The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-14
WHY, WE DO nor Know.


him pass for a man" That is what
the lovely Portia said to Nerissa the
morning they were talking in q very
free way about the fine points in hus-
bands. There was no lack Of ma
terial; but such material! The Nea-
politan prince who did nothing but
talk OF horse and Of whom Portia was
much afraid my lady his mother
played false with a smith; and the
Count Palatine. who did nothing but
frown. and from both Of these the lady
prayed that she might be defended.
Then there was the French Lord, Mon
,sieur LIE Bon. who had horse better
Ithan the Neapolitan's and "a better
Ibad habit OF frowning than the Count
lPalatine." and who III q throstle sing.
The falls straight capering; he will
j dance with his shadow; but OF him
lPortia declared God made him, and
Therefore let him pass for man" /" Z
What Portia would have said about
Hepburn, we have no means Of know
ling; but we may infer from her very
excellent skill at character reading
that she would have written him down
an ass; certainly she could not have
besought consideration or pity for him
on the plea that he is man. God
made him; but God also made the
cimex lectularius, the great culicidae
Family, the sarcopsylla penetrans, and
likewise the putorius foetidas; why,
i've do not know, but they are all
Z creatures that we are perfectly wills
iing to pass, wondering the meanwhile
why they, ever were, are now and will
lcontinue to be to the end Of the world
Then there is Hepburn, of Idaho
UNITED States Senator from that State
I'VE can no more explain why God made
Thin than we can account for the cimex
the culIcidae and tho putorius. except
that possibly he is one Of these orders
reincarnated totvex the earth with his
presence.
Hepburn made an ass Of himself las1
winter. as we tried to point out at the
time OF his speech in the Senate
against the Lee statue. and at Seattle
on Friday he kicked out OF his stall
agairl, much to the amazement of the
musicians and doubtless to the delight
Of the boys in the galleries. The oc-
casion was the reception Of Congress-
man Hamer, Of Wallace, Idaho, and
the dullness of the event was relieved
Z by the music Of an orchestra. The
orchestra was doing its best with a
medley of well-known airs and was
getting along well until it struck the
sixth variation. which happened to be
Dixie" when Hepburn. springing to
his feet, rushed at the bass fiddle and
swinging his arms In the circum-
ambient. cried out This is a Re-
publican meeting; we want no such
tunes here" The piccolo, or the from
bone. or 1s,e bass drum. or the police
b tshould saiavG resented the assault or
1.-THE spot; but we are told that .the
D amazed musicians stopped immediate.
,ly.'' and that. after q moment of sill
ience, Mayor Hanson arose and closed
the meeting
That was Hepburn. We do not know
whether he was drunk or not, mol
whether he ever takes anything o.
mot; but we are inclined to the view
that he was cold sober. Nobody car
ever tell what an ass will do Yet
1t must be said in defence OF him tina
n he was not 50 far wrong this time
so ..s sd xie. is not proper tune to b
played at a Republican meeting. I
IS good humored. It is honest. it 4
full OF patriotic spirit. 1t makes mel
want to love or fight. But. God mad
Hepburn, let him pass