The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-26
Id Est, His Head Looks
Like Bryan S.
HE'S A BREEZY TEXAN
And LittIeton, of Brooklyn. is as Inter
esling as Story Book. The Silent
One the Man We Need,
He Says of Par
ker.
(By KATE CAREW.)


Borough President Martin w. Lit
Teton, of Brooklyn, who is booked
for the interesting task of nominating
Judge Alton b. Parker for President
at the st. Louis Convention, looks 4
wee bit like Mr.. Bryan.
Only a wee bit, you understand, but
enough to impart to such nominating
performance Il flavor of the irony oil
late.
1t is the head that is Bryanesquc.
and something in the features But
the face is younger and fatter ana
gayer. Notwithstanding which, it
looks as if it might have tincture
of iron in its some day when Mr.. Lit
Teton shall have left his thirties be-
hind him. He has not turned thirty
two yet.
Below the head, which is large and
leonine, Mr.. Littieton ceases to be
BryaneSQue, unless he be accepted as
a roly-poly pocket edition Of the Ne
braskan orator. 1t is a big man s
head mounted on q middling-sized
mans body, and the body is mounted
on smallish mans legs
But the heads the thing, mes
SieurS.
If l know anything about heads,
Mr.. Littleton is q bit of an orator
himself, He has the features for it,
q large, flexible mouth to roll out
words, a nostril to dilate, hand
some brown eye to flash. a fine black
eyebrow to lift in Scorn or lower IN
rage.
I'm not so sure about the upper lip.
It's a short, dimpiy upper lip. Most
orators are gifted with long upper
lip-observe Bourke Cochran and the
Rev. DR.. McGlynn. But l think Mr..
Littleton can live down his lip.
In every other respect he is we'll
equipped. An orator needs a broad,
deep chest, thick neck. big jaw
and a determined chin. Mr.. Littieton
has all these blessings. La the matter
of chins he is twice blessed, for he
has two.
Moreover, he has an abundance of
hair. Now the exact relation be-
tween hair and oratory may be rather
obscure, but no close observer doubts
that such relation exists. Most ora
tors rejoice in thick and hayward
growth and are careful not to De
short too often or too close. Some
thing might be said for the arSumen-
tative as we'll as the artistic value of
n noble shock of hair. Champ Clark,
Of Missouri, geSticulates with his hair
quite as much with his hands, ana
the late Henry Ward Beecher is only
one example of the rule that the name
goes Will lit
An OPatoricaI Name.
Mr.. Littleton'S name has distinct
ly oratorical character. | don't think
he himself is conscious of it's value
as an oratorlcal trademark, because
when he goes to have his photograph
taken he tries to conceal the fact that
he has such thing by pasting ii to
his skull as l1at as a pancake-or as
fiat as a stiff brush and an abundance
-. ",
error Of judgment, for it is far more
becoming to him the other way.
The other way is natures way, and
natures way, in this case. is extreme
ly hyaway. Mr.. Lttletons hair.
which is dark, composes itself in
waVeletted masses, which form "a
harmonious frame for his head.
And now, having read everything
but the stars and told everything ex-
cept his fortune i'll a teacup, let me
hasten to add that on the testimony
of all who have heard him speak in
public he really is an orator. OF
course he is-otherWise he wouldn't
be mentioned for the nominating
of Judge Parker.
| have met him tWice-once before
he was mentioned in that connec-
ton, and once since. On each occa-
sion it was in his office in the City
Hail. Brooklyn. Mr.. Littleton is
Borough President. you know.
There was something direct about
him, something downright snd-we!l.
/ suppose there's no escaping the
word--something breezy, which
seemed not of Brooklyn, nor of New
York, nor of the East And sure
enough, in a few seconds of CONVEX
sation | had traced it to Texas.
But here. if you please, I'll jump
ahead to the second conversation,
which was mostly about Judge Par
ker.
First of all, Mr.. Littleton expressed
n vigorous wish that it should be
made plain that he is not aware OF
any Likelihood of his being called up
on to make the nominating speech.
'How did the report arise?''
asked.
"Oh, 1 don't know" said Mr.. Lit
Teton, Struggling his shoulders Il
suppose somebody took the trouble tG
draw differences from a variety of cir
cumstanceS. For instance, / am a
Democrat, and delegate to the Ma
tional Convention. and a friend of
Judge Parker. and l spoke for him in
Chicago at banquet. That may hava
been enough ground for guesswork,
but so far as / know / am no more
likely to be selected than any other
man.
"Who will make the selection ?"
Judge Parker and his friends, I
should think"
And then introducing a question
which has become rather pressing of
late. / said:
Judge Parker's enemies are MAX
ing capital out of his silence on pub
lie questions, and even his friends are
showing signs of Impotence for some
expression of his views. Don't yor
think it is time for him to speak,"
That was q blunt way of putting
it, and if Mr.. Littleton had been 10
the Brooklyn manner born, or the
New York manner. or the Eastern
manner generally. he'd have stiffly
declined to commit himself But be-
cause he was from TeXas-big, breezy
Texas-he was not afraid to answer
according to his lights.
Judge PariSer's ''Successfui Silence.
Judge Parker's continued and sue