The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-02-02


| u learned man. He has degrees from
northern southern. eastern and mid
die western universities. He has writ
ten on all sorts of subjects of mo-
ment. He is a member of learned So
cietles without number. His election
to the senate completes a trio OF SEN
ators who are known as scholars In
politics.
Until Mr.. Peppers entrance into the
senate the scholars formed quo or
duet, whichever the word is, ana II
was composed of one Democrat ana
one Republican-Senator John Sharp
Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi
and Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican,
from Massachusetts.
1t may seem invidious to pick out
only three men from the United States
senate to dub as scholars in politics.
for of course there are other men of
educational parts in the upper house
of congress, but these three men seem
TO stand in sort of an educated
field" by themselves.
1t probably is not necessary to say
much about the scholarly accomplish
ments of Henry Cabot Lodge. lie Is
an author whose books are widely reao,
and of course his political career Is
well known. His books have been
largely of an historical and biograph-
ical character. He has MS many de-
grees as the new comrade from Penn
.sylvania and he belongs to so many
societies of learned nature that It
would take a page of manuscript to
set them forth
Williams Is "Most Graduated"
John Sharp Williams Of Mississippi
has shown his scholarship largely
through his speeches. He sometimes
is called the most graduated" man
in political life. He is a scintillating
speaker, a man who, as a colleague
has put It, constantly strikes sparks
from his brain" Senator Williams Is
a graduate of the Kentucky Military
institute. the University of the South,
the University of Virginia and the
University of Heidelberg. Beyond this
he took law courses at the University
of Virginia, and at Memphis, Tenn.
1t is said of some men that they
know lot about everything. 1t can
not be true, of course, but one feels
after having looked on John Sharp
Williams and after having heard him
speak that he knows everything about
everything. He certainly has member
ship in the trio of scholars in politics
by right.
The scholars in politics sometimes
add exceeding interest to debate and
frequently not a little humor, the lat
ter not so much by what they say as
by the circumstances attending the
case. Once on a time when Senator
Williams was in the house of repre-
sentatives he entered into a debate
with an Indiana representative whose
name has gone from my memory,
on the comparative merits OF
the writer's of Kentucky and Of
Indiana. Mr.. Williams, the Mississip-
plan, seemed to be ADLER to carry the
cudgels In behalf of Kentucky than
any representative of that state then
present in the house. There are men
today who remember the beauty Of
Mr.. Williams Characterization and IL
lustration of the writings of James
Lane Allen, author Of "a Kentucky
Cardinal" "The Choir Invisible" and
other stories.
When TilIman Corrected Hoar.
Touching the matter of humor, an
Interchange in an elder day between
Senator George Frisbie HOar and the
late Senator Benjamin f. Tillman was
not without amusement, although the
subject matter was the Book of Books
George Frisbie Hoar was accounted
the best Bible student in congress, bur
this accounting was done without
knowledge of the Bible lore of Ben
iamin f. Tillman. The Massachusetts,
senator, in endeavoring to make a
point, quoted q passage from the Old
Testament. Instantly Senator Tillman
was upon his feet asking If the sena-
tor from Massachusetts would yield
for a question. The senator from
Massachusetts yielded. Mr.. Tillman
asked him if he was sure Of the accur-
acy Of his quotation.
"Of course" was the quick and per-
haps entirely satisfied reply.
Then the South Carolina senator
said. 81 think the senator from Mas
sachusetts is in error" and he gave
the quotation MS he said he believed
it appeared Ill the Great Book.
The matter rested there for a few
minutes, but Senator Tillman sent n
mage for Bible and later he stood
upon his feet to read the quotation
and To-, the former senator from South
Carolina was right and the scholar sem
ator from Massachusetts was wrong.
Anxious About Treaties.
officials cannot entirely hide their
anxiety today, lest all may not be
well with the treaties which are to
result from the present international
conference when they have been placed
in the more or less tender care of
the senate. Their worries are mani
fest and they reflect condition which
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