Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1881 — SENATORIAL ORATORS. [ARTICLE]

SENATORIAL ORATORS.

& D««cTipUon of tk« Method* ot <«■« oßOgr DH«i>giinbed [ ( / WWashingtonßepublican. —'-J JTfef .Satiate is soon to meet -aaato, and the eVpetfted presence of the Salons hesa litsphes rtr to lay that there are veff few men In either House of Congrtmr VHto speak ebon any important measure without having made the moat elaborate preparation- The library «g£3E3& lords cfjjepbr used in taking not*. These notes art filled out, piit in order

and then you have a set speech, - David Daria, perhaps, more than •4HJt other indulges in manuscript, preparing eVon a five-minute speech with great cpro. ..This is his inflexible rule, and haa been since he entered public life. After be delivers his speeches, or rather after he rpads them, he bands his manuscript to Mr. Murphy* the Senate stenographer, who sends ft to the Government Printing Office. The compos it errs never hare any anathemas for the Jedges writing, which is large, distinct and fall of ohugfil/eii r •?

'Edmunds never uses notes, ana oboe a speech is out of fits' mouth, he doesn't i bother his head about it During all !the years he has been fn the Benate, he has not.revised a single speech. Hp ttfrnf everything ia his mmd/beforfe hand, rises to gfidfess the 1 Senate without having Weighed in the scales of his great nornd what' he Intends toighf? . r Ben Hill Will speak for three hours without a scrap of paper The only 'preparation be makes is marking referI'enoes and passages in tttirf hook or that. I have seen him time and again thunder away for two hours without stopping even for agUss of water. He revises his apSedhea. howCver; makes ‘H.iona a'id comdtftfi* In -a elear haCd.muou i* k « that°f »°°}te#« and gives the'Pm*:?™ little trouble With his proofs Hill hifJHwi-ruoding memory, aiHhnhwiau in pubhc nfr, *ZcVht Tfimunds, baa such] imp' rturbabi fifty. The otfly mad Who Could Well Hill tfr eSclfe ffce Wfstb In debate wa/tfiemtC Matt OarpeKtCf. HoW it ticKi&f £artente'r ttf ptft sort* adroit question tothe GeCrglan and #st,him con fused t-a hud thing ttf at art* time, but Carpenter often *uod&etfe#< AncLit was more the result of an irresistible Propensity for fun than anythfrflf'Wßepfbr if ever vs* man who had less malice than Matt Carpenter. He,Jiad a heart, as big aS a mottnirtn/ He Was.eaoeefij ugly particular about his speeces When they were upon legal questions. After he got the proof from the foreman of ,the Record n£ would hack It to pieces, send the corrected proof back, get a second and treat it in like manner. His writing wag characteristic, hard to read—rolficiking,’ harum-scarum sort of sist —and as tody to the printers. He used to say, “The Ihofiest road is.the best road when you are fu Afiurtyjf* add though he could write a fine,' foil, found pac'd,■ be dashed off everything at ilgntinhg spCea. • Another Senator who, hke wdrrnnjds, nevtr revised a speech, was Thurman.Occasionally he spoke from mauucript but the stenographer took down every word he said, as the old gentlemen would forget his manuscript and drift into extemporary eloquence, Thurman, though never a graceful speaker, was always forcible. He was, beyohti doubt, the ablest of the Demoorats,and their leader from the.time he entered the Benate.

Bayard works hard at his speeehes, and though he writes them out and follows his manuscript closely, be revises after pfoof is taken. He makes few Change*, however, but holds the Btoot8 toot very often until 3 o’clock in the lorniog, as be spends his evenings generally in social circles. He is-a good penman, writing a medium-sized ruining hand. Lamar la a great reviser, cuts proof into tatters, writes d myrrible band, and tiles the soul of a printer. ally he goes down to the Government Printing office to took after his speeches which, when published, are vastly different ffoth the stenographer’s reoort of theta. ■ . ' \ Senator Udnfcliflg seldom made a feorfectlbh of his, Utterances la the Senate Chamber; He is perhaps the best extemporaneous speaker In the United States, and even his remarks in running debate are splendid indices of great ability. During the extra session of the Forty-sixth Congress he deliver- ! ed a speech upon the Army Appropriation bill without note, papers, book or reference of any kind. Whefl the Viet-President announced“the Sefiatof from New York,” up rose the stately form of Koecoe Coukling. Never before or siuce had a Senator such an audience. He spoke four hours. Before the adjournment of the Senate 150,0C0 copies of his speech had been subscribed for. Every printing eetablishmentin Washington sent to the Senator its lowest estimate. In a very

