The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-02-15
CHAMP 0LARK'S LETTER
Senator Towne's Master
full Speech.
H0AR's POINTED COMMENT.
Said That All Of Towne's State
ments Were True.
HOW REPUBLICANS MADE ANSWER.

HOW REPUBLICANS MADE ANSWER.
Immediately Swofe In the Orators
Successor = Brilliant Opening and
Noble Closing Of . Great Address. 1
Greeted by vociferoas Applause
From the Galleries - Aadieks of
Delaware In the Role OF Dog In
the Manger-Nebraska's Senatorial
Middle Still Boi1ing-.Ship Subsidy
Steal Certain to Gu Through.
Especial Washington Letter.
Charles A. Towne closed his brief
senatorial career with a masterful
great speech on the Philippine ques-
ton. The Washington Post, which
stands with the administration on that
subject, says that Towne drew the lar
gest audience which the senate has
seen this session Of congress-. 1t even
notes the astounding fact "that at one
point Senator Depew followed Senator
Towne with great interest" Towne's
speech must have been a clincher to
work that miracle, for no man in
Washington has his mind more thor
oughly made up on the Philippine and
all other questions. e., it is made up
to do precisely what the administration
wants done.
was told by veracious statesman
that when Towne finished the cherubic
Hoar, who spoke volubly against Me-
Kinley's Philippine policy, but who
voted for Mckinley, said to another
Republican senator: "Why didn't some
one on our side make that speech? All
he says is true and the documents on
which it is based are open to every
body's inspection"
The Washington Post remarks fur
Their, with sort Of ghoulish glee, that
the answer Of the Republicans to
TONNES speech was to swear in Sena-
tor Clapp, his Republican successor, be-
fore Towne's friends and admirers had
ceased to congratulate him and before
he had gathered up his manuscript.
That is a fine piece of sarcasm, surely!
1.-THE answer of the Republicans" was
sheer brute force and answered
TONNES speech about as much as IL
Boiler Maker Jeffries, heavyweight
champion Of the world, had knocked
him down at the conclusion Of his re-
marks.
1t must be said for Senator Clapp
that it was an exceedingly gracious
thing for him to defer his taking of
the oath of Office long enough to give
Towne time to deliver an Grafton
which bids fair to become historic.
take off my hat to Senator Clapp Of
Minnesota.
Exordfum Versus Peroration.
Did anybody ever notice the fact that
most people take it for granted that
the peroration Of speech Is certain
to be its finest part? As q matter Of
fact the exordium frequently equals
and sometimes excels the peroration.
Nearly every one who reads this can
repeat offhand verbatim or in sub
stance Webster's peroration in his
''Reply to Hayne," beginning when
my eyes shall be turned etc. But
not one in thousands remembers. a word
OF the magnificent exordium, which. in
grandeur Of thought, splendor of die
ton, felicity Of expression, is about on
par with the peroration which every
body knows by heart and which every.
body has detained at school. That
exordium is as follows:
.Mr. President, when the mariner
, has been tossed for many days in
thick weather and on an unknown sea,
. he naturally avails himself OF the first
pause in the storm, the earliest glance
9 Of the sun, to take his latitude and
ascertain how far the elements have
driven him from his true course. Let
us initiate this prudence and before we
float farther on the waves Of this de-
bate refer to the point from which we
( departed, that we may at least be able
to form some conjecture where we are
now
A splendid Beginning.
It's q ten to, one shot that Towne's
peroration will be widely printed and
4 the exordium neglected. hereby
/ snatch from oblivion that splendid ex-
oriium.. It is in these words:
Mr. President, the presentation on the 10Th
! inst. by the distinguished senator from Colorado
!. tAr. Teller Of petition signed BY more than
1000 Inhabitants Of the city Of Manila an un-
4 exAmpled and most remarkable circumstance,
: Whatever the future has in store, this document
4 historic. It 10 spread upon the records Of the
j senate. There It must remain % long q our
archives IRE preserved. 10 all coming ages IL
mute eloquence will speak with most miraculous
organ.n Either It will have proved quickening
appeal to the ancient spirit Of the republic or.in
n1v 0r,inion itS rejection must dedicate the TWEEN.
Z tieth century to reaction prejudicial, u NOT
! satalss to free institution. ID ~ s