| Show old days dar in 1 the united states senate in some respects the methods the public appearance a the mannerisms of debate and the impressive mesa of 0 personal appearance or the power or at splendid and rhetorical el elocution which characterized chara cleil ted tha flit senate of a generation that Is now passing away are qualities nob made conspicuous in the body nil as it exists today to day three or four senators senatore at the mott most a half dozen always give alvo the distinctive quality end and character to that most deliberative ot at bodies in the time at 0 Coni Con tUng liling for instance a number of 0 senators who clent be counted upon the finger incera A of oc one hand were so conspicuous ous by reanon reason of commanding personal and intellectual qualities and of 0 be kind which impress magnificently lly the multitude that they furnished the senate with dramatic tind and splendid demonstrations 0 of eloquence argument slid personal force conkling himself was wad the conspicuous figure flir ure a consummate master of all the arts aria of oratory and the mannerisms mann crisma which make attractive the revelation of that art ile he was so unique so overwhelming in his big personality so me s o interesting even in his minor comments that the companies that mind the galleries oj aj ways waya found something of interest even in gazing upon him in moments when he was silent when in a somewhat dreary debate one of the senators Sc natora from maryland mr whyte lose to say that he aas was I 1 the it 0 only surviving I 1 he member t 0 of f t the h e senate n a of se the war times limes and turri turnlee in s upon p 0 ri him with a courtesy was waa senator conkling in Ms his richest tones anti and with a mock gravity and earnestness which were delightful to see ace and add hear beat replied mr president not as ar the last rose 0 of summer but as a the last rose of last summer nummer As n the loot last leaf upon tho the tree I 1 beg bee to oker offer to the di distinguished I 1 shed senator train Marylan dand I 1 tru trust t lie will receive them tammy my sincere condo ances As aa www iv at aad of napoleon at st helena Ile lerm he la is wrapped in the solitude soll ot of his own originality ile he 1 la 14 4 the last of the barons barong the last of tho MOM mohicans can cans 96 the last of 0 that long allt of 0 statesmen stat eimen who once belonged to the late democratic party and I 1 beg to uncover in the presence 0 of the pale memory 0 of such a thing it was acting and it was comedy acting but it was tho cha alku for september |
