The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-29
Political Portraits.
(From Our Regular Correspon

(Trotl Our Regular COrrespondent.) u
WASHINGTON, j. c., May 2S--Wasll-
3dngton Is reading and enjoying lust now
!, "Party Leaders OF the Time' BY Che rles
willis Thompson the author has been
/. for years the Washington corresponding
I the New York Times, and has devoted
mitch OF his time to the formulation OF
estimates OF the conspicuous figures IN
the public service as they move back and
forth on the stage at the national capital.
Tie has the faculty OF condensing into an
epIgramnlatic sentence n characterizh-
ton OF man. the accuracy of which
ca uses reader who knows the subject
to thrill as though some responsive nerve
had been tckled. For instance:
Roosevelt-"The President Is not more
confident of the absolute all-rightness OF
himself than he Is convinced that none
Of his friends can err"
Aldrich--''He Is a chess-player with
men,
spooner"A man whose words arc Of
IRE and whose arguments are iron."
IIalc-..A ga1m.vsaged man, red Of
face, with sort OF war-map all over It"
Hnnna-""IIe surprised himself ny his
own development"
Platt--"Dead as q boss, but alive as q
SENATOR
Gorman1"A man OF confabs and cor--
ners."
about Bailey speech
Tillman--"A strange man, little known,
even by his colleagues; the despair OF
analysts; he will be fortunate II this gem
Grafton learns him Alright, 1t will be a
miracle If posterity ever knows the real,
man. I
overwhelmingly Intellectually in q
< frock- coat" =
Dalzell-.The brains Of the house trium-
virate; coldness shyness, reserve were
born in him; magnetism, tact, the art OF
being winning were left out OF him.
Payne-.That kindly smile is something
that Serene can't help. He would stop
smiling II he could. but he can't.
observation-disclosures are many men IN
the House who like him WE'LL and yet
there are so many who dislike him that.
called popular. "
Il Speaker Cannon-'"The most striking and
positive character In all the House
Williams-"Pe not domneering on
the rare occasions when It Is necessary
for him to show his authority, the iron
hand comes out 81 the velvet glove and
the insurgent knows what has happen
Ell without any one having to tell him.,
Bourke Cochran-"His re-entry into tho
ma tional field was practically birth;
he was bigger, broader Cochran, ana
Il far more dangerous foe.
Observation-Disclosures England incarnate.
Hearst-"The apostle Of social discon-
tent
man."
!, Taft-"A big man mentally, and enor-
NOUS physically
Knox-."He is the law on2two legs. tta Z.
Wynne-""There were other men as
honest Us Wynne, other men as shrewd
as Wynne; but Wynne was tho comoina-
slon."
Bryan-"A good fighter and square
man; the people who have managed to
keep UP bitter hostility to him are able
II DO It only not meeting him. ~
FL The epigrammatic alienation OF charac c,
ter might be heightened to q much greater
extent The book is not only good read
ing for every American interested In the
leaders Of political thought and action IN
this country, but it is in reality mine
OF valuable information concerning the
present day politics and political tenden-
cies OF the times. presented with the vivid
directness Of the practiced newspaper
writer, $fg5Et r55 il 555