Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1903, Page 27

-haracteristics of Senator Hoar of Massachusetts (Copyright NITED RICH up 1903, by John R. Haskins.) STATES SENATOR ALD- Rhode Island walked colleague from Massa- Frisbie Hoar, said you on of to his chusetts George the other day and Senator, 1 new object of the national capital The venerable represent state through ’ pectacles at Mr. Aldrich Why ?"" he drily questioned Well was the reply, “a dozen ers from Providence hunted me up not ind asked me to point out the trust buster.” And I've with other senators and sentatives that their imploring them of hunter being the visitors to congratulate cager interest to tive of the Bay beamed his gold-rimmed sight i hour Hoar, gathered repre ago to hem in chats many constitu ents are daily to exhibit you in the role octopus One galleries sufli- Aldrich that he Washing day visit to the senate is Senator Hoar among \ny of right is an object cient proof that was when he told Mr great interest of mn’s thou in the gallery and three with Hoar pointed and whispers of sands visitors can two heads out ously, en groups together having Senator them, him long and undertones Mr. Hoar in their lently away, But if these venerable to gazing at curl or e him si- discussing him in They and heart's seem 1o come to s they just taken steal have they when to content, that the who gencerally physical appear- yellow-back novels and productions on the order the avidity of a messenger boy factory girl, perhaps they would longer and increased curiosity wonderment. truth to tell, Mas sachusetts has this mental and refuses to be separated from . L‘u‘ reading same visitors knew buster “trust them his genuine disappoint ance, reads ten-cent with all or a giddy gz same with For senator anc senior pastime it. Mr. Hoar's favorite time these hair-raising productions while traveling. Whenever he has a railway journey of any length to make he carries with him a pile of literature of the ‘‘Dead- Dick,” *“Red-Headed Ralph,” *“The Ranger of the Roaring Rialto” type. He reads the stuff through from first to last never skipping a word—and gets the keen- e¢st enjoyment out of the plots and impos- sible characters. And he likes nothing petter than to discuss with his companions the curious working of the human mind that can evolve such situations. But this is not Mr. Hoar's only trait that amuses his legislative peers. When he is feeling in particularly good humor he keeps bis neighbors in the senate in a constant titter of amusement by his sotto-vece com- ments on the proceedings. His colleagues have a unique way of gauging his humor. It is by the manner in which he manipulates a bunch of keys that dangles from his fingers. When he is at peace with the world and everything is going smoothly with him Mr. Hoar swings this bunch of keys with an easy regular motion. If the swing should stop or be- come irregular, then there is a little temp- est brewing in his mind. If he should tap his desk with the then it is k n that the views expressed by someon. .n the floor are displeasing to him. When he draws the keys up near his face and swings them in a circular motion, he is amused at the verbal antics of some of his opponents. But when he sweeps the bunch through the air in a long curve his colleagues know that he is disgusted and about to take the floor to reply to some displeasing argument or to reproach the senate for some proceed- ing not in with his ideas of pro- priety. Unlike most of his colleagues in the sen- ate, Mr. Hoar fancies no particular sport, and this, too, causes not a little good-na- tured chafi to be poked at him. He is neither a fisher nor a hunter. His tastes are quiet and his outdoor exercise limited to carriage drives and trolley rides. Every summer during vacation it is his habit to gather a company of his old cronies in Wercester, charter a special trolley car and go to the seashore at Gloucester, where they enjoy a fish dinner. The carload of old fellows go from Worcester to Boston, where they remain overnight. The next day they go to Gloucester, eat their fish din- ner, return to Boston and, on the third day, get back to Worcester delighted with their outing. ‘ These cronies are the friends, and are more intimates in Washington, for this mild- mannered man, whose blue eyes beam anly through huge spectacles, has not made many close friends in his public capacity. This is due to the fact that he wields a free lance in debate and is as liable wound a friend as a foe. He has biting, sarcastic tongue, which, more than made him personal enemies enemies call him selfish and disre- of the ind prerogatives of for is wood & keys, accord senator's dearest numerous than his 80 to once, has These gardful others. He great courtesies of the ers, but is more frequent them than any kabit of lecturing prieties, and this ing of resentment often not enator rights the forms and applied to oth his violation of of his colleagues. He has a the on the pro too caused a feel stickler for senate a is a in senate has wit and sar that of Mr. Hoar, friendly to the Massachusetts During the Arthur administration Hoar 1 his colleague, Senator Dawes, v