Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-10

whom ht served, but In all that time
he was never q delegate. Many nation
al conventions have been held since he
was first elected TO Congress- To these
conventions Maine has sent Senators
Hale ana Frye and Representatives
Dlngley. Boutelle and Mlligin. but
never Mr. Reed. This Is explained by
the fact that up 20 the last national
convention Maine had a candidate for
president In the person OF James q.
Blaine. Reed never favored Blaine
and consequently was never a dele
gate. / did see him cheer Blaine In
the national convention at Minneapolis
In 1892, but that was In the enthusiasm
that followed the placing OF Blaine in
nomination. 1t may also be added that
Reeds opposition TO Harrison made
him favor for the time the nomination
OF Blaine. In the last national conyen-
ton Reed himself Was a candidate; so,
OF course. he was not delegate.
MRS. FRYEs HOUSE OF SOAP.
Mrs. Frye wife OF the president OF the
Senate. takes a great deal Of interest
In her husbands vtk, and the Maine
senator consults her upon all important
political matters She Is OF literary
mind and, besides writing a great deal
gives much time 10 literature in its diff
ferent phases. She wrote some very In
teresting letters from Paris while there
with the senator, who was one OF the
peace commissioners. When the Fryes
built their house In Maine some years
ago. she took cakes Of hard soap and,
cutting them up In pieces. fitted them
together with pins to outline windows
and doors, changing and rebuilding to
get various architectural effects. until
she had made a satisfactory model for
the proposed house. She had 10 cut up
whole box Of soap before her plan
was completed. but the design she made
was finally carried out.
AVOIDS THE BIG ~"
Adjutant General Corbln has a fad
which is not followed by all men either
In civil life or the army. one may
search his annual reports, and the per-
sonal pronoun cannot be found He
neither says II have the honor 20 re-
port" nor have the honor TO recon-
mend" He does not seem TO need TO
refer to my" or me" He merely goes
on In a simple manner and relates what
has happened in the army, Of which he
is the adjutant general, a position cor
, responding in civil life to chief clerk,
through whom all orders are issued and
in whose Office all the records are kept.
In his last report Of "a printed pages he
strictly adhered 20 the rule that the
personal pronoun must be conspicuous
by its absence.
SENATE ORATORS.
Some one said the other day that
there were but four orators In the SEN
ate--Lodge and Waieott Of the men
who served some time and Depew and
Beverldge, who are In the first year OF
| their terms. In this small list IL was
intended to name only those men whose
oratorical powers were OF the highest
| order. The man who picked out the
four has been a close observer OF the
senate and TO me IL is curious that he
did not include some others. Senator
Daniel is of the old school OF Virginia
orators. There Is no one who can ham
J die the English language with more eff
] feet and In more attractive manner
than Senator Vest Who Is there that
has heard the magnificent tones Of Sem
ator Thurston who will not say he Is an
| orator? Both Senators Frye and Hale
are orators. Any one who heard the
former speak for the Beers the other
day and the latter few years since de-
| liver his encomium upon the British
nation for its protection Of our citizens
will not deny this. Senator Davis is a
polished speaker, but he has not the
voice TO carry throughout the Senate.
There are several new men yet 70 hear
from, and they, like Senator Beveridge.
may prove TO be orators when they get
| the opportunity.