The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
HUM0R IN CONGRESS.
often Proved nm Effective wrpr,.
In Politics.

Proctor Knott. by his rulu,. c..
sttfted the growt. OF tho Z.u.,, CO.,
VI the tnsalt"d seas f1r tw,.'. ,n.,.
and gave himself a fame throl,r. &C.,
the English spcalNug world ku... H..
cldred that after his Duluth lIl I,r
sylvIniI avenue speeches Nc never ....,
induce Congress 10 take I'm -.r....
and that those two famous a.h,c, ,,...
VI his as "A humDrist wrecked .. .o....
ton as "A lawyer Nv .,n DOL.
writes Champ clark. Spcdh,r or IN.
House. In the iorih'N Cu,up.lu.,
that the fame that tn. rcuill cN-,i.
ncy-Gcucral Vf Missouri and oct,
crnor uf Kentucky Won a., '.uu,..,
richly COMPENSATED Lim frr wht'o.o.
reputation lee may have lost o.. Lac,
yer. In his Old ago the ..i.tI ..
Duluth h"tpcd Goals 20 tir Oh %,
head hy giving him q r.tsrIt o..
nn"t' a compliment tut. DO t,'.
Immensely.
People who assor, dogn1' or. &C..
hutnp does not pay il ;oi' Sunni.
study tho career of "iI.sir I,
Alien IN the lust lll.. uc l.U-d
self into Congress. lie 0,e rg,...
against the sitting ucma,r. %. .,.c
federate General OF ahi..'y t.l -c7o,,
They had what the ucNsY.H. Co.,.
pleased 10 dignity as 't f,.f ls...
sion Tho General led OF ni,a a l,,
, raising. heart rcndiug account 90.
~hardships he had undergone when 10
was IN the ariny ho describe m ..-.
| ticular his suffering on a TERRIBLY ia
night in the Tennessee mountain.
Allen replied In this manner:
Yes, follow citizens, I rcmcmh.- ~
the hardships Of army l,fc tcue,.f,.
with painful d.S'Iuctuc-s tho s.Tc-,s
on tho extremely cold night %. e.
the General speaks en- cloqu. 'lv and
pathetically and what nNci tho
rors of that night forever m my mona.
Is tho fact that tho General sl.r' ,o..I.
" and snugly tucked M IN b.. t.,rLs.
In his tent, whilo I, ae y rr.yst- e5.I or
was nearly frozen TO ici'u Y.iat.
guard in front Of tho ,;cne-.ie ,.,t
Now | have a fair proposition 4I ,..
fellows WHO were General to'. - hu.
and all who were private Nn'. fur mo
Tho audience shouted With d.',s
took Allen at his word. scr' r'm o,
Washington. and kept him they. unit
he voluntarily retired.
re Joking never pays and hlmo-,,'.
have no influence In Congress. ma.
how plain a tale Will put iovp ~.
/ "solemncholists. Hero rs what | sen
John Alien do. 7 saw him 90 ton MIN
utcs Joke tho House into such 4 harm
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