fought appointment made by pre ent Their feeling was ant Ingalls, whose ism encountered was very Senator ang the an very bitter and it was reported that there might be a repetition of the Conkling-Gar- field episode, when the New York senator When the possibility of Senator Hoar's resignaticn was Mr alls, the latter derisively exclaimed Senator Hoar r Not much. When that he will rise in his present resignation of Sen resigned mentioned to sign? comes to and Dawes Hoar is eloquence. If, however, oratory that holds the intent car of the the juterest and power of ar- then tor Hoar Demos His gestures are few and ungrace- He usu stands with the points of finge on the desk in front grows emphatic, he teeters his pumping out his that little than a telling and satire arc delivered while he the senate through his air of a good old church gently his brethren No one knows his limitations as a public spraker better than Mr. Hoar himself. When @ yoaug man it was his greatest dread that could never succeed as a pleader in the of bis lack of What is attributed to the weakness of old agoe really was always an aflliction He never uld have a full-toned voice He had practiced several years and had been engaged in politics for quite a while before forced to make a public ipeech. During the great days of the free woil movement he found himself one time on the platform where Wendell Philips pre sided over a large and enthusiastic meeting That great apostle anti-slavery and olher orators of like note had addressed the crowd when there were cries for “George . Hoar.” The young man's heart was in mouth, but he was forced to the from wade his first public address. Hie penetracing did wmot tail him uthclent convey thoughts and Lthat the n of the audience. Confidence and from that aay he never o speak in public . Hoar is regarded by all his colleagues authority on history, language, lit- and Disputed points on any subjects usually referred to rendered at once point ace the tor Senator it oratory the art audience cannot be called an orator, is by is a thenes ful uly I he wn on ting of him @ volcee ak His cutting blandly pectacles with the is more qu most senutences surveys admonishing law because voice now law for of voice Lo intense en- slons aroused came Luusl Lo nun hesi- as an eratume [ huiw. and regarded as final. Duriug the last few wmonths of the serv- ice o1 Wwilllawm V. Altlen, the populist sena- tor 1rowm Nebraska, an amusing controversy arose between him and Senator Thlman ol Soutn Carolina ove” the prouunciation of the word “situs.” Allen had given Lhe short sound of 1" in his pronunciation, and Tilman jumped o his teet and insisted Laal It spould be tone long souna. He ap- praied Lo Scnalor Hoar as an authority on pronunciation. ‘tne sceoator diplomatically sald that Mr. Allen undoubtedly Kuew tbatl the should be prouounced wilh long sound of "I, but had probabiy used L sound in order Lo save the tiwe senate. As Allen was Lhe chawmpion taiker and at one time had held o1 the senate for tourteen cousccuuve the sublle satire of Mr. Hoar was duly appreciated Vuiside the senate chamber huwor is as catching and as in it. Senator, 1 want oue ol your pictures ot publication next Suuuay,” sald a newspa- pes correspoudent mr., Hoar a short time ago. “Certainly,” he responded. lor the pictuie. Answering the look of astonishment ou the correspondent’s the senator said: 1 always have Garland, my clerk, sit tor wly pictures, as ne 18 a much better looking wan than 1 aw Wwhen anybody wants my aucograph, I have wmy other clerk, Good- win, write it, for he is a mauch better writer a—— law. these are 11is decisions are word Lt snort Ol Lue loug-diswance Lue uhoor nours, Mr. Hoar's spoutaneous as 9] “Gariand, go and sit tace, HON. GEORGE than 1 am on any subject 1 refer L0 wmy messenger, Doherty more freely than 1 Lhis same Doberty ion the interlocutor He talks much do has guarced the door Lo Hoar's committee room for almost a generation and the scoator's factotum Sumeone, in describing him not long ago, referred to him as Scnator Hoar's “Fid Achates."” Do you see whal thesc have been calling you? wrecting Doherty's goaph., ‘what does that wmen, senator? inquired Doblierty, as he read expression. mr. is newspaper sald Senacor attention men Hoar, L the paka anxiously Lo bim-—the sluuge ‘1 would solemniy replied the Doherty immediately started out to cover the offenuing newspaper man, but in teliing his troubles to a fellow cmploye he was cnlightened as to the meaning ot the words. Senawor, there this moruing s not like to tell you, scuator, Doheriy dis Laun was a fine editorial complimentary ot yourself, man the other day, compliment the scnator by calling his attention to the endorsement of a newspaper of opposite politics to those of the senator What inferual now that that paper was his response, As an after-dinuer orator Senator Hoar has a wide reputation, but in the evening ol life he seldom accepts an invitativn to a ivrmal dinner. He prefers the quiet of his own fireside, or the companionship of a few friends at his own table. He is adroit in the declination of invita- tions to dine, was shown recently in sending his regrets