The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-13
w0LCoTT.

| kfe He really
''''''''''''''''''''''- thought that another
term In the United
States Senate awaited him. he thought
20 when he shifted his political course
I from the sea OF silver into the harboT
/ Of the gold standard. He was still more
confident when Roosevelt, beloved OF the
/ West, was nominated for the Vice Presi-
dency. It's worth ten thousand votes
| 20 me-" he remarked. while the convention
thrOng was still cheering Roosevelt ;
name And, finally, when men who had
I teeu ardent advocates OF silver coinage
/ n 1895 came over 10 Mckinley in 1890.
/ WolcOtt smiled a smile of deep content
| ment and perfect Joy.
Alas II vas not 10 be.
So. out OF the Senate will go a man
whose individuality has made him a pic
turesque figure First OF all, he is the only
real orator II the Senate. He has the
trick OF framing rhythmic sentences
which sound pleasantly upon the ear He
has deep and musical voice, with a SYM
pathetic tone which thrills. He is elo-
quent in expression, forcible and yet
graceful In delivery. He has Won
derful memory. After he has writ
ten down an hours speech he can
repeat it verbatim and with such ease
and iuency that one never suspects the
midnight oil. Above all, ne speaks but
rarely. Thus, whenever he rises 10 ad-
dress the Senate. he commands attention
Next 10 his OratOry, WOlcott Will be re-
membered as the most cOnspicuOusy
dressed man in the Senate No feeble pen
can sing the wOn1rous glory Of his shirts
Such Jlnts, such broad and massive
stripes Of yellow. red. or blueI They ri
vailed the sunsets Of Venice, the gorgeous
beauty c Pompeiian hall. And his vestsi
/ They are ne very pinnacles Of sartOTial
art. With WOlcott gone. we ne'er shall
/ lcOk upon t"eir Ike again.
Brilliant and unstable. eloquent and er-
ratio, "OiCJtt will return to private life
and continue to make money practicing
law. Long after his seat has become va
cant, however, he will be remembered for
bis scathing reply 10 Carey. a heavy
numbering, tedious statesman from Wy
oming, who once essayed, in elephantine
fashion, TO cross swords with the swift
thinking, diamond-cutting Coloradan
Wolcott listened to Carey's assault with a
scornful smile. At last he arose. He spoke
for twenty minutes, completely ignoring
the Wyoming man. Then came one SEN
AFllNE. <aS lOE the StudiOE from hYOTQ-
/ ing" said Wolcott, with rapier-like keen
ness, Il shall only repeat the old Span
ish proverb, 1t is a waste Of lather 10
shave an asst"
Carter, of Montana, who belongs to the
chin-whisker class of statesmen, also fol-
| lows the setting sun. Is it any wonder
that we mourn? Car
ter, who has been .,......................
with US so long, who !:
talks with such an C,pTp,
I indescribable air of :
wisdom. who is so
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shifty, will leave a
vacuum in the Senate which can only be
described as an aching void.
Everybody likes Carter. of course. Why
not? He is geniality itself. He has a saw
ing sense Of humor. He has. moreover.
the faculty of climbing. A carpet-bagger
from Iowa, he had hardly landed in Mon
tana before he was elected to Congress
as a delegate from that Territory, and
since then he has held a death-like grip
on Federal Office. Even now il is 20 10 l
shot that from the Senate he will step
into some equally good thing. Your Uncle
! Thomas generally lands on both feet This
commands admiration rather than envy
Beneath his smooth exterior, Carter
hides a biting tongue. Recall, for instance
the warning which he gave 10 the Demo-
Gratis who associated with Pettigrew. RE
member" said Carter, that those who
lie down with dogs will get up with fieas"
Speaking of Pettigrew, he is also num-
bered among the slain. His scalp hangs al
the belt of Hanna. Pettigrew is not Of
prepossessing aD-
.,...........-........... pearance. Perhaps
this is against him
PFTTICRFw At any rate, he is
tall and disjOinted. .
: he stoops at the
shoulders; he Is fur
tive-eyed; he whines
when he talks. He is a Vermont
Yankee by birth, but has lived so
long in the West that South Dakota
clamsshim for her own. Formerly a Re-
publican. he deserted that party when the
sun of POpuliSm rose, which accounts
probably, for the hate which the Repub-
licans bear him. He has no love for them
For TWO years he has been a sharp thorn
| in their sides. He would stay awake
nights planning some trap in which 10
catch them, and so cunning were his
schemes that the Republicans had 10
crawl in lively fashion to get out from
under He is such a persistent and un-
scrupulous fighter and so Indifferent not
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