm commentator from the
old senators and from people VINO new
saw him before as has the speech Oh SEN
ator CuIberson.
II was a speech that will bear the test
Of analysis and 1t came a surprise W ."
his democratic colleagues IL was aiso
sockdolager 10 the republicans ana
/ they were even more surprised tnan tne
democrats They were also cnagrinea ~
know that at last the democrats nau .
man who could stand up with the pest Oh
them on constitutional law. The speech
was such statesmanlike performance anu
so utterly devoid OF ranting and sopno-
moric windjamming that it was altogether
refreshing event. The dinerehce v.
tween Senator Culberson and senator bss-
eridge both new TO tho senatorial harness,
was SO glaring as to be positively painiui
to the friends OF the young and alnoi'ioHs
senator from the Hoosier state
Beyer!dge, as soon as he came mere,
Jumped right into the fray and proceeueu
to speak his piece as the oslensipie
mouthpece of the administration. ne
demanded so much time ana wouiu aiio"
mn interruption until he was done for fear
he might forget his lesson he had conned
80 hard He has been on his feet on
every possible occasion and has made TWO
set speeches. He has shown--by MS ac-
tions that he Is filled with an overweening
vanity and an all-consuming egotisn lnat
has wellnigh ruined him in the eyes oil MS
own party He is bright and precocious
NM
but his egotism kills the eject OF u WIN
people who admire ability
On the other hand, Senator Culberson
has from the very beginning, been the
RECONCILIATION OF modesty and backward
ness. When he finally made up his nina
to speak he modestly said that II there
! was any time left he would say a lew
words and would not make any EXTENDED
speech. At the close OF his speech when
the senate offered to give him all the
time he required to finish his remarks he
refused Il and announced that he would
not trespass further upon the time anu
courtesy of the senate.
While every democrat was anxious fof
him to proceed the republicans were glad
+ that he had decided TO quit Senator Till
man, in that characteristic way OF his,
, went over TO the junior senator from
Texas and said: Look here, Culberson,
, want you to keep on. That speech IS a
winner and know you still have another
|, hour and half Of good democratic talk
left In you"
have already quoted what some OF the
old senators said concerning the speech,
but only quoted few OF the good things
said OF It. If were to tell all that had
: been said the people Of Texas might think
T ptti iG |
talking OF the performance because 1t has
excited the admiration of old correspond
b ents who have been in the press galleries
of congress for thirty-flve years and also
0 of the opponents Of the senator's politics
Foraker was one of the first of the repub-
/ leans to come over and congratulate Sen
t ator Culberson and he said that his speech
! was the best that had been made agains
. his bill Spooner, also. who is one OF thu
+, best lawyers in the senate, gave to Texas
Q brilliant senator the glad hand and higl
commentator for his constitutional poini S
5 l am glad to note that the people of Texa
: are beginning to realize that they hav
: sent big man to the senate. Hon. Al
: bert Burleson today showed me a lette
S from Colonel Tom Sneed of Austin, VIII,
y, said that it was his opinion that CulbersoI
i was the greatest man Texas had sent Il
e the senate since the days of Houston ant
s Rusk. Colonel Sneed will find many peo
= pie here who will agree with him.
= ~
notice that the dispatches from Nev
II York during the past few days are entire
: ly corroborative of the washington let's
:, nom here anent Hon. Tim Woodruff a
the only available candidate from tina
IS State for the vice presidency on the re
: publican ticket Hon. Cornelius N. Bills
n has positively declined 10 allow ithe US
= of his name and has so stated to Mar
n Hanna. He was the one man whom Mar
Hanna wanted IL they could not get Tedd
y Roosevelt They find now that they ca
- get neither of them. They have compro
~ missed with Roosevelt by asking him t
:. make q speech in the convention second
ing the nomination OF Mckinley, and h
~ has that request under advsement. 1t
i no cinch that he will even comply wit
IL that request, as il is well known her
10 that Roosevelt entertains very poor oair
ID ion of the occupant OF the White Hous
Of who has been characterized by him as
j man with gutta percha backbone.
With both these men out OF the wa,
he Hon. Tim Woodruff Will have clear trac
ID for the entire delegation from the Stat
$. Of New York. The republicans may tai
Is OF wanting man from the Central We,
s. on account OF the republican dlsaffectio
of caused by the Puerto Rican infamy ju,
l. perpetrated but they can not afford
SO ignore the State o New York beeau:
there is where the money is going
a,
mas campaign. II is also charged by Sc,
eral sapient statesmen from the East thi
the trusts ere backing Woodruft's can
'r paign for the nomination, and Ii that DO
there is nothing Can head him off. Peop
= who are In the habit Of climbing on bar
- wagons would do well to keep one eys I
f. the honorable Tim.