St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-09
tons, and has strong enough voice &c
reach every part Of the gallery.

Senator Voorhees, writes out most of
his important speeches. He uses large
sheets of printing paper, all of the same
size and neatly cut, and he JotS down
! his thoughts with pencil. Senator
Call also uses printing paper, and. he
| writes out the speeches he ihaheS when
| he Is not angry. Call's hand is o terri
| BILE ScraWl, and the government printers
! tell me they arc wearing their eyes out
| on his hen tracks. lie is rather violent
| talker. and his face grows red and his
| blue eyes fash when he imagines HIM
| self or his state to be assaulted. He is
| directly the opposite of Chandler, who
| is his bette nojr in the senate. Chandler
| is slender, narrow -shouldered and ner-
vous. His tight little form is like that
| of professor, and his gray eyes look
out of gold glasses, He has loug white
hands, wears Prince Albert coat, and
| is fairly good talker, though not an
eloquent one.
The long sentences of Senator Evarts
| are noted, and it is remarkable that the
| galleries will sit for hours and practice
| the intellectual feat of keeping track of
| them. | talked with Senator Evarts
| once about this matter, and he referred
| me to the Greek and Latin classics for
the sentences of the great orators OF the
| past, and told me that Cicero used long
| sentences. | shall not forget one re-
| mark that he made. He referred to
| his long public career, and said he
| thought that the man who could re-
main before the people for more than
a generation and have nothing more
| charged against him than that he put
an extra word or two into his sentences
| need not lie awake troubling himself
| about such criticisms. EvartS might
be called an intellectual speaker. He
| does not saw the air nor tear his hair,
| and he rolls out 400 words without q
| period with as much ease as though he
was boy Oh the street and was sing
ing down Went McGinty." He has
| the biggest head in the senate. 1t will,
| | think, measure foot from forehead
| to crown, and his homely, kindly old
| face is Wrinkled and SCARED with the
| thoughts ofseventy-odd years. He knows
as much as any man in the senate, and
| bis heart is, L am Id, as big as his
| head. He has a good nose for specs.
and his features all told resemble those
of the eagle. He is taller than you
would think, but his frame is spare and
he would not weigh more than 1870
pounds. He dresses in plain black,
wears an old-fashioned limp collar, and
when he rises to speak you are i'm
pressed with his power. He has a
wonderful strength of brain and he is
one of the strong statesmen as we'll as
one of the strongest lawyers of the
United States.
A number of the senators never make
speeches. Senator Payne, though he is
said to be an able lawyer, has not made
an Oratorical effort since he came into
the chamber. Don Cameron never
speaks and he confines his remarks to
the cloak rooms, putting his work in
upon the committees. George Hearst
has made no speeches and we have yet
to hear anything eloquent from Matt
Ransom, though he has been long in
the senate. Reagan used to speak
great deal in the house. He talks but
Quent talker, and he does well, notwith-
standing his size. Vance makes very
good speech. He is q politician from
the word go, and his orations please his
constituents. WolcOtt IS said to be an
orator. but he is too young IN the senate
to venture great effort. The same is
true with all the new senators. When
Turpie, of Indiana. was elected 1t was
said that he would set the Potomac on
FIRE. He has been in the senate several
years and the waters remain unignited.
We expected the same from Daniel. of
Virginia, but he served his term in the
house and came to the senate, and the
country still waits. Daniel is a pleas
ant talker, but not a great orator. His
words are tiowery, but his ideas are few.
Cushman K. Davis makes fair
speech. He looks like Ben Butler, and
brings the experience of life at the
bar to the senate. Dawes, Of Massa
chusetts, tears the air as he talks, and
Plumb. of Kansas, needs about ten
square feet of space to talk in. Butler.
of South Carolina, stands as erect and
as graceful on his one human leg as
other men do upon two, and he uses
good language. Wade Hampton talks
little. Frank Hiscock weighs ton when
he takes the floor. and you would think
he owned his party and the president
Jones, of Nevada, goes wild upon silver,
and Stewart follows suit. Stanford
reads his speeches, with his hundred
million-dOllar tongue, and Henderson
now and then rises into elOquence.
Eugene Hale and George Gray are both
good speakers. Frye is good all-arOund
talker, and Randall Lee Gibson can
make as fine classical effort as any
man in the senate.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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