New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
oRATORY II THE SENATE REPRESENT
ED BY MR.. BAILEY AND Mr.. BUR
T0N-MISS HAYS BETROTHAL.

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more popular. The speeches of the members of
-be upper house are. a rule. clear and busi-
,esslike they contain no loftey periods no
e;ghts Of rhetoric, and are delivered with at
-erut at oratory. Senator Beveridge broke the
ice OF Senatorial calm when he donned the toga,
tut after the first few outbursts the Junior Sen
e+or from Indiana assumed the attitude COM
mon to his colleagues. and is unimpas
stoned and judicial in making a statement or an
appeal as any OF those about him. Among the
new Senators. however. there are at least two
t-orn whom eloquent perorations may be ex-
,ected Bailey, the beautiful, from the Lone
c-ar State and Burton from Kansas An an
,auncenent that Mr.. Bailey would speak in
variaby filed the galleries Of the House and a
devoted following hung breathess upon his
words enthusiastically comparing him to Web
ser whom in the early days OF his ambition he
took for model and whom he has always
bsen faithful. Before he left the other side OF
the Capitol Mr. Bailey threatened to stir up"
Things in his new sphere but a Senator
must bide his time. Like a freshman at college.
he requires discipline and is encouraged TO
assert himself. No matter. therefore, what his
intentions, how ardently he hopes to quicken
the pulse OF the Senate. il may be some time
before an opportunity occurs for him to fill the
Senate galleries or thrill his colleagues bE the
eloquence that is so much appreciated in Texas
Another orator among the new men of the
Senate Is Mr.. Burton. Of Kansas He was at one
time q teacher OF elocution, and ever since he
took his degree at college, where he had al
ready won q name as an orator. he has peen
sought after as public speaker In 1855 the
speeches he made in his own State brought him
such fame that he was invited to stump Indiana
and Maine and since then he has been one OF
the most popular Of the national spellblnders
His answer to Bryan in the Union League Club
New York occasioned much favorable comment
and is still remembered and referred to. In the
last campaign he spoke in one hundred counties
Of his State and is said TO have been as fresh
al the end Of his tour he was at the begin |
ming. Senator Burton is a native of Indiana, but
has lived more than half of his life in the State
OF his adoption He is a lawyer by profession. |
and il has always been his ambition TO be !
excited the United States Senate. For the |
last twelve years. indeed. he has frankly worked
for the nomination and six years ago de- |
feated by only vote in the caucus. But after |
this repulse he showed no rancor or bitterness |
and worked so earnestly and zealously for the |
success Of his party that he earned the sub |
stantial reward Of seat in the upper house.
Senator Jones Of Nevada has come back TO |
the Republican party. He was received with |
much rejoicing, the fatted calf was killed in his |
honor and he begins to feel as though he had |
never wandered away from the home Of his |
youth But this distinguished solon still cher !
fishes ideas about expansion which not popu- |
lar with the party to which he acknowledges |
allegiance and is wont to illustrate his point of
view by the following story:
Out in my country old farmer invested in |
some hogs one spring, paying therefor three |
cents g pound After keeping the animals all |
summer and feeding them the best he had |
he sold them in the autumn for exactly what he !
pald for them. three cents a pound
How in all creation do you expect to make |
any money selling hogs at that rate? asked |
neighbor who heard Of the transaction
I've no reason to complain as I can see' |
replied the farmer: amt had the society of the
hogs all summer -
Miss Hays engagement to Payne Whitney |
meets with hearty approval on all sides. and |
both Mr. Whitney and his betrothed have been
warmly congratulated No young woman at the
capital is more cordially liked or more sincerely
esteemed than Helen Hay. Her childhood and
the greater part Of her grlhood were spent in
Washington. her friends here call her by her
first name. and have watched her literary ca /
reer with keen interest and sympathy It is |
rare, indeed 10 find a woman of her age so un-
spoiled by success or one who wears her laurel
crown more modestly. Miss Hay is only |
brilliant and talented woman, but she IS lovely
in person, amiable kind and, in the recent af- !
fiction that visited her parents was their main
stay and comfort. Happily her f1ance is equally !
well known in Washington where his boyhood /
was passed and where he has come again and
again TO visit since his fathers retirement from
public life. The friendship which has recently
eliminated in an engagement is OF long stand
ing, Mr.. Whitney having been a Classmate Of |
the late Adelbert s. Hay at Yale. The wedding,
which has been fixed for February will take
place ct Miss Hays home, and will be a quiet
one owing 10 the deep mourning Of her family
The sixth annual exhibition Of the Water
Color Club. held last week in the Corcoran Gal
le-y of Art. was a credtable one. The interest
IN these exhibitions has increased every year,
the standard has been raised and a greater
number OF artists have submitted work. Last
year tie trustees Of the CorCoran Gallery Of
fered two prizes one Of 500 and one of $50 for
the two best water colors exhibited These
prizes were awarded to James Henry MoSer and
Bertha Perrie. This year these honors have
fallen 10 Jane Bridgeman Child, who received |
the first prize for portrait in pastels. and H
Hobart Nichols, who received the second prize
for his The French Coast a charming study. !
The prize winners OF last year were again well |
represented Among the other contributors were
many noted names-F- r. Lane. Captain Davis,
lay and Miss Kimberlay- The exhibition was
well attended and the list of sales gratifying |
10 those who contributed to its success
There is still living at the capital a venerable I
negress who servant al the White House |
during the whole OF President Lincolns resi- /
oence there Her name is Elizabeth Keckly and /
She lives in a comfortable brick house, bought |
with her earnings, where she sacredly guards /
the relics of her life in the White House Among |
these are an unpublished portrait Of President ]
Lincoln, taken in the conservatory with a group /
Of Indians who were at that time on visit to
the great father; a picture Of little Tad
given Mrs Keckly by the President himself,
with the remark. Here's a very good picture |
for very good woman and photographs Of the /
President and Mrs. Lincoln also gifts from the
distinguished originals, all of them in the little
black walnut frames which in fashion at
that period
keckly' as she was called at the White
House, was born slave but had obtained her
freedom before the beginning of the war, and /
established herself in dressmaking. On the ar