The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-08-21


please Jake. Jake has convinced Teller
that Langdon was responsible for the
defeat Of Gulf City, and the mayor is
wild for revenge"
"The boss of the senate" rose and
walked to the rear of the senate cham
Der TO issue orders to two of his col.
leagues.
"Report Of the committee on naval
affairs" droned the clerk mechanical
ly. "House bill No. 1109 is amended
to read as follows And his voice
sank to an uniptelligible humble, for
every senator present he wen knew
was aware that the amendment named
Altacoola as the naval base site.
Senator Langdon rose in his seat.
"Mr. President" he called.
"Chair recognizes the gentleman
from Mississippi" said the presiding
officer as he leaned back to speak to
Senator Winans OF Kansas, who had
approached to the side of the rostrum
The Langdon speech on The New
South and the South of the Future
proved more than q document suited
only to a reverent burial In the Con
gressional Record. Although wearied
at the start owing to the exciting hap
penings of the day, the Mississlppian's
enthusiasm for his cause gave him
strength and stimulation as he pro
gressed. His voice rose majestically
as he came TO the particular points he
| wished to accentuate, and even those
in the uppermost rows in the galleries
could hear his every word.
A: the close of his formal speech he
beg,t1 on his statement of the action
ing control Of Altacoola land to fol!
attempts to rob the government. As
lie had predicted. the senate did "sil
up" The senate did agree that new
kind of politics had arrived.
During this latter part of the speech
many curious glances were directed at
| Peabody and Stevens, who sat in the
same tier of seats, In the middle of the
chamber, only an aisle separating
them. Through this choice of seat
they could confer without leaving theii
places. Various senatorial associate
Of these two men in other deals found
1t difficult to believe their ears-but
was not old Langdon at this moment
narrating the amazing transaction OIL
the floor of the senate? Would the
statue on the pedestal step down.
Would the sphinx of the desert speak
the story of the lost centuries? Would
honor take the place of eXpediency il
the affairs Of state? What might not
happen, thought the senate machine
now that Peabody and Stevens had
taken to their bosoms what they
termed the purple pup of politica
purity?
Neither did the full portent of the
situation escape the attention Of the
reporters gallery. Dick Cullen oh
served to Hansel of the Record:
Virtues getting so thick AROUND
here it's a menace TO navigation
Blocking the traffic. eh?" queriet
Hansel, and both laughed.
Hello! What's thisT exclaimed Cul
len few minutes later. Horton hai
been recognized. when the program
was to adjourn when the naval bas'
bill was over with"
Langdon's speech had proved the hit
the sensation of the session. After h
concluded, amid resoundlng applause
in which senators Joined, as well a
occupants of the galleries, Senate
s.orton of Montana rose and caugh
the presiding officers eye.
II ask unanimous consent to offer
resolution"
Hearing no objection he continued 4
n manner that instantly attracted ur
usual attention:
at is my unpleasant duty"-Peabod
and Stevens exchanged glances-"t
place matter before this body that t
me, as member of this honorabl
body. is not only distasteful, but deeI
ly to be regretted.
'There has arisen ground to suspeC
a member OF this body Of having er
deavored to make money at the go'
ernment's expense out Of land whic
he is alleged to have desired his ow
committee to choose as the naval bas,