Evening star., 1917-04-15

q Y SLEW A II "Siititi5
I'LL to be sworn next day as SEN
It'll ator in Congress, studied the
q < face of the man who was
standing thirty feet away in the lobby
of a Washington hotel. Then capt.
New, late assistant adjutant general
United States Volunteers, began men
tally to create a picture that would
identify and locate the stranger. That
is one of the habits of his mind.
He is nineteen years older and h1ty
pounds heavier" said Capt. New. posi-
lively to himself, but he Is the private
whom l saw at Jacksonville pounding
a typewriter at the headquarters of the
7th Army Corps. l didn't know his
name-never spoke to him, in fact-out
7 will introduce myself just the same.
So Capt New of Indiana, walking
forward and putting out his right hand
in comradeship, and with no uncertain
ty, became, to his surprise, acquaiItea
with Senator William Hughes OF New
Jersey the former typewrltlng private
at the camp in Florida
Thus, in part, is answered the inquiry
how can a politician who seldom or
ever mounts the stump to wizard the
electorate outstep and outmatch the
politician whose art bewltches ana
whose words beguile? Once face Is
seen by Senator New, il is photographed
and put away in a special corner OF MS
memory. and, when possible, named oe-
sides 1t is handy talent and OF I'M
menSe value in any klhd Oh pusiaesS'
public or private.
should
of other gifts With Harry New it has.
Men through various methods get INTO
the Senate-some by oratory and some
by money, as was said in the past.
Harry New "organized" himself into
that honorable and self-reverent as
sembly.
There is no derogation in the state
ment that Senator New is a politiclan.
friendly and shrewd. They laugh and'
by plan or innocently, invite confidence.
His face is open or inscrutable, as pc
fits the case in hand.
AS to his clothing, it is speckled or
barred, usually largely speckled or
broadly barred, though the material
is excellent and the tailoring the best.
His coat and trousers seem TO say,
and his necktie confirms ana shares
their boast: ut is up to us. you see.
to make a noise for the quiet person
within.
The New hat, going further with the
picture, is an institution OF itself John
Chalfant. sire-the editorial, financial
and legaIistic John c., long noted for
his generalship and prophecies-Wore
it, to inquire at no greater length into
its genesis and development. 1t is
black and plastic. wide of brim and
comfortable.
Seldom is the son and senator photo
eraphed without the hat. Il have worn
no other and will wear no other said
he to the writer, as he pointed pa
ternally to rack in the corner OF his
office Il yield to the conventionali-
ties" he continued emphatically, lin
all respects but two. Stiff hats. derby
or plug, and standing collars are on
my list of prohibited articles-contra-
bands to be torpedoed and sunk, Ger
man fashion. without notice"
The New head is long, structurally
and otherwise; the ,hair, light brown,
edged with gray; the features, small.
except the brow and chin. In stature
the senator is, say, five feet and ten.
His age is ffty-eight.
Forty years of reporting. editing,
publishing, maneuvering and managing!
And always a politician. why he
said, there was no escape from poll
tics in Indiana and my fathers house.
I went into our precinct as boy. Those
were not gentle days around 1ndfanapo-
lis. There were angry words and
moving fists. l got both"
And gave both?" the interviewer in
terrupted, angling for a mild sensa
ton.
From the precinct" Senator New
went on. ignoring the chance for a
quick denial or an overdue confession.
q went into the ward, then into the
city, then into the state and at last
into the nation"
Learning what?" the interviewer
asked.
MANY things, chief of which is that
organization, capabIy planned and car
ried out, is the basis of all success in
politics. No contest of any moment can
be gained without it"
Then nor later was he personal in
applying his own philosophy or relat-
ing his own political experiences He
did not mention the great campaign OF
1856, In which he, brilliant organ
izer met and vanQuiShed James Eli