that he would be unable to attend a dioner of the Gridiron club, The reason he assigned was this: in s4lu 4 newspaper intcnuiug 1w mean done me?" have |1 endorse thing should old as ¥ MEMBERS OF IFHE SUITON WOMAN'S When | am asked for my opin-g 1 FRISBIE HOAR know 1 would Now, 1 specch in club but Sanscrit, 1 place at the dinner.” In his personal entirely be called always Greck speaks for an after under understands be upon make an and, as 1 and would address dinner stand your nothing out ol character different from the disputant on the floor of the senate, He 18 a man of warm heart and loyal friend thip. He likes and dislikes in superlative A man is altogether good or altogether bad. If he is a friend to anyone he will go any length to serve that and in the most unostentatious way. With the law politics as his chosen professions, Senator Hoar has achieved a high place ana reputation in both, but greatest delight and ing work lie in the torical research and happiest moments his library at Senator Hoar is contentious person do s0 ana his some of his most last field of literature, his antiguarianism. The his life are spent in home in Worcester, He has had it built adjoining his home and there has collected a treas ure of some 6,000 volumes of the fully that his taste In it umes and priceless which rcpresent a lifetime of espond ence and research their accumulation He has a historical documents relating to the early colonial days of Mass achusetts and New England which could not buy from him. He has a of the first bible published in America and a collection of rare books that came to him from his ancestor, Leonard Hoar, who was president of Harvard more than two centuries ago. He interest ing relics in the form of letters and boo from John Hancock and Samuel Adams and books that were the personal posses- of Washington Irving, Coleridge, Webster, Longfellow, the original of his Mass Ccosy mMost care training and are rare vol manuscripts selected could books suggest almost cor n mass of money copy college sion Daniel CLUB—Photo by manuscripts of William Cullen Bryant's Death of the Flowers,” and hundreds of such rare and precious mementoes of great literary and characters The senator in atmosphere of history His home in Worcester is bulilt property once owned by John Hancock, every favorite in that neighbor marks sowe historical character or ago he purchased a lit kuob of land which he named Asnebum skit hill in honor some old Indian brave It little more bare rock sui mounted by a large tree, in which a pair of ecagles built In plead mg with the people Worcester not disturb the eagles, the sconator recently penned a beautiful lttle dedicated ‘o the glorious bird that had nested on As nebumskit, During the coming of congress will probably carry plan he had in mind for some years, and this is the exploration of the island of Martha's Vine yard for the purpose of discovering whether it the of Shakespeare's Tempest."” The senator ldea that Shakespeare's play an account the adventures Bartholomew who, in 1602, spent a winter on an island off the coast of Mas sachusetts, This island is believed by some Lo have been Martha's Vineyard and a read ing of the Shakespearean play top sgraphical descriptions that might be fitted to it Pointed Paragraphs e political lives an on and hood spot event Some tle years of than a pine their ot eyrie to classic vacation he out a has or not was scene th on is much interested in was based [ of Explorer Gosnold, shows Free lunch often the expensive Any joy that i short duration, No man is Is deprived ot A man thinks of proves to mo isu't shared with another is ever wholly until he hope unhappy ail isnt the necessatily cool when he price of coal iteh for oflice should be volers. who the Candidates scratcehed by She that will marry ot get a divorcee when she will, The golden rule thing no should allow his neighbor o overlook, when she may, may is oune man AL §1u a plate a banguet may be appro- priately termed a spread-cagle affair. The advice a man gives is far superior to the advice he receives—so he thinks. Any man who has no good reason for do- lug a thing has a good reason for unot do- ing it Love may be a tireless worker, but it won't start a fire in the furnace on a cole worniug. Almost any man can look back and seu where be missed getting rich by not toliow g somebody’s advice. It is better to discover you have made a mistake after trying than to make the mis- take of not trying at all. What doth it profit a man know Lhat tool and his money are soon parted it Pasticipateth not in the parting thereof ! cnicago News. Lo vhe ut Nero’s Merry Quip And it came to pass during the sad, sor- rowiug days ol ancient Kowe tnal Nero set the city atre. walching the unames, Nero hddied while ome burned, why are you burning asked a courter, TJUSL 10 BOOW lnaguatles what BlVe @ ure Luat Wikl priced But why show your coutrler, “Oh, I'm playing the fiddle because I've g0t too much sense to harp upon the coal strike!"—Baltimore Herald, the city thus?” Lhose Phcenician trust nave Jus. as expen- way as 1l 1 vuwined (bear Coal, suoULd Nero, are you playiag Lhe werrimend ¢ can fiddle to persisted the [