Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-03
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER
The First to Go Up a Few Days Before
Election Day, 1904.
EX-SENATOR WIN. E. CHANDLER
Also on the List, and Henry M. Whit
ney, Engineer Wallace, Bellamy
Storer, Hartman and Others.

When President Roosevelt hung up Mr..
E. H. Harriman's picture in his Liars
Gallery" yesterday it brought the total
number Of distinguished portraits in that
collection up to eight. OF course there is
quite collection of what you might call
the tintype style Of liars, such as con-
gressmen Of the opposition party, muck
rake magazine writers and the like, but
the real, life-size Oil portraits now num-
Der eight.
To be sure, the originals of these por-
traits strenuously object to being included
in the Presidents liars gallery and most
of them claim that they can prove, or have
since proven, that they were unjustly
classified by the hanging committee and
should be in quite another alcove. How
ever, the President has put 'em there, and
there they are.
There are different varieties of alleged
liars in the gallery. There are "atrocious
"disingenuous liars" Inventive lars and
utter liars with one or two just plain
liars.
The Portrait Gallery.
The first portrait to go up was that of
Judge Alton B. Parker a few days before
election day in 1904. Judge Parker, demo-
cratic candidate for President, had made
some charges about contributions Of trusts
and corporations, under pressure, to the
republican campaign fund. The President
came out in a statement, saying. in conclu-
sion, 1.-The statements made by Mr.. Parker
are unqualifiedly and atrociously false"
Passing rapidly along the gallery, por
trait No. 2 is found to be that Of Mr.
Henry NJ. Whitney of Boston, dis
into controversy with the President over
what was said or was not said upon the
occasion Of talk between them on the
subject of tariff revision. Mr.. Whitney
was very insistent, but the President had
the last word and in referring to Mr.. Whit
ney's recollection of what occurred said, He
lieve deliberately, misrepresented what had
occurred"
The next portrait as you pass along shows
the sarcastic, saturnine. cynical AMI quizzi-
Chandler. The details of that squabble are
well known, arising as they did over the
efforts Of Mr.: Chandler to bring Senator
Tyllman and the President together on the
railroad rate bill. Mr.. Chandler kept a
diary-he is one of the Samuel Pepys
kind of fellows anyhow, who take notice
of everything that goes on in public life
and among public men and set it down in a
little book at night. He makes comments in
the little book, too, it is said. If that book
Is published after he dies, it will make
mighty Interesting reading. Anyhow. there
was clash between Mr. Chambers recol-
lection of what occurred and the Presi-
dents SO Senator Lodge got up in the
Senate and. speaking for the President, said:
ne IICoAuCAt odAu ia reply In6l the state
ment which l had read to him, attributed
to him by Mr.. Chandler, was a deliberate
and an unqualified falsehood.''
Engineer Wallace.
That portrait in commanding position
in the gallery, evidently hung with de-
sire to get good light on It. IL seen to be
the face Of Mr.. Wallace, sometime enEi-
neer In charge Of the Panama canal. He
jumped the yob." IA Ole o3eson would
say. and was tagged by the administration
as he went out. Mr.. Wallace, in resigning.
gave several reasons for quitting the gov
eminent service. Secretary Taft. in COM
mentiug upon these reasons. said. By au-