The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-05-13
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officer and told that he will have to
observe the rules or be elected.
Rajnev's Memory,

officer and told that he will havs to
observe the rules or be elected.
Rainey's Memory.
In addition to furnishing a consider,
able amount of material to hin about
in connection with the various transac-
tons which eliminated in the purchase
or the Panama canal. and the subse1
Quent operations there. Representative
Henry Il. Rainey OF Illinois, established
himself as q rival of Martin w. Little.
ton. the famous New York lawyer. as
a man who has a wonderful retentivo
mind.
The most remarkable feat of Little
tons career is said to be the speech ha;
delivered at st. Louis in 1904, when no
nominated Alton b. Parker for the
presidency. The speech was many col~
umns in length, and those who heard
IT marveled at the smoothness with
which it was delieverd. and also tho
fact that never once did the speaker
refer to notes of any kind.
Rainey's speech had been furnished
to the press in advance. The accusa-
tons in 1t were so specific that one
lawyer who was asked to read 1t over
declared that 1t bordered very closely
| on the line of libel, and tha IL Mr.:
Rainey omitted any essential part of It
in the actual delivery, a newspaper
publishing it in full could probably be
held for libel.
Consequently there vas more or less
CONSERVATION among the newspaper
correspondents when Mr.. Rainey be.
gan the delivery OF the speech without
having a Vestige Of notes in front Of
him. He read only when he desired
to quote accurately a letter or cable
gram and these We're written on smalT
slips of paper.
One maj who q been furnished
with a copy OF the speech. and who.
incidentally had a high regard for tha
speakers ability. took occasion to fol--
low the speech, and at Is conclusiou
he declared that Rainey had followed
astonishing manner. Sentence for sens
tence II paragraph for paragraph.
never jumping about, and INTERPRETING
only to amplify or to give to more de-
tail some particular statement.
The stunt is ooked upon as the most
remarkable witnessed in the House in
many years. inasmuch as Rainey spoke
for nearly two hours.
Would Take His Word.
Representative Gustav Kuestermann,
of Wisconsin. who has never quite
shaken the peculiar accent one is most
familiar With from the vaudeville stages
arose in the House the other day to
debate the postofticc appropriations bill.
Mr.. Kuestermann doesn't speak often
and when he does it Is from carefully,
amusing scene which Followed:
MI. CHalFHlan, began RepfeSenta-
tive Kuestermann, at the same time
diving into an inside pocket. 1t wasn't
there. h Wisconsin representative
made a rantic grab at the opposite
side of his coat. 1t wasn't there either.
Mr.. Chairman" he said again, to
kiln time. The House, then in commit
tee of the whole, began to litter.
In the meantime Mr.. Kuesterlnann
was going through an acrobatic stunt
that was worth so much per night.
Fe verishly he tossed about the papers
on his desk, felt all parts of his anat-
omy and grew red in the face. ~ have
lost my speech" he said at last.
Just tell us whether you were go.
ing to speak on the president, the ma
rines, or the Panama canal" said Rep
resentative Griggs, of Georgia, and,
We'll take you word for it,"
The lou roared. Even the geniah
Mr.. kuestermann laughed.
Other members had become involyedi
in the search by this time and just az
the Wisconsin representative was pre-
pairing to yield back the time somebody
discovered the previous manuscript UNI
der the desk.
II knew I had 1t somewhere" said
Mr.. Kuestermann, as he launched into
an eloquent peroration. !.