But, Mr. Cheermon, before perceedin' fudder wid de docturnal pints of dis discusshun, I shall have sumfin to say in respex to Klu-Krux-Klam from a scienticular pint of obserwashun. How is dis, I ax? Whar is de gettin' out place, de tail, so to speak, of dis conundrum? [A pause, during which several members are observed to scratch their heads meditatively.] Dar am a proverb which says, "Ketch a Klu-Krux before you puts him to _def_," or words to dat effec. Dat feature of de bizness I disposes to ten' to in pusson, Mr. Cheermon, and if I can git de contention of de brilyunt dissembly what sits in judgment upon dis and oder topics dis ebenin', I will open de merits of dis opinyun to de verymost chile in understandin'. Sposen dat we takes dese wurds, "Klu Krux Klam," as dey 'peers in de original Greek, and transplants dem into de original Inglish. Take de word Klu, dat wurd about which dare has been so much unsiantickle sputin, and what is dare in it? Is dare an individooal under de soun' of my voice who duzzent know de orfograthy of a wurd of three monysimples? Is dare, I axes, in dis orguss body, a pusson who is sich a babe in understandin' dat he duzzent know dat b-a-k-e-r spells baccer? Den I say to my spectifle feller-sitterzens, dat if you will take de wurd Klu, and hang its ole fashyun'd Inglish close on it, dat it will spell "clew," and if dat is so, what fudder clew could you have to dis whole subjec'? [A member here rose to a point of order, objecting to the "orfograthy" of the Hon. Bones' premise, and claiming that the word under discussion was not "klu," but "ku." There is no telling what this might have resulted in, if the individual had been provided with documentary proof of his statement; but as he was not, he was compelled to retire amid the jeers of the audience and the loud taunts of the speaker, who elevated himself on a bench in order that his rhetoric in this instance might have its full effect.] Den, my feller-sitterzens, if de wurd "klu" means what it says it duz, de wurd "krux" means krux, and de wurd "klam" means klam--dat is to say, if the wurd klu means _clew_, neither of dese wurds means nuffin'. Dat pint is suffishuntly clur to a man up a tree, and no doubt is understood by de gemmen who spells "klu" widout a l.