New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

prDgTi lfHIn Inv ''i'+ ''''''N+' /
,mbling along on NANCY
ponies. o,:.
,lcrle lanes. the new Sen
.,or from Kentucky, a
c.a,e famous for many
J ,S;ngs in general, but par Fl
,;,,,i9rv for 'ingual activ- ''' , .,n''',,'
~ oratorl pinwheels, o'''e !"
'od men fu'' ot bullets. If ==
bcgan to make political
.,eo,be, AZ thc mature age of eighteen; but
,ibcr he W., sixteen he knew all the politics
WIN" ,,r-.o, and past. of Kentucky. the United
go and Rumana. Only once did any
-. ever 90, the better of him in a debate
Rrandishir. his arms, wagging his head
..h;rb j. "a, bald as a new-laid egg. and not
" .;-r;no up n., legs much, for it is an ana
,on,c5l iac- chat the brandiShing of legs that
..r,,Id 40 a., t 10 an elephant or a baby
Ind pian. ,sipateS strength and vitiateS
ssneroy-he uas laying down the law TO the
penSbicar His discontinue came when
aneof the opposite party rose and remarked
n s,ave bu- irritating tones:
.Shake o.. Inv CORY locks at me-"
With th.. exception. the career of Ollie
,rerle has been along a road on which spar
iIsJ the silver mileStoncs Of oratorcal SUI
oremacv .. supernal sweetness of elo-
pnence. an 1e lowered garlands of victory.
He was .Ie m the Kentucky legislature
:, 1881. W. IN attorney for Governor Goe-
bel in his famous and calonc contest for the
ssovcrnorshir Kentucky. and has served as
ielegate O. the Democratic National Con
,.entiorS ever. timc there has been one since
he reached t.e age Of discretion Tie made
ono sneech 81. .niing the nomination OF Will
ION, Brvar Yr President and at the Balu-
more convention las, summer he was the per
manent chairman. preserving order and
sgbt;ng oT chaos with "a pair Of lungs that
.6nnlei q, + they had been made IN one OF
orr leading tanncrcs and guaranteed never
N weaken ~ -~azZle al the ends.
RI, Ollie cannot break himself OF his lead
;,o y;.c.-.he opcn-faced-hack habit. All
through the summer. late into the fall. and
carly In the -r-,ng he drives through Poto-
mac Par. with Handsome" Helm. who
halls from Alabama and IS another bright
star in the galaxy of CUFF artists. lie and
Handsome are inscparable companions.
Moreover. one is nearly as SebaCeouS as the
other. and. when they fling their graceful but
b,roon-hkc figures into the Open-iaCed hack
and have themselves hauled round by one
horse. vou can safely make a bet that heavy
matters hang IN the balance.
Ollie Is one of the plain people Not
built for the airs and graces Of a carpet
Knight nor fashioned along the lines OF
Apollo greeting the sunrise, he dresses for
comfort. for comfort alone; thereby serving
his own convenience and convincing the
mas,e, ~ the people that he IS the man 70
represent them in the Senate When II
comes % making speeches, he is human
multiplication table Aroused from deep
sumbcr. heavy in the eyes. slightly muidled
in the brain, and scarcely knowing where he
is. he can spring % his feet, unhutton his
vest and vocabulary. and turn loose unhes-
ta,inglv n ovation on the heroes Of democ-
racv or the rights of the laboring classes.
He may be- ta' throughout most OF his anat-
omv: bur a- tathcad be does not shine.
Only one deep sorrow. one sepulchral
shadow. has fallen upon his career. When
the deadlc * was broken in Baltimore, o.
lies hear his political hcart-was broken
with II He had been strenuous Champ
Clark man. and when Wilson won the fight
Ollie pu''el ou' handkerchief that looked
Ike q 'H.c.'oth. and in q few moments
dropDed r., -oidcn and crumplcd. 10 The
floor with rckcning Trump But, being
party man. he's on the job for all the Dem
ocratic leaders. Of whom he Is one o' the