Douglas Island news., 1920-01-30
SOME WIT or
 CONGRESSlIEN
Relorts in Debate That Have Been Examples of Real Amer
 ican Wit

..."|'"H |NN".'" .N".. |.. .'."' |. courteous to Che uc direct The fo'd CT politics. it would appear Is moro prolific m famous iuaunces Of roe fort than amy other
 An Illustration ot tho nimblc and nustic wlt of Alexander n Stephens
 Georgia. in a House debate. oc-
 urrcd ou Che floor Of that body In Q heated argument with R ohcrt ~oombs also Of Georgia Stephens
 though possessed Of one of Che most
 oworml brains of his time. was eme and vizcucd of body. Toombs
 as one Of Che largest men iu Che House and was Of clustering.
 luttorur typo He had argued with Stephens wtu hc was mare ud berame so czasporatcd that ho threatened to fight However. con-
 iteration ol the size Of h.s opponent 'cterrod him. and turning. he nid:
 "I won't fight you. but could
 taUow you whole
 Whereupou s0ophons quickly rc- .orted. "If you dId you would have more brains In your stomach chan
 ou ever had in your head"
 General Charles H Crovenor a
 representative from Ohio was he hero of a hundred wordy battles In
 hc House Of Representatives Ho had luxurious now-wh.to beard md a cau.uc tongue One day Wl-
 liam D VmdIycr launched into a furious attack upon "thc gentleman from ohio" and Champ Clark. noar- 1y mocnuy Inquired (Which .euucmm from Oh.oe" Tho Mis- 1ur.au shook hls finger at General 3rosyeuor and replied. "I mean Che
 euucmm from ohio who looks uho Huu Claus and talks liso satan
 Senator ue1u. of Km.as was at- ackne Generals Mcclellan and Han-
 ork. who were afterwards Domo-
 uUc candidates tor the presidency. Senator Blackburn of Kentucky rosc and interrupted
 "Whcn General George B Me- 'iaum was leading .ne armies ot his country and when General Winfield scott Hancock iay wounded by the .nomys bullets under tho 1as Of his country. tho senator from Kmes u Che capacity ol judge adyocate general was prosecuting uouoomhaf- nt pavhaVkors for robhms hen- .oosls"
 I'm t1e oId dave Tom Marshall and one Graves vo-c rival candidates .or Congress in tho blue grass region of Kentucky Marshall vas au aris- focrat Graves was Che son of a cooper and Inc was always making am appeal Go Che "peepu'" by boast.ne of ho humble occupation Of his father Marshall found lt was hurting bis finances and bc decided fo put 90 stop to it by tfe comtcroheca quar- clsomc In reply to Graves he aId.
 "AIy opponent boasts of Che humble auue of hs ather For aueht ] .uov his ntbcr may have been 9 rood cooper but i. Is easy to soc chat he put mighty poor head on tbIs whisky barrel" eIapn.ue his hand on Gayoss head
 Tennessee had two great orators n ho o'Ion days Andrew Jackson. - Democrat once president of tho United States. and Gus.ayus A Um- ry. wb.e known as the "EoeIe Or rror of thc South" They ram against eaeh other Ior tbc eovcuonhip and whom long dohatc had roachol Its lose. Jackson addressed Che wh.es m the oudionct
 I have spoken witch tha boasIed eagle orator from Che M .ppI river to Che Uuaka mountains. and as yet saou mo uesh n-hIs talons pr any blood ou hie beak" Quick ls uash. Henry was on ha feet aymr
 "rhe American eagle IS a proud bird and feeds mot on caw.on.
 Champ Clark. In a speech on civil service reform. told story Of O harp rotort Go am examination quoa- ion pronouuded by Che civil service board A man was applying for a icb to run am elevator Ho was ask- eJ. "Hov many troops did England send to Che colonies during the Rovo- luuouary wor9" His reply was "A d m sight more chan ever went book"
 Lemuel Eu QuIee and Jamo Ham- utou Lewis. two of Che most p'ctur- coue men ever In Congress were having debate on Che subject Of trusts Mr. Quige who was from New York was openly defending The trusts 40 Che close Of one Of his ferv periods Mr. Lewis mtor- ioctcd with 0uo intonation "For thc OK kuowcth his owner and tho ass his masters crib