The evening times., 1911-06-07
PAINTING THE LILY

Not SO long since Representa1iv,
Mann. during a mild colloquy on thu
subject of leave to print" refused t.
offer objections to that time-honoret
congressional privilege, but at tn.
same time safeguarded his observa
tions with the declared intention t.
have eliminated all parenthetical re-
ferences to prolonged and vociferous
applause" unless said prolonged anc
rociferous applause had actually oc.
curred.- In other words, Mr. Mann
was in favor of maintaining the pres
tige which the Congressional Record
h&s achieved as a magazine devoted
to historical facts.
Mr.. Mann represents the Justly eel.
ebrated Second district of Illinois. In
Nact, he has represented it for five
successive sittings of congress, and
was only recently sentenced by pop.
ular sentiment to serve another term
Some 300 miles to the southwark, as
the crow flies, is the Twenty-fourth
district of the same great common
wealth. There tho choice of the peo-
pie has fallen upon the Hon. H. Rob-
ert Fowler. Representative Fowler is
gracing the halls of congress for the
first time. He is q Democrat. For
him, as fit representative of the un-
terrified, it may be said that the
threats Of Mr. Mann have had no ter
rors. On May % Mr.. Fowler spoke
on the question of approving the con-
stitutions formed by the constitution
al conventions of New Mexico and Ar
izona. The speech was printed in
the Record on May 30. To say that
he made the welkin ring gives but
faint conception Of his masterful ora
tory. And the forensic effort, worthy
of Patrick Henry in his best days, is
plentifully punctuated with the en-
thusiastic asides to which Mr.. Mann
had made positive objections.
Far be it from us to say that the
speech was not delivered. Perish the
thought that the vocal enconiums
We're not genuine. The address car
ries its own evidence that gladstone
applause could not have been wanting.
Who could dam the pent-up Utica of
acclaim following the closing per-
grafton?
I believe that that flag which ex-
tended its benign influence to op-
pressed Cuba a few short years ago
and enabled her to transfer her devo-
ton from the god of royalty to the
goddess of liberty, has ample virtue
in its folds to lift the heavy hand Of
oppression from the heads Of the op-
pressed in every country and in every
chme. (lDud appleuse.)
therefore, Mt. Chairman, invite the
last piece Of our territory, contiguous
to this great country, and its citizens
to exchange the clumsy yoke of ter
ritorial servitude for the righteous
yoke OF self-government. (Applause.)
We welcome you to our sisterhood Of
states. We invite you to write your
names in living letters Of devotion on
the bosom Of that beautiful ensign of
liberty, and thereby add two more
stars in the grand galaxy in her field
of living blue. which will give to US
country Of the greatest possibilities, a
union Of forty-eight sovereign states
over which the flag of freedom shall
forever wave. cloud and continuous
applause, followed by handshaking.)
o temporal! o mores! o death,
where is thy sting! Followed by
handshaking'-that is something new;
but is it any wonder. And how fit
the order Of events. At first applause
was natural. But as the burning
words sank in, what was left but for
brother to shake the hand of brother?
Well might they have exclaimed,
after this the de!uge!" while the
morning stars sang together and ne
plus ultra slapped summum bonum on
the back and wept tears Of Joy un-
checked. At last the lily has been
painted and p-re gold covered with
superfne gliding. Oriental hyperbole
has been beaten to a frazzel and
Demosthenic eloquence backe d
through the ropes. II Arizona and
New Mexico don't walk right up and
are, indeed, impervious to superhuman
take front seat In the galaxy" they
appeal.
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