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'; f THE OREGON; SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY V).i 1903 -c . - - - i IVZ II ,n II i vi j IV w o yg LSI f;"; . J J tot " Jr 07 'V.': 7 T t;."..5T tesiiassiiisi pill ; ?' ..v'-ilw rv-.' . r;' '-'-"7 .'..ifb) r ' v M$M$mm 1 : . . . md ....i.i lippl iiiiiiii . .: lmH' t rr, L 1 X I I f V " I I 1 IX I m i i - i i m If I I "V jC-" f w IW1 t777& 'Amn.H.rcrft mForcefu7tfppe I Q) it , ... . I ... , - . ; ' : TJ'. : Is. ome or the reculianhes of Public Men in Oratori cal Action A LTHOUGH it was at the beginning of the campaign, and the great fight had not warmed up in a correspond ing degree with the xveatherf a large crowd had gathered to hear the distinguished speaker. As his well-rounded sentences poured out, and his oratorical shots scored on the bull's eye of the opposition, the enthusiasm of his hearers increased accordingly. "By my grandfather's ghost!" exclaimed one perspiring but happy listener, "that man could talk with his hands tied behind him." "I doubt it," responded a calculating and observant neighbor. "Few men can." And the doubter was very nearly correct. There are orators and orators, and one orator differs from another in his own peculiar methods of impressing audiences. But there is one thing characteristic of nearly all most of the well-known speakers of the country talk with their hands as well as with their vocal chords. Ever notice them in action? that is presented here, He has, perhaps, never studied the graces taught by the masters of elocution. When he uses his hands, he does so In a simple and direct way, aa a simple and direct speaker. Most portraits of Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New Tork, give the Impression of coolness, quietness and reserve. Yet Governor Hughes can work himself Into a fine frenzy when discussing some favorite topic before the people. The picture on this page show him making a speech upon his particular hobby, the famous anti-race track KamhllnK b111- He nas ev'" dently forgotten himself and his surroundings In the earnestness of his purpose. As a lawyer Governor Hughes was not widely known until his connection with the Insurance Inves tigation, and his work before the legislative commit tee consisted more In probing than In speechmaklng. Perhaps he could not have been called an experi enced Jiubllc speaker until the completion of his cam paign r Governor a campaign that took him from one end of the state to the other and kept him busy on the stump. It was on that trip, and the many occa sions sinc on which his oratory has been In .emand. that he learned the tricks and acquired the gestures of the veteran campaigner. ... Oratory of the kind of Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun la not very frequently heard In the United States Senate at present. Yet that body contains a number of really capable public speakers men whose Tiirrerrcy n Senator Rallev is known as one of the ablest pounders of the federal constitution now In Congrea He Is a fluent, forceful speaker, and his gesture graceful and easy. He uses his right hand a good deal as an aid aaH supplement to the tongue, seeming to point out th paths Into which he would direct the minda ot BlS hearers. When South Carolina sent Its Governor. Benjamin Ryan Tillman, to the United States Senate in 18J5, he was known throughout his state as an orator ot the) rough-and-ready kind. ' He had never held political office until elected Gov ernor In 1890 by the votes of his fellow-farmer; It was his effective and fiery campaign method that car . ried the day in one of the hottest primary conteaw the state had ever known. ' Mr. Tillman took his vigorous, unpolished atyla o nratorv into the Senate with him, and soon made that grave and dignified body sit up and take notice. H handled his subjects without gloves, hKBtmnrv in calling a spade by the name mot easily recognized. Throughout the country ha became known as "Pitchfork" Tillman. It is generally acknowledged that Senator Tillman has increased in stature of statesmanship with hid terms of service. His speeches always command cloae attention, and his opinions are respected by al polite leal opponents. When Mr. Tillman warms up to his subject on tn floor of the Senate or upon the campaign stump. hl single eye glows as though a veritable furnac Ot burning thought lay behind. LONG ARM LEVELED His long arm is leveled and his forefinger Polntir with a menace suggestive of a deadly weapon. "When, ?ih?..h hi. arms about like flails he is apt 10 D and had talkine straight from the shoulder. Another energetic orator la Senator Albert JvBT-f. erldire. of Tnd-iana. who waa widely ability to talk in debate or upon the stump ha won them national lame no less than their ability as statesmen. Among the best speakers in that dignified body Is Senator Isldor Rayner. of Maryland. In fact, Mr. Ray ner's oratorical ability and the reputation It made for hlra throughout his state played no small part In land ing him In the Senate. The people of Maryland. Irrespective of party like to hear Mr. Rayner on the stump. The mere an nouncement that he is to speak is sufficient to pack any building In the state. Mr. Rayner Is a veteran in legislative service. As a young man he began his career with a term in the lower house of the Maryland Legislature, and later was sent to the state Pennfe. In 18RH he was elected to Congress and was twice re-elected, serving on im portant committees and taking tlve part in debate. In fact, his speeches upon tariff re vision and