The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-09

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BPEW," aid Senator George r
~I Hoar TO senator Depew 1t TIM
whsn both men were colleagues b
tho United States Senate. and during eae
Of thoss duh and dreary hours .when
Senators arc engaged In prosy diocuD-
sions while their colleagues sit closs q
one another and indulge In snscdotss o.
politics. do you know that thsre .haa
never been q time In the history Of thia
government when our family has not
been represented by some member Of u
In one Of the two branches Of CongrensT
Senator Depew and Senator Hoar wers
closely related by blood. Hoar HAVING
been . grandson Of Roger Sherman. who
was one Of the three who. with Jefferson
Independence, while Depew. upon tne
maternal side. was colIaterally related te
the Sherman blood.
I'm my own time" continued Senator
Hoar. and / have bean hero nearly
twenty-five years-there are yourself and
Senator Evarts In this chamber. Before
i became Senator. I and my brother
Judge lockwood Hoar. were members OF
the lower House OF Congress. John Sher-
man Is coliateraily OF our family. and
have been looking into the records and
have yet to discover a time In the history
OF the American Congress when there
was a lapse in the representation in II OF
some one who had the Sherman blood.
IT used to have good deal Of fun
with Evarts," Senator Hoar went on &c
say. ''Evzrts In an own cousin. his
mother and mine having been sisters
both OF them daughters OF Roger cher
man. was able to be frcer In my rela-
tions with him than some OF the SENATOR
dared TO be.
"Evarts. you know, Notwithstanding hi,
reputation for wit. was not always com.
panionzble. His reputation when he en-
tered the Senate was, OF course, very
high. He was looked upon as leader
Of tho American bar. and he was known
to have served in two cabinets, cnce a.
Attorney General and once as SeIit tary
Of State. Besides that. he had q grea,
reputation as an orator.
Now, knew what few OF tho Senators
perhaps none excepting myself. did know
regarding one feature Of Evart's capacity
as an orator. He was the only man
in my opinion. certainly the only one
whom ! ever heard excepting Rufui
Choate, who was customarily very diff
fuse, INDUCING in very long sentence,
which ended dramatically or with full
stops, and who at the same time had q
wonderful gift for compact utterancei
conveying In a single sentence the under
lying thought of his entire speech. Choat.
had both OF these gifts, but / never knew
any other man of whom II could be SAID
that he was both a diffuse speaker. max
ing use of long sentences. and at tho
same time was a master of the art Of
compression or brief, epigramAfic sen
fences.
''Evarts, however, preferred the lont
and involved sentence. 1 remember once
saying to him that I thought 4 should
try to have a special rule of the Senate
adopted which would make 1t possibl,
for the Senate 10 adjourn while he wal
making use Of one of his long sentences
for no one could tell when his sentence
was to come to an end. Therefore
thought the Senate ought to have tn,
privilege 81 adjourning at any time IL
the midst OF one Of his long speeches. He
turned to me with a whimsical expires.
sion-I knew that a witticism was com.
ing-and said:
.'Hoar that is the first time that
ever heard of anybody but a crimina
Directing to long sentence
AS for myself" continued Senator
Hoar. II should get lost I'm a quicksand
II I attempted one of the long sentences
which my cousin Evarts handles SC
easily"