The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-16
Nebraska,. Creates, nrn,nr.

Nebraska's Greatest Orator.
We have always maintained that 4
number Of spoken words make an ora
tor Mr.. BRYAN has been the most clio
quent American since he became IN,
leader Of the Democratic party in IN,
first week Of July. 1891 Az the sanC
crystals Of the loud sounding shore o.
the star dust Of tho Milky Way hav,
been the words Of Mr.. BRYAN. M
Government printing Office has IN,
presses 10 reproduce them in agate
type, no library could hold them Ia
book form on it. shelves.
IL h a shock to our self-complacency
TO learn that there is a greater orator In
the country than WILLIAM J. BRYAN and
that Nebraska also claims the paragon,
the really Peerless One. The revelation
Is made by the Indianapolis Star in
an article upon ELNKR JACOB BURKErT,
the present senior Senator. although a
mere boy a. Senators 60. tits affirmed
, Of Mr.. BURNETT that reckoning his
verbal output on the basis Of age he
has uttered more words in public than
even Mr.. BRYAN can boast Of In his tours
~ a Presidential candidate and a. a
lecturer and pulpit exhOrter. This Il
indeed high plaise. hyperbOlical a. Il
may seem. Bur II Mr.. BRYAN has The
PnnceOf Peace by rOteand can &c, forty
winks while repeating Il TO q new audi
ence. 10 letter perfect Ia he. Mr.. BuR-
NETT can declaim his favOrite TEXTURE
The New Woman and the Young Man in
another State twenty-seven have heard
it-whilc mentally composing a speech
upon local option. Mr.. BURKETT will
speak for five hours at a time without
finishing an exor1ium. He oOnfesses
that il is very difficult for him 10 stop
talking. and vet when he joined de-
batting club at Tabor College his mouth
wouldn't work his own humble con-
fession. II was only by sternly taking
himself in hand and practising in a room
walled with mirrors that Mr.. BURKETT
ever got his vocal motor started. Now
il never misses ignition, and detonates
rhythmically until the power il shut III.
Mr. BURKErr Ia described as dark.
bold and handsome, trumpet voiced and
fascinating His portrait ia certainly
a speaking one. and with brow as high
and rolling. and more DARK hair, he h a
Landowner man than Mr. BEYAN. whom
he talked down 20 efectially in the
campaign oi 1904 that the Republicans
elected i2l members OF the Legislature
and tho FJlsionists only nine. In that
historic contest Mr. BRYAN asked the
upstart BURKTrT WHISTLER hs be-
heved in the eternal retention II the
gold standard In the United States Of
America. The reply was complete,
crushing and in the true Burkctt style
Of eloquenoe:
In NY reply aid mat eternal meant forever;
mat Il had no end eEcsp, eternity. and that
stcruity. Of oOurse. was heaven. where Ell re.
Dublioahs hoped 70 20 anaily. where the streets
are paved win E0ld and there Il neither sorrow
nor death and. aooordins 10 my reading no Fspu.
alaaon Of debts honestly oOntrAeted.-
In facial appearance Mr.. BURKETT Is
composite. resembling IN their most
striking features DANIEL WEBSTER,
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS and Mr.. BRYAN
himself. He has more endurance than
the LiStle Giant, more words than Mr..
BRYAN, a more majestic port than
WEBSTER, and Of course more eloquence.
He answers every letter the moment he
receives IL. knows all the children's
names in Nebraska, and never forgets
the faces u twins. Mr.. BURKErT calls
himself a Republican progressionist. not
as extreme a. La TOILETTE. more liberal
than AIDRICH, and a better friend Of the
Administration than DoLIIvER.
We had no idea how eloquent and wise
and influential a man the Hon. EI.MRR
JACOB BURKKTT was until we read this
tribute 10 his worth and usefulness.
His term expires on March .. 1911. and
he j. candidate for reelection.