Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-05

"a Ne, ter screamed LGTlgdO7.
fellow Teller will do anything to
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
". "House bill No. 11O9 is amended
to read as follows And his voice
sank to an unintelligible humble, for
| every senator present he well knew |
was aware that the amendment named |
Altacoola as the naval base site.
Senator Langdon rose in his seat.
"NIr. 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 1.-The New
South and the South of the Future"
proved more than document suited
only to a reverent burial in the Con-
= 1
at the start owing to the exciting hap
penings Of the day, the Mississippian'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.
| no o1oSo of his formal SnQoch he
began on his statement Of the action
Of the naval affairs committee in buy
ing control of Altacoola land to foil
attempts to rob the government. AS
he had predicted, the senate did ''sit
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 seats
they could confer without leaving their
places. Various senatorial associates
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 on
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? Woult.
. 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 political
,s lpurity?
Neither did the full portent Of the
situation escape the attention OF the
reporters gallery. Dick Cullen OBJ
= served to Hansel Of the Record:
"Virtue's getting SO thick around
:. here it's a menace to navigation"
:: BLOCKING the traffic, eh?" querieo
- Hansel, and both laughed.
"Helloi What's this?" exclaimed Cul
len a few minutes later. Horton has
been recognized. when the program
was to adjourn when the naval base
=, bill was over with"
Langdon's speech had proved the hit
- the sensation of the session. After h'
- concluded, amid resounding applause
In which senators Joined, as well a
h occupants Of the galleries, Senate
.. Horton Of Montana rose and caueh
~ the presiding officers eye.
0n "I ask unanimous consent to offer
resolution"
~ Hearing no objection he continued Il
4 manner that instantly attracted ur
-, usual attention:
SIT is my unpleasant duty"-Peabod
and Stevens exchanged glances-"t
-. place matter before this body that
me. as a member of this honorabl
no body, is not only distasteful. but deer
Iy to be regretted.
s"There has arisen ground to suspee
q member Of this body of having Ell
20 deavored to make money at the go'
ernments expense out of land whic
,,,r he is alleged to have desired his ow
80 committee to choose as the naval bas
ITO g, Continuedl