The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-29

Senator Hoar delivered speech on
Daniel Webster one day while | was
present He pronounces Mr.. Webster's
first name Dammit twas an eloquent.
scholarly and classical speech, and re-
hected great credit on both MIR Hoar
and Mr. Webster The speaker started
off in a rather nervous manner, fearing
no doubt IL tIwould criticise his man.
ner of delivery. but caught his eye and
gave him at once an assuring look, which
seemed to cheer min greatly as he pro-
ceeded.
Mr.. Hoar has face that is not exact
IL suited to a memorial Grafton. but
seems better fitted for playing Joshua
Whitcomb. He has nice, chubby. Pick
wick face, with a sweet little rosebud
mouth, and there is warm radiance
about his spectacles which would ripen
a watermelon in Nova Zembla
In appearance Senator George Frisbie
aoar is a combination of Denman
Thompson and Horace Greeley. but a
more classical cuss never ransacked the
tones of forgotten lore. A speech by
Mr. Hoar, with no aliusion to Mithri--
dates or other still earlier dates, may ba
safely regarded as fraud. He wears a
short sack coat, and when he tries to
look severe it is like the frown of an IL
Illuminated plum pudding.
This is a source of great sorrow to
Senator Hoar, for, of course, the ideal
statesman is supposed to be soaked in
austere melancholy and unable for mo-
ment to shake off the gigantic burden OF
his job. For my own part, Irather scorn
this idea of continued and massive dig
nifty, this moving about with the pom
derous action of new piano or a coun-
ty seat in Nebraska.
The statesman, with his right hand
immersed in the breast Of his frock coat
and wearing a look of profound intellec-
tual pain, should have gone out with the
peculiar pantaloons worn during the
Websterian era. This air is one that
was natural to Webster and was sup
posed to resemble that of the lion, but
hornet finds it difficult to look like the
lion, and when he undertakes it of course
it makes him ridiculous.
Mr.. PETER endeavoring to look like
lion would be amusing to degree, be-
cause the pelican is more in his line
met dignified man the other even
ing on the congressional limited train
of the Pennsylvania road. hated him as
soon as / saw him enter the car He
looked like man who would preside
equally we'll at an old settlers meeting
or the burning of witch, a man with
great austerity and real alligator con-
science, one who would give his seat TO a
pretty stranger in public and compel his
wife to build the fire Of mornings
He went into the dining car at once,
and so did little later. When came
back, he was in my parlor car seat, for
which had paid Sl.25. thought that
it was only temporary arrangement,
and so went into the smoking room rath-
or than disturb him, for he had the air
of a cabinet officer, and as the present
cabinet is composed of men who are not
very we'll known l thought that very
likely he might be a cabinet minister,
for he had portfolio with him, and as
l could not tell just what it was 1
thought that possibly it might be cabi-
net portfolio.
Finally, however, I had smoked up
what cigars had, and so went back to
occupy my seat. As l drew nearer to
him he dropped off into profound slum-
Der. But l had lost my seat in the smok-
ing room, so | had to awaken him. He
was so dignified and superior when he
denied my right to the seat that know
/ must have colored up to the roots of
my hair Meantime he resumed his
slumber. had to appeal to the porter.
He could not settle it, and the conductor
was taking his supper, so l had TO lean
up against the water cooler and acquire
neuralgia OF the spine.
When the conductor came back and
found his diagram, for / had lost my
check, it was discovered, of course, that
l had paid my rent for that seat, and so
/ got it. The dignified man got mad and
threw things around at great rate. He
tried to step on my valise and smash the
china mustache cup which was inside
and which l had bought as present
for Kate Cain, the Chicago lawyer.
He finally flung himself into his own
chair and flung his overcoat up into the
rack with bang. Just then the train
stopped. and his mutterings were all that
could be heard He was threatening to
report somebody, and seemed to regard
me as fiend in human form. People
turned around to see who he was, for he
had the air of a man who adjusted the
affairs of nations and made up the time
tables for the planets. By and by he be-
gan to abuse the management Of the
road and ask why we had stopped there
in the middle of trucl, farm. Whoever
was responsible for the delay ought to
be thrown off the train. He said this
two or three times, and had just paused
TO take breath when the porter came
along and discovered that the dignifed
man was alone responsible, and there
fore ought 10 be thrown of.
The signal bell cord runs along just
the package rack in these cars,
and the dignifed man in slamming his
overcoat into this rack had thrown it on
the slack OF the bell cord and stopped /