other measures of his party attracted the attention of the nation, so that he was well known nationally before his election to the United States Senate, although the public remembered him best, perhaps, a the eloquent counsel of Rear Admiral Schley In the celebrated naval inquiry that followed ttie war with Spain. Mr. Rayner is a serious man. of serious mien, and the first and fore most Impression he makes upon his audiences is that of Intense earnestness. Although his witty shafts and biting sarcasms may keep his hearers in roars of laughter. Mr. Rayner rarely smiles. His favorite rMure Is to raise one hand above his head, palm outw.irJ, and to hold the other down by his side, also palm outward, occasionally bringing the two hanus together; yet he may stand with those hands stretched upward and downward through half a dozen lmpae sloned sentences. He uses both hands freely while tiilklng, and his gestures generally punc tuate his utteranccj In a timely and impressive man ner. H was mot long after Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, took h s place among the nation's lawmakers In the Flfty-s. cord Congress that he gave evidence of anility as a Abater. When he was translated to the Senate in 1901. his reputation had been established. known. . , t h . - , .. . ' . . .. urhfAh u.T k;n," throiia-hout most 01 ni Iirst Klu'i " - began in 1899. whan' Beverldge becomes very much animated wn .peaking, and his hands and arms play n Important . part in his oratorical methods. Senator Nelon W... Aldrlch of Rhode Island, speaks mostly upon ques tions of finance, and. despite his usually calm appear ance. can become very energetic in debate. One of the hurricane speakers of the senate j Davis, ot Arkansas. His exertions cause wonder that he does not drop from exhaustion at the end ol a long:; 'Senator Foraker, of Ohio, while also in the heateOI class, haa learned, through long experie nee . t b:";! moderate in the physical effort of delivering- himelf. of a torrent of burning thoughts. . s Over on the House side, Representative H. u. Clay ton, of Alabama, is a type of the southern orator wha knows how to use his hands to advantage in forcing: home the points he makes while speaking. John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, become a ec tive as though touched by a live wire, and Represen-- tatlve Cushman, of Washington State, bend and un bends his elongated form like a Jackknife a he whip his arms about in the excitement of hi utterance. No speaker makes a more peculiar, yet mor 1m presslve, use of his hands than Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri. ... . ... w. '' Mr. Clark reaches some of his loftiest night or, oratory, he launches forth some of his keenest hafta; of wit and sarcasm, with his hands stuffed carelessly In his trousers' pockets. With others this would scarcely mean anything, would practically pass almost unnoticed. But with Mr. Clark the whole attitude is so characteristic. In : some way is so forceful, that it seem to lend addi tional vigor to his words. And Mr. Clark Is one of the most effective talker in Congress; he is one of the comparatively few men who are always certain of a large and attentive audi ence. -. IT WOULD be a sad day for the average orator, from an oratorical standpoint, were he deprived of the use of bis hands while speaking. Nearly every one has his own pet gestures, used Intentionally or unconsciously, and these soon become recognized as a part of the great man' per sonality. One of the strenuous public speakers of the day Is President Roosevelt. Indued, Mr. Roosevelt works a hard In delivering oral messages to his countrymen a in chopping down trees In the woods at Oyster Bay. Many thousands of Americans are familiar with hi style In action, and yet, perhaps nearly every on of those thousands carries a different impression of his characteristic gesture. Some recall him as standing erect with his head thrown back his arms dropped by his side, momen tarily motionless. Hut these impressions are compara tively few. The great majority who have seen and heard him on the platform recall htm as a remarkably vigorous public speaker. CHARACTERISTICS OF ROOSEVELT They remember him. perhaps, as holding on band open in front of him. with the other extended high above his head, in it a paper, which Is used a a sort of tuning fork, being hammered continually and with vigor into the outstretched hand. On of his favorite postures is to lean forward over a desk or ratling, poiatlng with outstretched right hand, as though singling out some especial auditor. Into whose mind be wishes to drive home the fact a be see them. This Is on of Mf. Roosevelt's favorite method of Impressing Important point while speaking from th rear platform of a car. Perhaps he got Into It because at the limited apace at hi command and from an In stinctive desire to get as near to his bearer as po elbl. With th possible exception of William J. Bryaa. Mr. Roosevelt, no doubt, baa done more rear-platform speaking than any other man la th country, and. Ilk Mr. Bryan, he never m to feel fatigued- Neither dee be mind the weather Whethe, It Is hot or cold, whether th shine or th rain fall, be I "alway on ti Jis," and always em fra and vigorous William H. Tsft I tint a polished orator. H dee net pretend to ha. Tet Mr. Jaft it direct and forceful -la hi eampaln oratory. U U a caerecterutie picture of Mr. Taft la acUoa A GREAT many things Americans do aston ish the French. But nothing seems to puz zle them more than the advtitisinpr methods emplojeu on this side