Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-17
CAPITAL STORIES.
Present Status Of Oratory IN
tte National Senate.
Senator Jones Has a Story to Define
His Position.
4 Woman Who Was White House ser'a''
During 1860 65.


Nrasbirrtnr. Dec. 16.-OratOry mas
,,;,,nnaar red from the Senate III rem
x..,-s and the galleries are rarely
,hr,,,ed by forensic display as IN earii|'
,,,oae when spellbindins was "''i
nonular. The speeches OF the iieii'-
,ers of the upper house are as
ru,a clear and busincsslike. thc! con-
tain no lofty periods. no nleh's VI
rbeto-ic and are delivered with no at
tcmn. at ora,ory. Senator beverage
hrote tho ice of senatorial calm when
no donned the toga. but after the hfst
few outbursts the junior senator iro'''
Indiana assumed the attitude com
mon TO his colleagues. and Is now as
unimtassioned ami Judicial i'll MAKING
a statement or an appeal as any ot
those about him. Among the new
senators. however. there are at least
two from whom eloquent perorationS
ma he expected. Bailey. the beautiiui'
from the Lone star state, and burton
from Kansas. An announcement tha'
Mr.. Bailey would speak inVailabiH
filed the galleries Of the House ana
devoted following hung breathess upon
his words. enthusia stically comparing
him to Webster. whom in the early
davs of his ambition he took for a
model and to whom he has always
haen faithful. Before he left the other
side of the Capitol Mr.. Bailey threat
ened to stir up" things in his new
sphere. but a new senator must hide
his time Like a freshman at college.
he requires discipline and is not en-
couraged TO assert himself. No mat
ter. therefore. what his intentions. how
ardcntly he hopes I" quicken the
pulse of the Senate. it may be some
time before an opportunity occurs for
him to fill the Senate galleries or thrill
his colleagues by the eloquence that IS
Sc much appreciated in Texas.
Another orator among the new men
.f the Senate is Mr.. Burton of Kan
sas. He was At one time a teacher of
elocrtion. and ever since h. took his
degree IT college. where he had already
won rame as an orator. he has been
sought after as a public speaker In
1855 the speeches ~ made in his own
state brought him such fame that he
was invited 10 stump Indiana and
Maine and sinc" then he has been one
IF the most popular Of The national
His answer 10 Bryan in
the Union League Club. New YORK, rc-
,asi0ned lauch favorable comment md
IS still remembered and referred Il. In
the last campaign he spoke in one nun
ired counties of his state and is said
to have been as fresh at the end of his
~. h14 hAt inv inc
Senator Burton is a native of Indiana.
but tas lived more than half Of his
lie Ill the state Of his adoption. He is
/ lawyer by profession, ana it mas al
va5's been his ambition u b. elected
o the United States Senate. For the
Gst twelve years, indeed he has frank
y worked for the nomination. ana six
,eara ago was defeated by only one
tote iii the caucus. But after this re
DLlse II" showed no rancor or bitter
ness and worked so earnestly and
,ealously for the success of his party
hat h earned the substantial reward
If seat in the upper house
Senator Jones of Nevada has come
)ack to the Republican party. He was
with much rejoicing, the
tatted calf was killed in his honor, and
ne begins to feel as though he had
never wandered away from the home
Df his youth. Eut this distinguished
solon still chersnes ideas about ex-
panSion which are not popular with
the party to which he acknowledges al
egiance and is wont TO illustrate his
point of view by the following story:
Out in my country an old farmer in
Vested in some hogs one spring. pay
ng therefor three cents pound. After
Keeping the animals all summer and
feeding them on the best he had he
sCl3 them in the autumn for exactly
what he paid for them. three cents a
pound.
How in all creation do you expect
70 make any money selling hogs at
hat rate asked a neighbor who heard
If the transaction.
I've no reason to complain as L
,an see. replied the farmer: 'ain't
had the society of the hogs all sum-
mer?'
Miss Hays engagement to Payne
Whitney meets with hearty approval
on all sides, and both Mr.. Whitney and
his betrothed have been warmly con-
graduated. 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 girlhood We're spent in
Washington. her friends here call her
bS her first name, and have watched
her literary career with keen interest
ana sympathy. 1t is rare indeed. to
ma woman of her age so unspoiled