The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-04-13
that MAN F0SS
Els Canas Eagerly licked For b; The
csngessnen.
RECALLS NOTED SPEECH

Made By Cushman, the Funny Nan"
of the House, FROM Washington,
Who Said He Wanted to See Foss,
and Ridiculed Him and Other Re-
form Republicans.
In his letter to The State McGhee
says scarcely any members coming
to the house Of representatives In
recen: times has been looked for
ward 10 with more interest than the
coming Of Eugene n Foss. the DEM
ocrat who overturned the hide-bound
Republican district in Massachusetts,.
The advent OF Foss is much talked
about and the speculation as to the
significance OF his election goes
steadily on.
It IS interesting in connection with
It to recall speech made in the
house OF representatives on June %,
1905. by the late Francis ". cash-
man. representative from Wash
inston, and one Of the most bril-
liant members Of the house while be
was here. Cushman vas the funny
man" OF the house also. and always
when he arose to speak there were
as many members in their seats as
could be there. as well IS closse at
,tentIon in the galleries
Speaking OF Canadian reciprocity
and Of the reciprocity convention
which had Just been held cushman
said. "One Of the prime novers-T
might say. one Of the major pro-
phets-of the late national recipso-
city convention was one Eugene n.
Foss, free trade theorist from Bos-
ton, and a tariff agitstor By pro-.
fession. II has never been my pleas
ure to meet that man Foss, but I,
have growing and an almost ua-
oonouerable desire 10 see him. He
must be wonderfully and fearfully
made" @ u ]:
The brillian; and satiric Cushmas
died two years ago; else he would
have been now able to crafty his
desire. That is. Eriess something
else had orertaken him as has over
taken several Other stand-pat Repub-
Hcans to whom in the came speech
he paid glowing tributes. For e
Custmaa had lived he would have
seen. other alarming things besides
the coming to congress Of this .woD-
derfu,iy and fearfuily made" Foss.
Notable among the strange happen
tngs Is with respect to Senator cua,-
minis Of iowa. In tha. speech cush-
man further said:
And who were the men that at
oended this so-calied reciprocity
convention Nearly all Of them were
cree traders. Some few OF them had
toaned a protection coat in order 70
gain admittance underneath that
guise: but underneath the coat
down next to his hide-was a free
trade shirt In that gathering the
free traders tasted a, congenial at
mosphere and felt that their feet
were planted on familiar ground.
Chief among them was Gov. Al
bert B. cummins Of Iowa, the most
prominent political orphan that
America has produced in generl-
ton.
Dear Old Iowa-the common
wealth that gave me birth. and.
around whose groves and orchards
the gentle landscapes are clustered
the richest and happiest memories
OF my life." etc.
And what great names has Iowa
given TO the world and to fame?
Their names are legion:
There is William B. Allison. who
for more than forty years has helped
to guide and guard the destines Of
the American republic
There is William Peters Hepburn.
the ciearest-miaded statesman and
the greatest debatei upon this floor
OF the creates. parliamentary body
on earth.
"The.r is Jonathan P. Dolliyer. a
patriot and an orator. whose fame
has reached two continents" he
mentioned also John F. Lacy and
Leslie u. Shaw.
And legions more Of heroic
names coming trooping to my mind
today like the doves to tie window
-aames that Iowa has given to the
world and to fame.
And then-and then. there Is
Cummins, Ye gods. I never expect
to 1--we to see the day when the
great State that bore me would elect
Republican governor. the back
door OF whose executive chamber
opened directly into a Demcratic free
trade convention.
Poor Cushnan, But he was
spared the humiliation Of seeing this
same Cummins succeed h:j rcvere3
Allison in the United State senate
Allison died In time to PIE 'ent lis
own defeat, for Cummins was sure
~ headed this way-she great stand
pat giant, Col. Pete" Hepburn. de-
feated by a Democrat John F. Lacy.
laid low by a Cummins follower;
Leslie n. Shaw. retired TO private
life: Jonathan P. Do!lvier Join the
Cummins forces to prevent his own
defeat by the coming storm: and.
alas. this man Foss converting a
1900 Republican majority into q
5000 Democratic majority
And. perhaps, II he had lived. he