the Atlantic. One of the puzzled Frenchc-u recently poured out his soul in an article written fora Paris magazine. It is given below just as it appeared in that publication. y a NEVER sine M. Huret ha redlcovered America American audacity. American initiative. American commercial genius, American grog. American advertiaement In short, everything I. America. Thl infatuation i unjut. Nothing I gulled Ilk a Yankee, and however the American ad vertisement might produce In us. people of an old race, a sentiment of urprls and even derUlon. thl (gulling) could It not do. for our eye ar too clear slghted and our minds too skeptical. flome examples are best demonstrated by th kilo metre of literature. A dyer of Pnton. who. without doubt, doe not at tend to hi affslr thl happen all the day over there had a ridiculous idea some months ago to paint a horse scarlet, which be attacht to his delivery wagon and bad driven thru th street. Immediately all the swetettes for the protection of animals there seem to be a great many entered a chorus of frantic protest against th brbarou dyer, and the pre. greatly agitated Itself It registered the plaint and road a touching tab leau of th suffering that would be endured by tbe scarlet horae, and prophesied the death of the poor beast under th Influence ef the dye oa it aaOa and en It health afterward. The dyer, whs expected, ealy this, kept aew hie beet ranee. U. 111 pen wet In his best Ink, and oMiaed all the Journal of I'Ajton to insert a letter of re'-tiflcat'.on. in which he a..rmej that the products which he employed were a hv, utely i r. offenul ve. that his worknen constantly rjnpt-l the',7 hari'is In without Jamae. ar.d t .it no persons had ever found themselves ill from carrying the dye In their clothing, grace a des procedes qui. etc. The hiKit of risking all to the favor of n'j husi:v''..' foolishness of the r-iblic gf.es to t';e Amer Icars the most audacious folly An ur.fort;inri farm er s'i htalned a (rrant of imciltjred land Nir.le--lng on the ,ea. at some miies frm a cltv J ete fre quentee ty the plateaux of the New World He had Just succeeded Ir. brtnsrtr.a: thru the sand snr-e lean Spanish potatoes, hut some promoters watcht' In consideration of the rare specie, they p-j,rrht from the astonlsht frmer his uncultivated nni l.-S'Ute Is-.J. which he Instantly quitted, most harrr to be off, Fifteen iav after, our man was mil h as;o- sht t - se h- th papers that there wher his ut,j -oductive fields were situated a city had arisen ' ThfT rsve the photograph of tho Hotel de Vine, of the C ro. with view, of th principal street, bor dered by h tnd.om monument. They announced tbe sai cf 'he last lot disposable and they urged lo ams-ers d vlllegtature to hasten to find a good rorner hv.r.g a Utv on th ea. In this new para dise Th farmer wlsht to e. He returned to hi rotate nelda Nothing thr bad changed, exeept that the potatoes had been eaten by the workmen whom be found busily occupied In marking a th eaad a la westrumlte parallel line which were to be the street, and placing post indicator oa which one read "Pit of the Hotel." "Sit ef the Theater." "git of th Eastern nd Coanty Bank, La A r "Land o!d t M. X, er to M. T fr many people bad parchaat tot ef eaad th simple and decettfaiexpeeiuoa of the prospect as. . "Where are the potatoes?" demanded the farmiv . "They are gone, they told him. "Where ar the houses?" . ; "They have not yet arrived." American call this starting a town, in Franc It would be called by a name less agreeable, and tho promoters of the town would, at the nd ot fifteen days, have been pursued for swindling with a hun dred complaints. This la how. In the country of tn cocagna (1. e. "the country In which things are to bo . had for nothing "). which is America, it sullies to put a little piece of red rag at the end of a Un to an nounce for the frogs to flock! In New York a large novelty tore was establish and on the day of its opening it offered, with muchj publicity, to rebate fifty per cent, on th prices mar lit, Tou think, perhapa, that before seeking to profit by this beneficence tho patrons would wish to know th price-rate of th house. JJof Th store waa to epeu ou Monday morning at 9 o'clock. At midnight of the night before long line com menced to form at all th door and aa ocean of women foamed th length of th walla and acros the street, waiting th hour when, for five cent a th- expected to be able to purchase that "which they be lieved to be worth ten. To dam ap this tiunultiiom flood wu a single policeman at each of th five - trances and th crowd Increased coastaatlyi At th hour flat by them -for th opening ef th tor, the proprietors, overcome with fear, attempt t, by a notice la the windows, to postpone their libor.i lty until tbe following day. Th pro-verb found lt.f justified once more ''Never put off till to-morrow ' and la lea time thaa It take, te be orabocu.e by aato-bas, th front of th building flow to fraam.'.:.. s waterspout of fominlooe precipitated tbtuiv- and when relnforeemnt ef police arrived tb atui . VM emptied of waea and ef merchandise! Thy found not mora than three polloeRtee, h f dead, without eoate er helmet, nursing a furis a bld at th (e and ! a pel' of black r- -te tba fifth aruardlaa ef th psxb.io fore, hy '- . red him, spoe gotag ertalra wsere he t s i tr l . block the entrance t tho second Eoor. Ifce f- sex hd r-d ' Th flourtshlor !! ' . 1'fr!' h In t I -Etate I oasil expimJ .'i-' l.-i.s 4 more be atoiht to ' i'"t ' ' t rt eartaia dava, ermtaia fertr-- k t pt f . tlaemeat v a xtr-s-ur - J-a'.ir.
