Evening journal., 1914-02-09
NEW MEMS OF YESTERDAY
A WIttiCiSm Of the Late
Senator William M. Evarts
By Holland.

rDerew,' said Senator George i. Hoar
TO Senator Dcpew at a. time when both
men were colleagues IN the United
States Senate, and during one of those
dun and dreary hours when Senators
are engaged IN prosy discussions while
their colleagues sit close TO one another
and indulge in anecdotes OF politics. do
you know that there has never been a
time in the history of this government
when our family has not been repre-
sented By some member Or IL iu one
Of the two branches Of Congress %
senator Depcw and Senator Hoar
were closely related Dy blood. Hoar
having been a grandson Of Roger Sher-
man, who was one OF the three who
with jefferson. made the first draft OF
the Declaration of independence. while
Depew, upon the maternal side. was col
hterally related to the sherman blood
In my own time" continued Sena-
tor Hoar, "and ] have been here nearly
twenty five years-..'re are yourself
aud Senator Eyarts in this chamber
Before | became q Senator, l and my
brother Judge Redwood Hoar, were
members of the lower house Of Congress.
john sherman is coilaterally of our fam
ily, aud have been looking into the rec
ords and have yet to discover a time in
the history Of the ..merican Congress
when there was a lapse in. the represen-
tatiOn in It OF someone WHO had the
sherman blood.
II used to have a good deal of fun
with Evarts,' Senator Hoar went ON
TO say. "Evarts is am own cousin. his
mother and mine having been sisters
both Of them daughters Of Robert Sher-
man. ! WAS able TO be freer in my re-
lations with him than some Of the Sem
ators dared TO be-
"Eyarts, you know. notwithstanding
his reputation for wit, was not alwdys
companiOnabe. His reputation when
he entered the Senate was. of course,
very high. lie was looked upon as the
leader of the American bar. and he was
known 20 have served in two cabinets.
once rs attorney general. and once az
secretary of state. Besides that. he had
a great reputation as an orator.
Nov, / knew what few of the Senu-
tors. perhaps none excepting myself. did
know regarding one feature Of Evarts'
capacity a. an orator. He was the only
man. in my opinion, certainly the only
one whom ] ever heard, excepting Rufus
Choate, Who was customarily very diff.
fuse, indulgug in very long sentences
which ended dramatically or with full
stops, and who at the time had a won
derful gift for compact utterances, con
veying in a single sentence the undcrly-
ing thought of his entire speech. Chc,te
had both Of these gifts, but I never
knew Of any other man of whom 10
could be said that he WAS both a diff
fuse speaker, making use Of long sen.
fences. and az the same time was "A
master OF the art of compression OF
brief. epigramatic sentences.
"Evarts. however, preferred the long
and involved sentence. ! emember once
saying to him that | thought / should
try TO have a special rule of the Senate
adopted which would make IL possible
for the Senate TO adjourn while he was
making use of one Of his long sentences,
for no one could tell when his sentence
was to come to an end. Therefore /
thought tho Senate ought 90 have the
privilege of adiOurning at any time in
the midst of one OF his long speeches.
lle turned 10 me with whimsical
cNpressionl knew that witicism was
coming and said'
'lloar that Is the first time that
ever heard Of anybody but criminal
obiecting 90 q long sentence.
"As for myself" continued senator
Hoar. - should get lost in quieksaud
II attempted one OF the long sem