Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-19
hOAR AND HIS COL
LEAGUES.


senate during the past week. Senator
George F. Hoar easily takes rank as
u, ssessing the highest qualification for
the position. He has had long service
in both house and senate and is a pro-
found scholar as we'll as most forcible
and eloquent debater and great eonsti-
tutonal lawyer. He is also great stu
dent. Thoroughly versed in American
history and familiar With every detail
of legislation since the formation of the
government. he. is. too, a fine classical
scholar having been excelled in this
particular only by one member of the
senate. the late Cushman X. Davis. of
Minnesota. When Turpie. OF Indiana.
was in the senate. these three. Davis.
I'urpe and Hoar. We're generally re-
sarded as the most finished orators
OF The body Their prepared speeches
We're marvels of correct English.
o, pure diction, of classical alusiol
ator Hoar alone possessed a good voice.
senator Davis voice was weak and thin
and he somehow seemed to lack the
force to raise it and make himself heard
He did not speak often and when he
did it was upon the larger questions only.
Eut he never spoke that he was not lis
tened to most attentively by all men,
strs of the body without respect to party.
and his opinion anu Judgment We're fire.
u,.ently decisive. In
Senator Turpie's voice was not 50 weak
as Sena tor Davis, but it had a disagree
allie twang which rendered it difficult to
distinguish what he said across the sem
ate chamber. But every subject he dis
cussed was handled in most complete
and mastery manner. He was emphatic
and forcible when necessary and a mas
t., of invective and irony. His speeches
were always ilumned by apt meta
phor and abounded in brllian.
flashes of wit and sarcasm. as We.
as in the most charming description
uf scenes and events calculated to
give point to his contention. Whenever
h spoke. senators gathered around close
T. him in order that nothing might be
lost.
Senator Hoar is learned and his words
are rarely wasted. He is getting old
and is at times perhaps slightly queru~
,ous. but he is still very effective and
the man who crosses swords with him in
debate or upon any question touching
the rules, practice or traditions of the
senate, Or upon questions of constitu-
thrice armed. Above all, notwithstand-
ing his long public service, his character
70, probity. integrity. and unselfish de-
votion to duty and the public welfare, is
srotless. No man in public life stands
higher than he.
1t would be impossible TO draw any
comparison between Senator Quay, who
has just been reelected to the senate
after most memorable struggle, and
Senator Hoar. There is absolutely no
point of similarity in their mental make
up. Senator Quay stands for what may
be designated the practical side of public
affairs. He is great organizer and
possesses to a remarkable degree the
faculty of drawing men to him and held
ing them with hooks of steel. 1t is
said that one of the main elements
OF his wonderful hold upon the
rank and file as we'll as the workers
of his party. is that he never breaks a
promise made them and never goes back
or his friends. His hold upon the af-
fcctions of Pennsylvania republicans,
and indeed Of republicans throughout the
nation, and the length of time he has
maintained it. in the face of the most
malicious and virulent opposition both
within and without his party, is simply
marvellous. Senator Quay is not i'm
posing in appearance. He is small OF
stature and his voice is weak. He Is
not an orator in any sense, and his man.
ner is unimDressve. lie must be know,
to be appreciated and that, too, for some
time. But with acquaintance comes tn,
knowledge Of his power and the secre