Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1894 — A Forcible Address. [ARTICLE]

A Forcible Address.

Detroit Free Press. On one occasion in a Western State Legislature a vote on a measj ure was being taken with privilege to explain votes. Every member, of course, wanted to have his say, and nearly every one began his remarks with the stereotyped: “Mr. Speaker, I have but one word to sav,” and rambled off into several hundred. At last one old Solon’s name halfway down the alphabet was called, and he arose to speak: “Mr. Speaker,” he said, “I have but one word tc say, and that is no,” and down he sat. Nobody made a speech after that.