The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-21
ing, ana ne Is OF importance only as long
as am talking to him."

Cicero was as vain as any modern orator
In one Of his addresses no went on for SOW.
cral minutes recountingall his own virtues
and oxcellences and then concluded, lnnch
as lattor day campaign orators and candi-
dates arc won't to do, "But will say moth.
Ing Of myself" Oddly enough, Senator
Morrill, quotes from the Thirty Years
View" written by Thomas II. Benton
the man who GENES nearest of all the great
mon OF tho past to oquning tho Vermont
cr's record for continuous service. In his
introduction Benton repeated what Ma
caulay had said OF Fox and Macintosh
and'npplied it to himself, "Hnd spoken his
tory, acted history and lived history. {"
This impressed Mr.. Morrill, us being quite
self conscious. 1t Is Is grent pity tho vet
Gran senator did not bring his examples of
vanity in noted persons down to tho pres
cnt day. With his familiarity with all tho
great men of our country during the last
40 years he could doubtless narrate some
anecdotes which would be oven more in
tcrcsting than these of tho great men of
tho past.
Society people in Washington are glad to
observe that between tho president and vice
president Of the United States and their
families tho most cordial relations exist
AS rule in this capital tho man who is
president and the man who has not much
else to do but to wait for whatever the
fates may have in store for him do not
stand very close together. Just why they
should drift apart is not clear, but tho
history of the last 30 or 40 years shows
that, 40 rulo, they do. Now, however
Vice President Hobart is often seen at tho
White House. Ho and the president IRE tho
best of friends
Pertinent and Personal.
BY tho way, Lafayette square is regain
sing its former dignity us the presidential
court. The White House, you know, faces
this historic park from tho south Now
Vice President Hobart has taken the house
owned by former Senator Don Cameron,
which stands on tho east sde of tho
square, adjoining tho new theatcr which
occupies the site of the old Blaine mansion,
ono Of the famous spots in Washington. 1t
was there Horny Clay lived for "a long
time. There Seward narrowly escaped as
sassination at the time Lincoln was shot
Tho Cameron house is quito famous too
1t was onco owned by Colonel Taylor, u
social leader in tho old days. General AL
ger, the new secretary of WAR, lives on the
north side of Lafayette square, and n mum
Der of senators also have their houses
around this historic park, which once was
Davy Burns orchard, in which he and
when they were trying to arrange terms
for the location of tho capitol hero by tho
Potomac
Senator Hanna, hear from some of his
cronies, has u now ambition. He wants to
become an orator. Having made his money
MS business man and his fame as man
aging politician, he is now cagcr for hon
ors as public speaker. Having been Of
ten forced to make public addresses during
tho last year or So something no never did
in his life before, Mr. Hanna finds he gets
on so we'll that he has quite fallen in love
with tho thing. They shy that whenever
he has n speech to make nowadays he
writes it all out very carefully, commits it
to memory and practices its clocution in n
closed room all by himself. Some of these
days he inends to startlc the senate by
bursting forth as n great orator upon the
tariff or some other important question