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mind is ever we'll stored with presidents
and incidents applicable to the point at
issue
While not SC imprisoned in oratOry as
Frye. Hale is equally effective. He has a
choice private library, is studiOusly in
clined. never becomes excited. and hews
accurately TO the line. Mr.. Hale was
ten years in the House of Representatives
and Frye twelve. Both entered the Sen
ate in 1881, Frye succeeding Blaine ami
Hale Hannibal Hamlin. Mr. Hale was APP
pointed Postmaster General by President
Grant in 1874. but declined the office. Presi-
dent Hayes also offered him the Secre-
taryship of the Navy, which he also de-
C,ined. With such men as Frye and Hale
in the Senate, Maine will easily maintain
her prestige in that body.
PIumed Birds of Orator..
You can count the plumed birds OF ora
tory in both Houses on your fingers.
HOar and Lodge make Massachusetts
conspicuous, Aldrich holds Rhode Island
IN line. and Orville II. Plat and Gen.
Joseph r. Hawley keep Connecticut in
the front New York falls back on
Chauncey Depew. Virginia has an orator
of the first water in John w. Daniel
With Roger .. Mills departed the glory
OF Texas. Kentucky is awaiting the re-
appearance of Joseph c. 5. Blackburn to
regain her old position. Missouri will
rover lose her prestige as long as George
e. Vest remains IN the Senate Illinois
has an eccentric bird of plumage in Will
lam Il. Mason. Indiana pins her faith TO
Albert jeremiah BeVeridge Ohio has a
~ -E sa.
Wisconsin has d brilliant oratorical rep
fesentauVe in John c. SpoOner and Min
nesota is not behind with Cushman X
DAVIS Colorado presents an orator sec
ohu 10 none in the person of Edward O.
Nolcott, with Henry NJ. Teller in re-
serve. Nebraska is also on the line, with
Jonn NJ Ihurston ana William V. Allen.
Inc rare birds of plumage in the House
are Payne of New York, Bell of Colo
Fddo' cannon of Illinois, Cousins, Hep
burn, and Dolliver OF Iowa, Corliss Of
Mlchlgan, De Almond and Champ Clark
Oh missouri. Linney of North Carolina.
GrosVenor OF OHIO, Lands of Indiana.
Ddlzeil and Sibley of Pennsylvania. Rich
arson ana Carmack of Tennessee, Bailey
OF IeAGS, ana CuShman of Washington
There may be others yet TO break from
the egg; for there are all sorts of birds
In the House, and at any time some one
OF them may appear in the realm of ora
tory. Texas Is State of great promise
ana II Is said that the Pacific coast is
not represented entirely by fiedSIings. One
thing is certain-the House never accents
reputation as the test of merit. The ora
tor there must win his spurs IN discus
sion or remain in obscurity. Years ago
! FIVlnNginn Of NJ,
Congress with a reputation second 20 none
He thoroughly believed in himself. With
strong pinions and opinions he essayed =
marvellous night, and came auttering to
the ground. Failure is said 70 be- the
schoOlmaster Of success. bur i'm Tro-
maine's case the saying proved untrue
New 1oTk, however, atOned for Lyman
Tremaine's failure when she sent Col. John
X Fellows, of the Confederate army. to
Congress. Fellows was undoubtedly The.
hnest orator that has appeared upon the
floor of the House in half a century
Bourke Cochran never reached Fellows
level In the great duel between these
celebrated orators in the Democratic Ma
uonal Convention of 1884. Fellows was
universally hailed as easily the victor.
Rare study Indeed.
OrnithoiOgy in politics IS a rare study
Wherever you turn in the House Won arc
confronted by a strange bird. The casso-
wary is there, and the cockatOo. with its
yellow plume and shrill scream. Here &c
bunch OF gallinules: there a flock of
cuckCos. Nor are the tiodo and h9rnv
unknown. They pirouette with the shrike
and toucan, and swing corners With stjlts
and pewits. Pintsils indulge in aerial
quadrilles with terms and ortolans. while
hoopoes, looms, and mergansars dance The
lancers with jays, gUillemOts, and gyrfaI-
cons
AT times the House resembles irlets On
the coast of Florida. The air is tiIled with
strange noises from strange birds. Huge
pellcans flap their wings, and snowy es
Tets fiutter above the breakers Harcns
and sannets MI the mangr1ves while
pioVer and sandpipers run along the shore
picking up the crustacea Of legislation. a
plrd OF extraordinary beauty ana activity
may wing its way at any moment toward
the zenith Of popularity. There IS no
trickery about il. II worthy Of attention
IL viii attract attention. and become a
national wonder. This bird makes the
orator, II is not always The orator how
ever mat makes the best ConsraSSrlan
he scores or workers In COInn1tftaas Who
patiently dig and water the roots of I=gis-
lauon are the ones who do the real work
or Congress, and this Is as :rue of IN
Senate as Of the House sam RandaII
was an earnest and thorough worker la
committee, and achieved an envia bTe
reputation. His OratOry consisted of facts
and hgUreS alone, plainly stated and en-
tlrely unvarnisned with eloquence. A
born orator Is not necessarily a states
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