Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-25

But today it is hardly possible, in
view of the uniform dignity of Senator
Bailey's demeaDor to imagine him as
departing from 1t.
Senator Bailey has made many
eloquent contributions to the the de-
| bates of the senate, but none has
equaled the brief apostrophe to Texas
which he delivered In the heat of the
statehood debate deliered in the last
session of congress. 1t must rank
all time as a classic in the state which
it honors. Although it was reproduced
in full in The Republican soon after
1t was delivered, it, or the better part
of it, is worth reproducing again as
the finest piece of oratory heard in
congress in two years. Speaking of
the proposition that had once been
made to divide Texas into five other
states, the senator said:-
But, sir, Texas was not divided in
the beginning; Texas is not divided
now; and under the providence of
God she will not be divided until the
end Of time. Her position is exception.
al and excites within the minds of all
citizens just and natural pride. She
is now the greatest of all the states
| in area, and certain to become the
greatest of all in population, wealth.
| and influence. With such a primacy
| assured to her, she could not be ex-
pected to surrender it even to obtain
an increased representation in this
body.
But, Mr.. President, while from her
| proud eminence to-day she looks upon
a future as bright with promise as
ever beckoned a people to follow
| where fate and fortune lead, 1t is not
so much the promise of the future as
| 1t is the memory of glorious past
which appeals to her against division
She could partition her fertile valleys
and her broad prairies: she could ap-
portion her thriving towns and grow
ing cities; she could distribute her
splendid population and her wonderful
resources, but she could not divide the
fadeless glory of those days that are
past and gone. To which of her daugh-
ters, sir, could she assign, without
irreparable injustice to all the others,
the priceless inheritance of Goliad,
the Alamo, and San Jacinto? To which
could she bequeath the name Of Hous-
ton, and Austin, and Fannin, AMI
Bowie and Crockett? Sir, the fame OF
these men and their less illustrious
but not less worthy comrades canno.
be severed; it is the common glory Of
all, and their names are written upon
the tables OF her grateful memory 80
that all time shall not efface them.
The story of their mighty deeds which
rescued Texas from the condition OF a
despised and oppressed Mexican pro
vince and made her a free and indie
pendent republic still arouses tn.
blood of her men like the sound of a
truns3ht, and we would not forfit the
right to repeat it to our children for
man additional seats In this august
assembly.
The world never witnessed a
sublimer courage or a more unselfish
patriotism than that which Eliminates
almost every page in the early his
tory of Texas. Students may know
more about her battlefelds, but none
was ever consecrated by the blood Of
drawer men than those who fell at
Goliad. Historians may not record It
as one Of their decisive battles, but
the victory Of the Texans at San
Jacinto is destined to exert a better
influence upon the happiness of the
! human race than all the conflicts
which established or subverted the
petty Kingdoms of the ancient world
Poets have not yet immartalized 1t in
their most enduring verse, but the
Alamo is more Respondent with
heroic sacrifice than was Thermopylae
itself, because while Thermopylae
had her messenger of defeat, the
Alamo had none. Mr. President, IL I
might be permitted to borrow the
apostrophe to liberty and union pro
nounced by distinguished senator, 7
would say of Texas: She is one and
inseparable now and forever"
Senator Spooner Of Wisconsin Is
the most frequent speaker in the en-
tire senate, and much the ablest
among the republicans. His speeches,
however, are those Of the shrewd and
adroit lawyer rather than OF the ora
tor. He has not the physical advan-
tages Of Bailey. Culbersonor Bever
idge, but there are many who con-
slider him the most effective speaker
OF all when his speeches are read and
| analysed. The remarkable thing
about him is that he speaks upon prac.
ticaHy every big question that comes
before the Senate. and yet invariably
T, makes an important contribution TO
the discussion. II comparison be
forced between Senotor Bailey and
Senator Spooner, the most accurate
statement is that while Senator Bailey
orator, Senator Spooner the more
is the fore brilliant and Impressive
rapid and clearer thinker.
II is not customary perhaps TO think
OF Senator Benjamin f. Tfllman as an
orator in the accepted sense OF the
word. Yet there Is no more forceful or
efectivs speaker in the Senate, and