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I was the author of a
small jest, which half amused and half angered him. Somebody
asked in my hearing how it was possible that Mr. Beck could
make all those long speeches, in addition to his committee
work, or get time for the research that was needed, and how
it was ever possible for his mind to get any rest; to which
I answered, that he rested his intellect while he was making
his speeches. But this was a sorry jest, with very little
foundation in fact. Anybody who undertook to debate with
him, found him a tough customer. He knew the Bible--especially
the Psalms of David--and the poems of Burns, by heart. When
he died I think there was no other man left in the Senate,
on either side, whose loss would have occasioned a more genuine
and profound sorrow.

When I came into the Senate one of the most conspicuous characters
in American public life was Oliver P. Morton of Indiana. He
had been Governor of Indiana during the War. There was a
large and powerful body of Copperheads among the Democrats
in that State. They were very different from their brethren
in the East.


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