short time, Oyster, one of the best liv- { ing typos, and foreman' of the Congressional Record, had the proof of the gacat speech ready. He took it up to j Worm ley’s about ft o’oiook In the morning and asked for Senator Crinkling. “He is not up yet,’.’ said the private secretary; “the Senator break-1 fasts about 11; however, as you are in a hurry and want to see after the speech, I shall bail him.” •‘Tell Mr. Oyster to come in—ah 1 how do you do, Mr. Oyster?”aad Lord Chesterfield never was more polite than was Conkling in his nightshirt. After rubbing bis eyes be looked at the proof, made a few changes, and struck out the “Hon.” before “Roecoe Conkling.” I You will never find it prefixed to nis name in any speech Intended for general distribution. After he received the speech be wrote his thanks, very kindly, to Foreman Oyster, as follower U. 8. Has ats CHAMBKR,’May7IB7O. Mr Dsa*Bib: I beg you to rmrive my thanks for the bound speech, and for your kindness throughout. I am glad to nave made your acquaintance, and trust 1 may knowyon better lnfoture. Cord lull y yours, E. W, Otstss, Em. Uosoos Cokkluo. Of all the rienators, Conkling Writes | the beet hand—large, easy, graceful, and lefribia. His signature, however, would be a study to any one net' aoquoinUd with It.

The present Secretary of State, whs® a, member of the Senate, used, tp look carefully after his speeches, whieh, lor the most p art, were made from headings.” Probably there never was in the United State* Senators man who impregnable in debate. His memory df fiiets andfaces Is absolutely wpqdoeSiL Ha eaa begin with wttfam the j Conquerer and give you the nafrie «f every sovereign of England down to Victoria, with the dates o t their reigns. Now and (hen the Senator would giro bis personal attention to the priniisfe

rix'hounajp, ahd I shaH l bo°bere for sixteen consecutive hoars." “Well been at it, and know what night work means." & -~T in tnyUSB ih«l Voorbera prepare* hie speeches carefully and £r3mJmt£SEsrrfMifb one of the few, very few, naan who use manuscript in - such a way, thatwqfrm single oratorical grace k'dinSd, thereby. Whether this Is ifetMMlH commits his speech-well toaramory «r mb manoaeript, Voorhessls ah‘‘tfAtbr of speaker is bore. Demosthenes .was -right when killed by manuscrlatf’-rnrT t«r -rs-^jr*f- 1

Jones of abrnya. a hard mund Burke, and knows hM WVTkI As we never knew any--ether to know again have weheard hhn repeaHsiagis ter page of Burke’s speeoheK It is the same with the Phillips, Grattan, Curran, and. CHGonnelL Jones is a very able mah. His Democracy is extreme, bat outofpohtics he is one of--the • best fellows the world over. • .’i j lh ~ r . ♦ Davis of West Virginia, though an old member of the Benate, has made b®4 one speech- on sgricultwa, It was printed exactly as it was written. His remarks are left to the tedder

mercies of the steoqgftpher. Beck, DavuAi colleague'on the Committee or Appropriations, is the moat rapid talker in either House of Con* grese. WeR for him tha« the Senate has such a stenographer as Denis MfUh f)hv, whose hand travel over paper like ightuipg. We doubt if his equal copld be found anywheie. Beek la an nn* tiring worker, has the Constitution of a Kentucky race hone, and no amount of tabor is too heavy for hhh. A Heli not much of a reviser, going on the principle of Pontius * Pilate—quod -fccripei, scrips!. He is as blunt as Joey Bagstock ana as good-natured as Mkrl Tapley. As there are “no leaves.! to print’’ in the Senate, no Senator can CUsh a speech without having at tread it from manuscript. • The first page of the Daily. Record is quite a desideratum as the place to air the title of a Bpeech, and many a'grave Senator who would willingly sit at the bnd of McGregor’s table is loth to' have ho Speech hidden in the middle of the Record. In vain to gitadk toon’s theory about variety !f