The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-26
THEY HAD TO TAKE 1T

Our best take up the least making speeches
in legislative bodies and the members noted for their
efforts speech making Selling opportunities try. Theyl
take much of the valuable time OF the and older mem
bers who have something useful mind attend cultivate
patience waiting for such fellows to get done paving the air.
legislature at Boise where it little less than
thousand dollars day for they always in evidence
delaying business and times such fellow let down IN
way that does him good An example of member being
et down. happened recently congress when Henry Vomer
of Iowa making his maiden speech. He interrupted
by question by James A. Hughes of West Virginia who has
been legislative halls for twenty years. and prac
cal Volmer's oratory as follows:
"In this proud sterhood of the which have the
honor part represent the floor of this house content
with claiming nothing less than unquesoned supremacy the
greatest farming the union The rolling prairie between
the oreh and forourth parallels of north latitude, which
folded in loving embrace by the mpd silver of the father of
the east and the taWny gold OF the big muddy on our
western SLOPE is garden of the Lord which, the liquid music
of the indian appropriately named Iowa. beautifu
land"
From the day when the first meadow lark nones her song
spring. which Mendelssoh, Mozart Greg other
inspired human genius approach in its glorious motif of the
overcoming miracle of the birth of nature, till that perfect
in the middle west known the indian summer when
the frost the pumpkin and the folders the shock the
10000 square miles of Iowa soil vast workshop for the
production of what Dick Ogesby called the the the
royal which has within its yellow heart enough of food
wealth for all the nations"
At this point Mr. Hughes politely punctured the speech with
the following question: us that the soil of Iowa sol
rich that the people go barefoot would make their
grow too large"
In the merriment that followed Mr. Volmer grew hot n
the temples and red in the face.
If sometimes pointed in their poleness
the legislator takes precedence for using plain English i'll
that be mistaken, and possibly justified for
given. The following incident is in point
During the senatorial fight in Montana in 1899 when w
A. Clark his election by the unlimited of money that be
came national scandal paid whatever they asked for
their votes and who woke up morning and found his
bedroom Uttered with currency that had been thrown into the
room through the during the night red up and
found that he had forty thousand dollars and he had every
know that Clark money He voted for Clark that
day. and byhe-way, he being investigated charge of
securing large of land through the dummy entmen
who paid of this currency During the voting
the enaorshp between Clark and Dayman became notorious
that when pretty good sold himself outright
ing his he make speech and assign highly
patriotic for his attitude Then the word would be passed
along, GLOW much do you suppose he got?"
One day when the representative from Yellowstone county
his and state his for voting for
Clark, he began something like this
In casting my for occupy highest
legislative body orego my party affiliations and the traditions
of my family and the ustrou with whom they have stood
shoulder shoulder uphodng great principles have voted
the Republican ticket all my e my father bosom friend
of the immortal Lincoln; my" this point other
Der bawd "Ah sit down you old son-oagun and tell us
how much you gotE