The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1900, Page 9

THE SUNDAY CALL RAVE TO RELATE ARBOUT TREM. Dr. R. Beverly Cole, for & man whose language make him & comparatively coms profession does not tend to develop public forfable man to report. Dr. McNutt shows Very few can S— atim. Ex-Judge J. F. Sul- s of the very rapid speak- 24 . speaking as a rule, IS a persona grata a defect that is not at ail uncommen to lbcal bar. g with the stenographic profession. He is most speak: He fails to form his sen- bell offers no difficulties to e said to be one of the easiest men in the tences as rapidly as his ideas come to TV the repo He is seldom moved from > 2 city to take. His language is cholce and him and is compeiled sometimes to leave - B4 B his slow and deliberate habit of speech, \ he'is quite fiuent. Dr. Rosenstirn is more his sentence unfinished, s to be eve n aggravating, adverse witness. % rapid, but the merits of his delivery and John Garber, with all his powers of :lil.i.lnotlmoom eaker. His sen nces lack finish and he frequently re- peats himself for the sake of emphasts. hese pecullarities coupled with the fact that he is a rapid talker make him aa undesirable subject to the shorthander. Robert Y. Hayne is ranked among the ost diMoult of the local attorneys to ndle by the reporter. Fis points are ar- anged in the most orderly manner, but is sentences are very much broken. His jdeas come faster than his mind can frame them into words and the resuit is Emt his tongue trips, his words halt and am, e Technical flaws n is sentences are Yot ex-Judge ayne is looked upoun as one of the clever- est men of the profession in this city. Charles F. Hanlon presents difficuities to the reporter because he is rapid and falls to clearly enunciate. ‘Andrew J. Clunie is so carried away ‘with his vehemence, both in the examina- on of a witn and In argument, that is words come like a torrential stream and make him one shunned by the sten- °gf’§f°" Reinstein shows long experience in fubllc speaking and the st apher ly accommodates himself to his de- asl fiberate and gracetul style. Judge Morrow, clothed with the lgnity of a Federal jurist, discreetly adjusts his method of utterance to his office and is slow, deliberate and clear. Judge Hunt of the Superior bench is faster than Mor- row, but equally clear. Congressman Kahn is referred to as a more than ordinarily polished speaker, with a very fine delivery. Not_a word is. Ma es: might .Ap\;‘aqut that he says is lost to the ear or is even by an ex- indistinct. Reporting him is more a pleas- g by D ure than a task. John P. Irish makes the shorthand Writer “sweat blood,”” as one of the fra- ternity phrased it. ~He frequently inter- aperses his speech with anecdotes, and ‘gas. are told In a conversational style, Which Is much more rapid than the argu- mentative or oratorical. W. H. Mills is a fluent, rapid and clear talker. Every sentence turned_ fust right, his vocabulary s unusually large and his frequent use of adjectives is al- ways in good taste. _His efforts requirs little or no editing. He possesses the re- markable abllity to both talk and write well. Shorthand men pronounce him tnmglrltlvely easy, though unusually Morrison, owing to the rapidity s speech and his poor enunciation, is sometimes difficult to understand. is ideas come too fast for his tongus, with the result that his words appear to tum- ble over one another. E. 8. Pillsbury resents a direct contrast to Morrison. {e is slow, clear and smooth as a talker, and his phrases are rounded with all the evidences of a finished Thetorical style. Governor Gage is a slow and deliberats public speaker, but when he has not very carefully prepared for the occasion his sentences are badly strung together. Reuben H. Lloyd, while a comparative. ly easy man to take in an address, is very rapld in examining an adverse wit- ness, and gives the court reporter many & bad quarter of an hour. Garret McEnerney is one of the least difficult men to report. While he is some- what rapid in argument, he keeps directly to the points at issue, never indulging in florid rhetoric or involved ideas or sen- tences. Ex-Judge Slack is a fast talker, but his style is good, and shows that great care has been taken in preparing for the effors, T. J. Lyons gives little cause for com- laint to the stenographer, except that fo s somewhat addicted to iHe use of ung usual words. A. A. Moore sins lomewh:’ in the same way by originating peculf; hraseology. e is rapid, but his sen- fences are beautitully turnad, and he has & fine rich voice, which makes every word Be _utters perfectly distinct. Ex-Congressman Maguire is one of the slowest public speakers on the coast. His delivery is good and his remarks re- qul“l}eré little editing. M. M. Estee, who ranks as one of the most profound lawyerssof the State, is ar from being a model public spealker. e is hesitating, departs from his ideas fore he has completed them, and his sentences require the most careful doc- toring to make them read sensibly and eorrectly. or Perkins is easy to take, but has gained the reputation of rarely saying ! anything. Irving M. Scott is forcible, logical and clear. He shows unmistakable evidences of wide culture and never addresses an audience without leaving it with the im- ession that he has really told it some- hing new and interesting Senator 8. M. White makes one of the Dest speeches heard in California. He is clear and dellberate In his delivery, and his remarks read as well as they sound, which is a great deal more than can be said of most speakers. W. W. Foote is a veritable demon when he has in hand an adverse witness who he thinks is not telling the truth. The questions come in a volley and with a vigor that disturbs the stenographer as much as the witness. He Is careless in his mar and in_style, and his speeches sound much better than they d it rds), @ ¥ Wheeler is both n argument in in examining a tter no time fof is not immedis ickly cha B sther. His theory is likely to get = happens that jons aggregating gives a witness s - e ~ Milton 's. I;;lr . 7 A on his mettle when PR 2 : o e G ¥ .