The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-11

There were a fervor and a directness in the speech and conduct of Mr., Hoar which were, possibly, all the more att tractiVe because they were in contrast to the cool cautiousness of the consci- entious mugwump. MT Hoar inherited and possessed in a marked degree the indefinable something which makes up the chief possession of great popular leader. His frankness, freedom and readiness to meet and treat with all classes and conditions of men quickly drew to him the rank and file of the democratic party. His power of expo sition was remarkably good, and he had in public speaking and private con- Versation a picturesqueness of style which was wonderfully captivating. Among the campaign speakers of eight and ten years ago, there were none who excelled him in arousing the enthusi- asm of those who attended political ,ral lies, and this end was secured in ad- dresses which obviously did not fiatter his hearers or attempt in any way to evade or conceal the truth. In. the qualities of popular oratory, we should class MT. Hoar at that time as even superior to the lamented William F. Russell or to MT. Williams, and proba- bly, at the time the trio were in this re- spect more than equal to any public speakers connected with the republican party in the state, of Massachusetts.
 There was hearty, transparent hon. esty in MT. Hoar's methods which even his political enemies could not help liking. If he said harsh thing of them, it was so wittily said and with such an evident absence of personal malice that it was difficult if not im- possible, to take offence. If conditions had been different both in the state and the nation, and the elevation of the democratic party by the gradual sloughing off of it's baser material could have been accomplished, Sherman Hoar provided he cared to continue in active political life could have had a position in the party second to none in New England d-assuming that personal popularity received in this way it's ad- equate recompense.
 It is probable, however, that, as a legislator or administrator, he would not have achieved the same measure of success that came to him on the stump. His impulsiveness, which tended to in- crease his attraction as public speak er would have counted against him if he had been called upon to fill a re- sponsible administrative office. Un dertaking such class of work, he would have proved inferior to either of his associates, Russell or Matthews, and as legislator, although during his rf 1,.o ;y,a entirely satisfactory manner, he did not exhibit those exceptional qualities which in legislative matters have won for Josiah Quincy high and well de- served reputation.
 Tn the particular class of work to which for a time he turned his atten- ton, he was easily superior to all of his associates, and, if the conditions of pol itics had favored, might have attained in the democratic party position com- parable in this respect with that once held in the republican organization by MT. Blaine. For a variety of reasons, partly public, partly personal, the need- ed opportunity was denied to him. He was too honest and too sincere in his convictions to fight battles for causes
 
 his judgment, and his retirement from public life was made all the easier to him by the realization that he needed to husband his strength and time for the purpose of devoting them to his profession. Still, in spite of these lat ter demands, when, as was recently the case, the occasion came that work could be performed for the benefit of his fellow-men, he did not hesitate to throw himself into the effort of saving the lives of our Massachusetts soldiers. It was labor of love and patriotism, which entailed in his case the greatest sacrifice that a man can make, and his death was as heroic an incident as though it had come to him in the form of Spanish bullet while charging up the hillside of San Juan, or in storm ing the Notifications of Manila.-Bos- | ton Herald.