Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-02
fcopyright. 1901. by Champ Clark. ]

copyright. 1901, by Champ Clark.1
Before coming to congress there were
certain men whom I admired from
afar. Arrived here, found that some
statesmen are greater than their repu-
tations. some smaller than their repu-
tations. others equal to their reputa-
tionS.
The Washington correspondents are
an unusually bright and capable body
Of men. AS Il rule. they try to be fair
and to draw lifelike pictures of the
prominent actors on the political stage,
but Mark Twain made a very sage re-
mark when he said, Human nature is
very strong. and We all have a great
deal of it in us" aud Washington cor
respondents. being no exception to the
rule, inevitably make most Of the men
who do or Say things which create
news. All Of us owe our regulations in
large degree to the press gallery. The
correspondents are among the leading
manufacturers of the world, for, while
others manufactur" perishahle s,uffs.
they manufacture Immortal statesmen
cut of raw-sometimes very raw-ma-
terials Like other people. they have
their likes and dislikes. l think that
one Of their prime faporites is the jun
-iar senator from New York, Chalmcey
NJ. Depcw.
Heart Versus Eyes.
He is wonder Much as the news
papers and correspondents have ex-
plotted him. in my Judgment he is
greater than his reputation. The word
'>many sided" applies more aptly to
him than to any other man eyer clap
ped my eyes upon. The appallation
admirable" fits him as well as it did
tale far famed Crichton.
The first candidate Tor governor that
I ever saw was General Thomas t.
Rl1mlettc of Kentucky. He was also
the first person ever saw who used
the now fashionable eyeglasses which
are hooked over the nose and have no
pieces extending back OF the ears to
hold them on. Bramlettc was a wild.
over. and a handsome one at that
When he wanted to read somr1l.ng hc
put his eyeglasses on his shapciy nose
aud with an arch look and graceful
bow to the audience. said, Il hope the
ladies' will not uccm my heart rs old rs
my eyes are | have always conSd
cred that 4 very neat remark. | WAS
only a chunk OF Il boy" when | heard
him say it. but after 81 Years | still
rank it among the brightest sayings
which my memory retains Governor
Bramlette's idea fits Senator Dcprw's
case and character His heart is still
young g-boyish-despitc the fact ac.
cording to his own statement. that he
IN past 6t;. He will die in his youth
even if he lives to the age of Mcthusc-
lah.
His popular reputation il that OF hui !
morist, whci, he is. but he is some
thing more-Imuch more He is Il sehoi-
ar, lawyer, financier, philosopher. ora
tor of an zing versatility. society lead
ar politician. statesman. traveller and
the prince of racOnteurs.
But. great as he is as an orator he is
greater still as a couversationaliSt
There his humor Is forever on tap He
jokes about anything and everything.
on all subjects and on
hVens his monologNcs With copiuuS IL
iuStfauons and selections from the
richest and most marvellous store of
contained in any htmau
brain.
oepew on Humorous Oratory.
On Christmas excursion of III"
famous Gridiron club to Charleston
Senator Depew, Senator Tilln,an and
myself We're the guests of the club
asked him how it happened that, while
people manifested tendency to depre-
ciate humorous statesmen. the fact that
Abraham Lincoln was one Of .:Nmcr