The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-21

honor on mis- seventy seventh birthday.
Alderman McAIahon, president of the
United Irish league, declared that the
senator had done more for the Irish
American IN New England than any
other man.
THANK you, SIR responded Mr..
Hour, "but the handsomest compli-
ment ever paid the Irish was paid by
Wendell Phillips
eWhat was that, senator?' chorused
a dozen voices.
phillips in his lecture on The Lost
Arts or in some other blandly replied
the Massachusetts statesman, breaking
into a paternal smile, "said there was
nothing new under the sun and that all
the Irish bulls were Greek. Now, by
the same token, / submit every Hiber-
nian may claim kinship with Demos
themes and Phldias1
Senator Hoar's absentminded exploit
last year OF securing the passage by
the senate of measure that had al
ready become law recalls the story
Of the senator which is sometimes told
about Worcester. He was at private
dinner attended by number of public
men and citizens. One Of the guests
had just finished an anecdote, and the
hugh had scarcely subsidized when Mr..
Hoar started In, saying that reminded
him of something, and told over again
the same story that the company had
Just listened to. Mr.. Hoar's telling
was naturally a great success, for eV-
cry one realized at once that he had
been thinking OF other matters when
the story was being told the first time,
but had caught barely enough Of the
thing to be reminded Of the anecdOte
as 1t lay In the recesses Of his own
mind. 1t should be added that little
foibIes like this have only endeared
Mr.. Hoar to the people Of Massachu-
sets.
Senator Hoar as a member Of the
Philippines committee was one of the
most punctillous. Sadly enough, how
ever, some OF the evidence presented
to the committee was prosy and tire
some, and the venerable senator fire.
quently nodded over the drowsy evil
dence. One time he aroused himself
just as the witness was talking about
corporal punishment of a prisoner. The
senator from Massachusetts aroused
himself and said, with dignity: 'Corpo-
raj punishment? I would like to have
the witness state the name OF the cor
poral and the regiment to which he
was assigned. This viii give us a
chance to get at the facts better" It Il
needless to say there was smothered
smile, and when the circumstances
were explained to the senator he
laughed with the rest.
When some years ago the Boston pa
pers announced the serious illness OF
Judge Hoar a group Of bis friends, OBJ
serving the senator at breakfast in a
cIubroom, hurried over for informa-
ton.
ooh, yes replied the senator genial.
ly, snly brother was ILL., His family
were all off, and | was away. and there
was not a person to differ from him.
He was lonely as one katydid without
another to cry katydidn't came
back to town, hurried up to see him,
contradicted everything he said, and
we had arguments Now he Is better
much better. He will soon be himself
again"
Senator Tillman pronounces the word
"gyrate as If the "gn was hard. He
says aguy-rate." SO does Senator Fora
ker.
When the pronunciation fell upon
the ears Of Senator Hoar he shrugged
his shoulders. Being a stlckler FOR cor
rect English, 1t was remarkable that
he did not express in the open senate
his sorrow at hearing word mispro-
nounced.
n Is 'ii-rate," he said later when
some one asked him about tile word.
But he added, II haven't the time
to play schoolmaster here
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