Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-07

When love was young,
And olympus rang with thy praise.
with the easy grace OF an inspired
bard the colonel turned from wine TO
spring and strikes this seasonable notei
See our beautiful farms when winter is
The forests in bud the meadows in clover
When the teams pull the plows the FARMER
His herd to the fields where music Is
with carol Of birds and humming Of bees,
To Aeolian harps that play In the breeze
Where butterflies hit on bright golden
And nature is full of earth's beautiful
things;
with the sun. moon and stars a-shining
On Beautiful world God gave us to love!
Yes, love the good world, love one another!
Man loves his family, his father and mother
His sister; and brother his neiEhbor and
He begins life with love. loves on to the
end.
Thus did the colonel put it over the
senate In copious measure, playing with
heart-chords weary of worldly cares, and
wooing them gently up to the eliminating
note. prophetic of the fearful event:
Farewell is ever a sad word
When loving ones must part
II fills the heart with grief and pain
r. And bids the s,t tsardrSgPs gSss start love
There is q mournful knell
That echoes through our spirits halls
And haunts the word, foreWen!
The collection Of figures now crowding
Statuary hall, the national Hall Of
Fame" is drawing increasing fire from the
eastern press, coupled with demands for a
sitting OF statues or It's abolition. Criticism
verging on mockery is provoked by the
failure Of congress to exercise some super
vision over the contributions Of the states,
both in respect to the merits of the person
honored and the artistic quality OF the
statues. There are now forty statues in
place." says the Philadelphia Inquirer,
land the hall Is filled so far as inches of
the first rank are concerned To complete
the 100 statues which will, before many
years, be authorized, will make trouble for
someone. II there are to be concentric
rows following the arc Of the room q lot of
the elder statesmen will be in eclipse while
the men from the newer commonwealths
will be In the front rank. This complication
ia sure to cause bitterness and faotional
wrangling but It Is the less to be depiored
because the hall at present is not an exem-
pllficaton Of the sculptor's art, of the ac-
complishments of particular states nor of
national glory. As a hall OF fame 1t is
sadly lacking in perspective as we'll as in
artistic treatment
THE latest arrival is a bronze efflgy Of
the late Senator Harlan of Iowa. He was
a good man, patriotic legislator and
served his country well; but that he should
have the largest statue in the hall seems
| ludicrous. Perhaps It is because he Is so
little known that his friends have exhibited
him as ten feet tall, but 1t can hardly be
claimed that he overtops a lot Of other
men whose statues rest near him in mute
silence. unable to express any feelings on
the subject which their ghosts may feel,
If they ever visit the place.
"The effort to erect a Hall of Fame has
failed in many ways. It's chief defect is
on the artistic side So long as each state
can do as 1t pleases there is certain to be
trouble for some Of the conservatives"
There are a few members Of the house
who have such an individual way Of ad-
dressing the chair that It is not necessary
that Uncle joe should see the applicant
for recognition. relates the Washington
Times, II the speaker can hear the
gentleman from New York" or the
gentleman from Alabama" 1t is sufficient.
There is Representative Fitzgerald OF
New York, for instance. Mr.. Fitzgerald
takes part in almost every debate, espe-
clally IL there's a parliamentary question
involved.
Mr.. Speak-ah,," begins the Empire state
democrat, his voice rising and emphasizing
especially the "ah." Everybody in the gal
lery knows that "Fitz' is going to have
something to say.
Mr.. Speak-kur." thunders Clayton of
Alabama keeping the sound we'll down In
his throat.
"Mr. Speaker-r-r," exclaims Representa-
tive "Gussie" Gardner, insurgent of Massa-
chusetts, In a peculiar staccato strain, So
snappy is Mr.. Gardners call for recognition
that he can say the words about three
times a second.
"Or Mr.. Sp-eek-uh." will drawl Champ
Clark, minority leader, II can't hear any
thing; what is all this about, anyway
Directly opposite to the manner in which
Mr. Gardner hurls the words 1t requires
a little over a second for Mr., Clark to de-
liver himself OF the necessary salutation.
Representative Keller Of Ohio, called Gen.
eral Keifer, or the only living dress-suit
statesman, goes after the chair in very
much the Clayton style, only more so. Gen
eral Keifer rather bellows the words In
q deep, sonorous tone that arouses the
house from it's lethargy.
"Mlsder Speagher," exclaims Represen-
tative Kustermann Of Wisconsin, who has
, German accent and Is proud Of It.
Since the speaker knows that voice Sc
well, It is quite convenient at times for hin
to have his gaze averted when he ISM
= particular aboutsecOgnizing a certain mem
Der with a Pc project at that particular
| Il
} that he didn't see the member.
Representative Nye Of Minnesota, brother
OF the renowned Bill, is no slouch when 4
/ comes TO drawing comparisons and ap
plause from members OF the house, Mr.
Nye, in his speech on the postoffiee ap
= preparation bill, took occasion to aliude e
) the unselfshness and devotion to duty o
George Washington and the days in whici
= he lived
Q 1T Is true that muckTalIers lived IN hi