The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-05-02
Congressman Grosvenor
Talked Too Much.
Fatal GIFT OF SARCASM.
Pekj~g Fun at the Beers May
Prove Costly Amusement.
q nlAzoHoIY NOVEMBER DAYS.

osns>ev Hear ssnAs Cold Calls Down
eoe oDises % the Jingoes-Predict-
- Dswnfs1l ~ Republican Party.
4 0osees ssns 'slllsstrieus Traitors.,
Dsopss Powers es Congress Under
90 cssssssstiss.
~ fDpscial Washington Letter.l
4Ae signs of the times indicate that
ocnssal Charles Henry Grosvenor Of
U1l4 who b generally supposed to
>onnk sw tAs xSHAnnA A6Minsssration
- tAe noor Of the. hou.se. made great
0lgoaks when no delivered speech
Ddodng fun at the friends Of the Beers.
~ . piece Of sarcasm the speech was
> - success. but the venerable
Sonooman from Athens has lived
y - vain almost to the psalmist's
GrDnent Of tAreescore years and
- if - hes not Jet learned
- easeasm = fatal glft--as fatal
\ - s1an - beauty h said to be to q
'WemaA The Republican warhorse
oveasd h sarcasm that day. Every
80 enjoyed the artistic manner In
vAoch he performed. but subsequent
qvonts seem to demonstrate that the
4meelean woods are full Of sympa.
llnerA and the general and his chief
~ liable TO regret that speech once,
fend only onces which will be as long
- they live. "
....x -
= ~ the days 10 come-the melancholy
0vs OF November-when the Repub-
cnn chieftains are quarrelIng among
&1omoelves - to who defeated william
2eKinley for q second term, IL Gencr.
- 4roevenor does M. keep his optic
\ 1o1ed his confreres viii saddle the
WnoSe responsibility on TO him. He
u dnd that. like the parrot whose
& 9eek was twisted nearly out Of Joint
~ nis iTnte master. che talked too
"A 1eeeph Weldon Bailey has already
loo NJ nGht for Texas United States
Iyoentorship. his rival. Hon. Horace
<1ilteA having withdrawn from the
Sv9eeet. I repeat here and now delIb-
entsly what ! said come time ago.-that
y4hAA two years from the day that
( 1111ey b sworn In as q member of the
- numerous branch Of the national
signature be VIII be recognized as the
1oremoot debater In the senate. He IN
1ow beaded for the field Of his glory.
j0od speed the lion hearted young
eeaeesman In the great career which is
opooIug before him. OF course we re-
0got That he leaves the house. My own
9oellng toward him. Is not so u,rch ad-
nIntSon as deep personal affection or,
more properly speaking, mixture OF
~ two. He b man to trust and
1ve, am not dlsparnglng Senator
Coutou. He ID able, capable, cour.
eopouA honest. but Bailey Is my close
gsnouAi friend. have helped him
19os many battles. aud to men who
ayht side by side In the house there
eomes feeling akin to that which
eo0r1oes IN arms entertain for each
s1her.
" senator nsas's Great Speech.
Senator George FrisbIc Hoar Of Mas
ooeousettA successor to Charles Sum-
-. delivered q speech In the senate
pecently which must have made the
eoSd chills chase each other up and
1owu the spinal columns Of the Philip
- 5ingoes. Truly be laid ON and
opored not He smote them hip and
shish- He broke them on the wheel,
new and quartered them. roasted
0em on redhot Goals. gibbeted them
1secre high heaven. brayed them In a
0oetar. STRETCHED them on the rack,
whipped them at the cart's tail and
eeherwise dcspitefully used them. II
vns q most remarkable speech-re.
narknblc In many ways and for many
0iogS-rcmarkable for Its fre. for It's
hlstSsic learning. for Its legal lore. for
~ eloQuence. for Its personalities and
for its length He'was three hours In
0slivering IT, II he had actually sp0-
Zen every word he printed. II would
have consumed i've or six hours In It's
delivery. By reason Of It's great length
10 one paper will ever print all Of Il,
and for the sn,ne reason IL will not be
generally circulated In pamphlet form,
- that would be too expensive for
- 10 remembered that congressional
speeches are not printed free and I'm
unlimited quantities. as most people
seem to think. but are paid for In very
hard cash by the author or by some
I body else. This great speech by Sen
ator Hosr-for q great speech II Is be-
yond all cavil-wlll cost somewhere
from $50 to $25 per thousand. But II
- too good campaign document for
the Democrats to be lost. Consequent
" ! offer no apology for making up
the bulk Of this letter OF quotations
from it-quotations which should he
saved up and used for campaign pur-
poses by all who read these letters.
He draws this glowing picture OF our
position nt the close OF the Spanish
war:
a Great Achievement.